Actually this seems to have fixed it!! Bill
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Sawa Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 10:52 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Choppy MOH (Cisco gateway) You will also want to add no vad to your dial-peer config to disable voice activity detection. I do not think it will resolve your issue, but worth a shot. -John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Bill Gibbs > Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 7:42 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Choppy MOH (Cisco gateway) > > > I upgraded one of the boxes to 1.2.9.1 and using native MOH I > still get > it. I made sure to upgrade zaptel, etc as well. > > I do have something of interest to note... > Placing the call on hold then taking it off hold and back on the music > is ok (doing that once it gets choppy) of course this is not practical > since the person using hold won't know if it's choppy. It then gets > choppy again if you wait 15-20 secs. > > I have 2 ways of making outbound calls from all of the boxes, > and I did > the following via 1.2.9.1 and 1.2.4 > > 1) Send the outbound call to the Cisco and send out via the PRI (sip > phone ulaw to Cisco ulaw out the PRI) > 2) Dial "long distance" to a provider using g729 (Polycom to Asterisk > ulaw, Asterisk transcoding to g729 to provider) > > If I call from a sip phone OUT to my cell via the long > distance provider > I get no choppiness. I am not able to get inbound calls from the > provider so I can only test one way. > > So I then switched talking to my Cisco via g729 (letting asterisk > transcode ulaw to g729 and also g729 all the way through) and voice is > fine but MOH is still choppy. So it must be something with the Cisco > maybe? IOS version is > Cisco IOS Software, 3600 Software (C3660-IS-M), Version 12.3(14)T6, > RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2) > > I have setup for the codecs: > voice class codec 1 > codec preference 1 g711ulaw > codec preference 2 g729r8 > > incoming dial-peer: > > dial-peer voice 1 pots > description Match all incoming calls, set DID > incoming called-number .T > direct-inward-dial > forward-digits extra > > dial-peer voice 16 voip > description to the asterisk server > destination-pattern <phone#> > voice-class codec 1 > session protocol sipv2 > session target ipv4:<ip> > dtmf-relay sip-notify rtp-nte > > and outbound: > > dial-peer voice 10000 pots > description Outbound via PRI > destination-pattern .T > port 1/0:23 > forward-digits all > > Could this have something to do with the Cisco suppressing the stream > using silence suppression...I read somewhere that Asterisk > relies on Sip > packets for MOH??? > > There is not a bandwidth issue, the 3660 and boxes are on the same > switch VLAN w/ DSCP enabled. > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:51 AM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Choppy MOH (Cisco gateway) > > i had a similar issue with the first branch of asterisk 1.2 and cheap > phones (tip-100 from tatung) > i'll suggest you to upgrade your asterisk box > are you using bristuff ? > try bristuff-0.3.0-PRE-1q which comes with asterisk 1.2.9.1 > > lemme know > .mike > > > On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 14:49 -0400, Bill Gibbs wrote: > > Cisco 3660 with a PRI talking SIP to various Asterisk boxes (not > > connected, separate PBXs) using ulaw all have issues with music on > > hold being choppy. Normal voice and SIP (taking a call > from the PRI, > > placing a call or extension to extension calls) conversations are > > _perfect_ with no drop outs so it's not a problem with the > PRI or the > > 3660 talking to the Asterisk boxes. If I call from my > Polycom into an > > extension that immediately starts MusicOnHold it's perfect as well. > > > > > > > > However, calling into the box via the PRI and being placed > on hold the > > music is choppy. Also, calling into an extension that spawns > > MusicOnHold immediately is choppy when it comes in via the Cisco. > > > > > > > > This happens with mpg123, madplay and I tried using the Asterisk 1.2 > > native mode in musiconhold.conf: > > > > > > > > [default] > > > > mode => files > > > > directory => /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3 > > > > random => yes > > > > > > > > Same problem with all 3. > > > > > > > > Tried converting MP3s to a pcm or ulaw file, same problem > (using lame > > and sox to do the conversions) > > > > > > > > It seems that this is common issue with no clear resolution. > > > > > > > > Machines are Pentium 4s 512MB or 1GB RAM. I would be the > only call on > > the box, no load, etc. > > > > Using ztdummy (or without, same behavior) > > > > Asterisk ver 1.2.4 on all > > > > Normal voice, IVR, play back voicemail, etc are all 100% > perfect only > > on MusicOnHold has this issue > > > > Polycom SIP phones or using X-Lite to test (used to make > the call into > > MusicOnHold or answer the call coming in via the PRI and placing on > > hold) > > > > Calling in from landline or cell phone - no difference > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
