I just received the audio cable in the mail today. For now, the feed will be on TeamSpeak. To listen to the feed, you will need to install TeamSpeak, which you can get here (get the client). Once TeamSpeak is installed, just click this link: teamspeak://68.66.230.214:8767 .. and you're all set! 8)
New Imperial County RCS Feed!
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ScannerDude244
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Nice man!! finally I get to hear a RCS!! and what kind connetion do you have hosting this?
Would any of you guys help me set up the feed via Windows Media Encoder? I've tried many times .. but people on the internet say they can't hear anything, yet the WME says it's encoding.. :? I'm starting all over again; I'm at "New Session Wizard" at the moment.
thanks.
thanks.
Nevermind, I finally figured it out now :roll: :lol: . It is running via Windows Media Encoder. To listen, open your Windows Media Player, type http://68.66.230.214:4490/ into your Windows Media Player URL thingy (by press CTRL U). It won't work by just clicking the link directly from here. At the moment the feed is tuned to airband on the Pro-79, but at around 8 pm pst today I'll switch to the Pro-96 and feed the RCS.. Tell me how it sounds.
Thanks :wink:
Thanks :wink:
Pocho:
One afternoon last week I tried out the feed. It was great! Thank you for streaming this. I was finally able to hear a part of the county that I've never been able to hear living in the northern part of the county. However, I was wondering if the feed is still available. I noticed that all through the later part of last week and even into today, the feed doesn't seem to be working. I was wondering if you've removed the feed or if it is broken?
Thanks,
Steve
One afternoon last week I tried out the feed. It was great! Thank you for streaming this. I was finally able to hear a part of the county that I've never been able to hear living in the northern part of the county. However, I was wondering if the feed is still available. I noticed that all through the later part of last week and even into today, the feed doesn't seem to be working. I was wondering if you've removed the feed or if it is broken?
Thanks,
Steve
Hi Steve! This week we've been installing new carpet on the entire second floor of the house (computer is located on 2nd floor), so that's why the feed has been down. Just today we brought up the computer, so the feed should be up by Sunday. Glad the feed has been working out great.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Tweekerbob
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What the heck does RCS stand for?? Really Cool Sh*t I hope.
Pocho, you may want to lower your bit rate a lot!! 128kb/s is way more than needed for scanner audio. Folks have gone down to 10 and it sounds okay, I would recommend either 16 kb/s or 24.
If all you have is a cable modem you have probably 256 kb/s upload. That's only two listeners you can accomodate. For how cool RCS is, there may be more than two people who want to listen at once. If you go with 16 you can have up to 16 listeners (15 in reality).
Ryan
Pocho, you may want to lower your bit rate a lot!! 128kb/s is way more than needed for scanner audio. Folks have gone down to 10 and it sounds okay, I would recommend either 16 kb/s or 24.
If all you have is a cable modem you have probably 256 kb/s upload. That's only two listeners you can accomodate. For how cool RCS is, there may be more than two people who want to listen at once. If you go with 16 you can have up to 16 listeners (15 in reality).
Ryan
Hey Ryan, thanks for the tip. I didn't know that the higher the bit rate (kb/s) the less the server can accomodate. I've lowered it down to 45, which should accomodate about 5 to 6 people. Usually throughout the day only 2 or 3 people listen to the feed, so for now 45 Kb/s should suffice. :lol:
PS: You can now listen to the feed by simply typing (or click here) mms://68.66.230.214:4490/ into your browser.
PS: You can now listen to the feed by simply typing (or click here) mms://68.66.230.214:4490/ into your browser.
Tweekerbob
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Cool. Just as an example there is a really good sounding (albeit the audio gain was a little high when I listened to it) feed at www.scanfresno.com using 16kb/s.
However, I won't be able to sleep tonight if I don't know what RCS stands for.
Ryan
However, I won't be able to sleep tonight if I don't know what RCS stands for.
Ryan
astrodanco
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Well, http://www.rcs800mhz.org says that it means "Regional Communications System."pocho said:
Oh, well I was close
PS: I've lowered the bit rate down to 16 kb/s. I tested the audio and it actually sounds better than the 45 kb/s I used to run it at.. it sounds clearer now with less static. Perhaps if I put it down to 12 kb/s or even lower it'll sound better? :? I thought that the higher the bit rate the better the audio would be, but it seems be the opposite in this case. Can anyone confirm this & tell me how it sounds now. Thanks.
PS: I've lowered the bit rate down to 16 kb/s. I tested the audio and it actually sounds better than the 45 kb/s I used to run it at.. it sounds clearer now with less static. Perhaps if I put it down to 12 kb/s or even lower it'll sound better? :? I thought that the higher the bit rate the better the audio would be, but it seems be the opposite in this case. Can anyone confirm this & tell me how it sounds now. Thanks.
Tweekerbob
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You were correct in your original thinking. However, we are dealing with audio coming out of a scanner. Most scanners do not fit the audiophile's definition of high end audio equipment, i.e. high fidelity.
Scanners do not produce audio on par with CD players or even an FM radio. Most of this has to do with the fact that the signals they are receiving are narrowband voice comms never intended for high fidelity in the first place. The other part is, the manufacturers of scanners really don't give a crap.
So by using a really high bit rate, you are not improving the quality of the scanner audio, just using more bandwidth. I would stick with 16. You can try 12, but I have a feeling you'll put it back at 16. I am listening to your feed right now and it sounds just fine.
The reason why you feel the lower bit rate sounds better is possibly because you are noticing the deficiencies (pardon my spelling; on my second margarita...viva cinco de Mayo!!) in the scanner audio. The compression helps mask these, and therefor it may actually sound "better".
Good job on your feed.
Ryan
Scanners do not produce audio on par with CD players or even an FM radio. Most of this has to do with the fact that the signals they are receiving are narrowband voice comms never intended for high fidelity in the first place. The other part is, the manufacturers of scanners really don't give a crap.
So by using a really high bit rate, you are not improving the quality of the scanner audio, just using more bandwidth. I would stick with 16. You can try 12, but I have a feeling you'll put it back at 16. I am listening to your feed right now and it sounds just fine.
The reason why you feel the lower bit rate sounds better is possibly because you are noticing the deficiencies (pardon my spelling; on my second margarita...viva cinco de Mayo!!) in the scanner audio. The compression helps mask these, and therefor it may actually sound "better".
Good job on your feed.
Ryan
Is CHP In Imperial County using the RCS yet?
CHP on RCS
CHP is going to be leaving the RCS. They're going back to their old config. All the radio equipment was basically loaned to CHP from the County to tryout. Well, it failed in the eyes of CHP.
-Wayne
CHP is going to be leaving the RCS. They're going back to their old config. All the radio equipment was basically loaned to CHP from the County to tryout. Well, it failed in the eyes of CHP.
-Wayne
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