Play

Play

The Play verb is used to play an audio file to the remote party.

Play Attributes

Name Allowed Values Default Value

loop

integer > 1

1

  • loop. The 'loop' attribute specifies how many times you’d like the audio file to be repeated. Specifying '0' will cause the the <Play> verb to loop until the call is hung up.

Supported Audio Formats

MIME type Description

audio/wav

wav format audio

audio/wave

wav format audio

audio/x-wav

wav format audio

Media Server Audio File Format

Technical Specification and Capacity

The Restcomm Media Server is capable of

  • Media and Codecs:

    G711 (a-Law, u-Law)
    GSM
    Linear PCM(L16)
    G729
    DTMF(RFC 2833, INBAND)

  • Media Files:

    *Wav (Sample rate of 8000Hz, bit rate of 8, Mono)*
    GSM

How to Convert a Wav File to the Correct Bitrate

You can use a software call ffmpeg as follows:

ffmpeg -i source_file.wav -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 1 -ar 8000 result_file.wav

Nesting

The <Play> verb can not have any other verbs or nouns nested. Only a URL.

Basic examples

For examples of how to use the <Play> verb see below.

<Response>
<Play>http://foobar.com/demo.wav</Play>
</Response>
<Response>
<Play>http://foobar.com/demo.mp4</Play>
</Response>