[asterisk-users] G729 Confusion

[Andres]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

>On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 10:39:09AM -0500, Andres wrote:
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>>>For instance, when
>>>I have 5/0 and I make a call from a SIP device... I get 5/1.. I can't
>>>hear any audio on my SIP phone, however if I call someone they can
>>>hear me.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>That is expected since when you tried to make the call there were no 
>>encoders left.  Your phone encodes the call and Asterisk is able to 
>>decode it and deliver the audio to the other party but not the other way 
>>around.
>>    
>>
>
>Does that mean 	
>
>1) Don't buy 729 licenses in odd numbers ?
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When you buy 1 license, you get 1 encoder and 1 decoder.  So odd or even 
numbers are fine.

>or 
>
>2) Asterisk will attempt to complete a call (rather than correctly
>returning reorder) when it can't allocate a codec for both directions
>of the call.
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Yes, Asterisk will complete the call and you will have no audio if you 
have no free licenses.

>Cheers,
>-- jra
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