[Asterisk-Users] Native MOH - Convert mp3 to ulaw

[Doug Lytle]

Douglas Garstang wrote:
> Tried it. It doesn't seem to like converting to ulaw, unless I'm doing something wrong. The man page mentions ulaw briefly, but doesn't say HOW to convert to it.
>
> Doug.
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob McDowell [mailto:bmcdowell at federalprotection.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:58 PM
>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Native MOH - Convert mp3 to ulaw
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>>
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>> I don't know for sure about the formats, but I'd try sox.  I'm pretty
>> sure pcm/ulaw is built in...
>>     
I use the following script.  Make sure there are no spaces in the filenames:

cat convert.sh

#!/bin/sh

for filename in *mp3

do

eval filename=`echo $filename | cut -f1 -d.`

echo Converting $filename

sox -V $filename.mp3 -t au -r 8000 -U -b -c 1 $filename.ulaw resample -ql



Doug