[Asterisk-Users] Playing background message

[Brancaleoni Matteo]

hi

> 
> The caller will hear a recorded message, followed by music. What I want is
> the caller to hear this WHILE the SIP phones are ringing - but using the
> 'Background' option in extensions.conf seems to make it so that my SIP
> phones won't be dialled until AFTER the music clip is finished - i.e.
> pointless.
of course... background is an action in the dialplan, so during
its execution, you can't do anything more...

> 
> How do I truly set a background audio to play while the internal phones are
> ringing? Is this possible? Music on hold perhaps?
yes, moh is the way to go
see musiconhold.conf

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Brancaleoni Matteo <mbrancaleoni at espia.it>
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