Re: [Ekiga-list] Why does Ekiga throw away the first 3 seconds of sound?

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le dimanche 22 octobre 2006 à 18:03 +0200, Bent Bagger a écrit :
> I have noticed that Ekiga is a slow starter and that the first 3
> seconds of a conversation are not reproduced by Ekiga.
> 
> I see this when I connect to e.g. my echo serveice at my own Asterisk.
> You probably know the opening: "You are about to enter an echo test.
> In this mode everything you say etc etc". When I use Ekiga, the first
> thing I hear is "In this mode everything..."
> 
> If I use Xlite then everything is reproduced from the very beginning.
> 
> Is this behaviour a feature or an error? It makes it a bit difficult
> to access e.g. the voicemail mailbox, since most of the prompt
> disappears.
> 

That's a problem on the Asterisk side. Probably it starts sending the
message too early. I have never noticed that problem anywhere else. (or
perhaps your device is exceptionally slow to open).
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