Re: App Dial with option r or m being able to sendearly media

Hi,

 

I was asked to develop a feature thar switches between the ringing tone and early media. So when you dial asterisk starts generating ringing tone, but when the called channels starts sendig RTP (like mobile carriers: "The person you are trying to reach is unavailable") with or without answering the channel, the asterisk would have to end generating the ringing tone and send the media it receives.

 

The fix of this issue is simple:

On line 659 of app_dial (1.4.11) we have

if (!ast_test_flag(outgoing, OPT_RINGBACK | OPT_MUSICBACK))

 

if we remove this if or conditionate it with a channel variable it will have the functionality mentioned above.

 

I suggest to create a variable called DIALEARLYMEDIA This would default to false (current functionality). If you set this to True the channel will have the new improved functionality.

 

What do you think?

 

Zoltan Gaspar

I would also like to see this type of patch, as it would give better response feedback to my customer base. ; Currently, they hear _either_ a very long silence (on some international calls, as an example) _or_ they hear a ringtone and then I have to play back the error message of my own, which often has nothing to do with the actual message that is played back from the distant end.  Having a mix based on circumstance would be ideal.

 

Please reply to this thread with the patch # in bugzilla if you create such a variable-based method.

 

JT