[asterisk-users] Customisable In-band ringing?

[Nic Bellamy]

Ray Jackson wrote:
> Using SIP with progressinband=yes I get Asterisk to generate the 
> ringing sound for callers.  However, I was wondering if it is possible 
> to configure what is 'played back' to the calling party?  i.e. instead 
> of just 'ring ring' could I potentially play back a song from an MP3, 
> WAV or GSM file?  I'm thinking it would be quite cool to offer a 
> customised 'ring' sound while the caller is waiting for you to pick 
> up?  How can I do this with Asterisk or some external module perhaps?  
> Any advice welcome!
Hi Ray - LTNS - got the VoIP bug too now then? :-)

The 'm' option has been mentioned, however that requires a separate 
music-on-hold class for each different sound, which would quickly become 
unmanageable.

Another chap was working on a similar problem - have a look at the 
asterisk-dev thread titled "app_dial.c modification" started by Darren 
Nay on the 24th Jan 2007. I don't know if he's got it working yet, but 
it might be worth getting in touch with him.

Cheers,
    Nic.

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Nic Bellamy,
Head Of Engineering, Vadacom Ltd - http://www.vadacom.co.nz/