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I know there are already 'internet radio' streams that delivers content to a passive online audience.
But can't we also create a new protocol, which allows supported webradio programs or devices to 'dial' the talkback channel of a show?
You may not even need to create a totally new protocol to
support this, perhaps if a protocol is extensible, you can make it so that it adds a real-time up datable 'talk back contact details' to the stream. This may instead of opening a custom VOIP talkback channel, could just be a link to open a call via some other method like skype.
Some free SIP stuff
http://snapvoip.blo...unts-revisited.html
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a standard IP technology that outlines a method of setting up communication sessions (VOIP as an exemplar). Here are some links to places that may offer free accounts & stuff [Jinbish, Jun 02 2010]
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This could be done fairly easily with Flash. The
technology would be very similar to Chat Roulette.
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//... instead of opening a custom VOIP... via some other
method like skype.// |
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Skype is VOIP... but I think that the point of what you're
saying is that Internet radio streams could have a reply
address embedded in or parallel to the data stream. |
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Alternatively, what you could be suggesting is that a web-
based radio player (could be Flash) would have a URL to click
on that starts a return VOIP channel... in which case SIP, or
Session Initiation Protocol, could be used to set it up (with
appropriate client). In this case, no new protocol needed. |
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yea that was the idea I trying to get across thanks :D |
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But the big question if you want this to occur, is how do we standardize this and promote this idea? (After all, not everybody has skype) |
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I've played computer games where 5-10 people get to talk, and listen to one another over the internet - it's bedlam. I don't know how big these radio audiences are - but any more than 5 people talking at the same time, on the same channel, need some form of administrator to keep things running non-chaotically - otherwise everyone else will just turn that bit off. |
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//(After all, not everybody has skype)// |
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Indeed. Skype is proprietary and non-standard. |
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There are other ways though - you can get freeware VOiP software that operate with standard codecs and standard networking technologies (RTP, SIP, etc.). I'm not sure how easy any are to use though... |
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Basically, you could do this with modified SIP and SDP (session description protocol) messages. |
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isn't SDP for showing the title of whatever music you are playing over the webradio? |
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I donno if thats a good idea. Can't you have it in a 'hidden' metadata field? |
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