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Home I can't listen to the feed! Please help! There may be several reasons for this. If you cannot hear other streaming multimedia feeds elsewhere on the web, ensure that your soundcard and speakers are properly connected and configured. Since soundcards and their configuration can be tricky at times, we will do our best to help, but can only provide limited support. If you can hear other online feeds but not this one, please try all of the Media Player Logos on the main page until one works. If you tried all four and still cannot connect, please contact us using the "Contact Us" menu option to the left. We have tried our best to provide compatibility for all media players. If possible, we recommend you download either WINAMP or iTunes. What equipment is being used for this feed? A Uniden BC-246T is used as the scanner. A Cushcraft dual band ham antenna (tuned to Public Safety) is used to optimize reception in the 150 MHz/450 MHz Public Safety bands. The audio from the scanner is ran into the computer hosting the feed's servers: Shoutcast by Nullsoft and Icecast. There is also a data connection from the scanner to the host computer, which provides the frequency/channel information for the Alpha Tags. The MP3 encoder (which feeds the servers) is Simplecast from SpacialAudio. The encoder is also responsible for inserting the Alpha Tags information into the stream. Where is all this junk located? El Dorado, California. Located about 40 miles East of Sacramento. El Dorado the town is just one stop sign (okay maybe three). Poor Red's Restaurant has put us on the map for some of the best ribs West of the Mississippi (not counting Texas of course!!). El Dorado County is home to world class skiing of the Sierra Nevadas in the winter, the world class category 5 rapids of the American River for rafting in the summer, as well as the famous 4x4 trail: The Rubicon. El Dorado County also contains a portion of Lake Tahoe and Folsom Lake. In addition, the El Dorado Forest and Desolation Wilderness provide endless hours of hiking, camping, and wildlife viewing. As many historians will be quick to mention, El Dorado County is also the home of the 1849 Gold Rush which took place at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, about 15 miles north of El Dorado. I like or hate your feed!! Can I set-up one for my area? Yes! There are several different methods and programs out there to get you streaming. Some are audio only. Some combine the scanner audio along with a video camera shot of the scanner display to provide a similar effect to the one provided by this feed. If there are so many ways to set up a feed, why did you choose this one? There are two reasons: 1. Listeners enjoy being able to know who they are listening to! This feed fulfills this by the use of the Alpha Tags in the Winamp player. 2. Bandwidth. The method of combining a video camera shot of the scanner display with the scanner audio is an effective way of letting listeners know who they are listening to, but is comes with a big cost: bandwidth. A dial-up user has no hope whatsoever of tuning into such a feed. The method on this feed solves that problem. Also, the feed provider has a finite amount of total bandwidth available to all listeners. Having a feed that uses a much smaller amount of bandwidth per listener, allows that feed to accomodate many more users. This is very useful for major events, like the forest fires in Northern California, where the number of listeners may spike wildly. This all sounds great! How do I get started? There are several references on the web to help you get started: The first is a set of tutorials written by Scott H. of ScanCapeCod.us. Scott covers a few of the different methods available and his tutorials are five star, grade AAA, first class. Check them out! Scott's Scanner Feed Tutorials Also, I would highly recommend joining the Yahoo! Group: LiveScannerAudioLiveScannerAudio has great links, great files (containing tutorials) and most importantly, great people willing to help! Lastly, don't forget to ask us. As you can see, we are not experts in HTML, but we can help you with your scanner feed. Just use the mailform on the HOME page to contact us. Are there other online feeds I can listen to? Yes! Close to 900 feeds worldwide are listed. Jason P. from LiveScannerAudio has the most complete and ACTIVE list around. Visit Jason's Scanner Listings This FAQ sucks! Are you guys gonna add to it or change it? Hang tight there, Geronimo. More to come!
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