Cannot convert ALL call recordings to MP3

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I am trying to convert call recordings to MP3. I have tried lame and ffmpeg. Both will convert about half of the files that I have for testing. I setup logging and I got this when using lame " Can’t init infile" Is there a way aroung this? Can Asterisk do the recording in MP3 format yet? I am using Freepbx and there isn’t an option for MP3. Would other formats be easier to convert? The whole reason for this is that I need to archive these recordings and want to keep them small to save HD space.

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If you want to keep them small, use a high compression voice codec, or which Asterisk supports more than one. If MP3 was a good codec for low bandwidth telephony, the mobile networks would be using it as their native codec.

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On Friday 12 July 2024 at 22:02:38, edlentz via Asterisk Community wrote:

I am trying to convert call recordings to MP3. I have tried lame and
ffmpeg. Both will convert about half of the files that I have for
testing.

What does the “file” command tell you about a recording which can be converted,
and a file which cannot?

Are you able to play the (unconverted) files and hear the recordings? If so,
which tool / application do you use to play the files, and what format/s does
it tell you the files are in?

Antony.

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What I found is that for some reason the script that I was using AI generated would leave off a leading character for the file path instead of var/spool/asterisk/monitor/filename.WAV it would use ar/spool/asterisk/monitor/filename.wav so it would fail. I decided not to pursue this as it seems like a real rabbit hole.

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Did you try asking the AI to fix your script?

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I did and it appeared to only do about 2/3 of the files with the other third still having a partial file name and then failing. I have abandoned this idea.
Thanks

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Maybe try some of the AI options reviewed at ZDNet here. Might be something there that is better than what you were using.

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