# MOH stops **URL:** \ **Category:** Asterisk General\ **Created:** [March 1, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/moh-stops/12784 "2007-03-01T10:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![henkoegema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ea924/32.png) [@henkoegema](https://community.asterisk.org/u/henkoegema)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/moh-stops/12784/1 "2007-03-01T10:12:06Z")
How can I get my MOH(Music On Hold) working? When I put an extension on hold I get: Called 1200 – SIP/1200-081a4b88 is ringing - SIP/1200-081a4b88 answered SIP/1203-08182e10 - Started music on hold, class ‘default’, on channel ‘SIP/1200-081a4b88’ – [color=red]Stopped music on hold[/color] on SIP/1200-081a4b88 So the MOH starts, but stops directly afterwords 😒 (First I didn’t have any mp3 files in /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3. Then I got: Found no files in /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3 Unable to spawn mp3player. then I put a mp3 file in /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3 and I got the above message ) ---
**Author:** ![henkoegema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ea924/32.png) [@henkoegema](https://community.asterisk.org/u/henkoegema)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/moh-stops/12784/2 "2007-03-01T15:13:03Z")
[quote=“henkoegema”]How can I get my MOH(Music On Hold) working? When I put an extension on hold I get: Called 1200 – SIP/1200-081a4b88 is ringing - SIP/1200-081a4b88 answered SIP/1203-08182e10 - Started music on hold, class ‘default’, on channel ‘SIP/1200-081a4b88’ – [color=red]Stopped music on hold[/color] on SIP/1200-081a4b88 So the MOH starts, but stops directly afterwords 😒 (First I didn’t have any mp3 files in /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3. Then I got: Found no files in /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3 Unable to spawn mp3player. then I put a mp3 file in /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3 and I got the above message )[/quote] Some additional info: During compiling \* make clean make mpg123 I got error: make[3]: \*\*\* No rule to make target `\ ', needed by`mpg123’. Stop. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/asterisk-1.2.15/mpg123-0.59r' make[2]: *** [mpg123-make] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory`/usr/src/asterisk-1.2.15/mpg123-0.59r’ make[1]: \*\*\* [linux] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/asterisk-1.2.15/mpg123-0.59r’ make: \*\*\* [mpg123] Error 2 asterisk:/usr/src/asterisk-1.2.15 # ---
**Author:** ![henkoegema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ea924/32.png) [@henkoegema](https://community.asterisk.org/u/henkoegema)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/moh-stops/12784/3 "2007-03-03T21:58:38Z")
[quote=“henkoegema”]How can I get my MOH(Music On Hold) working? When I put an extension on hold I get: Called 1200 – SIP/1200-081a4b88 is ringing - SIP/1200-081a4b88 answered SIP/1203-08182e10 - Started music on hold, class ‘default’, on channel ‘SIP/1200-081a4b88’ – [color=red]Stopped music on hold[/color] on SIP/1200-081a4b88 So the MOH starts, but stops directly afterwords 😒 (First I didn’t have any mp3 files in /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3. Then I got: Found no files in /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3 Unable to spawn mp3player. then I put a mp3 file in /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3 and I got the above message )[/quote] What is the best way to debug this problem, so that I can try to find [color=blue]WHY it stops[/color] ?? ---
**Author:** ![henkoegema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ea924/32.png) [@henkoegema](https://community.asterisk.org/u/henkoegema)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/moh-stops/12784/4 "2007-03-07T21:29:33Z")
Have not been able to solve the problem yet. ☹ Even a CLI\> sip debug peer 1200 wasn’t of much help. This is what I get when I put 1200 intermittend OH HOLD.(with debugging switched off again) Executing Dial(“Zap/1-1”, “SIP/1200|40|rtT”) in new stack – Called 1200 – SIP/1200-081c45c8 is ringing – SIP/1200-081c45c8 answered Zap/1-1 – Started music on hold, class ‘default’, on channel ‘Zap/1-1’ – Stopped music on hold on Zap/1-1 – Started music on hold, class ‘default’, on channel ‘Zap/1-1’ – Stopped music on hold on Zap/1-1 – Started music on hold, class ‘default’, on channel ‘Zap/1-1’ – Stopped music on hold on Zap/1-1 After started moh I get immediately stopped moh. But I have not found out WHY it stops?? ---
**Author:** ![baconbuttie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/baconbuttie/32/916_2.png) [@baconbuttie](https://community.asterisk.org/u/baconbuttie)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/moh-stops/12784/5 "2007-03-08T04:51:04Z")
you’re lacking info. what MoH are you using ? the Asterisk-source Freeplay files, or your own ? what format are the files in if your own ? any difference in behaviour using native MoH instead of mp3player ? does mpg123 exist on your system ? ---
**Author:** ![henkoegema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ea924/32.png) [@henkoegema](https://community.asterisk.org/u/henkoegema)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/moh-stops/12784/6 "2007-03-11T16:28:31Z")
> [@baconbuttie](#): > > you’re lacking info. what MoH are you using ? the Asterisk-source Freeplay files, or your own ? what format are the files in if your own ? any difference in behaviour using native MoH instead of mp3player ? does mpg123 exist on your system ? You solved my problem ! It was indeed mpg123 which didn’t exist in my system. After installing mpg123, MOH started working. Thanks very much 😃 .