[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Native Sounds - in case you missed it...

[Joseph Tanner]

This is just an idea.  I personally love the idea of lower cpu
utilization, even more so than better sound quality.  So take all your
gsm files, and convert them to ulaw, alaw, g729, etc.  Now, when
someome calls in they'll always get the same quality sound files
(i.e., crappy), but cpu usage will be much lower, as it doesn't have
to transcode to the correct codec.

Best of both worlds!  Consistently crappy sound files, and lower cpu usage!

BTW, it doesn't really bother me, I have a 2.something GHZ cpu and
only a handful of calls are handled at any one time.  I just
downloaded the sound files to play with.  They do sound different from
the old ones, probably a combination of the better sound quality and
the fact they are new recordings (you can record yourself saying the
same thing a dozen times, each one will sound slightly different).

Joseph Tanner

On 3/15/06, Kristian Kielhofner <kris at krisk.org> wrote:
> Douglas Garstang wrote:
> > Aren't you bothered by the fact that the sound file quality goes up
> > and down as different sound files are played? It's quite obvious to
> > hear the difference between a ulaw file and a gsm file.
> >
>
> Douglas,
>
>         I know that you have had a hard time grasping this, but not EVERY
> person uses the sound files in the OPTIONAL asterisk-sounds package.
> For instance, if you were using Asterisk as a voicemail or conference
> solution, you would NOT need the prompts in asterisk-sounds.
>
>         I'll (hopefully) get around to doing those someday...
>
> --
> Kristian Kielhofner
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