Linphone and Conference Calls

[EddieJennings]

For those who use Linphone, I'm curious to see if you can replicate this behavior.

Environment: FreePBX with no encryption

1. Initiate a call to Party B with LinPhone desktop application (to either an extension or external phone number).
2. Party B answers. Party A (phone call initiator) and Party B can hear each other with no problem.
3. Party A presses to start a call to Party C. Party B is placed on hold.
4. Party C answers, and Party A and Party C can hear each other fine.
5. Party A, presses , then adds Party B and C to the participant list.
6. Party A presses start, which starts the conference.

Here's the strange behavior.
Party A cannot hear Party B or Party C. Parties B and C can hear all three parties.

I cannot replicate this managing the conference from the LinPhone mobile app, meaning I can follow the above steps, but Party A uses the mobile app rather than the desktop app. Thus, it makes me think something screwy is happening with my particular installation of the desktop app. I figure as a sanity check, I'd see if any other Linphone folks can replicate this behavior.

[scottalanmiller]

This is what conference rooms are for

[EddieJennings]

@scottalanmiller said in Linphone and Conference Calls:

This is what conference rooms are for

True. There are use cases though where a user is on a call and in the middle of a call, the need rises to conference someone into the call. Methinks trying to get them to end a call and then re-establish the call in a conference room is going to be a losing battle. Unless there's a better way to do that, which I don't know.

[scottalanmiller]

I use Linphone in both places, but have never used that feature of it.

[Dashrender]

You could transfer the caller b to a conference room, then call c transfer them to the room the join the room yourself.

[EddieJennings]

That's an idea.