On 2026-01-04 08:57:36, Dan Purgert via Dng wrote:
> On Jan 04, 2026, onefang wrote:
> > I need a radio or TV card for my desktop.
> > [...]
> > I like to listen to music all day when at home, including when I sleep.
> > Chill music like Soma FM's Groove Salad, and SBS Chill here in Australia.
> >
> > With this crap Internet I can hear a few seconds of music streaming
> > before it stops to download the next few seconds. So no music streaming
> > for me.
> >
> > SBS is a local TV / radio network, they have a station called SBS Chill,
> > it broadcasts free to air on DAB+ radio and DVB-T TV, as well as
> > streaming. TV might be preferable, but perhaps I can get both DAB+ and
> > DVB-T?
> >
> > Hopefully I can receive these in this blackspot.
> >
> > So I'm looking for a PCIe 4.0 x16 card or USB based DAB+ / DVB-T device
> > that'll work fine under Devuan using VLC.
>
> RTLSDR would fit the bill for "USB Receiver". You have to use something
> like SDR++ (and probably with a DAB plugin to get the digital broadcast)
> to use it, rather than VLC, which has its quirks; but its more a
> case of needing to ignore a lot of stuff, because it can listen to
> "anything".
>
> Admittedly, I use it to mainly listen to standard analog AM/FM
> broadcasts, as well as play about jumping around various ham radio bands
> just to see what's out there (surprisingly, it will receive quite a bit)
>
> During the quick websearch, also came across "wellie.io" which says
> it'll do DAB/DAB+ with an RTLSDR (but haven't tried it or anything).

What I'm really hoping for is "just works" not "does half the job, gotta
mess with software to maybe get the other half to work".