Hello everyone I want to be able to record incoming calls. I had this all working using record_session, until someone told me that when they phone in they no longer hear any ringing before the phone is answered. Now I'm trying to set things up so record_session works but without interfeering with the ringing sound heard by the incoming caller. Incoming calls are received in the public context and then transferred to extension 2000 in the default xml context. Then we have a local extension in the default.xml dial plan that bridges to the incoming call group. If the call is not answered within a certain timeframe, it transfers to extension 1999 for voice mail - ie we don't have voice mail on each extension. The definition of this extension is as follows: <extension name="group_dial_IncomingCall"> <condition field="destination_number" expression="^2000$"> <action application="set" data="hangup_after_bridge=true"/> <action application="set" data="continue_on_fail=true"/> <action application="hash" data="insert/${domain_name}-last_dial_ext/global/${uuid}"/> <action application="bridge" data="{leg_timeout=18,ignore_early_media=true}${group_call(IncomingCall@${domain_name})}"/> <action application="transfer" data="1999 xml default"/> </condition> </extension> My first attempt to add record_session was as follows: <action application="set" data="RECORD_TITLE=Recording ${destination_number} ${caller_id_number} ${strftime(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M)}"/> <action application="set" data="RECORD_DATE=${strftime(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M)}"/> <action application="set" data="RECORD_STEREO=true"/> <action application="set" data="recording_follow_transfer=true"/> <action application="record_session" data="p:/media/phonecalls/${strftime(%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S)}_${destination_number}_${caller_id_number}.wav"/> This works except that the incoming caller hears no ringing sound while our phones are ringing. In the log I see something like "Pre-Answer sofia/external/021663999@27.111.14.67!" That is only there when the record_session stuff is included so I presume the problem is that record_session is somehow engaging with the call and the incoming caller gets what amounts to an answered call, even though we haven't actually answered it. Then I added <action application="set" data="media_bug_answer_req=true"/> but although the recording now starts at the time we answer the call, the pre-answer thing is stil there and the incoming caller hears no ringing sound. So then instead of executing record_session then and there as an application, I tried <action application="set" data="execute_on_answer record_session p:/media/phonecalls/${strftime(%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S)}_${destination_number}_${caller_id_number}.wav"/> I thought this might execute the record_session application when we answer the call but it hasn't worked. Does anyone have any suggestions? Clive Lansink Email: Clive@Lansink.Co.NZ Phone: +64 9 520-4242 Mobile: +64 21 663-999 Fax: +64 21 789-150