readRTL() cannot be called again without restarting python

[aabaker]

decoder.c contains a comment that the call to rtlsdr_close() has been omitted because it causes segfaults. The post at http://photobyte.org/rtl-sdr-segmentation-error-solved/ says this is due to a specific version of libusb and using a newer libusb fixes it.

Reinstating the rtlsdr_close() routine allows another read to be started but that read never completes because do_exit doesn't get reset to 0.

[jaycedowell]

Could try adding a "do_exit = 0;" on line 319 of decoder.c?

[aabaker]

That should work but it seemed cleaner to me to do it before starting the new read rather than when the current one finishes. For some reason I'd failed to push the change I made to make it work but it's now at https://github.com/aabaker/rtl_osv21/commit/7b96d995a5e86ce3f6577c1bac5a3e7055409e4a

[jaycedowell]

Even better. If you put in a pull request for this I'll merge it in.

[jaycedowell]

Thanks.