id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,port 65535,rtl-sdr @20220115-5e73f90f rtl_tcp does not listen on specified port,Waffle2,michaelld,"Using rtl_tcp on Macosx 12.5 does not work as expected. A command line such as -a 127.0.0.1 -p 1234 should result with rtl_tcp listening on port 1234. Instead, it gives a spurious bind error, and listens on what appears to be a random port. {{{ rtl_tcp -a 127.0.0.1 -p 1234 Found 1 device(s): 0: Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001 Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner [R82XX] PLL not locked! Tuned to 100000000 Hz. rtl_tcp bind error: Invalid argumentlistening... Use the device argument 'rtl_tcp=127.0.0.1:1234' in OsmoSDR (gr-osmosdr) source to receive samples in GRC and control rtl_tcp parameters (frequency, gain, ...). ... lsof -i -n | grep rtl rtl_tcp 7371 dlr 5u IPv4 0x4c8c6c1688efaf9d 0t0 TCP *:51345 (LISTEN) }}} Different runs appear to listed on other, random, ports. ",defect,assigned,Normal,,ports,2.7.2,,monterey,,rtl-sdr