[Q] Support for MacOS + Dektec devices

[giorgos-epitropou-obs]

Hi, the question is pretty much what the title says.
I have a MacOS laptop (M1) and I want to ask if tsduck can run/support tsp commands with my DTU-315 usb Dektec modulator. Specifically, in the documentation it mentions that it is available via homebrew but also "On macOS or unsupported Linux platforms (Alpine, Arm processors), TSDuck is automatically compiled with NODEKTEC set." Does that mean I have to compile it my self or it cannot support these devices at all. Also, if it does support it, do I need special drivers?
thank you

[lelegard]

Hi @giorgos-epitropou-obs

The answer is unfortunately simple: Dektec (the company) does not support macOS. There is no macOS device driver and no DTAPI binary (the closed-source library to access Dektec devices).

This is a request for Dektec. However, they are focused on professional broadcast applications and I doubt that there is a significant demand for macOS here.