Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] No audio on os x reading .dat files

[Josh Jennings]

Hi Michael,
Well, I have installed gnuradio on my linux at work and the dat files
I downloaded and used with the scripts from
http://www.kd7lmo.net/ground_gnuradio_software.html work just fine.
Must be an os x thing....
Josh

On 8/10/06, Michael Dickens <address@hidden> wrote:
> OK.  So .dat files don't play audio on OSX under portaudio or audio-
> osx.  Can anyone confirm that these same .dat files do play audio on
> any other OS, and thus it's an OSX-specific issue?  Or is it possibly
> a more general GNU Radio issue?  I have only PPC Macs to work with,
> so I can't test otherwise. - MLD
>
> On Aug 4, 2006, at 6:15 AM, Josh Jennings wrote:
> > My hardware is: OS X Tiger 10.4.(6? or whatever the latest update is,
> > don't have my ibook here with me at the moment), 1.33 GHz iBook G4,
> > USB2.0, nothing fancy but runs good. I do not have the usrp board and
> > no rf frontend, just the software. All gnuradio modules are directly
> > from cvs and are up-to-date. I thought to make sure my system could do
> > the basics before I invest in more hardware, I wanted to run some
> > tests using dat files, but that is where I got no audio response.
> > Additionally, do you have the usrp board working on your mac?
> >
> > Just to note: the .dat files did NOT work for audio-portaudio OR
> > audio-osx. Only the python scripts which generate the audio signal
> > from gnuradio worked (for portaudio and osx), ie dial_tone.py etc.
> > Reading from a .dat file seems to produce cpu work but no audio out in
> > my built in speakers.
> > I could also take a look into this, but since I am new to the project
> > it is probably slower going for me, plus I got family visiting for a
> > bit...as to being patient, that is not a problem. Good work takes
> > time.