[asterisk-users] Re: Choppy sound in voicemail using Asterisk 1.2.11 on CENTOS4 guest on vmware server

[Martin Joseph]

On 2006-11-10 09:10:30 -0800, Mario François Jauvin 
<mario at mfjassociates.net> said:

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> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> I have had no success in getting the voicemail working on Asterisk 
> 1.2.11 on CENTOS4(2.6 kernel) guest on vmware server 1.0.1.  I tried 
> with or without ztdummy device, renice -20 on asterisk process and even 
> real-time priority on the host Windows XP box for the vmware process.  
> I am running on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+.  The behaviour is when the 
> voicemail answer, the voice sound ok but when asterisk starts saying 
> the digits from the extension, the sound starts becoming very choppy.  
> The voice after the digits is still choppy.  Does anyone have a 
> suggestion?  The codec that asterisk is using with the softphone I am 
> using is the GSM codec.
> 
If it sounds like the trouble starts when digits are being spoken, 
perhaps it's related to your disk controller?  Is there a zap channel 
involved in this setup (ie how is the phone connected)?

Don't know much about the whole vmware thing,  but it sounds like an 
interrupt issue perhaps?

Marty