[Asterisk-Users] Streaming calls to the Internet - A Mini How-To

[Barton Hodges]

I was searching for a way to stream Asterisk channels onto the
Internet, but never found a source that described the steps.  This is
a very rough mini how-to.  You cannot simply cut and paste all of the
code below without modifications to suit your needs.  Feel free to
modify, improve, etc. :)

Install, configure, and start Icecast (http://www.icecast.org/)
Install Ices2 (http://www.icecast.org/ices.php)
Modify asterisk/contrib/asterisk-ices.xml as needed.

Modify musiconhold.conf, meetme.conf and extensions.conf
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musiconhold.conf:
random => quietmp3:/var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3,-z

meetme.conf:
[rooms]
conf => 104

extensions.conf:
[stream]
; Conference Room
exten => 100,1,Answer
exten => 100,2,Wait(1)
exten => 100,3,MeetMe(104)
; Music On Hold
exten => 101,1,Answer
exten => 101,2,Wait(1)
exten => 101,3,MusicOnHold(random)
; Stream
exten => 102,1,Answer
exten => 102,2,Wait(1)
exten => 102,3,Ices(/some/where/asterisk-ices.xml)

Create 2 files, moh.call and stream.call:
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moh.call:
Channel: Local/101 at stream
MaxRetries: 2
RetryTime: 60
WaitTime: 30
Context: stream
Extension: 100
Priority: 1

stream.call:
Channel: Local/102 at stream
MaxRetries: 2
RetryTime: 60
WaitTime: 30
Context: stream
Extension: 100
Priority: 1

Now, copy the 2 .call files to /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing:
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cp moh.call /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing 
cp stream.call /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing 

Connect to your Icecast stream and you should hear your MusicOnHold
music.

Other people can join the conference by dialing x100, and their voices
will stream too.

	Barton