Matthew Rubenstein wrote:
The H.264 codec patent by Qualcomm has been ruled invalid by a San Diego Federal jury: http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197001066 . That means that H.264 codecs can now be written, distributed and revised freely under any license their authors choose, including GPL, public domain, or any other, and $free now that royalties are no longer required.How does H.264 compare with GSM and G.729 in CPU demand (MIPS:Kbps) and audio quality at low bitrates? GSM is $free, but G.729 is higher quality (tho patented with at least $10 per running codec instance royalties). Will H.264 become the favorite high-quality Asterisk codec, or will it perhaps force G.729 to become free, or negligibly cheaper?
Although I wouldn't complain about a free G.729 codec, I have to be honest in saying that $10.00 isn't that great of an expense considering the better call quality you get.
-- Warm Regards, Lee _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
