<div dir="ltr">Hi Mike,<div><br></div><div>Technically, it's possible. It takes a bit of work to extract the right stream links from the playlist file, and some services hide this from sight, best they can.</div><div><br></div><div>We tried to do a similar thing, streaming <a href="http://smoothjazz.com" target="_blank">smoothjazz.com</a> radio through Askerisk, as MOH.</div><div><br></div><div>What we found was that the way Asterisk works (or worked originally, when we tested), it tries to open a new socket for each MOH "session", and they'd see multiple sessions from our IP address, and eventually block the IP.</div><div><br></div><div>What we did to alleviate this, was install a locally controlled Icecast server used as a "relay", which pulls 1 stream from them, and allows us to pull multiple streams (relays) from the server... never been blocked since.</div><div><br></div><div>As far as the legality is concerned, technically ANY music for "public consumption" requires a performance license of some kind. However, as long as they'e not a huge company, and just using for hold music, or internal office music... should be fine.</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck!<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_6056301554053554190gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><font color="#222222" style="font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Glenn Geller<br><br></b></font><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><strong style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><font size="3"><span style="line-height:21px">VDO-Ph International</span></font></strong></p></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 8:02 AM Mike Diehl <<a href="mailto:mdiehlenator@gmail.com" target="_blank">mdiehlenator@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hi all,<br><br></div>I have a user who would like to stream their favorite radio station from iHeart radio for their music on hold.<br><br></div>It this TECHNICALLY possible? If so, any pointers would be appreciated.<br><br></div>Is this LEGAL in the US?<br><br></div>Thanks in advance,<br><br></div>Mike.<br></div>
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