[Asterisk-Users] How to play sound AND run asterisk?

[Eric Wieling]

One of the chan_ drivers use the sound card.  chan_oss.so?  Tell
it noload => chan_oss.so in modules.conf.

--Eric

On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 10:14:47PM -0800, Amos Latteier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm a new asterisk user developing an AGI application. As part of my 
> application I'd like to play sounds on the server's speakers, but it seems 
> that I can't do this while asterisk is running.
> 
> When I try to play sounds using the play or aplay command, it blocks until 
> I stop asterisk. My guess is that asterisk is using the sound device and 
> this means that other programs can't use it. So do I need another sound 
> card or is there some way to tell asterisk to play sounds on the speakers?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions!
> 
> -Amos
> 
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