[Asterisk-biz] text till answer

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You can simply use this trick to do your job reliably and without need
for real mpg123:

file: mpg123 (just the same name but it will be a shell script)

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#!/bin/sh
while [ 1 ]; do cat /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3/please-wait.raw || exit; done

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and use a program to save the MOH file in RAW mode (I use audacity for windows).

Each time your caller is on MOH he will hear the file from start.

I think this (from the top of my head and without testing) will do the
trick for you.



On 30/08/05, Trevor G. Hammonds <trevor at skyhost.net> wrote:
> My suggestion is to background a short "please wait..." file, then dump them
> into the Dial command with the m option.  Use a specifically-created MOH
> class with a "please continue to hold..." message mixed into the music every
> X seconds.  This way, they always hear the message before entering the hold
> queue, and as long as the call is ringing, they continue to hear MOH
> interspersed with your message.
> 
>                 Sincerely,
>                 Trevor Hammonds
> 
> 
> ChB wrote on Monday, 29 August 2005 6:18 PM:
> 
> > well, problem is that the sound file contains the information "please
> > hold the line, were right with you" so the called person should be
> > able to pick up the call and stop the playback of the file, basically
> > i want the m-feature, just for _every_ call, from the beginning.
> >
> > regards
> > christian
> >
> >
> > On Monday Aug 2005 11:45:21 -0400 "Tony Fontoura" <tony at fontoura.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Suggestion:
> >> Use "play" to answer the call with your sound file and only then dial
> >> the extension.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Christian Benke
> >> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 11:36 AM
> >> To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
> >> Subject: [Asterisk-biz] text till answer
> >>
> >> hello!
> >>
> >> i'm looking for a feature to play a sound-file containing a text
> >> until the called party picks up the phone. i've already tried with
> >> the 'special' musiconhold-feature by adding the m-option at the end
> >> of DIAL but it
> >> is not exactly what i want. the proble m with the m-option is that
> >> the file is played to a second caller at the same position as it was
> >> played to the first caller, so when the second person calls, the text
> >> is played somewhere in the middle of the track instead of the
> >> beginning. i only works when the file has already been fully
> >> played(e.g. when there was enough time between the first and the
> >> second call). i want to play a text for every caller(that is played
> >> from the beginning) until the called party picks up the phone, is
> >> that possible? th ank you for all suggestions!
> >>
> >> regards
> >> chris
> 
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