Re: [Ekiga-list] Very choppy sound with sip:500 ekiga net

[JCA <1 41421 gmail com>]

> Are you using video when you make your calls?

  No.

> I'm not sure if I asked you before, but you might try using GSM instead
> of ilbc if your VOIP provider uses it.

  Tried, no change.

> Also if your VOIP provider uses SPEEX narrow, that will help a lot too.

> I'm using cable (1 megabyte download, 356 kilobytes upload and on some
> connections using video, it's still not enough if I'm also using one of
> the audio codecs that are high bandwidth hogs plus high quality video.

  Well, I use my connection to interact with some people in Europe by
means of Skype and streaming video from webcams (both directions,
640x480, refreshing at maybe 3 frames per second) and things work
fine. What is it that you are doing for which a connection as fat as
that is not enough?

> Also, if you don't mind making your video smaller, that will cut down on
> a lot of your band width uses.
>
> Also, if your talking to friends that are using standard analog modems,
> that can also create the problems you describe if they aren't using one
> of the low bandwidth audio codecs (or are trying to use video too with
> the video quality and frame rates set to high).
>
> I hope this info will help you in resolving your problems with the
> audio.

  Thanks so much for your help.