This is Great... :)

Yup, the playback cannot be smooth because of the wrong throughput,
definitely.
Did you use the USRP1 with interpolation factor = 16 ?

I can prepare a modulated signal with the correct throughput for you.. this
is not a problem... :)

what hard disc are you playing your signal back from?

regards

vincenzo

2008/11/3 Martin DvH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>
> Hi,
> > > In fact: 8 complex Msps implement a 7 MHz channel while 9.142857143
> > > complex Msps implement an 8 MHz channel.
> > > Just try to go as close as possible to such sampling frequency by
> > > using USRP2 and let me know what happens... it could turn out that we
> > > need a resampler block.
> > So if I use a fractional rate resampler with interpolation factor
> > 10/8=1.25 I get a 7 Mhz channel with 10 Msps samplerate.
> > If I use a fractional rate resampler with interpolation factor
> > 10/9.142857143=1.09375 I get a 8 Mhz channel with 10 Msps samplerate
> >
> > If I use a fractional rate resampler with DECIMATION factor
> > 9.142857143/8=8/7=1.142857143 I get a 8 Mhz channel with 8 Msps
> > samplerate with the out-of-band skirts folded back at the sides.
> >
> > Would be interesting to see if this last one works with a USRP1.
> >
> > I'll let you know how the experiments go.
> I resampled and scaled your ofdm_40.dump file so it now will use 8 Mhz
> bandwidth with a 8 Msps samplerate.
> The reception never can be perfect this way but it seems good enough for
> tests.
>
> My USB DVB-T receiver receives the transport stream without problems.
> Mplayer playes the stream without problem for two loops and then crashes
> with a broken frame.
> My standalone settopbox DVB-T receiver now also receives the stream.
> (8 MHz channel on UHF)
> It has big problems displaying it. Sound is only a chop of sound now and
> then and video stops, then runs for a second, then stops again.
>
> I think this is because the timestamps and framerate (playout speed)
> don't match the data throughput of the MPEG stream anymore.
> (It is getting the stream too fast)
>
> I put my resampled RF file at:
>
> http://www.olifantasia.com/projects/gnuradio/mdvh/OTA/DVB-T/ofdm_40_bw8Mhz_samplerate_8Msps_cshort.raw
>
> format is complex signed short integers (I 16 bit, Q 16 bit) at 8
> Msamples/sec.
>
>
> Greetings,
> Martin
>
>
> > > more details will follow as soon as I find some time...
> > Thanks and success with your second group of tests.
> >
> > Martin
> > > best regards and greetings
> > > to all fellow GNURadioers
> > >
> > > vincenzo
> > >
> > > PS
> > > Rafael, just have a look back a this thread and you'll find all the
> > > info you need to do your test broadcast. Thanks for your interest
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2008/10/31 Martin Dudok van Heel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >         Hi Vincenzo.
> > >         How are things going with your exams.
> > >
> > >         I hope well.
> > >
> > >         Thanks for your help so far.
> > >
> > >         I finally got your DVB-T dump streams working.
> > >         I first tried using an undersampled basicTX but never got it
> > >         to work.
> > >         (use a niquist mirror in the VHF range on channel 11 or 12
> > >         (219.5 Mhz or 226.5 Mhz))
> > >
> > >         I now use a RFX900 and that works with a pinnacle PCTV-Solo
> > >         72e usb DVB-T receiver card plugged into my PC.
> > >         I use 858.0 Mhz (channel 69)
> > >         I used a 10 dB attenuator on the antenna output to limit
> > >         output power.
> > >         I also modified the RFX900 to enable transmitting outside of
> > >         the ISM band. (disable saw-filter. add 220 pF capacitor)
> > >
> > >         Apparantly the pinnacle 72e can receive 7 Mhz channels on the
> > >         UHF channels.
> > >         My standalone settopbox DVB-T receiver can't handle it.
> > >
> > >         I noticed you don't use the full possible range in your 16 bit
> > >         streams.
> > >         (only goes from -80 to +80 while you could use -8192 to 8192)
> > >         Is this on purpose?
> > >         I can multiply samples by 64 and get a cleaner signal. (But
> > >         also more output power)
> > >
> > >
> > >         I do have a request, I hope it is not too much work.
> > >         Could you make a stream with 10 Msamples/sec samplerate and 8
> > >         Mhz wide channel.
> > >         This way I can use standard standalone DVB-T receivers and
> > >         don't have the 7Mhz bandwith on UHF problem.
> > >
> > >         For the 10 Msps stream I would have to use my USRP2 to output
> > >         it.
> > >         It has a 100 Mhz DAC (in stead of 64 Msps in the USRP1)
> > >         It has a gbit ethernet connection for the samples, so I can go
> > >         up to 25 Msps.
> > >         It can only do fixed interpolation rates so I have to choose
> > >         from the table below.
> > >         (8 Msamples/sec is not supported on the USRP2)
> > >
> > >
> > >         USRP2
> > >         dac_rate        interp  ethernet_sample_rate
> > >         100             4       25
> > >         100             5       20
> > >         100             6       16.67
> > >         100             7       14.29
> > >         100             8       12.5
> > >         100             9       11.11
> > >         100             10      10      <----I think 10 Msamples/sec
> > >         should be optimal
> > >         100             11      9.09
> > >         100             12      8.33
> > >         100             13      7.69
> > >         100             14      7.14
> > >
> > >
> > >         I think 10 Msamples/sec would be a good candidate.
> > >
> > >         Have you also tried using 8 Msamples/sec on the USRP1?
> > >         I know there would be no room left for IF channel filtering,
> > >         but it could in theory still work.
> > >         If this works I would also very much appreciate a 8Mhz
> > >         bandwidth stream with 8 MSPS samplerate so I can demonstrate
> > >         with a standard USRP1.
> > >
> > >         Thanks for your help so far.
> > >         I appreciate it very much.
> > >
> > >         And good luck with your exams.
> > >
> > >         Have a nice weekend.
> > >
> > >         Greetings,
> > >         Martin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Vincenzo Pellegrini
>
>


-- 
Vincenzo Pellegrini
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