Switching to VoIP

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Chapter 17: Asterisk Reference

conversation into a single file upon termination of the call. The Sox package must be

compiled and installed in order for this to work.

MP3Player

MP3Player(filename)

Plays an MP3 sound file on the current channel. Playback can be stopped and the

priority incremented by dialing any digit.

MusicOnHold

MusicOnHold(class)

Plays hold music indefinitely from the specified class. Music-on-hold classes are

established with simple directives in /etc/asterisk/musiconhold.conf. Normally these

directives just point a certain class to a certain directory that contains MP3 files, but

as this example shows, you can also use a streaming source:

; musiconhold.conf

default => mp3:/var/lib/asterisk/onhold,http://www.streamvoip.us/royalty-free:8000

The config needs a blank directory called onhold in /var/lib/asterisk using:

# mkdir /var/lib/asterisk/onhold

NoCDR

NoCDR( )

Insures Asterisk will not save any CDR data for the current call.

NoOp

NoOp(value)

Echos values to the console for debugging purposes.

ParkedCall

ParkedCall(extension)

Answers the parked call at the specified parked call extension.

Playback

Playback(filename)

Answers the call on the current channel and plays the specified sound file.

Playtones

Playtones(tone)

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