Name

Monitor — Monitors a channel

Records the audio on a channel to the specified file.

Parameters

Channel

[required] Specifes the channel to be recorded.

File

[optional] The name of the file in which to record the channel. The path defaults to the Asterisk monitor spool directory, which is usually /var/spool/asterisk/monitor. If no filename is specified, the filename will be the name of the channel, with slashes replaced with dashes.

Format

[optional] The audio format in which to record the channel. Defaults to wav.

Mix

[optional] A Boolean flag specifying whether or not Asterisk should mix the inbound and outbound audio from the channel in to a single file.

ActionID

[optional] An identifier that can be used to identify the response to this action.

Privilege

call, all

Example

Action: Monitor
Channel: SIP/linksys2-10216e38
Filename: test-recording
Format: gsm
Mix: true
	           
Response: SuccessMessage: Started monitoring channel

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