On Fri, 15 Oct 2010, Danny Nicholas wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Gordon > Henderson > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 9:18 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] drop dead fix > > On Fri, 15 Oct 2010, Danny Nicholas wrote: > >> Hello list, >> >> I am about to have to dump Asterisk in favor of some other >> VOIP/PBX solution; the reason? I have 304 voice prompts recorded as > 22Khz >> wav format files that sound like crumpling paper whenever I convert them > to >> the 8Khz wav/gsm format required by Asterisk. I was considering trying > the >> G.729 codec, but reading through the specs, I see that the 8Khz conversion >> is going to dump me into the same pile of dung. Any body have any >> suggestions? > > Why are you converting them to GSM? > > Why not convert them to the technology you're using for your phones and > trunks? That would be much more efficient. > > (If you're using g729 for trunks, then that will sound better as GSM to > g729 conversion does sound bad) > > Or maybe it's your conversion software? What are you using? > > Gordon > > I did the "proof of concept" recordings as gsm files. Now that we want to > actually do a finished product, the gsm recordings don't sound good enough > to make a viable product. > > Here is a sample > Original file > http://www.4shared.com/audio/PDGcMDUt/firstmenuwav.html
Seems very quiet to me, but I don't have any tools to meansure it where I am right now. The GSM one didn't sounds too bad either, but are you then listening to it after a G729 conversion? Gordon -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users