[asterisk-users] Dialplan Streaming

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Doug Garstang wrote:
> Eric "ManxPower" Wieling wrote:
>> Doug Garstang wrote:
>>> Oh poo. No one seems to know. :(
>>>
>>> Doug Garstang wrote:
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a dial plan command that can stream uncompressed audio from 
>>>> another source? I see there's an MP3Player command that can stream, 
>>>> but I assume that plays MP3's, which means it has to decode them. 
>>>> I'm looking for something that could play .wav or .ulaw (g711) streams.
>>
>> It would depend on how you define "streaming".  If you mean take an 
>> audio stream from some web site, the answer is "no, but you might be 
>> able to hack some up".  If you mean "stream a wav file to a user then 
>> the answer is "show application playback" in the Asterisk CLI.  
>> Playback supports any file format Asterisk supports.
>> ___
> I define streaming as reading an audio stream across the network, not 
> from local disk, such as with the Playback, Read and Background 
> commands. It can't be done? What about the ices2 app? I guess that just 
> plays mp3 and ogg vorbis files.

Then the answer is "no, but you might be able to hack something up".

EAGI lets you send and receive audio to/from the connected channel.  You 
could also take one of the existing apps that stream MP3 audio and hack 
it to work with other kinds of audio.  I don't know of any app out there 
that will do what you want, but that doesn't mean one doesn't exist.  I 
stick mostly to apps that are part of the Asterisk source.