[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk native sounds now available!

[Mark Phillips]

Yes you can copy them into the same directory as the current files. Kris 
recommends that you move your existing files for safety only.

The mode (ULAW, GSM etc) is selected by Asterisk depending upon what 
mode the current caller is using.

Have you noticed that you don't have to put a file extension on the end 
of a Playback instruction? This is because Asterisk looks for 
filename.mode when trying to play a file. In the event it can't find 
filename.mode it looks for filename.gsm.

If the file it's playing is not encoded using the current mode it has to 
transcode the gsm file into whatever is required. This not only adds 
computing overhead to the call in progress but degrades the quality of 
the file as all such transactions are lossy.

Understand?

Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI
Randolph, NJ
http://www.g7ltt.com


Adrian A wrote:
> If I understand this correctly, this sounds package is a subset of the 
> Asterisk sounds package.  Can I just copy the native sounds (eg. ulaw) 
> in the existing sounds directory and Asterisk will automatically use 
> them instead of the default gsm ones?  How does Asterisk pick which one 
> to play, does it know about the .ulaw extension?
> 
> 
>      >
> 
>     Doug,
> 
>             It looks like you have installed
>     asterisk-sounds.  asterisk-sounds is
>     not included in the Asterisk Native Sounds Package.  That is a separate
>     collection of prompts arranged by John Todd and contributed to the
>     community.  I have already talked with him about that.
> 
>             Other people have brought this up too.  Basically, I'll
>     consider
>     re-doing (and paying for) the sounds in asterisk-sounds based on the
>     donations I receive for what is provided so far in the Native Asterisk
>     Sounds package.
> 
>     --
>     Kristian Kielhofner
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