How to enable or confirm the existence of externalMedia

Asterisk Asterisk APIs
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I’m trying to use the externalMedia feature in Asterisk 20+ to redirect real-time audio to an external server. I’ve already set up ARI and confirmed that my app is reachable via Stasis(). However, I’m having trouble confirming whether externalMedia is actually available and enabled in my build.

I’ve seen documentation and forum posts saying that this feature is built-in in recent versions of Asterisk and that it only needs to be enabled from menuselect, but I can’t find any module named externalMedia or res_stasis_external_media in menuselect.

My key question is:
Does Asterisk 20+ include externalMedia by default? If so, how can I confirm that it is compiled and available? If not, what steps do I need to take to include it?

Any clarification or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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It’s there by default. If you want the RTP one you need the chan_rtp module loaded.

If you have specific issues, then you need to state what it is. If you opt to use AI to help, be aware that it seems to lie about external media a ton. Look in the “Asterisk ARI” category on here and you’ll see tons of posts, including people trying to use AI unsuccessfully.

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