[Asterisk-Users] MP3 or OGG
Waldo Rubinstein
waldo at trianet.net
Tue Nov 8 10:08:13 MST 2005
Yes, but I'm not using AgentCallBackLogin.
Thanks,
Waldo
On Nov 8, 2005, at 11:40 AM, BJ Weschke wrote:
> I think you can't, yet.
>
> However, if you're using AgentCallBackLogin you should be able to run
> a mixmonitor on the dial out back to the Agent's interface just prior
> to connecting them.
>
> On 11/8/05, Waldo Rubinstein <waldo at trianet.net> wrote:
>> I'm using it for originating calls but the problem I have is that
>> most of the recordings I have are from automatically recorded from
>> the Queue command (in queues.conf), so I don't know if you can tell
>> in queues.conf to use MixMonitor.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Waldo
>>
>> On Nov 8, 2005, at 10:50 AM, BJ Weschke wrote:
>>
>>> Check out the new app_mixmonitor app with 1.2b2. It produces one
>>> file
>>> that is mixed already.
>>>
>>> On 11/8/05, Waldo Rubinstein <waldo at trianet.net> wrote:
>>>> Hilton,
>>>>
>>>> AFAIK, you can optionally record in gsm. However, I think *
>>>> won't do
>>>> it natively. It will do -in and -out wav files, soxmix them
>>>> together
>>>> and then convert them to gsm. I'm offloading all of that to a
>>>> different machine and just leaving * to create the raw -in and -out
>>>> wav files.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I'm wrong too, so comments are welcomed.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Waldo
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 8, 2005, at 3:14 AM, Quark IT - Hilton Travis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Waldo,
>>>>>
>>>>> Doesn't * record to .gsm file initially and then convert these
>>>>> to .wav
>>>>> later? I may be totally off the mark here, and if I am, I
>>>>> welcome the
>>>>> correction.
>>>>>
>>>>> In that case, why not leave the files in .gsm format instead of
>>>>> translating them into another lossy format? Obviously if *
>>>>> records
>>>>> conversations as .wav files then I'd be leaning toward Speex
>>>>> (Vorbis) as
>>>>> it is a "suited to speech" compression format.
>>>>>
>>>>> Both Speex and ogg are Open Source, therefore patent issues are
>>>>> likely
>>>>> non-existent. MP3, otoh, is fine if you use one of their approved
>>>>> apps,
>>>>> and not if you use anything else. I'm steering clear of .mp3 (and
>>>>> have
>>>>> been for quite a few years now).
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
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>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>>>>>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]
>>>>>> On Behalf Of Waldo Rubinstein
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2005 11:32
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wasn't aware of it, but if quality is good, it makes sense
>>>>>> since all I'm archiving is speech.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Will evaluate further.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Waldo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Nov 7, 2005, at 7:14 PM, Mark Edwards wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would recommend vorbis speex for this.
>>>>>>> You can get windows drivers to read speex files directly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Vorbis are the same bunch that develops ogg.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ogg and mp3 are more suited to music rather than speech.
>>>>>>> Speex is a much better fit for speech archiving.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: BJ Weschke [mailto:bweschke at gmail.com]
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2005 5:52 AM
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You're probably not going to be violating any patent
>>>>>>> protections by using OGG instead of MP3. As far as
>>>>>>> compression goes, I've found the difference between
>>>>>>> the two of them to be negligible. I've always used
>>>>>>> OGG when possible to stay "IP safe".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 11/7/05, Waldo Rubinstein <waldo at trianet.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm trying to archive out call recordings and would
>>>>>>>> appreciate some feedback as to which audio compression is
>>>>>>>> more recommended MP3 or OGG. In the past, I've use lame
>>>>>>>> to convert to MP3, but I noticed the audio volume drops
>>>>>>>> significantly. Is it just a setting on the command line
>>>>>>>> of lame or is OGG better? Which achieves higher
>>>>>>>> compression rates while maintaining call quality?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Waldo
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