[asterisk-users] [1.4 + FreeBSD 6.2] Playing WAV PCM file?

[MatsK]

Vincent wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:10:47 +0100, MatsK <mkn0014 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> And you know that you can convert the files to every codec format that
>> is in use then will the cpu load be minimalized !
> 
> Yup, but the CPU is just a Pentium 233MHz. I just converted a 20MB WAV
> file from a CD-quality (44KHz sample rate, stereo) into the format
> Asterisk likes (8HKz, mono), and it took about 10mn. So conversion is
> out of the question, as Asterisk is likely to have a problem answering
> other incoming calls while it's busy converting the last voicemail
> message.

Thats true, so I normaly convert files on my development box, don't
wan't to disturb the production. And the conversion of prompts is a one
time task! To "re encode" is a cpu load that happens every time the
prompt is used!