[asterisk-dev] New Spandsp FAX Backend

[Steve Totaro]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Matthew Nicholson
<mnicholson at digium.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> A new FAX API for Asterisk has been developed.  This new API allows the
> use of different FAX backends with the same frontend providing a uniform
> user interface and reducing code duplication.  Currently there are two
> compatible backends: the commercial Fax For Asterisk backend and the
> open source Spandsp based backend.  The Spandsp backend is ready for
> testing and can be found in the following SVN branch.  It supports
> standard audio faxes and T.38 faxes.  Please check it out and report any
> problems you find here.
>
> http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/team/group/res_fax
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Matthew Nicholson
> Digium, Inc. | Software Developer
>
>

How is this any different than building Asterisk 1.6.2 and using Fax
for Asterisk?

Is it just as reliable?  Any benefits?

Thanks,
Steve Totaro