[asterisk-dev] Playing a Message into the ConfBridge App

[Jamuel Starkey]

What are the implications of getting a "channel" interface into a bridge? Why is that useful?

I'm trying to better understand the benefits of the new chan_bridge technology over what could be done previously we something like app_meetme aside from the (obvious) lack of needing a hw timing source. 

Thanks!

JPS

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----- "Timothy Rodriguez" <timothy.rodriguez at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've been doing some dev work to make a conferencing app in asterisk
> utilizing the new conf app in 1.6.2 and ami and agi. The trouble is I
> want to play a file to all the participants in the call and, ideally,
> have playback controls such as stop and forward or reverse.  It would
> be even better if I could bridge in a background agi script.
> 
> I tried briding in an extension which maps to a playback function or
> an agi script. But this doesn't work as the extensions aren't proper
> channels.
> 
> I can't seem to find a way to implement this. Any ideas?
> 
> I saw the old meetme seemed to support this. But I wanted to use the
> new app which does not have zaptel dependencies.

Have you looked at chan_bridge?  This provides a channel interface into a bridge.  That way, you could originate a call between the appropriate bridge channel and a playback (or ControlPlayback).

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