Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-25 Thread Tim Panton
On 23 Apr 2007, at 10:56, Gordon Henderson wrote: On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Adrian Marsh wrote: So which is the best quality? Gradwells www site lists g711u and g729a, but we currently use ulaw/alaw with them too.. ulaw is g711u ... g711 (u or a), or ulaw or alaw which are the same things

Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-24 Thread Ed W
Check first using something like testmyvoip.com to get an idea of your situation (stress the internet by opening up lots of simultaneous downloads during the test) Repeat: Try the above before you do anything else... Ed W ___ --Bandwidth and

RE: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-23 Thread Adrian Marsh
-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality? Alain Degreffe wrote: Why do you use Ulaw as codec ? Try another codec ( g729 is by far the best but isn't free ). G.729 isn't the best. Its just the one you need to be compatible with the other end. G.729

RE: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-23 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Adrian Marsh wrote: So which is the best quality? Gradwells www site lists g711u and g729a, but we currently use ulaw/alaw with them too.. ulaw is g711u ... g711 (u or a), or ulaw or alaw which are the same things will give you the best audio quality, but it's not

Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-23 Thread Brian D
Well g.711 (a/u) is essentially the same as PCM (raw) which is used to traditional circuit switched voice environments. There are such mechanisms as packet loss concealment, where a predictive algorithm is used to determine wave forms. But outside of this, whether you use g.711 or g.729 you

Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-23 Thread Steve Totaro
Of Steve Underwood Sent: 22 April 2007 09:18 To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality? Alain Degreffe wrote: Why do you use Ulaw as codec ? Try another codec ( g729 is by far the best but isn't free ). G.729

Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-23 Thread Steve Underwood
Steve Totaro wrote: If I am not mistaking, g711u is ulaw. Ulaw and Alaw are the best since they are lossless, meaning no Lossless? Our friends at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulaw wouldn't lie. :-) Steve ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by

RE: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-22 Thread Alain Degreffe
 : Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Objet : RE: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality? Thanks Tim, I'd turned it on when I was at a site that had bad internet access... I'll try turning it off for a while, but I thought it was supposed to help.. Thanks, Adrian

Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-22 Thread Steve Underwood
Alain Degreffe wrote: Why do you use Ulaw as codec ? Try another codec ( g729 is by far the best but isn't free ). G.729 isn't the best. Its just the one you need to be compatible with the other end. G.729 is the lock-in choice, not the quality choice. Steve

Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-21 Thread Thomas Winter
On Friday 20 April 2007 20:01, Adrian Marsh wrote: Hi All, I've a single 1.2.17 Asterisk system. Gradwell here in the UK is used for PSTN calls via IAX2. Our 'net link is a dedicated 2Mb fibre connection (of which we have ever used 50% max bandwidth). We've no E1/T1 links, everything is IP

RE: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-21 Thread Adrian Marsh
, that would help the Meetme function? Maybe different codecs? Thanks, Adrian Marsh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed W Sent: 20 April 2007 19:14 To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] How can I

RE: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-21 Thread Adrian Marsh
2007 19:33 To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality? Try turning the jitterbuffer off, I found that often the endpoints can do better on their own. On 20 Apr 2007, at 19:01, Adrian Marsh wrote: Hi All, I've a single

[asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-20 Thread Adrian Marsh
Hi All, I've a single 1.2.17 Asterisk system. Gradwell here in the UK is used for PSTN calls via IAX2. Our 'net link is a dedicated 2Mb fibre connection (of which we have ever used 50% max bandwidth). We've no E1/T1 links, everything is IP based. My boss complains that many of the calls he

Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-20 Thread Ed W
Hi Also - are there any useful stats/logs that I can examine to see the quality of calls? You didn't mention that you have any QOS on your router, so we can basically guarantee that your problem is the internet connection. Remember that all the research on networking has been how to

Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-20 Thread Ed W
Our 'net link is a dedicated 2Mb fibre connection (of which we have ever used 50% max bandwidth). Remember in computer terms this means that you used 100% of the connection, 50% of the time Your voice will loose out against the big data packets and spoil the voice quality big time

Re: [asterisk-users] How can I improve call quality?

2007-04-20 Thread Tim Panton
Try turning the jitterbuffer off, I found that often the endpoints can do better on their own. On 20 Apr 2007, at 19:01, Adrian Marsh wrote: Hi All, I've a single 1.2.17 Asterisk system. Gradwell here in the UK is used for PSTN calls via IAX2. Our 'net link is a dedicated 2Mb fibre