[asterisk-users] asterisk for g729 to g711

[Alex Balashov]

On 05/05/2011 12:36 PM, Woody Dickson wrote:

> Does anyone know if Asterisk is a good tool to be used for a large
> quantity of g711 and g729 transcoding?

Well, what is "large?"  Transcoding is a fairly CPU-bound process.

In principle, the answer to your question is probably more yes than no, 
because if Asterisk in userspace is not sufficient, there exists a 
wealth of Asterisk-oriented dedicated transcoding hardware from the 
usual suspects.

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