Steve Underwood wrote: > Darryl Dunkin wrote: >> Does anyone have any opinions on the music on hold quality over G729? >> The stock files seem to sound terrible over it, this is enhanced further >> by calls coming from the PSTN via a Zaptel gateway. I am only using the >> stock wav files and have not attempted to use much else so far. >> >> I've ruled out timing issues on the system generating the MOH itself >> (ztdummy on the PBX itself, our Zaptel gateway is a separate Asterisk >> server). There is no transcoding going on in the middle except via our >> Zaptel/T1 gateway. When using G711 it sounds fine of course, but this >> doesn't work well for remote sites with lower bandwidth connections. >> >> As of now, I'm torn between getting complaints from end users about the >> music or killing it entirely (leaving people waiting in queues with dead >> silence). >> > > Music over G.729, or any other similarly low bit rate codec sounds > bloody awful. The only thing you can do to mitigate this is choose > simpler music. A single voice singing sounds OK - that's what the codec > is optimsed for. A singer with a guitar doesn't usually sounds too bad. > As the music gets more complex it goes horribly downhill from there. > > Steve
I've seen the same problem. Currently i have no need for that, but maybe anybody knows - where to get something more-or-less classic (like bundled MoH) for free or small price. Regards, Atis _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
