[Asterisk-Users] How to play sound AND run asterisk?

[Karl Putland]

On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 23:14, Amos Latteier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm a new asterisk user developing an AGI application. As part of my 
> application I'd like to play sounds on the server's speakers, but it seems 
> that I can't do this while asterisk is running.
> 

Sounds like * is loading chan_oss or chan_alsa.
Two things that I've found that might help.

1. in /etc/asterisk/modules.conf add the following lines
   noload => chan_alsa.so
   noload => chan_oss.so

2. The other option which may sound bizarre but worked for me was to
start * with esddsp like this
   esddsp asterisk -vvvgc

My guess is that option 1 will solve you problem.

--Karl


> When I try to play sounds using the play or aplay command, it blocks until 
> I stop asterisk. My guess is that asterisk is using the sound device and 
> this means that other programs can't use it. So do I need another sound 
> card or is there some way to tell asterisk to play sounds on the speakers?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions!
> 
> -Amos
> 
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Karl Putland <karl at putland.linux-site.net>