[asterisk-users] Skype for Asterisk -- Codec support

[Karl Fife]

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From: "Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming at digium.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Skype for Asterisk -- Codec support


> Karl Fife wrote:
>
>> To some degree, I (and I'm sure other wideband disciples), feel somewhat
>> like the only guy on the block with a fax machine.  Per Metcalfe's law it
>> seemed that Skype (as a easily accessible namespace supporting wideband)
>> could have been a shot in the arm for >8khz telephony.
>>
>> I know that wideband SFA was originally on the roadmap.  Has it been
>> silently deleted, or is it going to be released in some next-generation 
>> SFA?
>
> It will appear in a release in the future, but did not make the cut for
> the first release. Part of the reason for that is that Skype themselves
> have just begun switching to a new wideband codec, and it did not make
> sense to incorporate support for the old one in a brand new product...
> but the new one is not ready for use yet either. We'll get there :-)

Any idea what timeframe?
Can I assume that SFA licenses now will be valid for future releases?
Thanks
-Karl


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