ScannerLive V2

[Scannerlive]

Happy Friday everyone!

It's coming time to look at the future of ScannerLive. I wrote it 7 years ago, and it'll need a major rewrite to make it work with the new API.

I'm torn on what to do. As a listener, I don't use it anymore. I'm exclusively a Call Playlist user so not sure if the investment in time to recode just about literally everything is going to be worth the effort.

What I am testing now should keep it alive for RR subscribers who have access to the static URL of "traditional" streams. It's not pretty, but I'm sure it'll work.

But I need to know what sort of interest there is in remaking this entire platform. What do you use it for that can't be duplicated with the RR Player and/or Bcfy Calls? If I try to add the Calls API, what would you utilize in a different way than what the Playlists offer?

And as you make your case, realize that while I'm not going to charge your first-born it's not going to be $19 if I move ahead (the update to keep it running will be free for existing users.)

Thoughts?

ScannerLive

 

[sonm10]

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[Scannerlive]

Thanks - this test version fixes the https so that should be good for ATC.

Regarding the first comment - that was before Playlists really added the perfect set of functions I was looking for

 

[IdleMonitor]

I thought the ScannerLive program was great. I used it all the time for a few years before the computer it was on crashed and I lost everything. I don't know why I haven't picked it back up again, but it was great for combining a bunch of feeds from surrounding areas. In my case, I could listen to a good portion of Ontario alone, but I'd also program in a different areas like L.A. or Other major areas if something major was going on like wildfires that covered a large region.

 

[Ubbe]

When I try Broadcastify without paying any fees to use playlist and other features, can it do graphical signal level bars so you can identify what stream you are listening to and set the sound to come from left, right or the middle so it will be more easy to listen to several streams at once? Does it also have the quick way of single out one stream and silence the others?

Those and other small things like info bubble in the taskbar makes ScannerLive the best thing I ever used to listen to streams. It's absolutely perfect, if only feed providers could fix their reception issues with hum and interferencies and open squelch issues.

One thing to wish for would be a priority system, to set different level of prio to each stream and would monitor the highest priority active. But would be possible to quickly disable it.

/Ubbe

 

[Ubbe]

There was a test dashboard for Broadcastify I could try with the 6 most used feeds. It had audio level bars and pan controls so that where good but all audio streams sounded at the same time making it very difficult to monitor. But I could manually single out one stream.

ScannerLive only gives you one single stream audio and when that ends it goes to the next active stream, just like a scanner, and that is how it should work. The info bubble in the taskbar of ScannerLive shows the text tag that the feed sends, so when I monitor a NewYork FD feed that carries 5 different districts in its scanlist, that bubble will show which channel I'm actually listening to.

Broadcastify doesn't mention anything about if that texttag info are available for conventional channels when paying their annual fees.

/Ubbe

 

[AB5ID]

Could you implement audio cuing for multiple Broadcastify call playlists? For example, if I had one playlist for fire and another for police, and both playlists were active simultaneously, the system should play the calls sequentially to prevent the audio from overlapping.

 

[Scannerlive]

There was a test dashboard for Broadcastify I could try with the 6 most used feeds. It had audio level bars and pan controls so that where good but all audio streams sounded at the same time making it very difficult to monitor. But I could manually single out one stream.

Correct - if you do the 6 busiest streams at once it'll be hard to duplicate with the RR player. But that concept will work with Calls

 

[Scannerlive]

Could you implement audio cuing for multiple Broadcastify call playlists? For example, if I had one playlist for fire and another for police, and both playlists were active simultaneously, the system should play the calls sequentially to prevent the audio from overlapping.

No, it would act like it does now where the first playlist to be active would get control and you'd miss the other playlist chatter if it's simultaneous.

 

[E5911]

I remain a BIG fan. I dispatched for many years so the ability to control individual volume feeds left and right is great, reminds me of my console.
It runs just about every day. I am happy you are going to update, it a great app I'd gladly pay for to cover the cost of development and maintenance.

As for features, more banks, and the ability to pull in non broadcastify URLs , I have tried but was unsuccessful. And a look like a old Motorola centracom for be very cool. Lastly , a Android and Apple API! Thanks for everything you have done

 

[Scannerlive]

Thanks for the compliments! The free update will allow https (non-RR) feeds.

Look at "ActionScanner" for the Apple equivalent - that has been updated with the new API.

Rob

 

[scannerboy02]

I use ScannerLive just about every day and I love it! In my opinion nothing comes close to the flexibility it offers. The ability to run multiple instances and resize them to overlap perfectly on a single monitor is excellent. I also would be willing to help with the expense of revamping the application if people think it's worth the effort.

 

[Scannerlive]

I have a test version of v2 up. It allows you to keep using feeds as long as you use the static URL option from Broadcastify. It will still let you use the current interface for adding feeds as long as RR allows.

ScannerLive

 

[Scannerlive]

PS LiveATC doesn't allow software to interface with the website so that's not an option.

 

[dispatchgeek]

I use ScannerLive frequently at my office. I can monitor my Proscan feeds at home , make one of my local scanners priority and still hear other traffic from Broadcastify or Live ATC. I would be interested in an upgraded version.

How do I download the V2 beta? I’ll give it a spin tomorrow.

 

[Scannerlive]

It's on the website now - run the install and it should keep your settings with v1.99

 

[dispatchgeek]

It's on the website now - run the install and it should keep your settings with v1.99

I’m still seeing 1.99 as the published version on the download page. I’ll check on it tomorrow, wonder if my PC is delivering a cached version of the page.

 

[Scannerlive]

That's the v2 beta - the previous version was 1.9

 

[dispatchgeek]

Running V2 at my desk this morning. Streams are solid. I've been able to add broadcastify streams without issue. Two small issues I've noticed:
* Once V2 Beta was installed, my bank 1 and bank 10 feeds got consolidated into bank 1. Not a huge deal.
*Alpha tags from Broadcastify and my own Proscan feed are inconsistently displayed. Sometimes I get the alpha tag at the top, most times I just get the name of the feed.

Small idea/feature request* Having the alpha tag below the feed where the feed name lives would be super useful for the Unmute all function.

Otherwise, running solid!

 

[Kevinbb]

Is anyone else having trouble with scannerlive 1.99.0.0 with Norton and windows defender security? It was automatically deleted when I went to execute the program. Reinstall did the same thing. Windows defender said no, I got past that and Norton wouldn't let me install it. Did the same on my other 3 computers. It was running normally until last night. Thanks