On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Gora Mohanty <g...@sarai.net> wrote: > Auroville Radio is doing just speech, right? I really do not think
that music will work on a GPRS connection, but do you have any plans of trying? Auroville Radio streams a fair amount of music, I believe. At least, I have listened to some excellent classical music on one of their two channels (though not on my mobile). I have also listened to music channels on GPRS via mobile apps like Mundu Radio, and the experience hasn't been too bad. Maybe I have a tin ear. Another thought: If streaming speech over GPRS is working well, it > ought to be possible to send similar audio back to the radio > station. Thus, one could have a live radio chat, or something like > citizen journalism. Well, there *is* something called voice telephony, and it's been around for a while... Radio stations routinely do live chats (phone-ins, phone-outs) and I don't think data streaming is really needed for basic stuff like that. The great advantages of streaming radio over GPRS is that (1) it gets around the Kafka-in-Pandemonium world of radio regulation in India and (2) the signal goes a hell of a long way compared to FM radio. I am not sure, though, if there are any inherent advantages in using skype-over-mobile or similar applications in favour of normal voice calls for routine phone-ins or field reports. Sajan
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