Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Problem converting RTL 8 bit IQ samples to gnuradio native format.

[Salvatore Sanfilippo]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Marcus D. Leech <address@hidden> wrote:

> The RTL *WILL NOT* support sample rates reliably above 2.4Msps, regardless
> of how well-appointed your CPU is.  It drops them internally in
>   its pipeline.  I would suggest using 2.4Msps, and up-sampling to 4Msps.

Thanks Marcus, I noticed this using rtl_test + a very fast computer:
still losing bytes above 2.4.

So should I assume that when modes_rx uses gets data directly from RTL
there is a software layer performing the up-sampling, and this is a
probable cause of my issues after the conversion?

Salvatore

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