Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio

2010-03-04 Thread Aaditeshwar Seth
Cool! Actually, just a clarification from my end. When I mentioned about our work with Asterisk, I was talking about the server side, of how the radio station could receive phone calls, archive the calls, put the caller on air, etc. Andrea and Gora are talking about the client side, of how

Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio

2010-03-04 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:44:20 +0530 Andrea Tazzari andr...@auroville.org.in wrote: Hi Gora, Thanks for your observation. I have circulate your message in our developer's team. I have been talking to a friend of mine who runs an Internet radio music station about building a mobile application

Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio

2010-03-04 Thread Rajen Varada
The best phone to use is a Nokia 2323 classic which is also one of the cheapest phones in the indian market at about $65. Rajen Varada Skype: rajen_tftp cell: 09711201477 --- On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Kara Andrade kara.andr...@gmail.com wrote: Is

Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio

2010-03-04 Thread sajan venniyoor
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

Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio

2010-03-04 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:14:22 +0530 sajan venniyoor venniy...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio

2010-03-03 Thread Aaditeshwar Seth
Hello, We have been able to get Bluetooth enabled cellphones working with Asterisk to make and receive phone calls, but the audio quality is not too good. A better option is to use GSM PCI cards or GSM gateways: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/GSM . We haven't tested any of these solutions

Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio

2010-03-03 Thread Andrea Tazzari
Hi, The AurovilleRadio is testing since December 2009 broadcasting trough cellphones connect with GPRS connections. It's working fine but you need a cellphone supporting Flash technology and for time being are expensive. If you have a Flash enabled phone connected with Internet you can log

Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio

2010-03-03 Thread Andrea Tazzari
Hi Gora, Thanks for your observation. I have circulate your message in our developer's team. Actually the sound quality it's more close to a AM broadcast than a FM this because we are streaming in mono and in very low bandwith (1Kbs/sec circa) in order to keep up the connection. With this speed