We found a great article and combined with the comments/suggestions, we present a simple guide to get Asterisk WAV files converted to MP3

Source article: http://www.thiscoolsite.com/?p=73

My script is modified to use MLAME without modifying the date stamp and since i had some problems with the script on the above site, i think this below guide/script will definitely work on Debian (tested on Lenny).

Enjoy.

Pre-req Get LAME – Will already exist if use our Asterisk Install Script

cd /usr/src

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.98.2/lame-398-2.tar.gz?use_mirror=nchc

tar -zxvf lame-398-2.tar.gz

cd lame-398-2

./configure

make

make install

Copy MLAME

cp /usr/sr/lame-398-2/misc/mlame /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/

chmod +x /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/mlame

Get Script

cd /usr/src

wget http://www.intuitinnovations.com/downloads/runconverter

chmod +x runconverter

Modify script – If needed

nano runconverter

Create cron job with line like this

/usr/src/runconverter &> /dev/null

Quick test

./runconverter

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