Re: [asterisk-users] Installation instructions for Opus are incorrect - maybe?

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 05:25:48PM +, Jonathan H wrote:

> Hmm, as it's free and open, I wonder why opus isn't a core codec?

Digium seems to have some concerns regarding patent issues with Opus. As
such it will not distribute Opus. Rather, it will only distribute a
binary build of such a codec, that comes with a number of strings
attached, even thought a price tag for the end user is not one of them.

I am not a lawyer. I don't know of any specific secret information
Digium's lawyers may know about specific patents that may be an issue
here. I'll just point out that many companies, including the one I work
for the company I work for see no issue with using it and find no patent
issue here.

As such we use an external patch. See
https://github.com/traud/asterisk-opus .

Packages of Asterisk in any major distribution include this patch or
equivalents.

(Same should go for wp8 and wp9, and av1 in the future, if you care about
video)

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Re: [asterisk-users] Installation instructions for Opus are incorrect - maybe?

[Jonathan H]

On 27 January 2018 at 16:14, Ludovic Gasc  wrote:

> (M) means it's a module, not it's an error.
> Do you relaunch configure after xmlstarlet install ?
> For bash error, no idea.

Many thanks! Stupid mistake of mine, I hadn't tried when I saw bash
was still on (E)  (Error, I guess?).

But then I did ./configure and it said (among other things)

checking for sh... /bin/bash
checking for bash... /bin/bash
checking for xmlstarlet... /usr/bin/xmlstarlet
checking for curl-config... /usr/bin/curl-config
checking for the version of libcurl... 7.55.1
checking for libcurl >= version 7.10.1... yes
checking whether libcurl is usable... yes
checking for curl_free... yes

Then of course, make menuselect worked and I now have opus!

Hmm, as it's free and open, I wonder why opus isn't a core codec?

Anyway, thanks for the help.

Jonathan

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Re: [asterisk-users] Installation instructions for Opus are incorrect - maybe?

[Ludovic Gasc]

2018-01-27 10:55 GMT+01:00 Jonathan H :

> On 27 January 2018 at 09:27, Ludovic Gasc  wrote:
> > Hi Jonathan,
> >
> > If you put the cursor on the line XXX, you will see what are the
> > dependencies are missing to enable the option.
> > In this case, it's certainly curl that is missing on your system.
>
> Ah, OK! No, it wasn't curl that was missing, but I think the way it
> was phrased confused me. It says:
>
> "Download the Opus codec from Digium.  See
> http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/codec_opus/README.
> Depends on: xmlstarlet(E), bash(E), res_format_attr_opus(M)
> Support Level: external"
>
> However, while I managed to apt install xmlstarlet, I already had
> bash, and I can't find res_format_attr_opus.
>

(M) means it's a module, not it's an error.
Do you relaunch configure after xmlstarlet install ?
For bash error, no idea.


>
> Any ideas? Many thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
> > Regards.
> >
> > --
> > Ludovic Gasc (GMLudo)
> >
> > 2018-01-27 2:06 GMT+01:00 Jonathan H :
> >>
> >> Before I got an log a ticket, can I just check I'm not doing anything
> >> wrong?
> >>
> >> In 15.2, to install Opus:
> >>
> >> 1) run `make menuselect`
> >> 2) Highlight "Codec Translators" and press enter.
> >> 3) Scroll down to "codec_opus" in the section labeled "External"
> >> 4) Press enter to select the codec if it is not already selected.
> >> ... at this point, I see
> >>
> >>   XXX codec_opus
> >>
> >> and a message to download codec opus from Digium, using this link:
> >>
> >> http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/codec_opus/README
> >> (note: same as
> >> http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/codec_opus/
> asterisk-15.0/x86-64/
> >> )
> >>
> >> The link says:
> >>
> >>  The preferred way of installing the Opus codec is to use menuselect in
> >>   Asterisk to automatically download and install the codec. From the
> >> Asterisk
> >>   top-level source directory, run
> >>
> >>   1) run `make menuselect`
> >>   2) Highlight "Codec Translators" and press enter.
> >>   3) Scroll down to "codec_opus" in the section labeled "External"
> >>   4) Press enter to select the codec if it is not already selected.
> >>
> >> ... well, you've guessed it, I'm in a loop now!
> >>
> >> There's another way:
> >>
> >>  " The alternative way to install codec_opus is to download a tarball
> >>   directly from digium.com. Once the tarball is downloaded and
> untarred,
> >>   perform the following steps:
> >>
> >>   1) Copy the codec_opus.so file into the Asterisk module directory (by
> >> default,
> >>  /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/).
> >>   2) Copy the codec_opus_config-en_US.xml file into the Asterisk
> external
> >>  documentation directory (by default,"
> >>
> >> But there are two files:
> >>
> >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 354000 Dec 11 23:16 codec_opus.so*
> >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 226576 Dec 11 23:16 format_ogg_opus.so*
> >>
> >>
> >> Not saying this latter part is beyond my comprehension, just that
> >> neither route matches the instructions :)
> >>
> >> So... is it me being stupid, or should I log a ticket?
> >>
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Re: [asterisk-users] Installation instructions for Opus are incorrect - maybe?

[Jonathan H]

On 27 January 2018 at 09:27, Ludovic Gasc  wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> If you put the cursor on the line XXX, you will see what are the
> dependencies are missing to enable the option.
> In this case, it's certainly curl that is missing on your system.

Ah, OK! No, it wasn't curl that was missing, but I think the way it
was phrased confused me. It says:

"Download the Opus codec from Digium.  See
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/codec_opus/README.
Depends on: xmlstarlet(E), bash(E), res_format_attr_opus(M)
Support Level: external"

However, while I managed to apt install xmlstarlet, I already had
bash, and I can't find res_format_attr_opus.

Any ideas? Many thanks,

Jonathan

> Regards.
>
> --
> Ludovic Gasc (GMLudo)
>
> 2018-01-27 2:06 GMT+01:00 Jonathan H :
>>
>> Before I got an log a ticket, can I just check I'm not doing anything
>> wrong?
>>
>> In 15.2, to install Opus:
>>
>> 1) run `make menuselect`
>> 2) Highlight "Codec Translators" and press enter.
>> 3) Scroll down to "codec_opus" in the section labeled "External"
>> 4) Press enter to select the codec if it is not already selected.
>> ... at this point, I see
>>
>>   XXX codec_opus
>>
>> and a message to download codec opus from Digium, using this link:
>>
>> http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/codec_opus/README
>> (note: same as
>> http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/codec_opus/asterisk-15.0/x86-64/
>> )
>>
>> The link says:
>>
>>  The preferred way of installing the Opus codec is to use menuselect in
>>   Asterisk to automatically download and install the codec. From the
>> Asterisk
>>   top-level source directory, run
>>
>>   1) run `make menuselect`
>>   2) Highlight "Codec Translators" and press enter.
>>   3) Scroll down to "codec_opus" in the section labeled "External"
>>   4) Press enter to select the codec if it is not already selected.
>>
>> ... well, you've guessed it, I'm in a loop now!
>>
>> There's another way:
>>
>>  " The alternative way to install codec_opus is to download a tarball
>>   directly from digium.com. Once the tarball is downloaded and untarred,
>>   perform the following steps:
>>
>>   1) Copy the codec_opus.so file into the Asterisk module directory (by
>> default,
>>  /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/).
>>   2) Copy the codec_opus_config-en_US.xml file into the Asterisk external
>>  documentation directory (by default,"
>>
>> But there are two files:
>>
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 354000 Dec 11 23:16 codec_opus.so*
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 226576 Dec 11 23:16 format_ogg_opus.so*
>>
>>
>> Not saying this latter part is beyond my comprehension, just that
>> neither route matches the instructions :)
>>
>> So... is it me being stupid, or should I log a ticket?
>>
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Re: [asterisk-users] Installation instructions for Opus are incorrect - maybe?

[Ludovic Gasc]

Hi Jonathan,

If you put the cursor on the line XXX, you will see what are the
dependencies are missing to enable the option.
In this case, it's certainly curl that is missing on your system.

Regards.

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2018-01-27 2:06 GMT+01:00 Jonathan H :

> Before I got an log a ticket, can I just check I'm not doing anything
> wrong?
>
> In 15.2, to install Opus:
>
> 1) run `make menuselect`
> 2) Highlight "Codec Translators" and press enter.
> 3) Scroll down to "codec_opus" in the section labeled "External"
> 4) Press enter to select the codec if it is not already selected.
> ... at this point, I see
>
>   XXX codec_opus
>
> and a message to download codec opus from Digium, using this link:
>
> http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/codec_opus/README
> (note: same as http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/codec_opus/
> asterisk-15.0/x86-64/
> )
>
> The link says:
>
>  The preferred way of installing the Opus codec is to use menuselect in
>   Asterisk to automatically download and install the codec. From the
> Asterisk
>   top-level source directory, run
>
>   1) run `make menuselect`
>   2) Highlight "Codec Translators" and press enter.
>   3) Scroll down to "codec_opus" in the section labeled "External"
>   4) Press enter to select the codec if it is not already selected.
>
> ... well, you've guessed it, I'm in a loop now!
>
> There's another way:
>
>  " The alternative way to install codec_opus is to download a tarball
>   directly from digium.com. Once the tarball is downloaded and untarred,
>   perform the following steps:
>
>   1) Copy the codec_opus.so file into the Asterisk module directory (by
> default,
>  /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/).
>   2) Copy the codec_opus_config-en_US.xml file into the Asterisk external
>  documentation directory (by default,"
>
> But there are two files:
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 354000 Dec 11 23:16 codec_opus.so*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 226576 Dec 11 23:16 format_ogg_opus.so*
>
>
> Not saying this latter part is beyond my comprehension, just that
> neither route matches the instructions :)
>
> So... is it me being stupid, or should I log a ticket?
>
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[asterisk-users] Installation instructions for Opus are incorrect - maybe?

[Jonathan H]

Before I got an log a ticket, can I just check I'm not doing anything wrong?

In 15.2, to install Opus:

1) run `make menuselect`
2) Highlight "Codec Translators" and press enter.
3) Scroll down to "codec_opus" in the section labeled "External"
4) Press enter to select the codec if it is not already selected.
... at this point, I see

  XXX codec_opus

and a message to download codec opus from Digium, using this link:

http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/codec_opus/README
(note: same as 
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/codec_opus/asterisk-15.0/x86-64/
)

The link says:

 The preferred way of installing the Opus codec is to use menuselect in
  Asterisk to automatically download and install the codec. From the Asterisk
  top-level source directory, run

  1) run `make menuselect`
  2) Highlight "Codec Translators" and press enter.
  3) Scroll down to "codec_opus" in the section labeled "External"
  4) Press enter to select the codec if it is not already selected.

... well, you've guessed it, I'm in a loop now!

There's another way:

 " The alternative way to install codec_opus is to download a tarball
  directly from digium.com. Once the tarball is downloaded and untarred,
  perform the following steps:

  1) Copy the codec_opus.so file into the Asterisk module directory (by default,
 /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/).
  2) Copy the codec_opus_config-en_US.xml file into the Asterisk external
 documentation directory (by default,"

But there are two files:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 354000 Dec 11 23:16 codec_opus.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 226576 Dec 11 23:16 format_ogg_opus.so*


Not saying this latter part is beyond my comprehension, just that
neither route matches the instructions :)

So... is it me being stupid, or should I log a ticket?

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