PVR-like Software for Audio Streams?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday January 28, 2004 @08:19AM from the manipulating-a-10-minute-buffer dept.

JonToycrafter asks: "I'm a dispatcher for a volunteer ambulance corps. We often get our calls by listening to the police scanner. Unfortunately, it's sometimes difficult to understand the street address that the police dispatcher is saying, or sometimes s/he mentions the address before giving an indication that EMS is needed. Does anyone know of a (preferably Free) Windows (or Linux) program that would allow me to connect my scanner to the mic jack on my PC and be able to pause/rewind the stream, a la Tivo?"

1 of 46 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

run the audio into a pvr... by mcmonkey · 2004-01-28 08:48 · Score: 4, Insightful

When push comes to shove, you could use a TiVo or any of the PVR software for linux or windows. Just run your audio into the PVR and ignore the video.

You'll probably still need a video display for control purposes, but since you won't need a lot of processing power the whole setup shouldn't cost much.