Why not just do a touch on the file.mp3. Rick -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of hank Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:04 AM To: Linux for blind general discussion Subject: Re: have a linux question about mp3s people has reported to me that it does indeed work but I can't get it to work for some odd reason is there a way to create a 0 size mp3 I wondering if cause I did it on windows create the 0 size file I wondering if that is my problem, there any way to do this in linux? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Chase" <blinux.list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:26 AM Subject: Re: have a linux question about mp3s >> You can have asterisk use a streaming source for on-hold music. >> >> "Make a directory and put a 0 size file ending in .mp3." okay what do >> they mean buy that? > > It looks like what Asterisk is doing is looking in a specified > directory for any MP3 files to play. By putting a zero-length MP3 in > there, it proceeds to the next item in the list. Thus, you'd do > something like the following: > > bash> mkdir -p /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3-empty > > bash> cd /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3-empty > > bash> touch empty.mp3 > > bash> echo "default => > mp3:/var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3-empty,http://www.example.com:8000/"; > >> /path/to/musiconhold.conf > > > where that last one is all on one line, in case Mozilla breaks the > line. It looks like this specifies multiple places for asterisk to > find the music to play. The first looks in the empty directory, where > it successfully finds a file to play, but it's of zero-length, so it > doesn't actually play when it comes up in the play-list. It then also > has the URL for your streaming source as an alternate location to > play. Looks a bit hackish, but if it works... > > -tim > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.5/32 - Release Date: 6/27/2005 > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list