[asterisk-users] Voicemail playback on iPhone

[Peder @ NetworkOblivion]

This is semi-related, but I have a Tmobile MDA and I couldn't play the 
files either.  The issue was not a codec issue, it was an email encoding 
issue.  If I sent the message to an email account and it was then 
downloaded to my desktop via outlook and then forwarded on to my phone, 
I can listen to them.  If I just send it direct to the phone, I see the 
attachment and it opens in media player, but it won't play.  I don't 
know if you are having codec issues or email encoding issues, but it is 
a place to look.

Incidentally, if someone knows how to get around the "download email and 
then forward" issue that I am having, I would like to hear it.

Peder


Jason Lixfeld wrote:
> I guess what I'm asking is if there is a recipe anyone has used to  
> allow a voicemail message (once recorded by asterisk) to playback on  
> iPhone when said recorded voicemail is received as an email  
> attachment.  I understand you can convert using sox, so I guess that's  
> the ingredient and some sort of * configs would be the glue - I  
> suppose it's the glue I can't figure out.  I'm not trying to figure  
> out how to get voicemails to show up in iPhone VVM or anything like  
> that.
> 
> If the voicemail configs can't be tweaked enough to record in a format  
> iPhone can play, how can I get something like sox convert the message  
> to another format before * emails the voicemail off to the callee?  If  
> I understand correctly, the voicemail app takes care of the entire  
> process from the time voicemail is recorded from the caller to the  
> time it is sent to the callee (ie: email).  If that's true, then I  
> guess I need to understand how to tell asterisk to fork from voicemail  
> to some script to convert the recording to something iPhone friendly  
> before we fork back to voicemail where we left off and actually email  
> the message to the callee.
> 
> Am I making any sense?
> 
> On 24-Oct-07, at 11:12 AM, Baji Panchumarti wrote:
> 
>> Jason,
>>
>> I think there is a bit of terminology confusion here,
>> you can easily convert from format to another using
>> sox, so if your * server is going to record and email
>> you a voicemail file, it can surely  "sox"  the file to whatever
>> format the iphone needs it in and then send the email.
>>
>> It does not appear that the iPhone is using a proprietary
>> format so just try the default recording format and see
>> what happens.
>>
>> -baji.
>>
>> ps : I don't have an iPhone, nor have I used * voicemail yet
>>        "caveat emptor" :-)
>>
>> --
>>
>> On 10/24/07, Jason Lixfeld  wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, it's clear my question was far too vague.
>>>
>>> To clarify, is there a recipe to make * record voicemail in a format
>>> that allows playback on iPhone's media/music player playback for
>>> voicemails that are received say, in an email message.
>>>
>>> It seems the * voicemail defaults don't work.  This link seems to
>>> describe codecs that do work, however I haven't seen any indications
>>> as to whether * voicemail can be tweaked to record in any of the
>>> supported formats:  http://www.kehlet.cx/
>>>
>>> Any success out there?
>>>
>>> On 22-Oct-07, at 7:38 PM, Ron Stephan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Trick question I assume?
>>>>
>>>> It was mind numbingly simple on my iPhone...(though none of the
>>>> voice mail worked when London a few weeks ago).
>>>>
>>>> - tap voice mail -
>>>> - tap speaker (upper right) until it turns blue (is activate)
>>>> - tap the message you want to playback
>>>> - use assorted  controls to delete - replay etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now...if the question is ... how do you get asterisk voice mail to
>>>> show up on an iPhone...I am all ears.  Groovy concept - if
>>>> anybody has a hack - I'd love to see it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Elvis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>>>> ] On Behalf Of Jason Lixfeld
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 4:16 PM
>>>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>>>> Subject: [asterisk-users] Voicemail playback on iPhone
>>>>
>>>> Anyone managed to get this to work?  What's the recipe?
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>> _______________________________________________
>> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com--
>>
>> asterisk-users mailing list
>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>>   http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com--
> 
> asterisk-users mailing list
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
>