Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Codecs

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le lun 16/06/2003 à 18:46, Andrea Cerioli a écrit :
> I've checked Quicknet cards brochure, and G729A is supported.
> However the Quicknet card looks expensive.
> If a software codec is not available I'll try Asterisk.
> Any help with the configuration will be welcomed.
> 
> BTW a software G.729 codec appears to be available for Asterisk
> from Digium.
> I wonder if that same codec can be used by GnomeMeeting. (?)
> 

If the H.323 part of Asterisk supports that codec, then I guess that it
is easy to add support for it in GnomeMeeting... But that's not on my
TODO list for now.


> Thanks
> 
> Damien Sandras wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Le lun 16/06/2003 à 15:56, Andrea Cerioli a écrit :
> > 
> >>Hi there,
> >>
> >>I've successfully installed GnomeMeeting and configured it
> >>as an extension of our company CISCO ITS PBX (a 1751 with dual ISDN BRI).
> > 
> > 
> > Nice :)
> > 
> > 
> >>It works only with G711, since it seems that CISCO supports G.726 only
> >>on 5300 gateways, and so G711 is the only common codec for CISCO ITS
> >>and GnomeMeeting.
> >>
> >>I could u$e G729, but it's not clear to me, from the docs, whether this
> >>codec can be supported in Gnomemeeting.
> > 
> > 
> > I think Quicknet cards support it, it should thus be usable with
> > GnomeMeeting and a Quicknet card (G.723.1 is usable for sure). If you
> > are interested, I can check at home that it works.
> > 
> > 
> >>I would pay for a G.729 license if it was supported in GnomeMeeting.
> >>
> >>The only other possible solution might be installing an ASTERISK pbx
> >>as an H.323 voice peer on the same LAN of the CISCO ITS.
> >>Then I could talk speex  from Gnomemeeting to Asterisk, and G711 from
> >>Asterisk to CISCO ITS, but this looks too complicated to me and I'd
> >>prefer to plug a G.729 codec (with DTMF relay) into GnomeMeeting.
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > I understand.
> > 
> > 
> >>However, should this be the only possible solution, is there anybody
> >>that already did something similar and can send me the Asterisk
> >>configuration files? (sorry for the near-off-topic).
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > I think Truong (in cc) has done something similar. He can recontact you
> > offline if it is the case.
> > 
> > 
> >>Any suggestion/solution will be greatly appreciated.
> >>Thanks in advance for your help.
> >>Andrea.
> > 
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