[asterisk-users] Early media using ARI

[Joshua C. Colp]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019, at 11:40 AM, Jöran Vinzens wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> we are working on a A to B basic Call scenario with early media.
> On that scenario we get a call from a PJSIP endpoint and we place a new 
> call using ARI. On the created channel we receive a 183 Session 
> progress where we have an announcement regarding e.g. the cost of the 
> call (it's important for us to have this announcement to inform our 
> customers about the costs).
> Using asterisk Dialplan this is done by App Dial automatically.
> On ARI we receive a Dial Event "PROGRESS" where we thought we put both 
> channels into a bridge and the asterisk will then forward the RTP 
> towards the "A" Client using a 183 (since the channel is not answered, 
> yet). Unfortunately nothing happens.
> 
> We searched the documentation and we have not figured it out. There is 
> no "/ari/channel/progress" command we can use and there is no 
> "early_media=true" in pjsip.conf which would enable the desired 
> behaviour.
> 
> We would love to get a hint in the right direction and we very much 
> appreciate any help.

There's a blog post which shows how it is supposed to work[1]. It expects the channel to be created, then both put into the bridge, and then dialed. This also requires Asterisk 14 or above to operate. What version are you using?

[1] https://blogs.asterisk.org/2016/08/24/asterisk-14-ari-create-bridge-dial/

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