[Asterisk-Users] Prices of g729 codec

[trixter aka Bret McDanel]

On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 13:47 -0400, Matt Florell wrote:
> What are the reasons that people/companies/manufacturers use G729
> instead of comperable codecs like GSM or Speex?
> 
> Microsoft and Apple both support GSM in their software, and Speex is
> the same compression ratio as G729 yet is BSD-like licensed so no cost
> whatsoever.

speex isnt in all ATAs and other things.  So if its not there it offers
worse compression since the call wont go through :P


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