[Asterisk-Users] Monitor with Mp3 format

[John Todd]

Though I think .mp3 encoding is an interesting idea, even though 
inefficient at some levels.  One benefit is that there are dozens of 
.mp3 players on the market, with extremely sophisticated library 
functions.  Being able to archive calls in one of the .mp3 library 
programs might be of some use.  However, .wav is almost always 
playable by those same programs, so perhaps only .gsm is problematic 
(sorry, not a Windoze expert, don't know the apps there very well.)

Another possible use for encoding into .mp3 would be to send the 
output to a pipe, which would in turn connect to a streaming server 
such as "shoutcast" or "icecast", which would in turn then allow lots 
of "standard" applications to re-broadcast the audio stream.  The 
lack of an paging (and intercom) feature most SIP phones is a 
serious, serious problem in the business world and this might offer 
another tool to partially get around that shortcoming.

JT


>You can not record directly to mp3 anywhere in asterisk. It is not
>something that would be truly wanted if you realized how much overhead
>it would cause and how little you would gain from a gsm file. 
>
>On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 05:23, Thomas Haeger wrote:
>>  Hi all,
>>
>>  i want to monitor channels with the "Monitor" app in mp3 formatted files.
>>  But, if i use mp3 as first argument for the Monitor app, errors occurs....
>>
>>	WANRING[28689]: File file.c, Line 193 (ast_writestream): Unable to
>>  translate to format mp3, source format 64
>>
>>	...following more "Warnings" .....
>>
>>  Is it not possible to monitor to mp3-files?
>>
>>  What's wrong?
>>
>>  Thanks for Help,
>>
>  > Thomas.
>>
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