[asterisk-users] Setting up skype

[Julian Lyndon-Smith]

That's my point - SFA comes with a g729 licence, so why can't it
transcode to the DAHDI channel ?

Thanks also for the info. Very useful.

Julian

2009/12/6 Roeften <roeften at gmail.com>:
> From what I understand your sip client can handle g729 whereas for DAHDI you
> need transcoding to a|ulaw.
>
> I am using it with no problems (have g729 licenses as well though).
>
> A bit off topic, I have found some extra configuration that is not really in
> the docs (or I could not find them):
>
> fullname=Your full name
> country=gr
> language=en
> city=City
> province=Province
> phone_home=+fullinternationalnumber
> phone_office=+fullinternationalnumber
> email=your at email.com
> homepage=http://www.example.com
> avatar=/var/lib/asterisk/images/skype100x100.jpg
>
> Just a note the country code has to be lower case (i.e GR would not work).
>
> Panos
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Julian Lyndon-Smith <asterisk at dotr.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Ok. So I bought 2x skpye channels. Doesn't that mean I have 2xg729 as well
>> ?
>>
>> If so, why do I have the problem ? And would this affect local
>> channels as well ?
>>
>> Julian
>>
>> 2009/12/6 Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming at digium.com>:
>> > Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
>> >
>> >> external => ddi => dial(skype)
>> >>
>> >> and got a load of static with
>> >>
>> >>  WARNING[15328]: channel.c:3098 set_format: Unable to find a codec
>> >> translation path from 0x100 (g729) to 0x8 (alaw)
>> >>
>> >> on the console.
>> >>
>> >> Fired up a sip client, made the same call, and all was ok.
>> >>
>> >> Any clues ?
>> >
>> > The clues are in the documentation; SkypeIn and SkypeOut use G.729 for
>> > nearly all calls, so handling calls via those paths requires a G.729
>> > transcoder on the system if the target of the call will not also be
>> > using G.729. This is why the Skype For Asterisk license includes
>> > licenses for Digium's G.729 software transcoder as well.
>> >
>> > --
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