Wavefile

Revision as of 12:12, 4 November 2013

This module can be used either to play or record wave files.

Play a wave file

From a routing module you can play a wave file like this:

^1$=wave/play//path/to/file/audiotoplay.slin 

If you want to play a wave file without answering a call, add parameter autoprogress to the message like this:

^1$=wave/play//path/to/file/audiotoplay.slin;autoprogress=yes

Record a wave file

To record a wave file you can use this:

^1$=wave/record//path/to/file/audiorecorded.slin 

Audio formats supported

The extension is important to both the play and record commands.

If the audio is being played, the extension indicates what format the file is in.

If audio is being recorded, the module will record in the specified format.

Currently the supported formats are:

• .slin (16-bit signed linear)
• .alaw (G.711a)
• .mulaw (G.711u)
• .gsm (GSM 06.10)
• .au
• .lbc .ilbc20 .ilbc30 (ILBC)

Configuration file

This module has no configuration file. All parameters are taken from the call message.

This module can also be attached to existing channels as described in the Dumbchan documentation.

Getting files into the right format

As noted above, this module plays a number of formats. ConvertingAudio has some examples which make help you get you source audio in a suitable format.

How to play the recorded files

You can use the "play" wrapper that is part of the SoX package. Command line parameters are required to provide data format information.

• .slin: play -t raw -r 8000 -s w -f s FILENAME
• .alaw or .al or .A: play -t raw -r 8000 -A -b 8 -c 1 FILENAME
• .mulaw or .ul or .u: play -t raw -r 8000 -s b -f U FILENAME
• .gsm: play -f g FILENAME

Examples

To record to a wave file from an external module do this:

%%>message:<id>:<time>:chan.attach::consumer=wave/record//sounds/test.al:notify=myid42:single=true:id=myid42

To stop the recording specified in the example above above do this:

%%>message:<id>:<time>:chan.attach::recordstop=true:consumer=wave/record/-:notify=myid42:single=true:id=myid42

To play the wave file recorded above do this:

%%>message:<id>:<time>:chan.attach::notify=myid42:single=true:id=myid42:source=wave/play//sounds/test.al

See also

• Modules
• ConvertingAudio
• Dumbchan