johnmoe1
Member
[size=+2]Quick Start[/size]
Go to: Scanner Click "Enable Audio". Select desired talkgroup(s). Enjoy.
[size=+2]Background[/size]
I've been experimenting with listening to ARMER for a while. I have mostly recorded and listened to the audio later. I decided it might be fun experiment with listening "live". This is my first attempt at listening live. It seems to be mostly working, so I thought I would share. I have tried it using Chrome, Safari and Firefox (on Mac OS X). I expect it will also work using those browsers on Windows. It seems to work on iOS (scrolling the talkgroup list is a little strange; try zooming out). It will not work with Internet Explorer.
[size=+2]ARMER Sites[/size]
I listen to 11 sites. When a talkgroup is heard on multiple sites, I average the signal hoping to get a clearer signal.
[size=+1]* Mostly Good Reception[/size]
Anoka, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin East, Minneapolis, Ramsey, Washington
[size=+1]* Often Not Great[/size]
Carver/Scott, City Center, Hennepin West, Rice
[size=+2]Talkgroup Choices[/size]
I didn't put a lot of effort into this. I was aiming largely for talkgroups that are likely to already be available to stream. I am sure I am missing a ton. If you would like to have talkgroup(s) added, leave a message. They are easy to add. (If the talkgroup is frequently carried only on say Hennepin West, I might not be interested. I also tried to skip talkgroups that I am not sure I receive all of.) If you want to suggest a better way to organize the list, I would be interested in that.
[size=+2]Overlapping[/size]
I think there are about three reasonable options for how to deal with multiple active talkgroups at the same time.
[size=+1]* One wins; others dropped.[/size]
I think this is what most scanners and stream do today. I might add this. Do I add some sort of priority?
[size=+1]* Play them all simultaneously.[/size]
I will probably add this as an option eventually. With a bunch of busy talkgroups, I think this would probably give me a headache. I am also not sure how I would show who is talking.
[size=+1]* Play them one after another.[/size]
This is what I do today. This means that if you select enough talkgroups, you will continually fall farther behind and never get caught up to the present. Don't select so many talkgroups.
[size=+2]Delay[/size]
Scanner: ~0 constant.
Stream: ~30 seconds (guessing) constant.
This: Variable. The audio is collected and sent when the person is DONE talking. This is not very noticeable for normal conversations where the average message is only a few seconds long. It is noticeable for things like fire dispatches which can end up like: tones; 45 second pause; 40 seconds of message. Of course the delay can get even longer if someone else is talking on some other talkgroup (see Overlapping).
Possibile Option: I could delay everything by XX seconds and then every transmission less than XX seconds would have a constant delay. Most ARMER talkgroups (or radios or whatever) seem to limit transmissions to about 59 seconds.
[size=+2]Equal Loudness[/size]
I currently don't implement anything to increase the volume of people who talk very softly. I should. My cat would also appreciate an option to reduce the volume for pager tones.
[size=+2]User Interface[/size]
It looks terrible. You can't yet bookmark a set of talkgroups or anything. It might be nice to allow clicking a talkgroup to switch to replay-recent mode.
[size=+2]Guarantees[/size]
None. I make NO guarantees that this will work or be available. It will stop if my power goes out, if my Internet goes out, if I reboot the computer and for many other reasons.
Go to: Scanner Click "Enable Audio". Select desired talkgroup(s). Enjoy.
[size=+2]Background[/size]
I've been experimenting with listening to ARMER for a while. I have mostly recorded and listened to the audio later. I decided it might be fun experiment with listening "live". This is my first attempt at listening live. It seems to be mostly working, so I thought I would share. I have tried it using Chrome, Safari and Firefox (on Mac OS X). I expect it will also work using those browsers on Windows. It seems to work on iOS (scrolling the talkgroup list is a little strange; try zooming out). It will not work with Internet Explorer.
[size=+2]ARMER Sites[/size]
I listen to 11 sites. When a talkgroup is heard on multiple sites, I average the signal hoping to get a clearer signal.
[size=+1]* Mostly Good Reception[/size]
Anoka, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin East, Minneapolis, Ramsey, Washington
[size=+1]* Often Not Great[/size]
Carver/Scott, City Center, Hennepin West, Rice
[size=+2]Talkgroup Choices[/size]
I didn't put a lot of effort into this. I was aiming largely for talkgroups that are likely to already be available to stream. I am sure I am missing a ton. If you would like to have talkgroup(s) added, leave a message. They are easy to add. (If the talkgroup is frequently carried only on say Hennepin West, I might not be interested. I also tried to skip talkgroups that I am not sure I receive all of.) If you want to suggest a better way to organize the list, I would be interested in that.
[size=+2]Overlapping[/size]
I think there are about three reasonable options for how to deal with multiple active talkgroups at the same time.
[size=+1]* One wins; others dropped.[/size]
I think this is what most scanners and stream do today. I might add this. Do I add some sort of priority?
[size=+1]* Play them all simultaneously.[/size]
I will probably add this as an option eventually. With a bunch of busy talkgroups, I think this would probably give me a headache. I am also not sure how I would show who is talking.
[size=+1]* Play them one after another.[/size]
This is what I do today. This means that if you select enough talkgroups, you will continually fall farther behind and never get caught up to the present. Don't select so many talkgroups.
[size=+2]Delay[/size]
Scanner: ~0 constant.
Stream: ~30 seconds (guessing) constant.
This: Variable. The audio is collected and sent when the person is DONE talking. This is not very noticeable for normal conversations where the average message is only a few seconds long. It is noticeable for things like fire dispatches which can end up like: tones; 45 second pause; 40 seconds of message. Of course the delay can get even longer if someone else is talking on some other talkgroup (see Overlapping).
Possibile Option: I could delay everything by XX seconds and then every transmission less than XX seconds would have a constant delay. Most ARMER talkgroups (or radios or whatever) seem to limit transmissions to about 59 seconds.
[size=+2]Equal Loudness[/size]
I currently don't implement anything to increase the volume of people who talk very softly. I should. My cat would also appreciate an option to reduce the volume for pager tones.
[size=+2]User Interface[/size]
It looks terrible. You can't yet bookmark a set of talkgroups or anything. It might be nice to allow clicking a talkgroup to switch to replay-recent mode.
[size=+2]Guarantees[/size]
None. I make NO guarantees that this will work or be available. It will stop if my power goes out, if my Internet goes out, if I reboot the computer and for many other reasons.
