Has anyone found a way to do both a traditional stream and calls stream on the PI. I currently am running 2 traditional and 2 call streams on my laptop that having issues and would love to move this to a new platform
Broadcastify Raspberry Pi Feed Appliance Image v1.0 (BETA)
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I am running a traditIonal/calls feed on a RPi using the Broadcastify image. It works fine but I don’t know if it supports 2 of each. You may need a second RPi to run the second feeds.
how many audio sources do you have? In other words, do you have four separate radios or do you have two radios each supplying audio to both a calls feed and a traditional feed?
using 4 sdr usb dongles
Four dongles is likely more than a pi can handle.
That would be awesome. Let me know if you find it.
how to get Alpha Tags (meta data) for raspberry pi
i tried attaching the file here but since it is a py file it wouldn't let me so i added the file to my drop box ( if not allow please delete)
1- Put file in the pi home folder
2 - open file
3- update with your Broadcastify feed details (delete what is in between the " ") and add your personal details- password, sever address, mount point
4- make sure your baudrate matches on scanner and in file
5- make sure you have the right dev port usually it is ttyUSB0 and or 1 or could be like AMC0 or 1
If you need to find your port
Open Terminal
Cd /dev
Ls
If you want to edit the file from the command line
Sudo nano metaPy.py
I have this working with my feeds using darkice, also I run 2 feeds on a pi so you can just put 2 of the Meta files in the folder and just rename them I use metaPy.py and metaPy1.py
Also, if you run 2 files your ports will be like USB0 and USB1
I also make my baudrate different on each file and scanner
This is not my work I did not build this file all credit goes to Brandon Rasmussen, K7BBR (search his name in the forums) he does have a few troubleshooting comments if you need
wuzafuzz
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Question: how much care and feeding does a RPi based feed require? It would be running the Broadcastify image. I'm thinking of setting one up at a family member's house near me. Of course that makes me wonder how often it would require a visit for routine maintenance or troubleshooting.
If I set it up at my own house the feed might occasionally freak out from my ham radios transmitting within 30 feet of the scanner antenna. That would detract from the good listening experience a feed should provide, plus the RF getting into the hardware might have undesirable results.
If I set it up at my own house the feed might occasionally freak out from my ham radios transmitting within 30 feet of the scanner antenna. That would detract from the good listening experience a feed should provide, plus the RF getting into the hardware might have undesirable results.
Both my Broadcastify Pi, and completely unrelated, ADS-B Pi require little to no (zero?) maintenance. It just runs.
wuzafuzz
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Excellent. That's what I was hoping to hear. Thanks for the insight.
kd4e
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Using very basic Trunk Recorder code mine has been rock solid. Someone convinced me to try a Docker-based setup and it was nothing but constant trouble - returned to the non-Docker code. YMMV ...
wuzafuzz
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Cool. I've used Docker and some hypervisors. They can be neat. I'm not good enough with them to setup and rely on them without a step by step recipe. Even then I'm still doomed if things go wrong, especially with a remote deployment. In this case I just want the appliance.
I have several pi's runing and almost fool proof once set up. My radios don't cause any issue however I am not on HF.
wuzafuzz
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I'll build and test at my place and see what happens. If the transmitters cause problems the streamer can move. Thanks!
I run a feed on rpi and zero maintenance issues. My HF radio did cause some issues on TX, so I added a high pass filter, and all is solved.
I agree. My pi’s are zero maintenance as a feed appliance. However, I would caution that my experience with the bcfy image has been nothing but trouble. Install darkice software on the pi yourself and use pulseaudio (already on the pi OS). From an sd pd card freshly imaged with pi OS, it takes me about 5 minutes to have a stream up and running.
wuzafuzz
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Thanks for all the feedback yesterday. I applied for a feed, obtained approval, and got it up and running today. With the exception of a surprise reboot when moving the RPi, everything is running smoothly. Even the surprise restart brought the feed back up without interaction. Perfect. Now I will hard mount everything to prevent accidental cord removals, etc. Thanks again!
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The wiki page says the image has both SSH and VNC running by default, but when I try to connect to my RPi on RealVNC it displays "Cannot currently show the desktop." SSH is working fine, but terminal is annoying when I should have a GUI available. Haven't got a micro-HDMI converter and don't really feel like buying one just to set this up. Any suggestions?
wuzafuzz
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I am NOT a RPi or Linux guru, but in the past I sometimes ran into issues with screen resolution not playing nice with VNC clients. Choosing a certain resolution resolved the problem. Searching Raspberry Pi or Real VNC forums may find the magic setting for you.
Has there been any progress made towards text tag support on the BCFY pi feed appliance?
