[asterisk-users] Headaches with Video over SIP

Peter Howard peter.howard at ursys.com.au
Sun Nov 12 17:14:54 MST 2006


On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 00:57 +0100, Patrick wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 10:45 +1100, Peter Howard wrote:
> > Greetings all,
> > 
> > I'm playing with asterisk and two Polycom VSX300 videoconferencing
> > units.  And I'm having zero luck getting video working over SIP.  
> > 
> > The two units register fine with asterisk, and with "allow=all" in
> > sip.conf, the two units establish voice.  But no video.  And no obvious
> > messages as to whats going wrong.  The config for each is (they're
> > numbered 201 and 202):
> > 
> > [202]
> > secret= 
> > type=friend
> > context=from-sip-202
> > host=dynamic
> > nat=no
> > canreinvite=yes
> > dtmfmode=rfc2833
> > disallow=all
> > allow=all
> > 
> > 
> > If you're wondering why I do the "disallow=all" immediately followed by
> > "allow=all", it's because the allow line has spent a lot of time with
> > restricted codecs to see if that makes a difference.
> > 
> > I can provide the full sip.conf, extensions.conf, and debug output if
> > anyone wants to see them.
> > 
> > Any suggestions as to where things are falling down?
> 
> Do you have "videosupport=yes" in your sip.conf?

Yes I do.  I've also confirmed that I have a version of asterisk which
includes the patch for H263P (which is what the Polycoms want to talk).

-- 
Peter Howard
URSYS
13 Burwood Rd,
Burwood, NSW 2134

Ph: 02 8745 2816    Fax: 02 8745 2828



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