Re: [Ekiga-list] G729 codec

[Craig Southeren <craigs postincrement com>]

Michael wrote:
> Damien and Craig:
>
> Can I donate X amount so that Ekiga can be certified to work
> 'optimally' with G729 via Asterisks on Xubuntu?
>
> Currently I see that there are several comments of the
> community members trying to get it to work. For example, Jure Petrovic code is
> posted, but we cannot use it if it is not optimal. We need to be sure it is
> supported so that as new versions of Asterisks, Ekiga and Xubuntu will function
> in the future. In addition a simplified installation method would be a big plus.
>
> Conclusion, how much would we need to donate so that there
> is a version issued by the Ekiga community? It would support G729 via Asterisks
> on Xubuntu assuming proper licenses are purchased.

Are you saying that you want to use the Asterisk G.729 license with 
Ekiga? This is not possible, for legal reasons.

It is definitely possible to implement G.729 as a plugin codec for OPAL 
that will work with Asterisk. This will be available once the IPP codec 
package is releases.

   Craig


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