[Asterisk-Dev] codec negotiation issue

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Goldenear wrote:

> exten => _**393.,1,SetPreferredCodec(ulaw)
> exten => _**393.,2,Dial(IAX2/fwdnum:fwdpwd at iax.fwdnet.net/${EXTEN:5})
> 
> So any incoming call to FWD would be asked to use ulaw first... if it 
> can, we'll have native bridging :) great ! Will this be patch be soon a 
> part of the main CVS ?

It's still in the works, and needs some more time spent on it, but I 
expect it will be in CVS within 10 days or so.

> I wondering also if it would not be possible to directly ask peers what 
> codec(s) they can use, so if they can use the same codec, just ask them 
> to use it and native bridge them ?

That is the goal with the above work, yes. We will be moving towards 
being able to renegotiate codecs with peers when it's needed, to help 
with some of these problems.