[Asterisk-video] Trouble making outbound video calls

Tue Nov 18 10:03:33 CST 2008

Hi,

Do you use the h324m_call application ?
Can you copy past the .call file and the extension section (you should jump to a
extension service).

Regards,

Borja

Selon Joost Kuif <joost.kuif at mobillion.nl>:

> Hello people,
>
> I am trying to make outbound videocalls with asterisk 1.4.22 and dahdi.
> For triggering the call i use the asterisk spool directory.
> I am at the point where asterisk is able to dial out to the mobile, and
> the h324m_loopback is working ok. audio and video are working ok with
> the loopback function. See details below.
>
> When i change the h324m_loopback to the mp4play application and redial
> again the mp4play function doesn't play audio or video.
>
> One thing that gets my attention: why seems the transfercapability of
> the channel in both cases SPEECH? the CLI logging says VIDEO is
> requested for the transfercapability. Am i missing a patch? I did the
> amr patch, the userlayer1 patch. The dahdi driver 2.0.0 and libpri 1.4.7
> seems to already have the changes that last year had to be patched
> manually.
>
> Is it possible at all to initiate a video call and use mp4play through
> the spool mechanism of asterisk? If not, what mechanism do you prefer if
> you want to dial out automated (without dialing out initiated via a sip
> client or whatsoever)? AMI interface maybe?
>
>
> Regards and thanks for your help,
>
> Joost Kuif
>
> ---------------------------
>
> Spool file:
>
> root at umts-test:/var/spool/asterisk/tmp# cat test.call
> Channel: DAHDI/1/00316********
> Callerid: <318******>
> WaitTime: 30
> MaxRetries: 0
> RetryTime: 30
> Set: CHANNEL(transfercapability)=VIDEO
> Set: CHANNEL(userinformationlayer1)=38
> Context: xcon
> Extension: 665
> Priority: 1
>
> Dialplan:
> [xcon]
> exten => 665,1,h324m_loopback()
>
>
>
> umts-test*CLI>
>     -- Attempting call on DAHDI/1/00316******** for 665 at xcon:1 (Retry 1)
>     -- digital call, setting user information layer 1 to 38 (0x26)
>     -- dahdi call: h324musellc=0, ast->userinformationlayer1=38
>     -- Requested transfer capability: 0x18 - VIDEO
>        > Channel DAHDI/1-1 was answered.
>     -- Executing [665 at xcon:1] h324m_loopback("DAHDI/1-1", "") in new
> stack
> umts-test*CLI> core show channel DAHDI/1-1
> -- General --
>            Name: DAHDI/1-1
>            Type: DAHDI
>        UniqueID: 1227003199.1
>       Caller ID: 318631904
> Caller ID Name: (N/A)
>     DNID Digits: (N/A)
>           State: Up (6)
>           Rings: 0
>   NativeFormats: 0x48 (alaw|slin)
>     WriteFormat: 0x8 (alaw)
>      ReadFormat: 0x8 (alaw)
> WriteTranscode: No
>   ReadTranscode: No
> 1st File Descriptor: 21
>       Frames in: 1099
>      Frames out: 890
> Time to Hangup: 0
>    Elapsed Time: 0h0m22s
>   Direct Bridge: <none>
> Indirect Bridge: <none>
> --   PBX   --
>         Context: xcon
>       Extension: 665
>        Priority: 1
>      Call Group: 0
>    Pickup Group: 0
>     Application: h324m_loopback
>            Data: (Empty)
>     Blocking in: ast_waitfor_nandfds
>       Variables:
> TRANSFERCAPABILITY=SPEECH
>
>   CDR Variables:
> level 1: dst=s
> level 1: dcontext=incoming
> level 1: channel=DAHDI/1-1
> level 1: lastapp=h324m_loopback
> level 1: start=2008-11-18 11:13:19
> level 1: duration=0
> level 1: billsec=0
> level 1: disposition=NO ANSWER
> level 1: amaflags=DOCUMENTATION
> level 1: uniqueid=1227003199.1
>
>     -- Channel 0/1, span 1 got hangup request, cause 16
>     -- Hungup 'DAHDI/1-1'
> [Nov 18 11:14:20] NOTICE[13227]: pbx_spool.c:365 attempt_thread: Call
> completed to DAHDI/1/0031646160590
> umts-test*CLI>
>
>
>
> When i change the h324m_loopback to the mp4play application and redial
> again the mp4play function doesn't play audio or video:
>
> umts-test*CLI> core show channel DAHDI/1-1
> -- General --
>            Name: DAHDI/1-1
>            Type: DAHDI
>        UniqueID: 1227016348.0
>       Caller ID: 318631904
> Caller ID Name: (N/A)
>     DNID Digits: (N/A)
>           State: Up (6)
>           Rings: 0
>   NativeFormats: 0x48 (alaw|slin)
>     WriteFormat: 0x2000 (amr)
>      ReadFormat: 0x8 (alaw)
> WriteTranscode: Yes
>   ReadTranscode: No
> 1st File Descriptor: 21
>       Frames in: 1670
>      Frames out: 414
> Time to Hangup: 0
>    Elapsed Time: 0h0m33s
>   Direct Bridge: <none>
> Indirect Bridge: <none>
> --   PBX   --
>         Context: xcon
>       Extension: 665
>        Priority: 1
>      Call Group: 0
>    Pickup Group: 0
>     Application: mp4play
>            Data: /var/lib/asterisk/movies/umts_uitbellen/intro.3gp
>     Blocking in: ast_waitfor_nandfds
>       Variables:
> TRANSFERCAPABILITY=SPEECH
>
>   CDR Variables:
> level 1: dst=s
> level 1: dcontext=incoming
> level 1: channel=DAHDI/1-1
> level 1: lastapp=mp4play
> level 1: lastdata=/var/lib/asterisk/movies/umts_uitbellen/intro.3gp
> level 1: start=2008-11-18 14:52:28
> level 1: duration=0
> level 1: billsec=0
> level 1: disposition=NO ANSWER
> level 1: amaflags=DOCUMENTATION
> level 1: uniqueid=1227016348.0
>
> umts-test*CLI>
>
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