[LAU] Streaming radio and calls from listeners

[Len Ovens]

On Mon, 23 Jun 2014, Marc Lavallée wrote:

> for people with SIP phones, maybe better codecs can be used. So I
> also believe that VOIP is a viable option for a pro situation, and I
> would prefer to use the Linphone software because of its command line
> client (which useful for automation and integration), and there's
> probably other free options.

In a profesional situation, asterisk might be better (perhaps on it's own 
machine) as it would provide for a switch board as well. On the same 
number you could have more than one person call in as the number is only 
used in sip to initiate the call. Plus, it does have a jack interface. I 
have not played with asterisk myself, so I don't know how easy it would be 
to set up. The main thing with any of these solutions... SIP or a local 
phone number limits you to local callers or people with sip clients. 
Skype, like it or not, has infected more computers than most virus have... 
so using skype gives you the world. For an Inet radio station... this is 
best.

Another consideration with Inet radio stations is that often the 
stream server does not belong to the studio operator and the studio 
operator does not have an IP that is visible. It is possible to do ip to 
ip voip/sip calls so long as one end is visible no server is needed, but 
for a lot of people that is not the case... and even if it was, not that 
many people would know how to use it. So it would be fine for remote news 
gathering with trained people, but not casual call in.

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Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net