MicroRDS

MicroRDS is a lightweight, software RDS encoder for Linux.

Key Features:

• Lightweightness: Designed with efficiency in mind, the system boasts minimal resource requirements, ensuring optimal performance on a variety of hardware configurations.

• Extensive protocol support: Built-in compatibility for PS, PTY, PI, RT, RT+, CT, PTYN, ECC, LIC, AF.

• Seamless script usage: Flexibility of using familiar scripting languages like Bash, Python, and more, to effortlessly control RDS through FIFO.

Plugins

• MicroRDS_SSH - This is a script in Python that connects to a remote SSH server, runs MicroRDS and controls it with a text file located on the client.

Installation

Dependencies

on Debian-based distros, run sudo apt install libao-dev libsamplerate0-dev
on Arch-based distros, run sudo pacman -S libao libsamplerate
on Fedora, run sudo dnf install libao-devel libsamplerate-devel

Downloading the code

git clone https://github.com/barteqcz/MicroRDS

Tweaking the features

If you prefer the program to utilize RBDS, refer to the Makefile file for relevant instructions. RBDS is disabled by default.

Compilation

Go to the src folder, and simply run make. If you want to enable RBDS, do it before running make.

Usage

Once you compiled the program, use ./micrords to run it.

To see available FIFO commands list, see FIFO command list

To see available program-built-in commands, run ./micrords --help

Troubleshooting, help

The output volume of your subcarriers depends also on the OS output volume. I compared it to other radio stations. On my hardware, it seems that setting the OS output volume to 50% is the 'zero-point' for transmitting RDS - 4.5% is the same level as many radio stations' RDS subcarrier.

Credits

MicroRDS is a fork of MiniRDS written by Anthony96922