45SigSauer
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Is it normal for there to be a delay in my broadcast, For instance, I can be looking at my 2055, see there is traffic, but wont hear it on RR for several seconds, I think about 5-10 seconds, it's no big deal, just curious.
Is it normal for there to be a delay in my broadcast, For instance, I can be looking at my 2055, see there is traffic, but wont hear it on RR for several seconds, I think about 5-10 seconds, it's no big deal, just curious.
It depends on the software you use for streaming and the audio client that you use.
Winamp lets you adjust the amount of buffering. More buffering = more delay.
Note that you really WANT a reasonable amount of delay, at LEAST several seconds, and more buffering is generally better than less -- 5 or 10 seconds in minimal, 20-40 seconds is better. Even more if you're on a wireless connection. This is because audio data can be delayed, sometimes by a long time, travelling from RR's servers to your audio player. If you have too LITTLE buffering, that means your playback will break up, stop, and lose audio chunks. Very unpleasant. I had this experience with another scanner remote-audio package I used and it's partly what drove me to write ScannerCast.
Peter
K1PGV
That’s not true Peter as my..
Buffering should be done at the end point, not at the source point.
@Bob... Did I mention your software, Bob? I don't think so.
You did purchase a license from me.Because, to be absolutely, positively, clear I was not talking about ProScan ScanCast. I've never used it, and in fact know nothing about it. I'm sure it's a fine piece of software.
Actually, buffering needs to be done at both ends, source and client. Buffering at the source allows you to completely decouple your source data stream (the audio and tags from the scanner) which is both constant and periodic, from your "push" and"pull" data streams (data going to RR or to directly connected clients). This provides numerous advantages (quick burst pre-loading for clients, better tolerance to communications delays and failure, etc).
Is there another "scanner remote-audio package" out there besides mine?
yes. at least 4, they just aren't as widely used.
Sorry, Peter, my bad.
Not the exact same thing, but I am still getting a delay in the tags showing up.