Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-06 Thread Roeften
From what I understand your sip client can handle g729 whereas for DAHDI you need transcoding to a|ulaw. I am using it with no problems (have g729 licenses as well though). A bit off topic, I have found some extra configuration that is not really in the docs (or I could not find them):

Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-06 Thread Julian Lyndon-Smith
That's my point - SFA comes with a g729 licence, so why can't it transcode to the DAHDI channel ? Thanks also for the info. Very useful. Julian 2009/12/6 Roeften roef...@gmail.com: From what I understand your sip client can handle g729 whereas for DAHDI you need transcoding to a|ulaw. I am

Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-06 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: That's my point - SFA comes with a g729 licence, so why can't it transcode to the DAHDI channel ? It comes with a license, but does not include the transcoding functionality itself. You need to download and install the appropriate Digium codec_g729 module for your

Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-06 Thread Julian Lyndon-Smith
Aha. That was it. Thanks. I could not see that advice in the documentation. I may be blind, but it may be helpful to include it somewhere. Thanks again Julian 2009/12/6 Kevin P. Fleming kpflem...@digium.com: Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: That's my point - SFA comes with a g729 licence, so why

Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-06 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: Aha. That was it. Thanks. I could not see that advice in the documentation. I may be blind, but it may be helpful to include it somewhere. Please open a ticket with Digium's support department documenting the issues you ran into setting up the product; that way it

[asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-05 Thread Julian Lyndon-Smith
As I have no friends and no life I thought that I would set up my asterisk server with Skype. 1) Paid the $, got the licence, built and installed 2) create a business skype account (called company foo) 3) created a member of the business called bar 4) updated the skype conf file 5) restarted

Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-05 Thread Julian Lyndon-Smith
well, aint that a bugger. Just looked at my contacts list on skype and the bloody thing is working ... wtf ? Another question: I just tried calling in like this external = ddi = dial(skype) and got a load of static with WARNING[15328]: channel.c:3098 set_format: Unable to find a codec

Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-05 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: external = ddi = dial(skype) and got a load of static with WARNING[15328]: channel.c:3098 set_format: Unable to find a codec translation path from 0x100 (g729) to 0x8 (alaw) on the console. Fired up a sip client, made the same call, and all was ok. Any

Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-05 Thread Sam
Somewhat off topic but does anyone know if the price for the license will go down in the future? It seems strange that I can use skype for free on my computer but to put it on asterisk cost $66... Sam ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-05 Thread Tilghman Lesher
On Saturday 05 December 2009 20:34:58 Sam wrote: Somewhat off topic but does anyone know if the price for the license will go down in the future? It seems strange that I can use skype for free on my computer but to put it on asterisk cost $66... It's cheaper if you go through a Digium

Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up skype

2009-12-05 Thread Julian Lyndon-Smith
Ok. So I bought 2x skpye channels. Doesn't that mean I have 2xg729 as well ? If so, why do I have the problem ? And would this affect local channels as well ? Julian 2009/12/6 Kevin P. Fleming kpflem...@digium.com: Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: external = ddi = dial(skype) and got a load of