Playing sound from other locations

Asterisk Asterisk Support
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Is it possible to point Asterisk to another place to play a sound file other than the default sounds folder. I am looking to point to the voice message wav files created when making a recorded greeting. The purpose being I want to be able to leave recorded info at different extensions but don’t want people to be able to leave a message. So I was hoping just to pluck out the audio file to play back. I don’t want to move the audio into the sounds folder because I need the mailbox owner to be able to call in at any time to record new info.

Thanks!

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That is possible. Just use the full path to the file in the Playback() app.

One example would be:

exten => 100,1,Playback(/home/milksnake12/custom_recording)

This example plays the file /home/milksnake12/custom_recording.wav when user dials extension 100. Take under consideration, that the user that is running Asterisk needs to have access to the file.

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But without the .wav, etc., extension!

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Yes David, you are right. I edited the upper post.

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Thanks guys!