Online Archiving

[KD0BML]

Anyone do any online archiving of their own? I just figured out a way of doing it myself. I like the archiving on RR, but I hate waiting through the files listening in realtime. The archive I came up with filters out the dead air and processes it into a smaller file. This really cuts down on the required storage space. Just curious if anyone else out there has come up with anything similar.

-Adam
Dubuque Iowa Police Scanner Online

[jasonk]

Originally Posted by KD0BML

Anyone do any online archiving of their own? I just figured out a way of doing it myself. I like the archiving on RR, but I hate waiting through the files listening in realtime. The archive I came up with filters out the dead air and processes it into a smaller file. This really cuts down on the required storage space. Just curious if anyone else out there has come up with anything similar.

-Adam
Dubuque Iowa Police Scanner Online

I have some RR feeds and some other Online Feeds that I record on my local computer. I have purchased software called Replay AV. it works great for grabbing any audio and filing it .....I save in 10 minute increments. Please share with me your method ...I would like to find an online solution for file storage .....

Jason

[aharry]

The problem with simply removing dead air is you loose your time line. If timing is not important than it is a viable option, what would be useful is a format that would remove dead air but maintain an accurate time line.

[KD0BML]

Originally Posted by aharry

The problem with simply removing dead air is you loose your time line. If timing is not important than it is a viable option, what would be useful is a format that would remove dead air but maintain an accurate time line.

I'm actually working on that. I'm working on text tagging for the talk groups/frequencies, then I would embed the current time with the freq/talkgroup. Once it is recorded, the tags would show up on the beginning of each transmission with a timestamp.

[tcg]

I use a program called VoxToFile.

It only records when there is activity and provides a log so you know what time the transmission occurred.

I provide a feed of the marine channels and Coast Guard for RR and a local boating forum. If someone posts a news story about an incident or asks what was the Coast Guard helicopter doing yesterday at 9 pm I can easily find the transmissions.

In my case a busy 24 hour period on the lake nets me 2 - 4 hours of recordings.

Here is an example of the log file. The start time (3rd column) is where I would go to in the sound file and it will correspond to the Date & Time.

Date, Time, Start, Finish, Duration
9/22/2009, 10:47:27 AM, 23:35.075, 23:38.081, 0:03.006
9/22/2009, 10:47:33 AM, 23:38.331, 23:42.339, 0:04.008
9/22/2009, 10:48:19 AM, 23:42.590, 23:44.093, 0:01.503
9/22/2009, 10:48:21 AM, 23:44.343, 23:48.351, 0:04.008
9/22/2009, 10:50:21 AM, 23:48.602, 23:51.357, 0:02.755
9/22/2009, 10:50:30 AM, 23:51.608, 23:54.864, 0:03.256
9/22/2009, 10:50:53 AM, 23:54.864, 24:01.127, 0:06.263
9/22/2009, 10:51:04 AM, 24:01.127, 24:04.383, 0:03.256
9/22/2009, 10:52:49 AM, 24:04.634, 24:12.149, 0:07.515
9/22/2009, 10:53:31 AM, 24:12.399, 24:19.163, 0:06.764
9/22/2009, 10:54:06 AM, 24:19.413, 24:20.916, 0:01.503
9/22/2009, 10:54:10 AM, 24:21.167, 24:27.680, 0:06.513
9/22/2009, 10:54:31 AM, 24:27.930, 24:32.690, 0:04.760

Matt

[aharry]

Originally Posted by tcg

I use a program called VoxToFile. It only records when there is activity and provides a log so you know what time the transmission occurred.

Matt

Being voice activated does it catch the start of each transmission or does it miss it?

[tcg]

Originally Posted by aharry

Being voice activated does it catch the start of each transmission or does it miss it?

It catches it and has settings to fine tune when it starts and stops recording.

Matt

[Citywide173]

I just use the option in Proscan, do VOX recording and save the files locally. I save them in 15 minute blocks, which can have from 15 minutes to several hours of traffic depending on the volume of traffic. On a daily basis, I upload them to my Mediafire.com account ($60/year-unlimited storage, 100 GB transfer/month) and just copy the link to my archive pages:

An Unofficial Site

http://www.providencefirescanner.com/audio.htm

I've got the upload/copy/paste process down pretty well, and it takes about 20 minutes of my time each day.

The dispatchers usually give the time, so the timeline really isn't an issue, but I'm also not archiving for court.

[w2lie]

I use Simplecast for my live feeds. I archives real time as it encodes the audio. the only problem is it only archives when it is streaming. When i purchased my copy it was about $60 I believe