[asterisk-users] Music on hold - 1.4.5

[Ade Vickers]

Hi,

Please bear with me if I'm asking stupid questions... I'm new to Asterisk,
newish to Linux, etc...

I've got MoH working nicely with my new Asterisk setup using the "files"
option; except that it always plays from the start of a (random) music file
when you first put someone on hold. Take them off hold & put them back, and
sometimes (not always!) it will start playing a new file from the
beginning.... If I park a call, from the point of pressing the "TRNF" button
the caller gets music; but, when the call parks, the music starts a new
file!

What I'd like to do is have the music streaming constantly, so the "on hold"
caller always gets music at the current position; even if that's in the
middle or near the end of a file.

The musiconhold.conf file mentions a couple of streaming options; but
(rightly) doesn't go into particular detail. So, what's my best strategy?

For info:
  - Asterisk is running on a P3 1GHz server (it's only a tiny experimental
PBX setup though)
  - v1.4.5, compiled by myself (thanks to voip-info.org & a couple of other
sites)
  - Server is Ubuntu "Fiesty Fawn", clean install (especially for Asterisk)
  - VoIP (SIP) only
  - All music files are in uLaw format, and the SIP phones are forced to use
uLaw encoding.

Cheers!
Ade.

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