New Imperial County RCS Feed!

[pocho]

Would it be possible to provide a visual display of the feed? I'm using the Pro-96. I thought I read somewhere that only Uniden scanners are capable of doing that, is this correct?

 

[Tweekerbob]

Would it be possible to provide a visual display of the feed? I'm using the Pro-96. I thought I read somewhere that only Uniden scanners are capable of doing that, is this correct?

I am not too familiar with the Pro-96. In general most of the newer Uniden mobile/base scanners are computer controllable and use the same command protocols. By using certain software, you end up with an audio feed with mp3 metadata tags that coincide with the frequency the scanner stopped on.

The two players that I am aware that take advantage of the metadata and properly display it while playing the feed are Winamp and iTunes.

Example of this type of feed Click on the "Listen Now -mp3" button.

Tutorial for setting up this kind of feed

However, if you have a webcam, there are two different software programs you can use to provide a audio/video feed.

One is Windows Media Encoder (which I believe you are already using). This is not my first choice simply because it uses a lot of bandwidth and it a processor hog. In addition, I have noticed at least with some of these feeds, that the audio and video become out of sync over time.

The other is Nullsoft Video (NSV). NSV has great compression codec for both video and audio and you can get a stream around 3-4kB/s, enabling dial up users to enjoy your A/V feed as well!

Also, if your Pro-96 is computer controllable (not just programmable) you can screen capture the control program using WME and basically provide the same effect. Example of this kind of feed. Scroll way down and you'll see it. It might take 1-2 mins for the video to start working.

Ryan

 

[bhesson]

Re: 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

Any idea when this will happen and does this include the entire county?

 

[brandon]

I heard in June. Only El Cajon CHP is on the RCS. San Diego and Temecula/Oceanside use VHF low band still.

 

[bhesson]

I really liked being able to monitor the El Cajon CHP on the TRS, I guess I will have to put that ugly antenna back on the truck. Hope Imperial County will go to 39 MHZ instead of the dreadfull simplex 42 MHZ system!