asterisk + mpg123 packages

Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com
Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:39:13 +0300


On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 12:01:55AM +0200, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote:
> El s=E1b, 11-06-2005 a las 11:09 +0200, harry gaillac escribi=F3:
> > Hello,
> >=20
> > I installed asterisk and mpg321.
> >=20
> > Though asterisk suggest mpg123 Debian provide mpg321
> > package from http://mpg321.sourceforge.net/ (including
> > mpg123).
> > mpg123 command don't work with asterisk !

(works, but not well, right)?

> >=20
> > I download mpg123 Vesion 0.59r from
> > http://www.mpg123.de/cgi-bin/sitexplorer.cgi?/mpg123/
> > according to
> > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+config+musiconhold.conf
> >=20
> > Now asterisk is able to play music on hold .
>=20
>  Have you checked which actually the problem is? mpg321 should be a goo=
d
> replacement for mpg123, but perhaps some command line is missing or
> output is a bit different. That should be fixed, at least in Debian, as
> we should encourage use of mpg321 when possible.

Nope. mpg321 provides good command-line compatibility to mpg123, but not
does not perform as well. Those symptoms are basically what you should
expect.

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