You can simply use this trick to do your job reliably and without need for real mpg123:
file: mpg123 (just the same name but it will be a shell script) -------- #!/bin/sh while [ 1 ]; do cat /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3/please-wait.raw || exit; done -------- and use a program to save the MOH file in RAW mode (I use audacity for windows). Each time your caller is on MOH he will hear the file from start. I think this (from the top of my head and without testing) will do the trick for you. On 30/08/05, Trevor G. Hammonds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My suggestion is to background a short "please wait..." file, then dump them > into the Dial command with the m option. Use a specifically-created MOH > class with a "please continue to hold..." message mixed into the music every > X seconds. This way, they always hear the message before entering the hold > queue, and as long as the call is ringing, they continue to hear MOH > interspersed with your message. > > Sincerely, > Trevor Hammonds > > > ChB wrote on Monday, 29 August 2005 6:18 PM: > > > well, problem is that the sound file contains the information "please > > hold the line, were right with you" so the called person should be > > able to pick up the call and stop the playback of the file, basically > > i want the m-feature, just for _every_ call, from the beginning. > > > > regards > > christian > > > > > > On Monday Aug 2005 11:45:21 -0400 "Tony Fontoura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> Suggestion: > >> Use "play" to answer the call with your sound file and only then dial > >> the extension. > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Christian Benke > >> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 11:36 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [Asterisk-biz] text till answer > >> > >> hello! > >> > >> i'm looking for a feature to play a sound-file containing a text > >> until the called party picks up the phone. i've already tried with > >> the 'special' musiconhold-feature by adding the m-option at the end > >> of DIAL but it > >> is not exactly what i want. the proble m with the m-option is that > >> the file is played to a second caller at the same position as it was > >> played to the first caller, so when the second person calls, the text > >> is played somewhere in the middle of the track instead of the > >> beginning. i only works when the file has already been fully > >> played(e.g. when there was enough time between the first and the > >> second call). i want to play a text for every caller(that is played > >> from the beginning) until the called party picks up the phone, is > >> that possible? th ank you for all suggestions! > >> > >> regards > >> chris > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Biz mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
