[asterisk-users] Early Media

[D Tucny]

I can't say it's always been like this, as I don't recall, but, Background
in 1.0 behaved like this, answering the channel if it wasn't already
answered and playing the sound file/s until they finished or an exten was
dialed...

in 1.0 the 'skip' option would cause playback to be skipped if the channel
was not 'up', the 'noanswer' option would cause the channel to not be
answered
in 1.2 the options became 's' for skip and 'n' for noanswer though the
original 'skip' and 'noanswer' options are still valid even in 1.6

That said, in this example, you'd never leave background as it would sit
there playing the background_song file waiting for digits to be dialled...
using the dial option would be the way...

d

2009/3/27 Danny Nicholas <danny at debsinc.com>

> Is this correct for all versions, or does it start at 1.4 or 1.6?  I did
> put
> a YMMV on the comment, so my answer was not to be taken as "fact".
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jared Smith
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:29 PM
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> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Early Media
>
> On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 08:34 -0500, Danny Nicholas wrote:
> > YMMV, but you might try this
> >
> > Exten => s,1,background(background_song)
> >
> > Exten => s,n,Answer() ;start billing
>
> This is not correct.  Background() automatically answers the call if it
> hasn't been answered already.
>
> The way to accomplish the task the original poster asked is to use the
> "m" option to the Dial() application.
>
> --
> Jared Smith
> Training Manager
> Digium, Inc.
>
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