Vincent wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:23:29 +0530, "Godson Gera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> s,2,Playback(/usr/local/lib/asterisk/test_wav_out) >> >> And asterisk will automatically pickup the file that it can play with any >> asterisk supported format from the specified path. > > OK. Is there a way to tell Asterisk which codec to use so it doesn't > try figuring out the file format used? Thanks.
The codec is specified (for a sip device) in sip.conf, like this: [general] disallow=all allow=ulaw allow=alaw allow=gsm And you know that you can convert the files to every codec format that is in use then will the cpu load be minimalized ! To convert between different codec formats can you use the asterisk CLI command: file convert <file_in.format> <file_out.format> To convert from a shell script can you do like this: #!/bin/bash # Converts a audio file from alaw to a ulaw rasterisk -x "file convert /tmp/file_in.alaw /tmp/file_out.ulaw" More examples: The old way: http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Convert+WAV+audio+files+for+use+in+Asterisk I will try to update this page with "convert". As a final touch, I have heard that sln should be the prefered format where you dont have the same format as the codec used in a channel. "Asterisk native format is sln" /Mats _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users