[Asterisk-Users] FAX difference IAXModem / Hylafax and spandspapp_rxfax

[Steve Underwood]

Craig Guy wrote:

> Can Hylafax be made to produce ccitt G4 instead of ccitt G3 encoded 
> images? The G4 tiffs are smaller than G3 and are much more efficient 
> to convert to pdf.  I was able to patch spandsp to produce G4 encoded 
> tiffs and was wondering if Hylafax could be made to do the same as I'd 
> really like ECM support.
>
> Craig

rxfax originally defaulted to producing output in G4 format, but I found 
more viewers screw up G4 than screw up G3. Hence the current 
configuration. I should probably provide more configurable options to 
allow the user to choose.

Steve