[asterisk-users] SendImage on SIP channel

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Wednesday 22 April 2009 03:47:05 Sai P. Varanasi wrote:
> Hi,
>   I am using Asterisk 1.6.0.7 and I have a SIP channel configured. I
> connected a video phone. The sip.conf also has videosupport=yes in the
> global section.
> When I use the SendImage application in dialplan, the SENDIMAGERESULT value
> is set to "NOSUPPORT". The phone shows video is enabled and is ready to
> receive the images. The call is also established with H.263 codec as the
> video codec.
>
> Does asterisk support SendImage on SIP channel? I couldn't find the
> documentation related to this anywhere. If this is not supported, Is there
> any other application which can do this?

SendImage != video.  There are features in IAX2 that are not present in any
other protocol.  One of these is the ability to send a snapshot image across
the protocol.  Video is something completely different.  For video to work on
SIP, you must negotiate it on call setup.

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Tilghman