[asterisk-users] Soundcard necessary on an asterisk server to get output of playback()??

[Jason Parker]

I think Lacy means "rub the mouthpiece of the phone" - to make sound (blowing
into it should yield the same result)

Lacy Moore wrote:
> My quick guess would be that it's a timing issue.  You didn't mention
> whether you are using a Zaptel device or ztdummy.
>  
> I know this sounds like I'm being a smart***, but I'm not...  try
> this...  rub the mouthpiece of the file while the sound file is playing
> and see if you hear any of the file.  If so, I would definitely say you
> have a timing issue.
> 
> On Dec 3, 2007 12:01 PM, Stefan Guenther <asterisk01 at in-put.de
> <mailto:asterisk01 at in-put.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     I' still fighting the problem, that I can talk from one SIP phone to
>     another, but I can't hear the output of the playback or similar
>     applications:
> 
>             exten => 202,1,ANSWER()
>             exten => 202,2,PLAYBACK(tt-monkeys)
>             exten => 202,3,HANGUP()
> 
>     When I dial 202, asterisk show the following on the cli:
> 
>     -- Executing [ 202 at local:1] Answer("SIP/user1-0827ebe8", "") in new
>     stack
>     -- Executing [202 at local:2] Playback("SIP/user1-0827ebe8", "tt-monkeys")
>     in new stack
>     -- <SIP/user1-0827ebe8> Playing 'tt-monkeys' (language 'de')
> 
>     Yes, the file tt-monkeys exist in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds and the
>     subdirectory de.
> 
>     No, there is no error message even if turn on debugging. :-(
> 
>     Besides this strange behaviour, I was wondering whether the asterisk
>     server needs an soundcard to send the output of e.g. the playback
>     application to the phone.
> 
>     BTW, this is asterisk 1.4.13
> 
>     I would be really happy, if someone has an idea how to solve this
>     problem.
> 
>     Thanks in advance,
> 
>     Stefan
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