chan_h323 vs asterisk-oh323 (Was Re: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco to asterisk termination with h323 and g729 finally works.)

[Michael Manousos]

Adam Hart wrote:
> From: "Jeremy McNamara" <jj at nufone.net>
> 
>>I would like to hear from anyone else that has real world experiences
>>with both chan_h323 and asterisk-oh323.
>>
>>Be brutal.  I want to know the gory details, so we can stop any future
>>pissing matches from even starting by having everything publicly
>>documented for all newbies.
>>
>>Jeremy McNamara
> 
> 
> I've used both, I find chan_h323 more robust as it does less. Given it uses
> *'s rtp, means less chance of errors but also inherits problems of rtp.c
> (inability to set payload) My chan_oh323 still crashes on exit which
> concerns me on the quality. (I don't really care if it's on exit). Having

So lets fix it!
I use asterisk-oh323 without problems for my setup.
If you provide the needed information I can fix it.

> said that, the config options in chan_oh323 are great - the ability to turn
> on and off fast start and change the packet payload sizes is handy. My main
> problem with chan_h323 was G.729, which caused me switching to chan_oh323

I'm using chan_oh323 to pass through many G.729 calls to/from
Cisco 17xx boxes without a single problem.

> but given my patch has been added, that problem is solved. Speaking of
> patches, an unknown feature I submitted was nat=true (same as sip.conf) for
> chan_h323. I haven't heard anyone using this so let me know if it does or
> doesn't work.
> 
> -Adam
> 


Michael.