[asterisk-users] G.729E

[Michael Iedema]

> It's a 11.8kbps codec that's supposed to improve the quality for
> non-voice signal etc. And, according to this
> http://www.voiceage.com/prodg729.php, it's more CPU intensive than
> G.729A. It's listed at 25MIPS vs 10MIPS for G.729A. Also needs more RAM
> compared to G.729A. I don't think it qualifies as 'play nicely on lower
> power hardware'.

Thanks for the link.  I got the idea that it was less resource hungry
after misunderstanding a pdf I'd downloaded.  I took a second look and
it seems they made it sound like the algorithm itself was less
resource hungry when they actually meant their DSP.  Sorry about that.