[Asterisk-Users] Re: Beep Sound

Oliver Kaven
Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:12:58 -0000

> On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 16:27, Oliver Kaven wrote:
>
>
>
>         > There ya go.
>         >
>         > -Oliver
>
>
>         > Does anyone have a more clear beep tone for the voicemail?
>         >
>         > The default one seems to cut off and give the feeling that
> there is a problem with the vm :)
>         >
>         > If no one has this available, I may try to create a new
>         > one.
>         >
>         >
>         > Thanks.
>
>
> Oliver--
>
> What the heck, I plugged it in and tried it:
>
> 1. It was too loud. Distorted when played over my phone.
> 2. The format is wrong. Best if it were 8khz gsm, instead of .wav
> format. Asterisk reported that it can only
>    handle 16 bit wav's, and wouldn't play it.
>
> So, I used "sox beep.wav -r 8000 -c 1 -v .5 beep2.gsm
>
> and this seems OK (for me, at least).
>
>
> murf

Sorry, Murf,

I forgot to plug the sox line with the resampling and tuning down  into
the posting. I found that I had to play around a little until I got the
volume right. I got different results on different boxes.

Hope that it works for you now.

-Oliver