[Asterisk-Users] iLBC codec and mute issues

[Dana Olson]

Hmm. Well, I'm not sure what to try, but it works fine if I use GSM or
G711 or even G729. Such a shame, because I liked iLBC.
--
Dana


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:16:17 +0100, Roman Zhovtulya
<roman at fh-offenburg.de> wrote:
> I'm using the mute switch on the Plantronics headset 90 with SJPhone, so
> never had this issue :-)
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
> > Dana Olson
> > Sent: Montag, 21. März 2005 17:53
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] iLBC codec and mute issues
> >
> >
> > I tried using the iLBC codec, and whlie I like it, I ran into
> > a strange issue. I did a few searches on Google and haven't
> > found anyone with the same issue as this.
> >
> > Anyhow, I was using a Plantronics analog headset and box
> > plugged into a Digium TDM card, dialed out over my VoIP
> > provider's IAX channel to the PSTN.
> >
> > I was in a conference call which is running on an Avaya PBX
> > (which shouldn't matter), and so I muted myself with the mute
> > button on the headset box. After a minute or two, I was asked
> > to speak again, and so I unmuted, but no one could hear me. I
> > tried hitting mute a bunch more times, but still nothing. It
> > was making a difference in the headset though; I could hear
> > myself a little bit when unmuted, but not when I was muted,
> > leading me to believe it was something with the Asterisk box.
> > I switched codecs and the issue disappeared.
> >
> > Does anyone know what the problem is there, seemingly it is
> > iLBC, but I was wondering if that's a common thing or not. Is
> > this codec unstable like this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dana