Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio
Hi Gora, I'll be pleased to see the PhoneGap application done and test with our steams. For your understanding PhoneGap it will able also to decode aac+ streams? At the AurovilleRadio actually we have quite a lot of speeches but some music too in the schedule. Regarding the live radio chat you can do it when you have real time broadcast. In Internet broadcast it's very difficult because the long latency factor. Regarding the connections I'm sure we'll see in the next years we'll see in the G3 technology spread all over India at competitive prices. At that time the quality of the sound will improve a lot. Just matter of band-with and streamer's setting. Cheers. Andrea -- On 05/03/10 09:40, Gora Mohanty wrote: On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:44:20 +0530 Andrea Tazzari 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 for the site. With PhoneGap, such an application can be used across a large number of handsets. Music will obviously require a connection with larger bandwidth than GPRS, but the front-end application can be the same, and moreover, the interface can easily be restyled with CSS. Would be glad to take a shot at building such an application. Due to commitments at work, it would be difficult for me to commit right now to a fixed time line. Nevertheless, let me know if this sounds interesting. [...] I have a connection @ 199 Rs/monts (unlimited traffic) with BSNL. Soon I'll increase the band-with in order to test with a better sound quality. [...] 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? 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. Regards, Gora Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:14:22 +0530 sajan venniyoor wrote: > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Gora Mohanty > 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). [...] Oh, good. I should note that I have no actual experience of trying streaming music over low-bandwidth networks. I was just going by the bandwidth requirements cited by friends doing Internet music radio. It is possible that they were serving higher-quality streams. > 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. Yes, telephony is what I was thinking about. The advantage here would be cost, as GPRS data should be cheaper than normal voice data. Your first point about streaming radio over GPRS is well taken, and that was also my first thought in the context of community radio. Regards, Gora Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Gora Mohanty 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 Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio
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 wrote: > Is anyone out there doing community radio using cellphones. What are the > different models being used? > > Thank you! > > Kara Andrade > www.hablaguate.com > > > On 3/2/10 11:56 PM, "cr-india-requ...@sarai.net" > wrote: > > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:09:55 -0700 (MST) > From: "George Lessard" > > > Subject: [cr-india] An Assessment of the Role of Community > > Radio in > Peacebuilding and Development > To: > > undisclosed-recipients:; > Message-ID: > > <46744.216.108.22.182.1267474195.squir...@flymail.web.net> > Content-Type: > > text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > An Assessment of the Role of Community Radio in > > Peacebuilding and > Development: Case Studies in Liberia & Sierra > > Leone > http://ow.ly/1cUSJ > > > > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in -- Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio
On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:44:20 +0530 Andrea Tazzari 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 for the site. With PhoneGap, such an application can be used across a large number of handsets. Music will obviously require a connection with larger bandwidth than GPRS, but the front-end application can be the same, and moreover, the interface can easily be restyled with CSS. Would be glad to take a shot at building such an application. Due to commitments at work, it would be difficult for me to commit right now to a fixed time line. Nevertheless, let me know if this sounds interesting. [...] > I have a connection @ 199 Rs/monts (unlimited traffic) with BSNL. > Soon I'll increase the band-with in order to test with a better > sound quality. [...] 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? 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. Regards, Gora Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
[cr-india] National Seminar on Community Radio at Marwah Studios
National Seminar on Community Radio at Marwah Studios 04.03.2010 | Author: aaftnews | Posted in Entertainment | Press Release Asian School of Media Studies, Noida in association with World Development Foundation has decided to organize a national seminar on community Radio covering opportunities and challenge on 10th march at Marwah studios, informed R.K.Singh the dean of ASMS. "We have requested Lt Gen K.M. Seth, the former Governor of Chattisgarh to inaugurate this National event" R.K.Singh added. "The workshop will focus on government scheme of CRS, the policy guide lines, use of community radio, hardware and software issues and content development" said Sandeep Marwah president of Marwah Studios and President of this National Seminar. "Radio is a very powerful technology that can allow information to reach large sector of the population quickly and economically" said Marwah. The seminar is supported by Radio Noida 107.4FM, Comcon Technologies, Asian Business School, AAFT, International Film and Television Club, International Children's Film Forum and International Film and Television Research Centre. There will be large number of participants and speakers from all over the country. http://www.your-story.org/national-seminar-on-community-radio-at-marwah-studios-131876/ Alokesh Gupta New Delhi Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
Re: [cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio
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 radio content can be streamed over the Internet and then received on a cellphone. Just wanted to clear that to avoid confusion! On a related note, GRINS currently does not support Internet streaming, but this feature is very much in the pipeline. Andrea Tazzari wrote: > 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 the connection it's very stable and I have very few > interruptions even when I'm travel with a bike or in car. > I've tested all around Auroville, Pondicherry and Chennai and I'm very > happy with the results. > I have a connection @ 199 Rs/monts (unlimited traffic) with BSNL. > Soon I'll increase the band-with in order to test with a better sound > quality. > Regards. > > Andrea Tazzari > -- > > > On 04/03/10 11:27, Gora Mohanty wrote: >> On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:34:56 +0530 >> Andrea Tazzari wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> The AurovilleRadio is testing since December 2009 broadcasting >>> trough cellphones connect with GPRS connections. >>> >> This sounds like a great idea. Are people using it? What is the >> sound quality, and the reliability of the streaming? >> >> >>> It's working fine but you need a cellphone supporting Flash >>> technology and for time being are expensive. >>> >> [...] >> >> Why is the interface in Flash? I have just started dabbling with >> mobile applications, but I thought that most mobile browsers >> support HTML5/CSS3, and there are open-source projects like >> PhoneGap (http://phonegap.com) that aim at cross-handset >> compatibility using just HTML and CSS. >> >> Regards, >> Gora >> Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to >> www.crforum.in > > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in