[Asterisk-Dev] G.722 patch uploaded

[steve at daviesfam.org]

On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, Steve Underwood wrote:

> The zaptel channels cannot make use of 16kHz sampled data. In theory 
> ISDN phones can use the G.722 data, but I think most ISDN phones do not 
> actually implement it. This would not require a codec, though. It would 
> require getting the G.722 data directly to a BRI or PRI channel. There 
> are no longer any patents on this codec, and free to use efficient 
> source code exists. Adding the codec to * seems no big deal. I'm just 
> not clear what use it would be.

I guess it would give Asterisk the capability to listen to calls (for 
transfers etc) and to be an endpoint (voicemail etc).

Steve