[Asterisk-Users] Cisco ATA and G729

Brian Wilkins brian at hcc.net
Mon Nov 15 04:51:56 MST 2004


G729 sounds better than a cell phone to me. There is no noticable difference, 
the way we use it here, between Asterisk and a regular phone call.

On Monday 15 November 2004 04:43 pm, Julio Arruda wrote:
> Brian Wilkins wrote:
> > You can only use g729 in pass-thru mode without paying for the licensing
> > fees. G729 is probably the best codec around. If you plan on having any
> > sort of thriving business based on VoIP, g729 would be the way to go. I
> > don't suggest PCMU or PCMA for production. The ATA will pass a list of
> > supported codecs to the Asterisk server and based on what you have
> > allowed in your h323.conf or sip.conf file, that will be what codec is
> > selected. Your audio quality problems could also be traced to a problem
> > with transcoding between different codecs (i.e alaw -> ulaw problem). I
> > suggest you try one by one, all the codecs available to you and
> > disallow/allow codecs in your configuration until you can find the source
> > of your problem.
>
> Humm..How well is G.729 with Music on Hold ?
> I've used G.711 for some time (and now, some iLBC), but of course, this
> is a home system, and need to pass the "wife test". I would even go
> G.722 if required :-)
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