Hello Asterisk Community, I’m encountering an issue while trying to play a sound file in my Asterisk-based IVR setup. Specifically, when I attempt to play a sound file (welcome-message.wav), I get the following error in the Asterisk logs: [Jan 17 15:33:32] WARNING[13543][C-00000002] file.c: Unable…

Unable to Play Sound Files in Asterisk IVR (File not found error)

jcolp January 17, 2025, 1:05pm 10

What is the output of the “core show settings” CLI command? Additionally, if you try a full path minus the file extension what happens then?

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