[Freeswitch-users] playing sound file without answering the call

[David Knell]

Hi -

The answer to your initial question is "it depends."  The ringtone  
that a caller hears is generated by a switch at the far end of a call  
- that's why, when you call people in different countries, you will  
usually hear the ringtone for that country.  If that switch is before  
you in the chain - as it will be if, for example, you're receiving the  
calls via an analogue line - then you cannot play audio to the caller  
without answering the call.  If there isn't a switch before you in the  
chain which believes that it's its job to generate ringtone, then you  
can play audio to the caller before answering.

If you can do what you want calling FS directly from a softphone on  
your desk - I use X-Lite - then you've done your bit.  If it doesn't  
work when calling via the PSTN (but you hear ringing while the "your  
balance is.." message is playing, then someone between FS and the  
caller is generating that ringtone.

Cheers --

Dave

> Let me explain why i need this.
>
> I have a written a small script which will get balance from database  
> and play the balance and after that connect the call by using  
> session.originate.
>
>
> Dialing 009199XXXXXXX  will call test.js  which will first play  
> balance and then dial 9199XXXXXX.
>
> Now the problem is :
>
>
> If i answer the call first and then play balance and then dial  
> number .
>
> Call goes fine but the the session time  calculated by freeswitch is  
> from dialing 009199XXXXXXX  till the end of call.
>
> which is wrong it should calculate only the call duration of new  
> session originated by js.
>
>
> If not answer the call, duration is correct but it will not play the  
> balance.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:15 PM, vidhya sagar dixit  
> <vids.cs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am dialing from softphone to pstn using freeswitch.
> Is it possible to play a sound file before connecting the call.
>
> when dial from softphone i should hear first the sound file lets say  
> welcome.wav  and then dial the number.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:10 PM, James Green <james.green at stealthnet.net 
> > wrote:
> vidhya sagar dixit wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Is it possible to play a sound file without answering the call in  
> free
> > switch   ?
>
> To whom?
>
> James
>
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> -- 
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Vidhya Sagar Dixit
>
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>
> Vidhya Sagar Dixit
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