[Discuss-gnuradio] Problems using wavfile_source

[Jonathan Coveney]

I'm modifying fm_tx4 so that I can use wav files instead of dat files as a source, and output a file instead of sound.

I'm having issues with sample rate. I've attached the code, but here is the modified pipeline code, which is used to create the FM modulated signal from the wavfile

This code works if I set mult to <= 9 (meaning in fmtx =
blks2.nbfm_tx (audio_rate, if_rate, max_dev=5e3, tau=75e-6) that the
if_rate has to be an integer multiple of 44.1KHz less than 9*44.1KHz).
This is really vexing! If the multiple is 10 or higher, I get the error below.

I need the sample rate to be higher that way I can have lots of disparate signals. It's confusing because if audio_rate is 32KHz, then if_rate can be set arbitrarily large. I can't do that, though, because the sample rate of a wav file is 44.1KHz.

Your help is appreciated

class pipeline(gr.hier_block2):
    def __init__(self, filename, lo_freq, mult):

        gr.hier_block2.__init__(self, "pipeline",
                                gr.io_signature(0, 0, 0),                    # Input signature
                                gr.io_signature(1, 1, gr.sizeof_gr_complex)) # Output signature

        src = "">        audio_rate=src.sample_rate()
        if_rate = mult * audio_rate
        fmtx = blks2.nbfm_tx (audio_rate, if_rate, max_dev=5e3, tau=75e-6)
        
        # Local oscillator
        lo = gr.sig_source_c (if_rate,        # sample rate
                              gr.GR_SIN_WAVE, # waveform type
                              lo_freq,        #frequency
                              1.0,            # amplitude
                              0)              # DC Offset
        mixer = gr.multiply_cc ()
    
        self.connect (src, gr.multiply_const_ff(10), fmtx, (mixer, 0))
        self.connect (lo, (mixer, 1))
        self.connect (mixer, self)

gr_remez: insufficient extremals -- cannot continue
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./file_fm_mod_multi.py", line 156, in <module>
    main ()
  File "./file_fm_mod_multi.py", line 152, in main
    app = stdgui2.stdapp(fm_tx_block, "Multichannel FM Tx", nstatus=1)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gnuradio/wxgui/stdgui2.py", line 36, in __init__
    wx.App.__init__ (self, redirect=False)
  File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-mac-unicode/wx/_core.py", line 7935, in __init__
    self._BootstrapApp()
  File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-mac-unicode/wx/_core.py", line 7509, in _BootstrapApp
    return _core_.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gnuradio/wxgui/stdgui2.py", line 39, in OnInit
    frame = stdframe (self.top_block_maker, self.title, self._nstatus)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gnuradio/wxgui/stdgui2.py", line 60, in __init__
    self.panel = stdpanel (self, self, top_block_maker)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gnuradio/wxgui/stdgui2.py", line 81, in __init__
    self.top_block = top_block_maker (frame, self, vbox, sys.argv)
  File "./file_fm_mod_multi.py", line 140, in __init__
    options.sample_multiple)
  File "./file_fm_mod_multi.py", line 63, in __init__
    fmtx = blks2.nbfm_tx (audio_rate, if_rate, max_dev=5e3, tau=75e-6)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gnuradio/blks2impl/nbfm_tx.py", line 69, in __init__
    40)              # stopband atten dB
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gnuradio/optfir.py", line 53, in low_pass
    taps = gr.remez (n + nextra_taps, fo, ao, w, "bandpass")
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gnuradio/gr/gnuradio_swig_py_general.py", line 352, in remez
    return _gnuradio_swig_py_general.remez(*args, **kwargs)
RuntimeError: gr_remez: insufficient extremals -- cannot continue