[asterisk-users] MOH stop and resume when i hold

[Noah Miller]

Hi -

> I have a strange comportment of the MOH system on my asterisk.
> When i respond to a call and after fews second i set this call in hold
> mode the correspondent listen the music fine.
> When i re-take my correspondent at T0 instant the music is paused. And
> when i re-hold him at T60 (60 second later) the sound is always at T0
> when he was stopped at T0. So the music is stopped and don't continue
> (normal comportment) when i speak with peoples.
> Someone know the problem? a solution?

What you're describing is the asterisk native "files" method for MOH.
This behavior is the way it was designed.  If you want continuous MOH,
I'd suggest using a third-party player like madplay or mpg123.  You
can read more here:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk%20config%20musiconhold.conf

(Hint: Scroll down to the section labeled "Pre-Asterisk 1.2 Information Below")


- Noah