Re: [Asterisk-Users] G729 License questions

2006-03-23 Thread Mojo with Horan Company, LLC
you can confirm what the phones have chosen for a specific call (for SIP 
for example) like this:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo asterisk -rx 'show channel SIP/118-84f8'
...
   NativeFormat: 4
WriteFormat: 4
 ReadFormat: 4
...

Then, to find out what 4 means,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo asterisk -rx 'show audio codecs'
Disclaimer: this command is for informational purposes only.
It does not indicate anything about your configuration.
INTBINARYHEX   TYPENAME   DESC

  4 (1   2)  (0x4)  audioulaw   (G.711 u-law)
256 (1   8)(0x100)  audiog729   (G.729A)


So you can see my phones are ulaw-ing, they would have 256 in those 
fields if they had settled on g729


Moj




Martin Joseph wrote:

On Mar 22, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Nathan Alberti wrote:

I hope this isn't considered cross posting, i sent the following email 
to Digium support but figured someone on the list may also have better 
insight into my questions.



I have purchased 2 g729 licenses from Digium for testing and have the 
following questions;


** My configuration is a single asterisk box configured with 2 g729 
licenses and 2 x Cisco 7960 Phones, I have confirmed the phones are 
re-inviting correctly and the media stream is flowing directly between 
the two handsets**


I was under the impression a license was only required when asterisk 
had to take part in the conversation and process frames, I have 
noticed that when the phone re-invite asterisk still considers a 
license to be in use when its is no longer in the media path, is this 
correct ? Should correct behavior not be to release the license as it 
is no longer being used ?


I have also read it is possible for Asterisk to allow g729 pass 
through, if both endpoints are g729 both with set to re-invite. Is 
this scenario possible when you have the commercial license ? it seems 
to me you get hit with using a license because they are there not 
because they are necessarily required.



I think you're right, that you don't need a license at all to pass g729 
directly or even through asterisk.  It's only when you are transcoding 
that you need a license.


Make sure your phones are actually SELECTING the g729 codec within 
asterisk.  Just because the phone is set to prefer it, means nothing.  
Verify that your asterisk extensions give highest priority to g729.


HTH,
Marty

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] G729 License questions

2006-03-22 Thread Martin Joseph


On Mar 22, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Nathan Alberti wrote:

I hope this isn't considered cross posting, i sent the following email 
to Digium support but figured someone on the list may also have better 
insight into my questions.



I have purchased 2 g729 licenses from Digium for testing and have the 
following questions;


** My configuration is a single asterisk box configured with 2 g729 
licenses and 2 x Cisco 7960 Phones, I have confirmed the phones are 
re-inviting correctly and the media stream is flowing directly between 
the two handsets**


I was under the impression a license was only required when asterisk 
had to take part in the conversation and process frames, I have 
noticed that when the phone re-invite asterisk still considers a 
license to be in use when its is no longer in the media path, is this 
correct ? Should correct behavior not be to release the license as it 
is no longer being used ?


I have also read it is possible for Asterisk to allow g729 pass 
through, if both endpoints are g729 both with set to re-invite. Is 
this scenario possible when you have the commercial license ? it seems 
to me you get hit with using a license because they are there not 
because they are necessarily required.



I think you're right, that you don't need a license at all to pass g729 
directly or even through asterisk.  It's only when you are transcoding 
that you need a license.


Make sure your phones are actually SELECTING the g729 codec within 
asterisk.  Just because the phone is set to prefer it, means nothing.  
Verify that your asterisk extensions give highest priority to g729.


HTH,
Marty

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] G729 License questions

2006-03-22 Thread AdriĆ  Vidal
When your phones acces to voicemail or to an IVR into the asterisk then
a G729 license is used so Asterisk is transcoding. So you are gonna use
the licenses for sure, maybe not from phone to phone calls, but yes
using the Asterisk functions.

AdriĆ  Vidal
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