* Asterisk MP3 Support
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* MP3 Music On Hold
Asterisk supports mp3 playback for music on hold via the mpg123
program, available from www.mpg123.de.

The latest release of mpg123 is mpg123 0.59r.
The latest development release of mpg123 is mpg123 pre0.59s.

Please use mpg123 0.59r.  Using mpg123 pre0.59s can/may/will result
in crashes and/or unreliable playback.

Running "make mpg123" in the Asterisk source directory will
download and make the working version.

* MP3 Format driver
A format driver for reading MP3 audio files is available
in the asterisk-addons CVS repository on cvs.digium.com
