[Asterisk-bsd] SoftPhone for BSD

[Lane]

Whoops!

Kavit!

Thanks Preston

and Thanks Kavit.

I got my top/bottom posting up-mixed!

lane
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 20:54, Lane wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 March 2005 19:09, Kavit Munshi wrote:
> > Preston Garrison wrote:
> > > When i tested a bunch of softphones for freebsd i had no luck getting
> > > me decient quality. Finally ended up dedicated a pc in windows just to
> > > be my phone :)
> > >
> > >
> > > Preston Garrison
> > > direct: 877-748-4142
> > > fax: 310-774-3901
> > > cell: 623-748-4140
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Lane <lane at joeandlane.com>
> > > To: asterisk-bsd at lists.digium.com
> > > Sent: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:50:34 -0600
> > > Subject: [Asterisk-bsd] SoftPhone for BSD
> > >
> > > Anyone know of a good software phone for BSD?
> > >
> > > I'm using XLite on windows, and that works great with Asterisk, but ...
> > > winblows, you know :)
> > >
> > > I've tried kphone, but the sound is unintelligible. And I'm trying to
> > > figure
> > > how to patch gnophone, but that is a steep learning curve.
> > >
> > > lane
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> > I am using kphone and it works very well. You might need to configure
> > your sound device in Preferences -> Audio Settings. I use the ReadWrite
> > option with the device /dev/dsp0.0
> >
> > So far I havent had any issues whatsoever apart from the occasional
> > break up in sound but it's mostly my archaic computer and not kphone.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Kavit
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>
> Garrison,
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> I have to admit that I haven't spent much time mucking with the config of
> kphone ... mainly because it doesn't seem to hold the config.   I've tried
> to set the "Read Write" radio button, but it doesn't stay set from session
> to session.  I also have tried to specify /dev/dsp0.0 in Device, but that
> field is blank the next time I start kphone.
>
> I've also tried each of the three codecs offered (G711u, GSM, and iLBC) but
> the sound is just too choppy to understand regardless of the Read/Write
> setting, the device, or the codec.
>
> I run asterisk on a Dell SC420 with no sound card, and I run X, kphone, and
> other desktop apps on a Systemax clone with sound card a faster processor
> and generally more resources.
>
> I run XLite on a GateWay 400 MHz processor running W2K and that is where I
> get the best sound from an SIP software phone.
>
> I'm running kphone 4.1.0, the latest (I think).  Do you have an earlier
> version, maybe?  www.wirlab.net had this comment about 4.1.0, but I didn't
> think it was relevant because I don't use ALSA:
>
> "Consider the new 4.1.x release branch unstable until further notice. We
> hope to relieve the sound troubles for all you ALSA hackers out there with
> this release ... see the change log for details."
>
> Are you using ALSA?  Maybe that's what I'm missing...
>
> Anyway, thanks for your observations.
>
> lane
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