[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk native sounds now available!

[Mark Phillips]

Yes, it seems that I was somewhat in error.

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


kevin ling wrote:
> In my remember, when playback a file. The Asterisk will automatically choose
> the audio file with the lowest conversion cost. Not always looks the
> filename.gsm. 
> 
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:46 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk native sounds now available!
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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