[Asterisk-bsd] Re: Which g729 driver?

[Tom Samplonius]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:32:43 +0100, Kurt Jaeger <lists at complx.lf.net> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> >   Which g729 CODEC driver do people recommend?
> >
> >   There is the free-to-download-but-not-to-use IPP based driver, and
> > there is the unsupported but purchasable, Diginum driver.  Any
> > experiences at all with the Digium activation?
> 
> Buy the Digium, use the IPP ? g729 is a patent license issue,
> if you bought the license, you should be clear to use the IPP one ?
> 
> [I'm no lawyer and I don't play one on TV 8-}]

  Apparently, it is possible to find someone to pay money to for the
IPP license.  While the royalties are all paid into the same pot, it
is probably a good idea to the right parties.

  The real point is, shouldn't the Digium driver be "better", even
though they don't support Asterisk?  I know the IPP driver can cause
core-dumps in 1.0.5.

  Is anyone using g729 on FreeBSD?  Does anyone have a non-toy
configuration of Asterisk running on FreeBSD?  I know someone must be,
since M.S put a lot of work into the FreeBSD port, and he does that
kind of thing for a living.

Tom