[asterisk-users] Playing mp3-files – will it be OK?

[Noah Miller]

Hi Harry -

>  99% of all my users are calling from GSM phones, and my system
>  basically just plays some sound files back.
>
>  The PBX is connected to an ISDN-30 connection. Are there any modules
>  for playing MP3 files, so I can use them with commands like Play() and
>  Background()?

See asterisk-addons for the mp3 module.


>  And will it have any effect on the quality?

The callers should hear the file at the codec-quality of the channel
they're connecting on.  So for your ISDN callers, that's probably ulaw
or alaw, and for the internal phones, GSM.


- Noah