[asterisk-users] SIP and podcasts

[kael]

Alex Robar wrote:
> Should be doable, but it would take a bit of scripting. You would have 
> to get a program that subscribes to the feeds in Linux (bashpodder does 
> this) and downloads the files to a given directory. You would then have 
> to run something to convert those mp3s into something Asterisk can use, 
> then move the converted files to the appropriate MoH directories. Create 
> a dial code (say *703 -> *POD) and have it play MoH for the files in 
> that folder.
> 
> If you wanted to be really clever about it, you could create an IVR that 
> lets you pick from the most recent show, one show back, two shows back, 
> etc, etc... And have the script that copies the files over remove the 
> oldest file, rename the older files so that they become "show2" and 
> "show3", and then rename the newest show to "show1".

Thanks for the suggestion.

I'd need to learn scripting. :-/

I haven't installed Asterisk yet but was thinking there would a hack 
specially for podcasts.

I find curious there's no solution to listen to podcasts via SIP servers.

-- 
kael