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I downloaded VBA and am using it with my R820T dongle, SDR Sharp and DSD 1.6, everything works fine but I don;t get a decode for APCO 25. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the same setup and if so do you AP 25 decode, thanks.

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This was recently discussed on the SDR# yahoo group, a few people claim to have this working. The common denominator seems to be fast multi-core processors and tons of RAM. Personally, I've tried for weeks with no success. One problem is that DSD requires a pretty stable 48000 sample rate. SDR# puts out 32000 with most configurations.

There is a setting in the SDR# config file that sets the minimum output sample rate that can be set to 48000. Unfortunately, this sets the minimum output rate but it usually is not 48000. The only way I could get a 48000 was to modify the source to add a dongle sample rate equally divisible by 32 (seems to be the default decimation factor) of 1536000. This gave me 48000 output sample rate but still DSD had problems decoding P25.

The only near error free decoding I could get while testing was with the default 32k output rate recorded to a wav file, loaded into an audio editor and re-sampled to 48k. This made me think the root problem was the SDR# output rate. I created a real-time re-sampler that took SDR# 32k input on one virtual cable re-sampled to 48k and output on a second vc. Still no joy. Then I hacked the SDR# source to get the 48k output, still no joy.

This was with Intel dual core 2Ghz processors and 2G of RAM.
 

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Just one last comment, I don't know if it will make a difference or not. In your post you mentioned that you used a virtual audio cable, I was using this VB-Audio Virtual Cable.. They are similar but I like the latter better.

Like I said may not make a difference but I just thought I would mention it.

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Just one last comment, I don't know if it will make a difference or not. In your post you mentioned that you used a virtual audio cable, I was using this VB-Audio Virtual Cable.. They are similar but I like the latter better.

Like I said may not make a difference but I just thought I would mention it.

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I purchased VAC about 5 years ago for another purpose and it includes upgrades, so since I already owned the full version I haven't tried any alternatives. Maybe I will give VB a try. Although my goal is to integrate a P25 decoding plugin into SDR#.and avoiding DSD altogether.
 

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I purchased VAC about 5 years ago for another purpose and it includes upgrades, so since I already owned the full version I haven't tried any alternatives. Maybe I will give VB a try. Although my goal is to integrate a P25 decoding plugin into SDR#.and avoiding DSD altogether.


<< integrate a P25 decoding plugin into SDR#.and avoiding DSD altogether. >>

That would be awsome, I will be watching for that plugin release with anticipation.:)

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Okay so I can now use VA basic or Windows7 stereo mixer to decode Apco 25. It is about as good as what I get using the discriminator tap from the scanner. Audio is clear but with delays.

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