Custom recording filename and recordings playback from CDR report

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1

I needed to change recordings filenames from default format to asteriskID.wav

For that I have changed one line from extensions_additional.conf

from:
exten => recordcheck,n,Set(__CALLFILENAME=${ARG2}-${ARG3}-${FROMEXTEN}-${TIMESTR}-${UNIQUEID})

to:
exten => recordcheck,n,Set(__CALLFILENAME=${UNIQUEID})

Of course, since that time the call recordings are not available for playback in CDR reports.

Is there a way to fix it?

2

No because it parses the callfile as a date string format to be able to find it in the monitor directory. You’ve removed the ability for it to be able to find the file.

3

You can ln the file in the post record script with almost no penalty.

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4

The files are still saved in the directories according to the date /monitor/YYYY/MM/DD
But the filename lacks ${ARG2}-${ARG3}-${FROMEXTEN}-${TIMESTR}

5

yes. It parses the string apart. EG “${ARG2}-${ARG3}-${FROMEXTEN}-${TIMESTR}”. Doesnt matter where it’s placed. When you look at it from The CDR/UCP all it has is “${ARG2}-${ARG3}-${FROMEXTEN}-${TIMESTR}”. It doesnt know anything else.