[Asterisk-Users] Start of all recordings cut off

[Olle E. Johansson]

wasim at convergence.com.pk wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Olle E. Johansson wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Before running any application that has sound playback (Playback, 
>>>Background, VoiceMailMain2, etc.) it would be wise to execute an Answer 
>>>first, then a Wait(2) to allow for VoIP channels to fully establish and 
>>>settle.
>>
>>John, in order to clarify before I add this to the Wiki - is it wise (an advice)
>>or necessary (it does not work otherwise)?
> 
> 
> Its considered Good Practice(tm), since it'll cause something (like AGI
> dtmf recoginition that arroc couldn't get to work, till he put an Answer
> in the dialplan). So, get in the habit of Answering your channels and then 
> proceeding.
> 
> Also, instead of a wait(2), we generally background an innocous music or a
> prompt for say 2 seconds, thus, people aren't waiting in dead-air, get
> some audio-feedback, and if the prompt is truncated, it doesn't matter
> since it was just a feeder in the first place. Wait will also not take any
> DTMF input during that time, so repeat users are stuck for that time. 
> 
> Ofcourse if you notice a significant % of your VoIP sessions take time to
> settle, then best do a Wait(2), no point in send garble-jumble down the
> line. JT, as usual has very valuable suggestions.
> 
I've tried to summarize these pearls of wisdom on:
   http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+tips+answer-before-playback

Please check if I'm correct or if there's anything to add.
Thank you!

/Olle