asterisk users - Jul 2009 - [asterisk-user] AGI control stream file

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On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Bryant Zimmerman wrote:
> Hey guys I posted this earlier and did not get any responses.
You posted what appear[s|ed] to be a user question to the dev list.

I did reply (on June 3), but I may have mis-understood.
> I am working on some AGI development that requires control of audio file 
> playback. The control stream file is working for the most part, but to 
> meet one of the project requirements I need to be able to let the user 
> enter stream playback in either, rewind, fastforward or pause states 
> with a single key press. To this point I have not figured out a way to 
> enter into the control stream file command in anything other than a play 
> state. This requires that the user must hit the, rw, ffwd or pause key..
You want to add code to "control stream file" so that you can specify
an
option so that playback is already rewinding, fastforwarding or paused 
when the application is entered?

I can see how paused would work, but how do you see rewinding or 
fastforwarding working? These are not "states" where the user hears
the
audio at double speed (for fastforwarding). I think these would better be 
described as "skip-forward skipms (the third parameter to "control
stream
file") ms" or "skip-backward skipms ms" -- kind of like a
properly
programmed Tivo remote.

Or, are you thinking if your AGI specified "skip-forward,"
"control stream
file" would skip forward skipms ms before starting playback at normal 
speed?

Can you explain the "experience" from the user's perspective?

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Thanks in advance,
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