[Asterisk-Users] the g729 situation

[Jan Janak]

Ask the producers to implement iLBC:

http://www.globalipsound.com/products/iLBCfreeware.php

It is free and from my experience one of the best codecs available.
Grandstream promised to implement it "in the future" :-). X-lite and
kphone ( http://www.wirlab.net/kphone ) support it.

  Jan.

On 03-10 08:31, Uriel Carrasquilla wrote:
> If we avoid g729, what options do we have for SIP/Budgetone/Grandstream when
> communicating to * via the Internet and still have something comparable to
> GSM?
> Uriel
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Jan Rychter
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 2:15 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] the g729 situation
> 
> 
> >>>>> "LDM" == Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex at apartia.org> writes:
>  LDM> Having purchased a license for 5 g729 channels on Digium's web
>  LDM> shop I thought registration and installation would be a snap. NOT.
> 
>  LDM> I followed registration instructions to the letter but it failed
>  LDM> with that message:
> 
>  LDM> ERROR! Your Internet connection is probably behind a proxy and the
>  LDM> Registration program can't communicate with our server
> 
>  LDM> Which is stupid as my * box is a firewall and sits directly on the
>  LDM> Internet whith no restrictions from in->out.
> 
> I must say I'm impressed that people are brave enough to (1) accept the
> long, restrictive and sometimes outright scary (did you read the parts
> about credit card charges, or the definition of "G.729 software" in
> connection with "Improvement by Licensee"?) licensing agreement and
> (2) run a binary module that touches strange parts of the machine and
> communicates that information over the network to a third party.
> 
> I also feel sorry for Digium, because they have to take the heat from
> unhappy users.
> 
> IMHO this codec should be avoided at all cost.
> 
> --J.
> _______________________________________________
> Asterisk-Users mailing list
> Asterisk-Users at lists.digium.com
> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Asterisk-Users mailing list
> Asterisk-Users at lists.digium.com
> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users