[Asterisk-Users] mpg123 issue and solution

[Chris Maresca]

Apperently this is only a problem with v59r of mpg123.  Older version
don't have a problem.

Chris.

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Justin Carlson wrote:

> I have a suse 8.2 installation of mpg123 and I have no problems with the id3
> tags
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Philipp von
> Klitzing
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:37 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] mpg123 issue and solution
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> > If you put mp3 files into your mohmp3 directory and these files have ID3v2
> > tags, mpg123 will throw an error message "Found new ID3 Header",
> > regardless of the -q flag.
> >
> > This, in turn, will cause Asterisk to crash (yes), although it's a soft
> > crash (exits cleanly).
> >
> > It took me forever to figure this out, since the default mp3 and
> > everything else was working fine.  And the lack of any meaningfull error
> > messages made diagnosis even more difficult....
> >
> > My work around was to open the file in WinAmp and remove the ID3 tags
> > entirely.  mpg123 and Asterisk were both happy and there was much
> > rejoycing.
> 
> See also:
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+config+musiconhold.conf
> (as well as the Wiki Asterisk FAQ section concerning variable bit rate)
> 
> > It might be a good idea to move away from mpg123 as it is no longer
> > supported and there are bound to be more problems like this.  MAD seems to
> > be what everyone is migrating to...
> 
> Indeed mpg123 is known to be the cause for many problems.
> 
> Cheers, Philipp
> 
> > Finally, if anyone has any ideas about how to improve IAX voice quality,
> > I'd be happy to hear them.  Everything is hearable, but there are an
> > awfull lot of clicks and pops in the background.
> 
> This is probably due to the IAX software phone that you are using (and
> its underlying library). On * server to * server connections this
> shouldn't be the case (if yes: try to enable/disable the jitter buffer,
> see other mails here).
> 
> -Philipp-
> 
> 
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