Record( )

Record( )

Records channel audio to a file

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 Record(   filename   :   format   ,   silence   [,   maxduration   ][,   options   ]) (in Asterisk 1.0.x)     Record(   filename   .   format   ,   silence   [,   maxduration   ][,   options   ]) (in Asterisk 1.2.x) 

Records audio from the channel into the given filename . If the file already exists, it will be overwritten.

Optional arguments include:

format

Specifies the format of the file type to be recorded. Valid formats include: g723 , g729 , gsm , h263 , ulaw , alaw , vox , wav , and WAV .

silence

Specifies the number of seconds of silence to allow before returning.

maxduration

Specifies the maximum recording duration, in seconds. If missing or , there is no maximum.

options

May contain any of the following letters :

s

Skip recording if the line is not yet answered .

n

Do not answer, but record anyway if the line is not yet answered.

a

Append the recording to the existing recording rather than replacing it.

t

Use the alternate * terminator key instead of the default # .

If the filename contains %d , these characters will be replaced with a number incremented by one each time the file is recorded.

The user can press # to terminate the recording and continue to the next priority.

Returns -1 when the user hangs up.

 ; record the caller's name     exten => 123,1,Playback(pls-rcrd-name-at-tone)  exten => 123,2,Record(/tmp/name:gsm,3,30)  exten => 123,3,Playback(/tmp/name)