On Mon, 2012-07-30 at 08:39 -0500, Matthew Jordan wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ishfaq Malik" <[email protected]> > > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:58:47 AM > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Call recording and transfer issue (asterisk > > 1.8) > > > > On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 12:20 +0100, Ishfaq Malik wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I'm having a problem with the entirety of a call being recorded in > > > the > > > following scenario > > > I'm using asterisk 1.8.7.0 > > > > > > Person A (asterisk peer) calls Person B (not on asterisk, real > > > world > > > number via a SIP trunk) > > > Mixmonitor is invoked by Person A in the outbound context and > > > AUDIOHOOK_INHERIT(MixMonitor)=yes is also set > > > Person a transfers Person B to Person C (another asterisk peer) > > > Person A is no longer involved in the call and the call is bridged > > > between Person B and Person C > > > > > > The call recording stops as soon as Person A hangs up, even though > > > AUDIOHOOK_INHERIT is set > > > > > > Is there any way we can get the entire call recorded in one file? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Ish > > Ish: > > Leif had a pretty good explanation of why AUDIOHOOK_INHERIT behaves this > way in the comments of ASTERISK-16013. I'll quote it here: > > "Well I just tested this scenario. ... after a bit of testing I determined the > scenarios. > > Working: > > * Party A places a call to Party B > * Party B places an attended transfer to Party C > * Party A and C are not talking > * Call recording works as expected > > Not working: > > * Party A places a call to Party B > * Party A places an attended transfer to Party C > Call recording works up to this point – the recording of the conversation > between Party A and Party B, and the portion of the conversation between > Party A > and Party C is recorded > * Party A now hangs up > * Call recording is now stopped > * Party B and Party C are now speaking (unrecorded) > > To me, this is actually the intended and expected behavior. The > AUDIOHOOK_INHERIT() function is executed on the channel created by Party A, > and > thus the call recording is going to follow Party A around when it is > transferred > around the system. > > However, once Party A is kicked out of the conversation (i.e. they hangup) > then > the call recording stops because that is the channel the recording is > associated > with." > > Note that if you read the scenario description of AUDIOHOOK_INHERIT at > https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Function_AUDIOHOOK_INHERIT, the > function works in the transfer scenarios where the called party initiates the > transfer, not the callee. > > For your scenario, you could try setting the MixMonitor on the called party > channel as opposed to the callee channel, using one of the Dial GoSub/Macro > options (U,M,b). > > https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+11+Application_Dial > > Note that Macro is deprecated in more recent versions of Asterisk, and the 'b' > option will only be available in Asterisk 11. >
Thank you for the hints at the end, using the M option has sorted my issue out Ish -- Ishfaq Malik <[email protected]> Department: VOIP Support Company: Packnet Limited t: +44 (0)845 004 4994 f: +44 (0)161 660 9825 e: [email protected] w: http://www.pack-net.co.uk Registered Address: PACKNET LIMITED, 2A ENTERPRISE HOUSE, LLOYD STREET NORTH, MANCHESTER SCIENCE PARK, MANCHESTER, M156SE COMPANY REG NO. 04920552 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
