Alternatives for MOH file upload

[rossiv]

SOLVED: Alternatives for MOH file upload

Is it possible to use an audio file on the server's hard drive as a MOH file? Whenever I try to upload my file (49mb .wav) using the MOH upload, FreePBX times out. Could I FTP it in, or mount the drive as a network share on my Mac and then put it in? Any compression software out there that could shrink the file?
Thanks!
Ross

 

[manugmedia]

Ross,
I remember years ago i used winscp to load the file into custom directory, then conver it to asterisk native format. see this or similar thread

I remember i got a nice thread form trixbox without tears then.

Rgds
Eamonn

 

[rossiv]

I got the file uploaded w/ Webmin, but how can I set it to show up in FreePBX as a MOH File?

 

[manugmedia]

Ross,
you have to mv or cp it to /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3 or create our custom directory /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3/<custom directory>

Hope this helps
Eamonn

 

[rossiv]

Actually, I messed up by uploading the WAV file. I had not changed the Hz/Khz (?) and it did not work. So, I went back, changed the Hz/khz and uploaded via FPBX, and it worked. The original file was 50mb, edited was 4/5mb. Thanks!

 

[rossiv]

Now I have another problem. None of my other messages for my IVRs or Announcements or apps (Yapper, Weather, Announcements...) work. I also can not do swift for anything anymore because it says:

oss_audio: failed to open audio device /dev/dsp

when I go to the CLI and type:

root@pbx:~$ swift "Hello World"

What should I do?

 

[rossiv]

Rebooted, Swift works again for CLI and Apps. Still no IVR messages...

 

[manugmedia]

Ross,
i would look at the file permissions at-least asterisk chmod 644.

Any Good

Rgds
Eamonn

 

[rossiv]

Ross,
i would look at the file permissions at-least asterisk chmod 644.

Any Good

Rgds
Eamonn

Neither worked. Changed permissions to asterisk:asterisk, and chmod 664, but still nothing.

 

[manugmedia]

Ross,
i don't know where swift reads from, i have used it before but can't remember. can you post CLI output?


Rgds
Eamonn

 

[rossiv]

Swift works now. The only thing not working now is the IVR messages, and the other announcements.
Anyway, the CLI is attached.
Ignore the HTML for Caller ID. I am working on that now, and that may be the reason that my PBX is crashing every time I (but not others...) call in.