Receiving congratulations from listeners for listeners

Good day to all.
We decided on our radio station (I ), and arrange a Christmas event.
Call, leave a voice new year greetings and new year's eve it will be broadcast, here are the congratulations from their fans.

It was an advertisement, but those who wants to know some details of the implementation, welcome:

I think those people who do Internet radio, it will be useful not only in the new year.

A small digression, although I am a supporter of nix systems. but under the Knicks somehow I don't have stone flower and the main motivation was "needed yesterday" (the idea came into the heads of 30, 2 have already started)
The choice of software:
Windows 2008 R2 as VDS u Azure, well, I have no possibility to keep a home computer 24 hours under this deal,
Skype — for he is every second.
Pamela for Skype voice free version supports recording up to 15 minutes
U-Serv — FTP server, which pick up the recording. A trial version of 30 days. Yes, you can use others, but search time was not. put what I remember.
Virtual Audio Cable — to create a "device sound" in the system. The trial supports a maximum of 3 cables, and puts the message in the connection. We do not stop, because in fact, through the sound does not pass. And only need a "what would happen"
LogMeIn — for remote control.

It was originally planned only Windows, FTP, Skype and voice mail. The rest all resulted due to some features of the operating system in virtual reality.

So. Go through this short and fascinating way.

The purchased VDS (at the same time tried WIndows 2012, but it too was left in great wonder, and climbed in 2008), put Skype, put Pamela, FTP, do the setting (Everywhere minimum action: Pamela to automatically mesh running Skype, so require exposure only to what conditions to record that play (hope you remembered to find a girl with a good goal, for that would make her a "girl phone") and where to store the recorded files. In Skype have to take calls from everyone. FTP only looks at the same directory where the record. All in startup).
There comes a time of testing, and begin at the first hurdle.
Dialed number, not answering, wonder and climb to see what is happening on the other side.
And then comes the enlightenment. "the audio playback device is not found," Yes, you understand correctly, Skype will not receive calls if there is no sound card (incidentally, without the input device, he will not speak).
Quickly think of Virtual Audio Cable. In addition to the useful functions of the inputs and outputs of different sound devices (in particular we used it when the lead is separated from zvakaca (i.e., one (two, three) people talking, and one specially trained brings them together and puts music). VAC actually creates a virtual audio device. Remembered done, and here comes the second surprise related to the implementation of the RDP at work, if you don't use the standard rpd then you're in luck. if the server management you do through it, you will see the same picture. VAC set, in device Manager it is visible, not in the recording devices and playback you will not see it (on Skype too).
Within a few hours Google tormented various queries were tested different variants of virtual sound card, but everywhere the result was the same. For example, the recommendation on one forum to use VAC 3 version did not help, for he refused to be.
Deep night action was still unknown was found on a Portuguese forum that said something like: "dude, it's all in the RDP, namely in the implementation of the redirection of sound from a remote host (and back), do not use RDP, use Logmein"
Registration, installing software. reboot, login via the web interface, and Yes. Skype happily sees VAC and said that he was happy with everything.
With a trembling hand dialed, and the metallic voice of the answering machine is heard in the ears, a man with a clear conscience and a decimal fraction of a person goes to sleep.

Next day recorded welcome message and is sent to advertising on thematic forums.

As written simple script in Perl that via sftp pull the recorded greetings and stored on the server, where a thread.

There is pre-moderation of posts and configure liquidsoap'and for the new year's broadcast.

But for those who want to leave your new year greetings, then here you Skype: wasteland.radio
Congratulations are in order 24 hours, until December 30.

Article based on information from habrahabr.ru