Hi Michael,

Here’s the scenario:

The ‘speaker’ calls in to the switch and is invited to begin speaking after the beep just as if they were recording an answering message and the audio is recorded (in our case via a shoutcast server). This bit is working.

These messages can last several minutes and in some cases hours so I would like to add to this the ability for ‘listeners’ to call in to the switch and be patched in to the above call to listen only to the message live in real time. The listeners will not be allowed to interact with the call in any way.

Because this is optional however there won’t always be listeners, sometimes it will be a simple dial in and record for the speaker.

Hope I’m making more sense now.

Many thanks for persevering

Andy

From: freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Michael Collins
Sent: 08 November 2011 18:53
To: FreeSWITCH Users Help
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Best way to create a one to many 'broadcast'

What is the "main call" in this scenario? Sorry, I'm more confused than ever. Perhaps you could restate the question. I also respond well to pictures. :P

-MC

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Andy Ayers <andy@fabulous4.co.uk> wrote:

Hi Michael,

Apologies for the confusion there will only ever be a single audio source, is the conference still the best way or can the other callers eavesdrop somehow on the main call?

Many thanks for your help

Andy

From: freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Michael Collins
Sent: 08 November 2011 18:15
To: FreeSWITCH Users Help
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Best way to create a one to many 'broadcast'

What are the conditions under which some will participate? Will there be a defined subset of callers who can participate and another subset who will be listen only? I don't see how you can avoid using a conference if more than one audio source will be used and multiple other endpoints will be listening.

-MC

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Andy Ayers <andy@fabulous4.co.uk> wrote:

Hi Alec,

Yes sometimes, hence the challenge.

Andy

On 8 November 2011 16:34, Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> wrote:

Sounds like you want to just use SHOUTcast directly, without using FreeSwitch.

Will there be anyone participating in the conference call?

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:31 AM, Andy Ayers <andy@fabulous4.co.uk> wrote:
> Many thanks for the quick response Michael, I'd rather not use the recorded
> stream if I can help it as I'm pushing the recorded stream out to a
> shoutcast server and recording it there. Is there a way to acheive what I
> need by connecting the calls instead?
>
> On 8 November 2011 16:18, Michael Collins <msc@freeswitch.org> wrote:
>>
>> You can use mod_local_stream. Just set up a stream like the hold music on
>> but using the recorded message. Note: a local stream just plays over and
>> over again in a loop, so each call won't necessarily start at the beginning
>> of the message.
>> -MC
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Andy Ayers <andy@fabulous4.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to use freeswitch to host a one to many broadcast style
>>> conference call. The challenge I have is that there won’t always be any
>>> listeners so the conference application isn’t quite working for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Essentially, the speaker dials in with something important to say, by
>>> default the system will simply record what they say as an archived message
>>> and then they hang up. This works fine but I would like to extend the
>>> functionality so that other people dialling in have the option to connect
>>> into this call and listen to the message live.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Can you advise me on the best way of achieving this: conference, bridge,
>>> eavesdrop or something else?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
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