[Asterisk-Users] How "expensive" are thedifferent codecs?(Regarding CPU time)

[Jim Van Meggelen]

asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
> Jim Van Meggelen schrieb:
> 
>> Hmmm. I propose that we make your system the list guinea pig!  If we
>> can get that one tweaked, there's no telling what alse we can do with
>> Asterisk!
> 
> I'm not really sure that I completely get the meaning of this
> sentence. (Which can be because of the fact that its 06:47 AM or that
> I'm no native speaker or both ;-)) But I guess you meant that we
> could try to
> test everything that is known to work - including some voodo - and to
> see if it works? ;-) 

You understand. I was kidding a little bit, but yes, I am also wondering
just what things can be done to get a slower machine to work as well as
possible.

>> Have you tried running Asterisk at pseudo-realtime priority?
>> (asterisk -p)
> 
> That helps in one way: At the moment my system is doing its morning
> routine. That means it makes a tar archieve of my /home
> directory to my
> backup drive. With the -p option the "show
> translation"-values are equal
> to the values when my system is idle.

And otherwise not?

> I guess this option could help me a lot regarding the sound
> problems I
> got sometimes.

Yes, it might help a lot.

Cheers,

Jim.