Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-20 Thread Aaron Johnson
Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: On January 19, 2005 12:23 pm, Paul Fielding wrote: I think you might want to clarify that Best audio quality is in relation to other highly compressed codecs. Certainly my (albeit limited) experience is that g711 is much more clear than g729. Compared against gsm, for

Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-20 Thread Steve Kann
Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: On January 19, 2005 12:23 pm, Paul Fielding wrote: I think you might want to clarify that Best audio quality is in relation to other highly compressed codecs. Certainly my (albeit limited) experience is that g711 is much more clear than g729. Compared

RE: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread Jim Van Meggelen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, For a small installation using ITSPs via DSL is G.729 a worthwhile exercise? I have G.729 capable SIP phones and my ITSPs cupport the codec so I could go end-to-end without transcoding. What's call quality like compared to G.711, GSM or iLBC? Low bandwidth

Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread Paul Fielding
Low bandwidth Low CPU utilization Best audio quality I think you might want to clarify that Best audio quality is in relation to other highly compressed codecs. Certainly my (albeit limited) experience is that g711 is much more clear than g729. Compared against gsm, for example, however, the

RE: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread Matt Schulte
There's a MOS scale for this kind of stuff -Original Message- From: Paul Fielding [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:24 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it? Low bandwidth Low CPU

RE: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread Paul Rodan
-Users] G.729? Worth it? There's a MOS scale for this kind of stuff -Original Message- From: Paul Fielding [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:24 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it? Low

RE: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread Luke Catranis
Discussion' Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it? Funny thing about g729, when I setup my server to ONLY allow g729, and then put my Cisco 7960's phone into g729 mode, the first call went through fine as g729. If I put that party on hold, and dialed another number, that too would be g729

RE: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread Jim Van Meggelen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Low bandwidth Low CPU utilization Best audio quality I think you might want to clarify that Best audio quality is in relation to other highly compressed codecs. Certainly my (albeit limited) experience is that g711 is much more clear than g729. Compared

Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread Aaron Johnson
Paul Rodan wrote: Funny thing about g729, when I setup my server to ONLY allow g729, and then put my Cisco 7960's phone into g729 mode, the first call went through fine as g729. If I put that party on hold, and dialed another number, that too would be g729. But if I tried to call 1 party, and

Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread Stewart Nelson
The MOS (Mean Opinion Score) scale is: 5=Excellent; 4=Good; 3=Fair; 2=Poor; 1=Bad. Some values, taken from Carrier Grade Voice over IP by Daniel Collins: G.711 4.3 G.729 4.0 G.729AB3.9 GSM(full rate) 3.7 The above scores assume no packet loss, minimal delay, no echo.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread denon
At 01:49 PM 1/19/2005, you wrote: There are systems that use G.711 when traffic is light, but switch to compression codecs under heavy traffic to conserve bandwidth. I don't know how/if this can be done in Asterisk. --Stewart I don't think there's anything like that built into * as it is now,

RE: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it? -- YES --

2005-01-19 Thread mmiranda
-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it? At 01:49 PM 1/19/2005, you wrote: There are systems that use G.711 when traffic is light, but switch to compression codecs under heavy traffic to conserve bandwidth. I don't know how/if this can be done in Asterisk. --Stewart I don't

Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread Steve Kann
On Jan 19, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Stewart Nelson wrote: The MOS (Mean Opinion Score) scale is: 5=Excellent; 4=Good; 3=Fair; 2=Poor; 1=Bad. Some values, taken from Carrier Grade Voice over IP by Daniel Collins: G.711 4.3 G.729 4.0 G.729AB3.9 GSM(full rate) 3.7 The above scores

Re: [Asterisk-Users] G.729? Worth it?

2005-01-19 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On January 19, 2005 12:23 pm, Paul Fielding wrote: I think you might want to clarify that Best audio quality is in relation to other highly compressed codecs. Certainly my (albeit limited) experience is that g711 is much more clear than g729. Compared against gsm, for example, however, the