[Asterisk-Dev] Adding new codec - should I write a new module?

[Raúl]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to integrate an implementation of the MELP codec [1] into Asterisk .

After some research I've come to think that the way to do this would
be to write a new module (based on the source code I've got for the
codec) that would communicate with Asterisk's core using the Codec
Translator API. I don't know if I would also need to play about with
any of Asterisk's source files or just load the module in modules.conf

One problem I've encountered is that I haven't found any document with
the Codec Translator API's specification. Could someone point me to
this specification? Or doesn't it exist?

What I'm doing at the moment is having a look at Asterisk's source in
the doxygen site [2], hoping I can write the source for my module by
mimicking the source of the already implemented codecs.

Could anyone tell me if this is the best direction to take to achieve
the task at hand and briefly describe what steps would it involve?

Thank you so much.

[1] http://maya.arcon.com/ddvpc/melp.htm
[2] http://www.asterisk.org/doxygen/group__codecs.html
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Raúl Rodríguez Pearson