----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin P. Fleming" <[email protected]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Skype for Asterisk -- Codec support
> Karl Fife wrote: > >> To some degree, I (and I'm sure other wideband disciples), feel somewhat >> like the only guy on the block with a fax machine. Per Metcalfe's law it >> seemed that Skype (as a easily accessible namespace supporting wideband) >> could have been a shot in the arm for >8khz telephony. >> >> I know that wideband SFA was originally on the roadmap. Has it been >> silently deleted, or is it going to be released in some next-generation >> SFA? > > It will appear in a release in the future, but did not make the cut for > the first release. Part of the reason for that is that Skype themselves > have just begun switching to a new wideband codec, and it did not make > sense to incorporate support for the old one in a brand new product... > but the new one is not ready for use yet either. We'll get there :-) Any idea what timeframe? Can I assume that SFA licenses now will be valid for future releases? Thanks -Karl > -- > Kevin P. Fleming > Digium, Inc. | Director of Software Technologies > 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA > skype: kpfleming | jabber: [email protected] > Check us out at www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
