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Adam Nielsen a.nielsen at shikadi.net> With rtl_fm, I get a tiny burst of audio about once a minute. > > A fresh run: > freebie# rtl_fm -N -f 162550000 - | play -t raw -r 32k -e signed-integer -b 16 > -c 1 -V 4 - Just FYI, you can see here that: > Output at 24000 Hz. However you have told 'play' to play the audio at a sampling rate of 32kHz, even though the audio data is only arriving at 24kHz. So you will get stuttering as the audio buffer keeps running out and waiting for more data to arrive. For me (under Linux), I get best results using the -r option to rtl_fm to set the output audio sampling rate to 48kHz, then tell play to play at 48kHz too. This way my system doesn't have to resample it to 48kHz before it can mix the stream into the system-wide audio output. Note that the -s option sets the signal bandwidth and -r sets the output audio sampling rate. A lot of people misunderstand the purpose of the -s option, however you shouldn't need it unless you are trying to receive data signals. -W and -N set -s to the correct values for voice transmissions. I would also suggest playing a .wav file with the same 'play' options just to make sure your system can play mono audio at low sampling rates. I know my sound card drivers won't (possibly because I am using a SPDIF connection to an external amplifier) so I need the Linux audio system to upmix it to 48kHz 16-bit stereo or I won't hear anything. Cheers, Adam.