Unable to leave voicemail > goodbye

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Hello all,

Got an odd issue.
It appears that no one can leave voicmails.
I get the following in my logs.
I have checked and made sure the folder exists, and asterisk:asterisk owns it.

2016-12-06 09:58:09] WARNING[28094][C-0000367d]: file.c:1300 ast_writefile: Unable to rewrite /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default/3174/tmp/6SWRvm.mp3
– x=0, open writing: /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default/3174/tmp/6SWRvm format: mp3, (nil)
[2016-12-06 09:58:09] WARNING[28094][C-0000367d]: app.c:1787 __ast_play_and_record: Error creating writestream ‘/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default/3174/tmp/6SWRvm’, format ‘mp3’

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Under Settings > Voicemail Admin > Settings > General what is your File Format set to?

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mp3|wav|wav49

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FYI, running Asterisk (Ver. 13.12.2)
Incredible PBX 12.0.74

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remove mp3 from the options, submit your changes, apply the config, and then test. Only formats available are wav49, gsm, wav, and g723sf as far as i know mp3 has not been added to voicemail but can be used for MOH.

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Thank you! That solved that problem, however I now have a different one.
When the attachment is emailed, it will not play on windows or android.
I tried wav and wav49, same thing. :frowning:

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is the message just blank or are you getting an error? I know personally we don’t have an issue with that and we have our file format set to wav|gsm on our system.

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I get a wav attachment, but it wont play.
If I call Vm, it plays fine.

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What I’m asking is by don’t play do you mean:

it’s playing but no audio (can see timer ticking on file but no audio)?
It’s a blank file (0:00 - 0:00)?
Is there an error message saying something is wrong with it?

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so, it seems no matter how long a message is left, it still makes a file about 300 bytes.
and when I try to open it with Windows media player, it says “windows media player cannot play the file”.

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Is it sending the proper format? What’s the file extension?

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good catch.
mp3,
Mailcmd is /usr/local/sbin/sendmailmp3 which is how it was installed.

If it matters any, I do prefer mp3 because it works better on droid.

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you could try the below link:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+Voicemail

It has a section for sending voicemail emails as MP3 in it. Could be helpful but requires some work on your end.

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Sooo lame!

Seriously though… turned out Lame was not installed.
Installed it and it works perfect now.
Thank you very much for your help.

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lol

You’re welcome. Glad everything worked out.