Playback()¶

Synopsis¶

Play a file.

Description¶

Plays back given filenames (do not put extension of wav/alaw etc). The Playback application answers the channel if no options are specified. If the file is non-existent it will fail.

This application sets the following channel variable upon completion:

• PLAYBACKSTATUS - The status of the playback attempt as a text string.
  

  • SUCCESS

  • FAILED See Also: Background (application) -- for playing sound files that are interruptible
    

WaitExten (application) -- wait for digits from caller, optionally play music on hold

Syntax¶

Playback(filename&[filename2[&...]],[options])

Arguments¶

• filenames - Ampersand separated list of filenames. If the filename is a relative filename (it does not begin with a slash), it will be searched for in the Asterisk sounds directory. If the filename is able to be parsed as a URL, Asterisk will download the file and then begin playback on it. To include a literal '&' in the URL you can enclose the URL in single quotes.
  

  • filename required

  • filename2[,filename2...]

• options - Comma separated list of options
  

  • skip - Do not play if not answered
    

  • noanswer - Playback without answering, otherwise the channel will be answered before the sound is played.
    

  • say - Play using the say.conf file.
    

  • mix - Play using a mix of filename and the say.conf file.
    

See Also¶

• Dialplan Applications BackGround
• Dialplan Applications WaitExten
• Dialplan Applications ControlPlayback
• AGI Commands stream_file
• AGI Commands control_stream_file
• AMI Actions ControlPlayback

Generated Version¶

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