[asterisk-users] wideband recording in Asterisk 1.8

[Sherwood McGowan]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Henry Dogger <h.dogger at telecats.nl> wrote:
> I tried this also, but now I can't listen to the prompts on my pc.
> On the phone it seems fine, but how do I know it's wideband.
> G722 should be 16 khz 14 bit.
>
> I use goldwave to listen to the prompts, but this does not support such
> a setting.
> Can someone point me in the right direction perhaps?
>
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> Madsen
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>
> On 10-11-23 08:24 AM, Henry Dogger wrote:
>> I have an aastra 6739i which supports the g722 codec.
>>
>> Which format setting do I need to be able to record in wideband?
>>
>> Tried: wav, gsm, pcm. Nothing seems to give me the result I desire.
>
> Shouldn't you try g722 as the format?
>
> Leif.
>
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Perform the recording with G722 on your system (since that's the audio
codec you're using)...Then use Asterisk's "file convert" CLI command
to convert to a more suitable format for your listening pleasure.
Normally I'd suggest sox, but apparently sox doesn't "know how" to
work with G722.

Cheers,
Sherwood McGowan