[asterisk-users] MoH mysteriously stopped working

[Peder @ NetworkOblivion]

I've had MOH die probably 4-5 times in the last 2+ years and the only 
way to get it back is to stop * and restart it.  Reloading MOH or just 
doing a regular reload doesn't work.  I have to actually do a "stop now" 
and then "asterisk" to get it to work again.  * restarts and MOH works 
fine.  No clue why, but I have seen it on multiple versions of *.

Jay Moore wrote:
> Folks, I have somewhat of a serious issue here.  My music on hold 
> mysteriously stopped working.  I have made no changes to my Asterisk box 
> in the past month and up until an hour ago, MoH was working fine (as far 
> as I know).
> 
> CLI:
> -- Started music on hold, class 'default', on channel 'IAX2/lobby-2'
> -- Stopped music on hold on IAX2/lobby-2
> voip*CLI> moh reload
> voip*CLI>
> 1 class reloaded.
>    == Destroying musiconhold processes
>    == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/musiconhold.conf': Found
> Aug  8 16:27:33 WARNING[7984]: res_musiconhold.c:422 spawn_mp3: Found no 
> files in '/var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3'
> Aug  8 16:27:33 WARNING[7984]: res_musiconhold.c:504 monmp3thread: 
> Unable to spawn mp3player
> 
> musiconhold.conf:
> -----------------
> [default]
> mode => quietmp3
> directory => /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3
> random => yes
> 
> 
> I have had .gsm (and only .gsm) files in that directory since day one, 
> and it's always played them just fine.  The .gsm files are still in that 
> directory, and transferring them to my computer and playing them works 
> just fine.
> 
> I have autoload set in modules.conf, and I can't figure out why my music 
> on hold suddenly stopped working.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Jay
> 
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