[Asterisk-Users] codecs order

[Tony Hoyle]

Pavel Jezek wrote:
> Hi,
> asterisk will negotiate codecs for both parties independently  (use sip 
> show peer <peer> and look for "codec order" entry), so, if you have 
> prefered codec g729 for your sip phone/peer, asterisk will use them 
> (regardles of codec setting for other party - if codecs does not match, 
> asterisk will try to transcode between)
> imho ;-)

It does seem to be a weakness of asterisk.. it's creating load on the 
server when it doesn't need to.

Really it should look at the capabilities of both ends and see if 
there's a common set, and only start transcoding if there's no overlap.

Tony