[asterisk-users] Runaway MOH/mp3123 process?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Balashov" <abalashov at evaristesys.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 2:35 AM
Subject: [asterisk-users] Runaway MOH/mp3123 process?


>
> Has anyone noticed a problem with runaway mpg123 processes for 
> music-on-hold eating up ~100% CPU and driving the load on the
> machine way up?
>
> I've seen this problem consistently with multiple Asterisk
> installs, 1.2.x and 1.4.x, although admittedly it was more
> common with 1.2.x as far as I can tell.
>
> There is no clearly identifiable sequence of events that causes
> this to occur, although it obviously involves utilisation of the
> MOH audio blend at some point, which I use both in queues and for
> hold.  But the precise chain of events is never consistent,
> predictable, nor triggered in any particular temporal relation
> to when MOH is last used--at least, not one that I can pin down.
> It does not appear to arise immediately following the activation
> of a MOH sequence.

We had the same problem on our Asterisk ACD. After switching to native mode 
of MOH, problem  goes away.