Leo Burd wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm implementing an audioblog application and have some questions about > how to best stream and/or convert MP3 and WAV files to be played by > Asterisk. Currently, I first copy the files from the server to my > machine, convert them to Wav and play. Unfortunately, this process is > not very efficient at all. Here are my questions:
Hehe, I have an AGI at the moment that connects to an RSS feed, parses it for various mp3 files and then streams them. > a) Is there any way to play MP3 files directly by Asterisk? MP3Player. > b) What is the best command line to be used to convert MP3 files into > any format that can be played by Asterisk? Shall I use sox or anything > like that? If so, what would be the proper parameters to pass? Don't know sorry. > c) Is there any way to stream MP3 files directly into Asterisk and still > allow users to forward/pause/rewind the file while playing? Not really. What you're wanting is controlplayback, but when I tried it with mp3 files, it didn't seem to work. > d) Does Asterisk play any kind of WAV file? Do I need to convert Wav > files before playing them? Should be ok, have you tried it? What format are they in? -- Cheers, Matt Riddell _______________________________________________ http://www.sineapps.com/news.php (Daily Asterisk News - html) http://freevoip.gedameurope.com (Free Asterisk Voip Community) http://www.sineapps.com/rssfeed.php (Daily Asterisk News - rss) _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
