[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Call Recording and SIP canreinvite

[Steve Totaro]

Yeah, makes sense now that I think about it a little more.  Guess you
will have to prefix your exten so that the dial string with the H is
used and dial that prefix when you know or think that you may have to
record a call.

> 
> This and Time Bandit's comment makes sense. I didn't realize that
> these options in the Dial string will "force" Asterisk to stay in the
> media path even if canreinvite=yes.
> 
> I'll give it a try.
> 
> Thanks,
> Waldo
> 
> On Dec 8, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Steve Totaro wrote:
> 
> > There may be a better way but off the top of my head this idea
jumped
> > out.  It assumes that you know prior to making the call that you
> > need to
> > record it and that you have phones capable of multiple lines.
> >
> > Setup a second line with a different entry in sip.conf with
> > canreinvite=no and use that line to make your calls.
> >
> > Other than that I see reference on the wiki to an H option in dial
but
> > have never used it.  I think you will still need to know prior to
> > dialing whether you will want to record the call or not so you can
> > dial
> > the exten that uses the H option.
> >
> > If you get this to work, please post your results back to this
thread.
> >
> > "Re: Re: H option
> > by flobi on Monday 25 of July, 2005 [10:43:46]
> > why not just set canreinvite=yes and on the calls where you don't
want
> > reinvite use the H option (if it actually does disable reinvite) or
> > the
> > T or t which also disable reinvite.
> >
> > 7960G Seems to need canreinvite=no as well.
> > by Anonymous on Friday 29 of October, 2004 [22:22:43]
> > Running P0S3-07-2-00.
> >
> > Re: H option
> > by Anonymous on Monday 26 of July, 2004 [10:10:07]
> > (:confused:) Hmm... Now I started to wonder, if it's somehow
> > possible to
> > override the canreinvite=no setting on per call basis. Anyone?
> >
> > H option
> > by Anonymous on Saturday 10 of July, 2004 [04:15:13]
> > Asterisk will not reinvite if the H option is used in the Dial
> > command."
> >
> > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+sip+canreinvite
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> >>
> >> I understand. But because the majority of calls are not to be
> >> recorded, I don't have a need to keep Asterisk in the media path
all
> >> the time. That's why I'm wondering if you could dynamically keep it
> >> in the media path or not.
> >>
> >> - Waldo
> >>
> >> On Dec 8, 2005, at 10:26 AM, Steve Totaro wrote:
> >>
> >>> Well, then set canreinvite=no
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> If that's the case, is it possible to override the canreinvite
> >>>> attribute of a SIP peer in extensions.conf before a call is made
or
> >>>> answered by that peer?
> >>>>
> >>>> - Waldo
> >>>>
> >>>> On Dec 8, 2005, at 9:15 AM, Steve Totaro wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is there a way to optionally keep asterisk in the media path in
> >>> order
> >>>>>> to record calls using the Monitor command? For example, if I
have
> > a
> >>>>>> SIP peer that is defined with canreinvite=yes, this means that
if
> >>>>>> possible, Asterisk will not be in the media path. However, what
> >>>>>> happens if the user presses something like *1 (defined in
> >>>>>> features.conf) to record the call? Will the call be forced to
go
> >>>>>> through Asterisk automatically?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Waldo
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I could be wrong but I am pretty sure that once the asterisk is
> > out
> >>> of
> >>>>> the media path then features like *1 will not work since
asterisk
> >>>>> is not
> >>>>> able to listen for it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Steve
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