Re: [asterisk-users] Managing codecs

2009-02-01 Thread Ex Vito
Assuming you are using SIP phones and IIRC, you can hint at the codec to be used by setting the SIP_CODEC variable in the dialplan; before Dial()'ing, of course ! :-) I think this is still an area where asterisk needs improvement... Dynamic codec (re) negotiation. Anyone care to correct

[asterisk-users] Managing codecs

2009-01-29 Thread Mike
Hi, I`d like to know the best way to manage codecs to let the CPU breath as much as possible. I understand transcoding is a big part of CPU usage on Asterisk, and I have the following situation: - A SIP provider that offers me G729 and ULAW (my choice, both as allowed) - Some of my calls