[Asterisk-Users] Multiple mpg123 processes when starting asterisk

[Rich Adamson]

> When I start asterisk, it appears that multiple mpg123 processes start.  
> Would this be normal operation?
> 
>  2729 ?        S      0:00 /usr/sbin/asterisk
>  2735 ?        S      0:00 mpg123 -q -s --mono -r 8000 -b 2048 -f 8192 av-1.mp3
>  2736 ?        S      0:00 mpg123 -q -s --mono -r 8000 -b 2048 -f 8192 av-1.mp3
>  2740 ?        S      0:00 mpg123 -q -s --mono -r 8000 -b 2048 -f 8192 -z av-1.mp3
>  2742 ?        S      0:00 mpg123 -q -s --mono -r 8000 -b 2048 -f 8192 -z av-1.mp3

Someone already mentioned two occurences of the above for each music
on hold class defined (by you) in asterisk.

In some cases, you may also find additional occurences of the above running
if asterisk (and mpg123) did not shut down correctly. The problem is
related to how asterisk kills mpg123 when asterisk is told to stop. Search
the archives for SIG TERM is the last 60 days. (Or, simply stop asterisk
and check to see if any remaining mpg123 processes are running. If so,
kill them.)

Rich