[Asterisk-Users] MusicOnHold spawns everlasting mpg123 processes

[Brian Cuthie]

Actually, I think this is a feature. Rather than startup a new instance 
of mpg123 each time someone goes on hold, one instance per MOH class is 
created and used for all calls of that class.

-brian

Gavin Hamill wrote:

>Hullo :)
>
>I'm using CVS-04/23/04-23 from the stable 1.0 branch on kernel 2.6 - since I 
>have no Digium h/w, I've just managed to get the zaprtc module to compile and run, 
>so I thought the best way to test it would be via MoH.
>
>The MP3Player application works great ..
>
>exten => 6901,1,Answer
>exten => 6901,2,MP3Player(http://127.0.0.1:85/ES/28)
>
>This will play callers BBC Radio 4 from my local streaming setup, and when they
>hangup, the mpg123 process dies immediately. Perfect :)
>
>Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about:
>
>exten => 6900,1,Answer
>exten => 6900,2,MusicOnHold
>
>    -- Accepting AUTHENTICATED call from 10.0.0.74, requested format = 2, actual 
>format = 2
>    -- Executing Answer("IAX2[janie at janie]/5", "") in new stack
>    -- Executing MusicOnHold("IAX2[janie at janie]/5", "") in new stack
>    -- Started music on hold, class 'default', on IAX2[janie at janie]/5
>
>Then I press 'Hangup' in IaxComm:
>
>    -- Stopped music on hold on IAX2[janie at janie]/5
>  == Spawn extension (default, 6900, 2) exited non-zero on 'IAX2[janie at janie]/5'
>    -- Hungup 'IAX2[janie at janie]/5'
>
>Alas, the 'mpg123' processes live on...
>
> 4049 pts/22   S      0:00                  \_ asterisk -vvvvvvvvvc
> 4050 pts/22   S      0:00                  |   \_ mpg123 -q -s --mono -r 8000 -b 
>2048 -f 8192 sample-hold.mp3
> 4063 pts/22   S      0:00                  |       \_ mpg123 -q -s --mono -r 8000 
>-b 2048 -f 8192 sample-hold.mp3
>
>In fact, if I redial ext 6900, I get played the MoH sample from the point at which 
>mpg123 has reached in the mp3, rather than getting it from the start.
>
>The MusicOnHold docs say: "Returns -1 on hangup. Never returns otherwise." 
>
>I beg to differ :) Is this a bug, or have I made some fundamental mistake?
>
>Cheers,
>Gavin.
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