You're right Steve, sorry for that. So Hi again guys. I need a little help here.I'm using asterisk 11. i'm using Chanspy in a local channel to playBack a file to a specific channel. [playsound] exten => do_playback,1,Answer() same => n,Wait(1) same => n,Playback(${Pv_WhatToPlay}) same => n,Hangup() exten => do_chanspy,1,Answer() same => n,ChanSpy(${Pv_WhoHear},qXBwW) same => n,Hangup() just basically need to call an originate to play the file to a specific channel. The thing is I'm also using MixMonitor to record the specific channel. I can playback the file referenced in ${Pv_WhatToPlay} and both the caller and the callee can hear it. however i cannot hear it in the recorded conversation ? anyone know if there is a way to make it recordable. thanks regards, joshua