asterisk users - Feb 2012 - Dynamically toggling ConfBridge recording from conference menu

Hello,

I'm using ConfBridge in an application where I need a conference admin
to be able to start and stop recording using a conference menu option.

Currently, I'm doing this by defining ConfBridge menu options

7=dialplan_exec(conference_functions,rec_start,1)
9=dialplan_exec(conference_functions,rec_stop,1)

The rec_start and rec_stop extensions simply start/stop MixMonitor on
the channel of the admin who presses 7/9. However, what I'd really like
to do is to be able to execute the equivalent of the CLI "confbridge
record start xxxx" command, so that the recording would be independent
of the participant channel.

I suppose I could do this with a System call, something like
System(asterisk -rx "confbridge record start xxxx") - but is there a
better, less-roundabout way of getting there?

Thanks,
Josh

On 02/01/2012 11:42 AM, Josh Freeman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using ConfBridge in an application where I need a conference admin
> to be able to start and stop recording using a conference menu option.
>
> Currently, I'm doing this by defining ConfBridge menu options
>
> 7=dialplan_exec(conference_functions,rec_start,1)
> 9=dialplan_exec(conference_functions,rec_stop,1)
>
> The rec_start and rec_stop extensions simply start/stop MixMonitor on
> the channel of the admin who presses 7/9. However, what I'd really like
> to do is to be able to execute the equivalent of the CLI "confbridge
> record start xxxx" command, so that the recording would be independent
> of the participant channel.
>
> I suppose I could do this with a System call, something like
> System(asterisk -rx "confbridge record start xxxx") - but is
there a
> better, less-roundabout way of getting there?
Unfortunately at this time there isn't any 'record' control
available
directly in the ConfBridge menu system, although it would surely not be 
hard to add.

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