[Asterisk-Users] mpg123 home music from stream

[Matt]

I'm not having this issue... YES... it DOES stop when the user hangs
up... however, when I put someone back on hold (or go into a meetme
conference).. it will flush the buffer (takes about a minute or two)
and then once that has finished, it will begin playing the stream and
pickup right where it left off... so it seems to work fine for me.


On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:59:51 -0700, Ken Godee <ken at perfect-image.com> wrote:
> Matt wrote:
> 
> > Really?   I just tried it and WHEN it's working.. it is streaming..
> > and even when I hang up it keeps mpg123 up and running in the
> > background.
> 
> Yes, doing a "ps/top" will show mpg123 processes but
> watch the precentage of cpu usage die to 0%.
> Asterisk may at any time have several mpg123 processes
> running, but they may all be idle.
> 
> The way asterisk interacts with playing
> mp3's is very specific in how it plays and then
> saves cpu cycles by stopping the mp3 from playing
> (when ever there are no active channels)
> but leaving the mpg123/process in memory.
> 
> This can be show even with normal mp3 moh, by
> having several mp3's and hanging up your
> test call to moh, then several minutes later
> dial back to your test moh and you'll still
> be on the same song. asterisk stops mp3 play
> to conserve cpu cycles and restarts when called
> on.
> 
> Watch the connections on your streaming server
> 30-180 seconds after hanging up your test call to
> moh. Dial back in and watch no new streaming
> connections are made. Listen to your moh and
> observe your actually in a buffered mpg123 loop.
> 
>