[asterisk-users] Does Asterisk 1.8. Supports Video Calls

[Joshua Colp]

Khalid Touati wrote:
> Hi Guys,

Kia ora,

> Do you know of any asterisk community version that does video codec
> trans-coding or in other words supports video? I have 1.8.8.1 and I see
> h263.c format files but can't see that codec in make menuselect. it
> might be just a license issue (if h263 has to have license), but not
> sure if community versions offer video calls at all.

Video transcoding is both usually patent encumbered as well as 
computationally expensive. Asterisk supports passing through the video 
untouched, but that's about it.

Cheers,

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