Broadcastify Calls feature request

blueline_308

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In List view, would it be possible to create a column that shows the Node? I know it shows in the player as it is playing, but if you aren't watching the screen, you miss is. That is why I would like to see it in the actual list as well.

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If a specific county police dispatch is not available, can you enter the node of the system for that specific system?
 

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Can you elaborate a bit on why you need this information exposed in the list view?

I’m somewhat reluctant to surface node information more prominently because it tends to generate additional support questions and confusion. In general, we try to encourage users to think about the system as a whole rather than focusing on individual nodes unless there is a specific operational issue with one of them.

That said, I’d like to better understand your use case.
 

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Can you elaborate a bit on why you need this information exposed in the list view?

I’m somewhat reluctant to surface node information more prominently because it tends to generate additional support questions and confusion. In general, we try to encourage users to think about the system as a whole rather than focusing on individual nodes unless there is a specific operational issue with one of them.

That said, I’d like to better understand your use case.
I'm not sure what the OP had in mind, but being able to report issues with a specific node, such as proper decoding, or audio levels, would be much easier.
 

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I use Broadcastify’s Call list / creating playlists.

I am wanting to monitor Taney CO Sheriff Dispatch 31103

In all scanner apps you can download, all channels associated with Taney CO work.

When I use this feature, under US - Missouri - Taney - Police Dispatch
there is nothing available to add to a playlist.
 

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I use Broadcastify’s Call list / creating playlists.

I am wanting to monitor Taney CO Sheriff Dispatch 31103

In all scanner apps you can download, all channels associated with Taney CO work.

When I use this feature, under US - Missouri - Taney - Police Dispatch
there is nothing available to add to a playlist.
That is because there is no MOSWIN Calls node in the Taney County area. You cannot add a talkgroup to a playlist if it is not available on the Calls platform in the first place. To monitor them, you will need to stick to the standard audio feed (which is separate from Calls) until someone in that area sets up a Calls node.

 

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Ok, thanks. I guess this is because there is no one currently providing a feed to radio reference? In any scanner app available, however, Taney County sheriffs department and Hollister police are available.

Thanks
 

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Ok, thanks. I guess this is because there is no one currently providing a feed to radio reference? In any scanner app available, however, Taney County sheriffs department and Hollister police are available.

Thanks
As I mentioned above, those feeds you are seeing are "conventional" standard Broadcastify (Radioreference) audio feeds, like the one I provided a link to. Almost everything you see on the various police scanner apps ultimately originates from Broadcastify. Those feeds are separate from the newer Broadcastify Calls platform which ingests all traffic on a particular site using an SDR. No one is providing a Calls node in Taney County, but they are providing standard audio feeds.
 

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As I mentioned above, those feeds you are seeing are "conventional" standard Broadcastify (Radioreference) audio feeds, like the one I provided a link to. Almost everything you see on the various police scanner apps ultimately originates from Broadcastify. Those feeds are separate from the newer Broadcastify Calls platform which ingests all traffic on a particular site using an SDR. No one is providing a Calls node in Taney County, but they are providing standard audio feeds.
Ok thanks
 

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Can you elaborate a bit on why you need this information exposed in the list view?

I’m somewhat reluctant to surface node information more prominently because it tends to generate additional support questions and confusion. In general, we try to encourage users to think about the system as a whole rather than focusing on individual nodes unless there is a specific operational issue with one of them.

That said, I’d like to better understand your use case.
I was simply wanting to monitor Taney County - in the state of Missouri - to add to my calls playlist.

31103 Taney CO Sheriff Dispatch
31110 Hollister Police
31128 Branson Police

These are on the MOWIN P25 state system

It appears that there is no feed available for this county to add to my playlist.

I sincerely appreciate your interest in my inquiry.
 

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I was simply wanting to monitor Taney County - in the state of Missouri - to add to my calls playlist.

31103 Taney CO Sheriff Dispatch
31110 Hollister Police
31128 Branson Police

These are on the MOWIN P25 state system

It appears that there is no feed available for this county to add to my playlist.

I sincerely appreciate your interest in my inquiry.
He was not addressing you, he was addressing blueline_308's request which is the topic of this thread. All of your posts are off-topic. In the future you should create your own thread if you have an unrelated issue, not post in someone else's thread, which is considered "hijacking".
 

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Oh ok. I sincerely apologize if I did anything wrong. If I did, it was out of ignorance.

I wouldn’t say “all of my posts” are off topic, but I do keenly understand the venerable strictness that this forum has, and appreciate it accordingly.
 
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