[Asterisk-Users] Alternatives to Digium 729

[Michael Graves]

My understanding was that Asterisk does not cope with silence
suppression in any case. It requires a constant stream for timing
purposes. But I'm no expert.

Michael

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:47:30 -0500, Matthew Boehm wrote:

>Per my conversation below with digium, are there any legal alternatives 
>to digium's G729? It is out of date, and doesn't support VAD nor silence 
>detection.
>
>Digium has stated that they have no plans to update it anytime soon.
>
>VAD/Silence is a big deal with major carriers and we are having to fight 
>a battle to get them to make special arrangements to turn off 
>VAD/Silence in their equipment. Most won't.
>
>RFC3389 states that G729 Annex B supports VAD/DTX/CNG but Digium's 729 
>is based off annex A; and again, they don't have plans to update it.
>
>Is there anyone out there with news on VAD/Silence support in Asterisk?
>
>Thanks,
>Matthew
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: [digium.com #25781] VAD in G729
>Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:22:28 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Chris Hozian via RT <support at digium.com>
>Reply-To: support at digium.com
>To: mboehm at cytelcom.com
>
>Hello,
>
>We do not know of anyone else who is providing the G.729 codec for Asterisk.
>
>Regards,
>Chris Hozian
>
>> [mboehm at cytelcom.com - Wed Jul 20 13:04:21 2005]:
>> 
>> Are there other ways to get G729 into asterisk other than using your 
>> codec? I'd like to buy the codec from someone else who is keeping their 
>> software up to date.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Matthew
>> 
>-- 
>
>Hello,
>
>There is no ETA on this.
>
>Please email sales at digium.com or call 1-877-LINUX-ME (1-877-546-8963) to
>talk with our sales department about purchasing developpment time.  We
>offer open-source development support for $200.00 an hour.  Proprietary
>(closed-source) development support costs $300.00 an hour.  You may find
>out more by visiting http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=services .
>
>Regards,
>Chris Hozian
>
>
> >> [mboehm at cytelcom.com - Wed Jul 20 10:44:41 2005]:
> >>
> >> When can we expect VAD/Silence Detection in Digium's implementation of
> >> G729? We have many carriers and customers to hook up to but they all
> >> need/require VAD/Silence.
> >>
> >> When can we expect it? Is there beta testing available? Is anyone
> >> working on it?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Matthew
>
>
>
>
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