DAB Radio on PC?

noizeuk · 24 Oct 2018 at 03:17

Really odd question but is there any way to get DAB radio on the PC? I did a bit of googling but all I could find was Maplin links (RIP).

Thanks

Rozzy85 · 24 Oct 2018 at 06:50

Yes, there is the Radioscape ZE5101 (one on eBay right now) which is a PCI based DAB card. It's rather old though with little info available so possibly only works on an OS like Win XP, I can't even find a link for the drivers.

If you just want to listen to radio on a PC then alternatively you could get any DVB-S or DVB-T card and access the radio broadcasts over Satellite or Terrestrial. They aren't the same exact data streams that are sent over DAB and I don't know if all stations are available on each platform but you'll have the benefit of the higher bitrate. You'll obviously still need an aerial or satellite link.

Tinders · 24 Oct 2018 at 08:04

Would Tunein be an option, most radio stations are on there from what i can see.

Marsman · 24 Oct 2018 at 10:08

As above; I would have thought all and more stations can be found on TuneIn or Radio player, etc.

Unless there are specific stations that can only be accessed by using a DAB radio?

DeeJay-Mo · 13 Dec 2018 at 16:22

you can get cheapo USB DAB adapters designed to work with android devices. Probably wouldn't be too hard to find an appropriate driver / client application for your operating system of choice.

Doug2507 · 13 Dec 2018 at 16:38

I thought all digital radio was available through the web anyway??

Marsman · 13 Dec 2018 at 17:21

Yeah. Really can't the see the point of DAB on PC, unless of course it's for use in areas where the internet connection is iffy.

Monkeynut · 15 Dec 2018 at 21:08

Perhaps it's easier to record as it's MP2 and unencrypted.