noanswer: Play the sound file, but don't answer the channel first (if hasn't been answered already). Not all channels support playing messages while still on hook. Is it because the channel is not supported? Regards, Zohair Raza ------=_NextPart_000_01D0_01CCE4C8.6B566D00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You are mis-understanding the concept – the noanswer option is playing the file as you requested, but since you aren’t answering the call, no channel is established to actually present the sound to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Zohair Raza<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 06, 2012 12:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> [asterisk-users] Playback with noanswer in AGI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Hi All, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>I want to play a file in agi but dont want to answer the call<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>I am dialing through sip phone and running asterisk 1.8.6,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>I tried following with no luck<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>$agi->exec("Progress");<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>$agi->exec("Playback $filetoplay,noanswer");<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>$agi->hangup();<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>When I dial I can't hear the audio but if I answer the call or remove noanswer argument I can hear the audio.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>phpAGI's stream_file didn't help either. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>I ended up with ResetCDR() before hangup to reset billsec, duration and disposition but don't want to do it this way.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>What could be the problem?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>From Voip-info.org :<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";background:white'>noanswer</span></strong><span style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";background:white'>: Play the sound file, but don't answer the channel first (if hasn't been answered already). Not all channels support playing messages while still on hook.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Is it because the channel is not supported?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Zohair Raza<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_01D0_01CCE4C8.6B566D00--