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

[Brian West via List]

meetme needs WAY more than just a timing source.  The muxing of the  
audio data is pushed down into it ..... so a timer isn't all that is  
needed.

/b

On Dec 18, 2006, at 1:46 PM, Edward Eigerman via List wrote:

> 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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