SW Florida Stream now with talkgroup display

[K4IHS]

Testing my stream from Fort Myers in SW Florida. Talkgroups are now being displayed. The link is here...

http://pinelakeshome.com/videotest.htm

Comments please. I'll be testing until June 1.

Thanks...

 

[gatorhater]

Looks and sounds awesome! homer, You Rock, man!

 

[davidd2957]

Great Stream Homer. Are you using a Pro-96 for your stream? What program are you using for the stream and how do you get that display to work?
I have a Pro-96 and I use Outcast for my stream but I have no display with this program.
My stream is at http://w2lie.net (the Suffolk County Feed).
David D.

 

[scanjunkie]

Homer that is awesome!! It looks and sounds incredible!! Great job!!

 

[K4IHS]

I've live streamed my scanner for about 3 years from Fort Myers here in SW Florida. Before... I'd used Shoutcast as a server and the Winamp software. My old page is here http://www.pinelakeshome.com/Scanner/radio1.htm No video... just 800 trunked on the L channel and RSW air on the R channel. The Shoutcast page is here
http://69.136.23.76:8000/index.html Those streams are still up.

I'd received many emails in regard to what talk groups are being heard. In other words... listeners could tell by the type of comms it was fire related... but what fire department? I'm using a Radio Shack PRO 2053 and there is no screen output for the display.

Then I was reading about video stream feeds. A free server is available from http://www.streamwebtown.com They allow you to stream a video/audio source for free. You can use Windows Media Encoder software (available free from their site) So... I thought... why not just aim a cheap web cam at the scanner display... and feed the audio from the scanner as the audio source. It worked right off the first time.

Sooooooooooo... what you're seeing is a web cam video of my scanner display... and the audio is streamed at the same time. It allows listeners to hear the audio... and also see what frequency/talkgroup is being heard.

I'm currently testing this stream until June 1. Then I have to see what the bandwidth use is. If it is acceptable... I may take down my other feeds and just make the new setup permanent. Right now I have cables all over the place. It isn't pretty! Also... I need to see how reliable the streamwebtown site is. Shoutcast will run forever... needing very little attention. I've already had to reset the streamwebtown twice.

The only bad think I've seen so far... is the audio can sound a little like "Donald Duck" sometimes. Otherwise... it's pretty good!

Hope that answers your questions. Thanks for the comments. If you have other questions... I'll try to answer them for you.

R

 

[K4IHS]

I've completed testing the video/audio stream showing the trunking ID's of my live scanner stream. Thanks to everyone for the comments. I was using http://www.streamwebtown.com/ and it worked well. The only issue I had... was the Windows Media Encoder would stop streaming sometimes. The error log showed... "can't keep up with the stream". I'm using broad band so I don't think bandwidth was the issue? I plan to look into the problem some more. If anyone has any ideas... please post a reply. In the meantime... my scanner live stream from the Ft. Myers / SW Florida area can be found at http://www.pinelakeshome.com/Scanner/radio1.htm

I'm not sure if I'll go full time with the video talk group ID concept or not. But... with the start of hurricane season today... keep an eye on the http://www.pinelakeshome.com/Scanner/radio1.htm page. If a hurricane comes close to SW Florida... I will stream lots of interesting stuff including real time outdoor video.

Homer

 

[spiritwolfpr]

Hello Homer:
Can I use a PRO-92 to do what you did?
Thanks

 

[K4IHS]

Sure... just aim the web cam at the display on the PRO92. Streamwebtown has the 123 easy to follow instructions. Plug in the audio... and you are ready to go!