have a linux question about mp3s

[hank]

people has reported to me that it does indeed work but I can't get it to 
work for some odd reason
is there a way to create a 0 size mp3 I wondering if cause I did it on 
windows create the 0 size file I wondering if that is my problem, there any 
way to do this in linux?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Chase" <blinux.list at thechases.com>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:26 AM
Subject: Re: have a linux question about mp3s


>> You can have asterisk use a streaming source for on-hold
>> music.
>>
>> "Make a directory and put a 0 size file ending in .mp3." okay
>> what do they mean buy that?
>
> It looks like what Asterisk is doing is looking in a specified
> directory for any MP3 files to play. By putting a zero-length MP3
> in there, it proceeds to the next item in the list. Thus, you'd
> do something like the following:
>
> bash> mkdir -p /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3-empty
>
> bash> cd /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3-empty
>
> bash> touch empty.mp3
>
> bash> echo "default => 
> mp3:/var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3-empty,http://www.example.com:8000/"
> >> /path/to/musiconhold.conf
>
>
> where that last one is all on one line, in case Mozilla breaks
> the line. It looks like this specifies multiple places for
> asterisk to find the music to play. The first looks in the empty
> directory, where it successfully finds a file to play, but it's
> of zero-length, so it doesn't actually play when it comes up in
> the play-list. It then also has the URL for your streaming source
> as an alternate location to play. Looks a bit hackish, but if it
> works...
>
> -tim
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