[Mac-telephony-list] What are the main issues with Asterisk on OSX ?

[Edward Eigerman via List]

Music On Hold isn't officially supported on non-Linux systems. The  
reason is that it requires a "timing source" which was originally a  
Digium card (which has no Mac drivers) or can be a substitute dummy  
driver (which is a Linux kernal patch.) Theoretically there are  
several projects in the works to eliminate these issues. I run  
Asterisk on 10.4 and find that music on hold works sporadically  
(though it shouldn't work at all.) To me the real issue is meetme  
conferencing which also requires a timing source.

I am a Mac consultant who does some Asterisk stuff (though for my  
clients I mostly do it on Linux for the above reasons.) If you want to  
contact me off-list, I might be able to help. It's edward at  
eigermanconsulting dot com.

Ed

On Dec 18, 2006, at 1:38 PM, Mark Engelhardt via List wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We have been running an Asterisk 1.2.10 on os x server 10.4 for a
> month or so, and it seems to be working well. The only problem we
> seem to have is an error about music on hold.
>
> What undiscovered issues should I be looking for with this setup? The
> only issue we have so far is a music on hold issue:
>      res_musiconhold.c:511 monmp3thread: Request to schedule in the
> past?!?!
>
> Will meetme fail as well on this setup?
>
> I read somewhere that IAX can be an issue too? Our IAX connections
> seem to be working fine.
>
> Let me know what you think.  I guess I will be looking at moving to
> OpenPBX  Is anyone using that ? Is it stable?
>
> Mark Engelhardt
>
> P.S. Are there any *Mac* Asterisk Consultants out there available for
> hire?
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