Yes and not to forget all the hams put in before the project went comercial and turned into D star and where then simply cut out , ok Georges packet engine went comercial , but he left a good working copy for down load , like the 'new' pic based projects with a $20 pre coded pic , same as a ready made pcb , not quite, you cannot hack out a pic with a broken hack-saw blade ..
G. --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "J. Moen" <j...@...> wrote: > > This is very, very good news, and it may turn out to be a very big deal. It > will be fun to hear reports from the early adopters. There aren't many > people who can write this kind of code -- if you like where Dave is headed, > you may want to donate to his CODEC2 effort that's referred to in the link > below. > > Ever since we all discovered that MELP was not legally available, we've all > been waiting for something good that's open source. CODEC2 may allow a > narrow enough bandwidth for widespread use on HF, and it may provide an > alternative for VHF/UHF digital voice in the future. While I don't begrudge > D-Star's use of the $25 AMBE proprietary codec on a chip, that approach > prevents the kind of experimentation that hams are famous for. A software > only codec would be very welcome as the future unfolds.... > > Jim - K6JM > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tony > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:24 AM > Subject: [digitalradio] Digital Voice News - VK5DGR's Open Source Codec > All, > > Dave Rowe, VK5DGR, has just released an open source speech codec that > could potentially be used in such digital voice applications as FDMDV > and WinDRM. Dave says that his new CODEC2 needs work, but the speech > quality of the Alpha release is pretty good. He has a few audio samples > of CODEC2 and the proprietary codec MELP (for comparison) on his website: > http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?page_id=452 > > For more information, visit Dave's main site at http://www.rowetel.com/blog/ > > Tony -K2MO >
