[Asterisk-Users] G729, voicemail, no codec_g729

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Kristian Kielhofner wrote:

>     -- Recording the message
>     -- x=0, open writing:
> /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default/105/INBOX/msg0001 format: g729,
> 0x8140f88
> Jun  1 10:08:45 WARNING[15148]: channel.c:2326 set_format: Unable to
> find a codec translation path from g729 to slin
> Jun  1 10:08:45 WARNING[15148]: app.c:621 ast_play_and_record: Unable to
> set to linear mode, giving up
> 
>     Obviously I don't have codec_g729 installed.  The real question is,
> why does it need to convert to slinear?

Heh... you'll like this one.

Recording voicemail messages involves listening for silence to know when
the message recording should stop. That means converting to SLINEAR :-)