[Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

[Jim Van Meggelen]

asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
>> Low bandwidth
>> Low CPU utilization
>> Best audio quality
>> 
> 
> I think you might want to clarify that Best audio quality is in
> relation to other highly compressed codecs.  Certainly my (albeit
> limited) experience is that g711 is much more clear than g729.  
> Compared against gsm, for example, however, the audio quality is
> quite good.... 

What I was saying was that you can only have two of the three. It's an
old adage about compromise.

G.711:
Low Nadwidth:		NO
Low CPU utilization:	YES
Best Quality:		YES (as far as telephony codecs go)

G.729
Low Bandwidth:		YES
Low CPU Utilization:	NO
Best Quality:		NO


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