[asterisk-users] The new ConfBridge application is now in Asterisk Trunk!

[David Vossel]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Backeberg" <dbackeberg at gmail.com>
> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 9:49:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] The new ConfBridge application is now in Asterisk Trunk!
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:40 AM, C. Savinovich
> <c.savinovich at itntelecom.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Does this ConfBridge requires a hardware timing source?
> 
> No, and neither does MeetMe with modern DAHDI.
> 
> >  Will I be able to use this on any virtual server without having the
> >  need special changes to
> > the VM setup?
> 
> Define 'any'? If you're idea of virtualization is to oversubscribe
> servers and hurt performance, then no.
> 
> To mix audio, the code takes lots of audio slices and merges them with
> an algorithm. But if the underlying cpu doesn't provide consistent,
> reliable ticks, as potentially happens in virtualization, then good
> luck with what's going to happen to your audio mixing.
> 

The MeetMe dependency on DAHDI is for the audio mixing.  ConfBridge has no dependency on DAHDI for anything.

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