diff --git a/daemon/call.c b/daemon/call.c
index 4ffc914a5..5db7182e3 100644
--- a/daemon/call.c
+++ b/daemon/call.c
@@ -2750,7 +2750,6 @@ static void __call_monologue_init_from_flags(struct call_monologue *ml, struct c
 #ifdef WITH_TRANSCODING
 	if (flags->recording_announcement) {
 		media_player_new(&ml->rec_player, ml);
-		bool ret = true;
 		media_player_opts_t opts = MPO(
 				.repeat = flags->repeat_times,
 				.start_pos = flags->start_pos,
@@ -2760,13 +2759,8 @@ static void __call_monologue_init_from_flags(struct call_monologue *ml, struct c
 				.blob = flags->blob,
 				.db_id = flags->db_id,
 			);
-		if (flags->file.len)
-			ret = media_player_add_file(ml->rec_player, &flags->file, opts);
-		else if (flags->blob.len)
-			ret = media_player_add_blob(ml->rec_player, &flags->blob, opts);
-		else if (flags->db_id > 0)
-			ret = media_player_add_db(ml->rec_player, flags->db_id, opts);
-		if (!ret)
+
+		if (!media_player_add(ml->rec_player, opts))
 			ilog(LOG_WARN, "Failed to add media player for recording announcement");
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/daemon/media_player.c b/daemon/media_player.c
index f653058c9..89c07191b 100644
--- a/daemon/media_player.c
+++ b/daemon/media_player.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,21 @@ bool media_player_play_file(struct media_player *mp, const str *file, media_play
 #endif
 }
 
+bool media_player_add(struct media_player *mp, media_player_opts_t opts) {
+#ifdef WITH_TRANSCODING
+	bool ret = true;
+	if (opts.file.len)
+		ret = media_player_add_file(mp, &opts.file, opts);
+	else if (opts.blob.len)
+		ret = media_player_add_blob(mp, &opts.blob, opts);
+	else if (opts.db_id > 0)
+		ret = media_player_add_db(mp, opts.db_id, opts);
+	return ret;
+#else
+	return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 // call->master_lock held in W
 bool media_player_add_file(struct media_player *mp, const str *file, media_player_opts_t opts) {
 	int ret = __media_player_add_file(mp, file, opts, NULL);
diff --git a/include/media_player.h b/include/media_player.h
index c4dc65219..fc65b6315 100644
--- a/include/media_player.h
+++ b/include/media_player.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ bool media_player_play_db(struct media_player *, long long, media_player_opts_t)
 bool media_player_add_file(struct media_player *, const str *, media_player_opts_t);
 bool media_player_add_blob(struct media_player *, const str *, media_player_opts_t);
 bool media_player_add_db(struct media_player *, long long, media_player_opts_t);
+bool media_player_add(struct media_player *mp, media_player_opts_t opts);
 bool media_player_start(struct media_player *);
 long long media_player_stop(struct media_player *);
 bool media_player_is_active(struct call_monologue *);