Anyway to do this if you are not running Windows XP but rather say Windows
ME?

C!

"Legs" wrote in message
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wrote:
I would like to set up at my house a scanner receiver so that my
elderly dad can listen via internet (just like all the other streaming
scanner audio sites) to the broadcasts.

Could someone please advise what equipment I need to do this and how?
I have the scanner receiver, the Windows XP home computer, and
broadband connection.

Thanks alot!


Fairly simple - in addition to your computer and scanner, an audio
connecting lead from scanner to audio (line) input on your computer.

A program to do the streaming can be found at :-

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/default.aspx

A little bit of head scratching to get it set up, may help to read
instructions here.

If you use a router to connect to the interweb, you may have to open a
port to allow the streaming audio, IP stream through. You get to set which
port to use in the encoder. You may also have to let your firewall know
what's going on here too.

Once set up, the audio stream can be listened to with Windows Media
Player. Go to - Sync File Open URL. The URL will be :-

http://your_IP_address:Your_port_number.

note, there is a full colon - : - between your IP address, and the port
you are using for streaming.

If you have more than one computer set up as a local LAN, you can check
that it is working locally before committing to the net. If you do this,
you will no doubt notice maybe a one or so second delay in the audio
coming out of the 'decoding' computer.

have fun.

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 02:22:50 GMT, "Colic" wrote:

Anyway to do this if you are not running Windows XP but rather say Windows
ME?

Winamp, Icecast, Oddcast. They'll all run on 98 and variants (like
ME) if you have enough RAM.