Feed online but silent for hours

[acre]

Hi everyone,

I listen to the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police), Kawartha Lakes feed. It has been very busy for a few months but in the past 24 hours, there has been no police broadcasts in the three talk groups that are on the feed. This is Sunday, but weekends in these zones keep the officers run off their feet. Does anyone know why the feed is silent, despite not being flagged as Offline?

Many thanks...

 

[AB5ID]

Did you report the issues to the feed provider? They may not realize they've lost audio.

 

[One13Truck]

This happens to me every month or two. The power grid here sucks. It’ll blip just enough to shut the scanner off but not make the computer reboot.

Always seems to be timed perfectly to when I’m sleeping, working, or out somewhere so I don’t notice it for a few hours before I can turn the scanner back on.

 

[acre]

Thanks for chiming in guys. I have no idea how to contact the feed provider.

 

[acre]

I tried restarting my computer in case there was a conflict with my Steinberg sound module. Still silent. The one thing I neglected to point out was this feed has been riddled with crackling sounds for weeks. When an officer broadcasts in a louder voice, the signal is overlayered by crackling. Perhaps the feeder is trying to correct this. Still don't see how to contact him or her.

 

[AB5ID]

Thanks for chiming in guys. I have no idea how to contact the feed provider.

Red flag bottom right hand corner.

 

[acre]

Thanks, AB5ID. Some of the feeds display that button. This one doesn't, despite that it shows he's still online. Here's what I'm seeing. Perhaps you can access this feed and let me know if you're seeing anything different. This is a real mystery.

 

[AB5ID]

Thanks, AB5ID. Some of the feeds display that button. This one doesn't, despite that it shows he's still online. Here's what I'm seeing. Perhaps you can access this feed and let me know if you're seeing anything different. This is a real mystery.
View attachment 170027

I didn't realize you were listening to the Calls platform playlist instead of a Broadcastify regular feed.
You can contact the feeder here:

https://www.broadcastify.com/problem/?nodeId=3247

Monday morning shows at feeder has been offline for at least one day

Broadcastify Calls Coverage

Broadcastify Calls Coverage

www.broadcastify.com

 

[cg]

I don't know how that person has a feed set up but I would suggest a couple possibilities. There are feeds local to me that that behave very similar.
First, the radio is being shut off at certain times by the feed supplier but the computer is not.
The other thing would be with a trunked system where the feed is coming from somewhere that does not reliably have a unit affiliated to that TG 24/7. A serious call in the East that brings units from the West end of the troop area leaves me unable to hear that Troop as there is no one affiliated to the site I can receive.

 

[acre]

Thanks!
"I didn't realize you were listening to the Calls platform playlist instead of a Broadcastify regular feed." I've tried both and the channel is still dead and yet it shows the feeder as being online.

"Monday morning shows at feeder has been offline for at least one day" I don't know where to find that page.

It's probably just me but I find this whole site VERY confusing. To add to the problem, I joined about 14 years ago under an old email address. Now I can't even log into my account. I put in a request for help on that.

 

[acre]

Update
He's back online! Must have been down for some reason. Thanks for the help, fellas.

 

[acre]

Another update
I was wrong. There was one broadcast that lasted two seconds from an OPP officer. The channel has been dead ever since.

 

[mikewazowski]

@w3rwn ?

 

[w3rwn]

Working once again. Ubuntu update.

 

[acre]

Update
I managed to contact the feed provider (I think) and worded my question in a very polite and straight forward message, as per the recommendations of this site. I also thanked him for his feed and devotion to the listeners. I haven't received a reply yet but I know that's to be expected.

Once again, the feed has gone dead except for one message last night (Sunday Oct 20). It was something like, "Attention all Northumberland units." That was it. The feed has been dead ever since. I would have expected more broadcasts because all officers were called.

How do I find out if the feed is Online or not? Many thanks...

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

How do I find out if the feed is Online or not? Many thanks...

Feed shows online where shown below. Now this doesn't rule out potential issues with the feed provider's sound source or scanner/receiver programming, this just means the provider is sending data to the Broadcastify server. If you had an RR premium subscription you could download and review a few feed archive mp3 files at random in a wave editor like Audacity to detect the presence of sound waves and this would at least tell you whether or not audio is coming through or if it is 100% dead air to save you from having to listen through hours & days of files

 

[acre]

Okay, thanks for the info, Whiskey. I've seen that window before. I'll check it out.

 

[acre]

Here's a screen shot of what I'm seeing. The small window at the bottom has no mention of the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police), Kawartha Lakes feed being offline. It doesn't show it online either. Thanks.

 

[One13Truck]

Mine got the old power blip again the other day. Fortunately I was around to catch it fairly quickly but it’s a good reminder that I need to make it my weekend project sooner than later to reprogram and swap out the scanner for the feed to eliminate this frustration.

 

[acre]

Thanks, One13Truck. It's frustrating not knowing if the feed is off line or something is wrong at his end and he doesn't realize it. Everything to do with my computer, email, internet, and internet connection is working fine. Other feeds come through fine as well. I still haven't received a reply but here's hoping 👍.