Hi Patrick,
Thanks for asking!
As well as being busy with "family things", I've been trying to let the current version of ScannerCast get a lot of use to shake-out any bugs or problem scenarios with the core functionality. So far, it seems to be pretty stable across a very wide variety of operating systems and computers, and there don't seem to be any key features missing. For example, support for stereo feeds and audio-only feeds were the direct result of user feedback.
There are still some pretty exciting features planned for release before V1.0 is complete. These are:
1) Support for remote scanner control via the web -- no client software needed (obviously, this doesn't apply to scanners being used in "audio-only" mode); This will let you connect to your scanner via an internet browser to change settings (lock-out channels, change scan groups, etc).
2) Support for saving/restoring configuration parameters from named files. Right now, you can run multiple copies of ScannerCast on one machine, but it only saves the settings from the last copy you run. This makes it difficult for folks who support multiple feeds from one system (you want to set all the copies of ScannerCast that you have running to automatically restart if the system is rebooted... right now, that doesn't work well).
3) Implementation of a "VU meter" that will help you set the volume of your feed accurately. This is a surprisingly difficult thing to do, and it takes a ridiculously large amount of CPU time to display. So, while this is one of Gordon's original suggestions for the program (which I have definitely NOT been ignoring) I can't guarantee that it will make V1.0 -- If I *do* provide this feature, it'll almost certainly be in a separate pop-up dialog (so it won't be something that's ordinarily displayed).
4) A "check for updates" check box, that'll enable ScannerCast to automagically check K1PGV.COM to see if a new version is available.
5) More complete documentation. This is, basically, a never-ending quest.
6) Anything else I hear from users that they say is really desireable.
So... that's the plan. My goal is to have V1.0 complete (out of beta, done, stable) by the end of the summer.
In case you're curious, there have now been several hundered downloads of ScannerCast.
Again, thanks for asking. And, thanks to EVERYONE who's sent me feedback/comments/ideas for ScannerCast. If we all work together, we'll make ScannerCast the best possible scanner streaming application.
Peter
K1PGV