[asterisk-users] amr codec

[Steve Kennedy]

On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 07:28:29PM -0700, Net Nut wrote:

> I have been searching, but I have not found the answer.. How might I add
> the amr codec to my asterisk server?
> I believe I found the amr source from
> http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/latest/Rel-6/26_series/26073-600.zip
> I compiled it but did not end up with any .so files like I thought I
> would need to put it into asterisk.
> Any pointers on how to get an amr codec into asterisk would be most
> helpful..

AMR is patent encumbered, just because the source is available doesn't
mean you can use it without a license.

Voiceage (at least) run licensing for AMR. It's about $1 per license
(simulataneous encode or decode) with a minimum of something like $50K.


Steve

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