[asterisk-users] G.729 pre-compiled binaries and Asterisk 1.2.x.

[Thomas Kenyon]

Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:05:35AM +0000, Thomas Kenyon wrote:
>> Andrew Joakimsen wrote:
>>> On Jan 14, 2008 7:50 PM, Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
>>>> Anyways, buying the license is the right thing to do unless you live where
>>>> software patent laws are not applicable.
>>> Totally agree.
>>>
>> I have bought many more licenses from asterisk than I've ever used, and 
>> mostly use the asterisk.hosting.lv codecs.
> 
> Just pointing out the obvious: the license you bought is not for using a
> "general g729 codec". It is for one specific g729 codec, as distributed
> by Digium.
> 
I know, I just got tired of the trouble I was having with the digium codec.

>> Twice now while using the digium codec, upon upgrading asterisk, it 
>> stopped working.
> 
> Yup. The extra costs of using non-free software. Don't use g729 if
> there's any other way.
> 
Problem is, it seems to be good at what it does.

If there was an equivalent free codec that provided good quality audio 
with such high compression and was widely supported, then I'd use it.