[asterisk-users] Codec Negotiation

[Nick Hoffman]

On Fri July 21 2006 18:33, "Woodoo People .pGa!" 
<wpeople at shadow.microsystem.hu> wrote:
> don't forget the following:
> if canreinvite=yes, asterisk will NOT stay in mediapath, so, it going to
> ask both parties to negotiate codec, and say hello to the stream. (if
> both parties supports g729, and can negotiate it, no licence will be
> used) if canreinvite=no, * will STAY in mediapath, so both parties will
> negotiate with asterisk itself, and will not care about other side. that
> means, if caller has g729, and callee has g711, asterisk WILL transcode.
> if both parties have g729, asterisk will NOT transcode, but 2 licence
> will be used!

Hi there. In your last example, why would any g729 licenses be used? If 
both parties use g729, wouldn't the call just pass through Asterisk 
without any licenses being used?

Cheers,
-- Nick
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