[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0018984]: crash in musiconhold, using external mpg123

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=18984 
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Reported By:                raarts
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   18984
Category:                   Resources/res_musiconhold
Reproducibility:            unable to reproduce
Severity:                   crash
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
Asterisk Version:           1.6.2.16.2 
JIRA:                        
Regression:                 No 
Reviewboard Link:            
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): N/A 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2011-03-16 17:26 CDT
Last Modified:              2011-03-31 13:05 CDT
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Summary:                    crash in musiconhold, using external mpg123
Description: 
One of our customers experiences crashes twice a day. No special
circumstances I can see, except they use pretty large mp3 files (up to
200Mb). The mpg123 is the CentOS 5.5 standard one. Backtrace attached. 
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 (0133221) lmadsen (administrator) - 2011-03-31 13:05
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=18984#c133221 
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Per davidw:  https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Debugging

Additionally, I heavily agree -- converting MP3s on the fly makes no
logical sense to me. It's a heavy burden on the CPU, and you're relying on
external applications.

Converting these MP3s to ulaw, wav, or some other format which Asterisk
can play natively makes more sense to me. 

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2011-03-31 13:05 lmadsen        Note Added: 0133221                          
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