Apperently this is only a problem with v59r of mpg123. Older version don't have a problem.
Chris. On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Justin Carlson wrote: > I have a suse 8.2 installation of mpg123 and I have no problems with the id3 > tags > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Philipp von > Klitzing > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] mpg123 issue and solution > > > Hi! > > > If you put mp3 files into your mohmp3 directory and these files have ID3v2 > > tags, mpg123 will throw an error message "Found new ID3 Header", > > regardless of the -q flag. > > > > This, in turn, will cause Asterisk to crash (yes), although it's a soft > > crash (exits cleanly). > > > > It took me forever to figure this out, since the default mp3 and > > everything else was working fine. And the lack of any meaningfull error > > messages made diagnosis even more difficult.... > > > > My work around was to open the file in WinAmp and remove the ID3 tags > > entirely. mpg123 and Asterisk were both happy and there was much > > rejoycing. > > See also: > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+config+musiconhold.conf > (as well as the Wiki Asterisk FAQ section concerning variable bit rate) > > > It might be a good idea to move away from mpg123 as it is no longer > > supported and there are bound to be more problems like this. MAD seems to > > be what everyone is migrating to... > > Indeed mpg123 is known to be the cause for many problems. > > Cheers, Philipp > > > Finally, if anyone has any ideas about how to improve IAX voice quality, > > I'd be happy to hear them. Everything is hearable, but there are an > > awfull lot of clicks and pops in the background. > > This is probably due to the IAX software phone that you are using (and > its underlying library). On * server to * server connections this > shouldn't be the case (if yes: try to enable/disable the jitter buffer, > see other mails here). > > -Philipp- > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- chris maresca senior partner - www.olliancegroup.com linux, up 1 days _______________________________________________ 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
