Just curious if there is anything else I can try out that might be better than SDRTrunk?
Anything out there better than SDRTrunk?
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Lots of stuff out there, pro's n con's , all take some tinkering with, better..hard put to discriminate, greatful for the those that have taken the time to create software for us
GitHub - robotastic/trunk-recorder: Records calls from a Trunked Radio System (P25 & SmartNet)
Been sending calls from multiple p25p2 simulcast systems to bcfy calls (using an airspy r2) for almost a year and haven't had to touch it other than for occasional os and app updates. Rock solid
Been sending calls from multiple p25p2 simulcast systems to bcfy calls (using an airspy r2) for almost a year and haven't had to touch it other than for occasional os and app updates. Rock solid
I love SDRTrunk...easy configuration, RR Alias downloads (with subscription), multiple tuner capability, clear decode, stereo audio (hear two channels at once), single channel (non-trunking), streaming capability....
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What SDR are you using? Not all software works on all SDR's.
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SDRTrunk has a good user interface but is resource heavy. There are apps out there that use less resource and are thus "better" for use on lower spec hardware typically used for streaming, but the downside of those is less capable user interfaces.
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Right now I'm pretty torn between setting up SDRTrunk or trunk-recorder...
SDRTrunk has a very nice graphical interface as well as some good features, but I'm concerned about it's stability and it's resource usage... I don't want to have to restart the application every few days, and I'm worried that even with a nicely spec'd machine, it's going to struggle with recording two very busy P25 sites.
My only real concern with trunk-recorder is how to deal with duplicate transmissions coming from both sites. Aside from that, I expect it to be very stable and considerably less resource-hungry than SDRTrunk.
I'm leaning heavily toward trunk-recorder... But honestly I'll probably end up trying both to see what ends up working better for me. If SDRTrunk is able to handle both sites, and can run for months at a time without crashing, then that might end up being the winner.
For anyone who has used both: I'd love to hear your experiences/comparisons between the two.
SDRTrunk has a very nice graphical interface as well as some good features, but I'm concerned about it's stability and it's resource usage... I don't want to have to restart the application every few days, and I'm worried that even with a nicely spec'd machine, it's going to struggle with recording two very busy P25 sites.
My only real concern with trunk-recorder is how to deal with duplicate transmissions coming from both sites. Aside from that, I expect it to be very stable and considerably less resource-hungry than SDRTrunk.
I'm leaning heavily toward trunk-recorder... But honestly I'll probably end up trying both to see what ends up working better for me. If SDRTrunk is able to handle both sites, and can run for months at a time without crashing, then that might end up being the winner.
For anyone who has used both: I'd love to hear your experiences/comparisons between the two.
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I'm using SDRTrunk 0.5.0 on Linux and only restart the program when either my system has patches that require a reboot, or SDRTrunk is patched itself. Otherwise, it hums along. It is using 5-7% CPU for a two site P25 on an Intel 12th gen i7-12700.
I never have issues with SDRTrunk, either on Windows 10/11 or Linux. I believe that the people who are having issues are using inappropriate hardware or have borked their OS in some way prior to installation. It sounds like you want to build a "set it, then forget it" type of unattended installation. I would suggest starting with modern hardware with sufficient RAM, and a fresh and stable install of whatever OS you choose. I am currently running SDRT w/ Airspy R2 (and Unitrunker 2 with a Nooelec and an Airspy Mini) on a 12th gen i7 "T" (35W) Dell Micro PC with 16G of RAM. Total CPU usage is ~ 35%, with several complicated webpages open. Runs 24 / 7.
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I'm not sure what "not foss" means, but I'm currently running Unitrunker 2.1 with 5 sdrs. Other users have more running.
My bad, I need to update then, I think I'm still running v2.0.
foss is free / open source software, while Unitrunker is free, too the best of my knowledge it's not open source.
How about an actual scanner
V2.0 was not limited to one SDR.
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Not critical to the conversation here but some history - Unitrunker Version 0 "Retro" (vintage 2005) supported up to two radios - one for control and one for voice. Version 1, Version 2 and now Version 2.1 have all supported multiple SDRs.
SDRTrunk is designed to decode P25 trunking systems primarily. An analog conventional capability was added later as a convenience. Most people have multiple receivers / software packages to monitor multiple modes, but perhaps a traditional scanner would work best for you. The SDS series (and others) can record audio.
Well, for voice recordings, I like to have a single UI and access to the streams no matter what the origin of the audio - public safety (digital and analog), ATC, utilities. I have antennas all routed to SDR's in a common wiring scheme, and everything is recorded to NAS storage. I don't think it's very user friendly to have wildly different UI's for accessing basically the same type of media, not to mention the hassle of multiple archiving systems, etc...
Fortunately it looks like SDRtrunk's analog support is getting better. It can really be the go backend for monitoring with a few improvements.
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