[Asterisk-Users] Codecs - Advantages

Steve steve at szmidt.org
Mon Jul 19 17:50:40 MST 2004


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On Monday 19 July 2004 01:43 pm, matiaspinedo at ciudad.com.ar wrote:
> Hi,
>  I'm planning to use a Asterisk with Digium E1 cards, I understand that
> using a codec such as G.729 can be very CPU demanding. What are the real
> advantages of using a codec such as G.729 ? Bandwidth only ? Using no
> compression wouldn't increase the scalability of my asterisk PBX ? This is
> considering I have no bandwidth issues in my network.
>
> Thanks

Actually besides from the best sound quality it's also not heavy on the CPU or 
bandwidth. It's actually better than any of the other.

- -- 
Steve

"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
                                Benjamin Franklin

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