[Asterisk-Users] compression quality of wav voicemail attachments

[Brian Capouch]

Mark Spencer wrote:
> Actually I'm considering dropping mp3 codec support from Asterisk (of
> course, we would still keep the "music on hold" and so on which use
> mpg123).  The reason is that mp3 is relatively expensive (even in decode)
> and isn't really appropriate due to its large frame size and high bit rate
> for telephony.
> 


I sure wish (and I'm sure there are others in the same boat) that 
something like MP3 could be made an option for the email attachments. 
It seems like it would be very low cost in terms of the implementation, 
and the savings would be enormous.

I have a load of multiple-megabyte attachments in my Inbox right now 
that represent something just over two minutes of voicemail.  I think 
that is horribly wasteful, and where I am right now, on a very 
limited-bandwidth connection, getting those mails is excruciating.

What would be the problem with encoding JUST THE ATTACHMENTS that way?

B.