[Asterisk-Users] MusicOnHold

[Ken Godee]

MF Hulber wrote:
> I'm looking for a simple way to disable MusicOnHold in my environment.  
> I'm not really interested in having it and it causes too many problems 
> with hanging mpg123 processes and memory management errors.  The problem 
> is, so many other modules seem to depend on it.  I can't just cause a 
> noload of MusicOnHold and be done.  Does anyone have a simple solution?  
> A solution that doesn't require a recompile is preferred but I'll 
> appreciate and listen to any.
> 

After having the same issues you're having, we installed
and now use "Madplay". Been about 3 weeks and have not had a single 
issue with moh since. We where averaging several problems a week.

http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/

musiconhold.conf

[classes]

default => custom:/var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3/,/usr/local/bin/madplay -Q 
--attenuate=-5 --mono -R 8000 --output=RAW:-

rock1 => custom:/var/lib/asterisk/rock1/,/usr/local/bin/madplay -Q -z 
--attenuate=-5 --fade-in --mono -R 8000 --output=RAW:-