[Asterisk-Users] MusicOnHold does not play

[Matt Riddell]

Stephen Bosch wrote:
> Matt Riddell wrote:
> 
>>Stephen Bosch wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hello:
>>>
>>>Forgive me if this is documented somewhere. I've been on
>>>www.voip-info.org and the Asterisk website and done no end of searches.
>>>
>>>Music on hold stops without playing any sound whatsoever. Here is
>>>Asterisk output:
>>
>>
>>Do you have mpg123 installed?  Is it version 0.59r?
> 
> 
> I had just installed it before sending that message.
> 
> It's working now. I was confused -- I thought the docs said that
> Asterisk can handle music on hold internally?

Well, what we do regularly is use native file formats.  So for example if all
of our calls are in GSM then we convert our music on hold to GSM so as to
avoid transcoding.  So, in this way it can play MOH natively, but not mp3
files because of licensing issues.

-- 
Cheers,

Matt Riddell
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