Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2014-04-09 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 10:19:59AM +0800, Steve Underwood wrote: Hi Jeff, On 04/08/2014 12:13 PM, Jeff Brower wrote: Darrel- The G729 essential patents were *granted* in 1996, but applied for prior to June 8 1995. That means their lifespan is either 20 years from their application date, or

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2014-04-09 Thread Steve Underwood
On 04/09/2014 06:54 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 10:19:59AM +0800, Steve Underwood wrote: Hi Jeff, On 04/08/2014 12:13 PM, Jeff Brower wrote: Darrel- The G729 essential patents were *granted* in 1996, but applied for prior to June 8 1995. That means their lifespan is

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2014-04-08 Thread Steve Underwood
Hi Jeff, On 04/08/2014 12:13 PM, Jeff Brower wrote: Darrel- The G729 essential patents were *granted* in 1996, but applied for prior to June 8 1995. That means their lifespan is either 20 years from their application date, or 17 years from their grant date, whichever is greater

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2014-04-07 Thread Jeff Brower
Darryl Moore darryl at moores.ca writes: I'll explain. The g.729 compression algorithm is not protected by copyright, though specific instances may be. It is protected by a patent. http://www.sipro.com/G-729.html An open source version is available here:

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-14 Thread s m
thanks Asghar, but are you sure? my two endpoints -which are soft-phones- have g729 codec but my asterisk on middle system has not any module for g729 codec. i think i should get module g729 for my middle system in order to pass calls with g729 codec. isn't it true? On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 1:08

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-14 Thread A J Stiles
On Saturday 12 October 2013, s m wrote: i have freebsd 8.2 and asterisk 1.8.22 but there is no compatible codec for Xeon Intel in the list. it means that i can't use codec g729 on my system??? or can i use codec for another type of hardware for my system? anyone has any experience? Xeon is

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-14 Thread Tony Mountifield
In article caa_1sggvs-i_swslx77kgc3md1pre9br_s9vfxz-ryd_cqs...@mail.gmail.com, s m sam.gh1...@gmail.com wrote: thanks Asghar, but are you sure? my two endpoints -which are soft-phones- have g729 codec but my asterisk on middle system has not any module for g729 codec. i think i should get

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-14 Thread Asghar Mohammad
Hi, no you don't need just allow g729 on both peers or allow all on both peers and enable only g729 on softphones. my asterisk in middle don't have g729 and g723.1 on my asterisk but my both end point have these codecs i just allowed the codes and it works perfectly. On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-12 Thread s m
thank you everybody for your useful replies and so sorry to answer late. i understand what i need. first of all, i wanna to use pass through g729 codec (which is free). so i go to http://asterisk.hosting.lv/ to get g729 codec. i have freebsd 8.2 and asterisk 1.8.22 but there is no compatible

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-12 Thread Asghar Mohammad
HI, You don't need a g729 installed in pass throw mode. if both ends have codec g729 you can just enable on both peers. and asterisk should pass the codec from 1 end to other. but make sure you are not doing transcoding of any type answering the call playing voice prompts etc. On Sat, Oct 12,

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-07 Thread John Novack
Darryl Moore wrote: Thank you Steve, and I read a bit more on the web on this subject including your own well reasoned page at http://www.soft-switch.org/patents/index.html However, despite wide acceptance of the patentability of such codecs (unfortunately), whether they are in fact software

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-06 Thread Darryl Moore
Thank you Steve, and I read a bit more on the web on this subject including your own well reasoned page at http://www.soft-switch.org/patents/index.html However, despite wide acceptance of the patentability of such codecs (unfortunately), whether they are in fact software patents or not appears

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-05 Thread Darryl Moore
On 2013-10-04 5:36 PM, Steve Underwood ste...@coppice.org wrote: On 10/05/2013 01:32 AM, Darryl Moore wrote: I'll explain. The g.729 compression algorithm is not protected by copyright, though specific instances may be. It is protected by a patent. http://www.sipro.com/G-729.html An

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Underwood
On 10/05/2013 11:07 PM, Darryl Moore wrote: On 2013-10-04 5:36 PM, Steve Underwood ste...@coppice.org mailto:ste...@coppice.org wrote: On 10/05/2013 01:32 AM, Darryl Moore wrote: I'll explain. The g.729 compression algorithm is not protected by copyright, though specific instances may

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-04 Thread Olivier
2013/10/2 Darryl Moore dar...@moores.ca Hi guys. I would also add that in countries which do not recognize software patents (New Zealand for example) there is no need to get a license and the codecs can therefore be downloaded from http://asterisk.hosting.lv/ and used freely. H, I'm

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-04 Thread Darryl Moore
I'll explain. The g.729 compression algorithm is not protected by copyright, though specific instances may be. It is protected by a patent. http://www.sipro.com/G-729.html An open source version is available here: http://asterisk.hosting.lv/ What stops you from using this, or even your own

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-04 Thread Steve Underwood
On 10/05/2013 01:32 AM, Darryl Moore wrote: I'll explain. The g.729 compression algorithm is not protected by copyright, though specific instances may be. It is protected by a patent. http://www.sipro.com/G-729.html An open source version is available here: http://asterisk.hosting.lv/ What

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-02 Thread s m
thank you Dominik you help me a lot. and the last question is how many license key should i buy? i read that license for g729 is per-channel but i don't understand what channel exactly means here. this is my scenario : 10endpointspbx181...pbx182...pbx183...10endpoints pbx181 and pbx183 has

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-02 Thread Frederic Van Espen
On 10/02/2013 09:33 AM, s m wrote: and the last question is how many license key should i buy? i read that license for g729 is per-channel but i don't understand what channel exactly means here. this is my scenario : 10endpointspbx181...pbx182...pbx183...10endpoints pbx181 and pbx183 has

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-02 Thread Mitul Limbani
Are these end points Hard IP Phones having g729 codec? If yes then you dont need any license. Just download passthrough g729 license. Mitul On Oct 2, 2013 1:17 PM, Frederic Van Espen frederic...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/02/2013 09:33 AM, s m wrote: and the last question is how many license

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-02 Thread s m
thanks guys for your replies. no, these endpoints are soft phones which can have different codec. now, for my scenario, how many license key in needed? On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Mitul Limbani mi...@enterux.in wrote: Are these end points Hard IP Phones having g729 codec? If yes then

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-02 Thread Don Kelly
[mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of s m Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 2:34 AM To: Dominik George Cc: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license??? thank you Dominik you help me a lot

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-02 Thread Bryant Zimmerman
@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license??? In your scenario, all the calls are from endpoints on 181 to endpoints on 183. If the endpoint devices are similar, it seems to me that there should be no need to transcode-you can use a codec common

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-02 Thread Darryl Moore
) __ From: Don Kelly d...@donkelly.biz Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 9:30 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license??? In your scenario, all the calls are from endpoints

[asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-01 Thread s m
hello all, i have problem in using g729 codec. my asterisk version is 1.8.22. when i run core show codecs in asterisk, there is a g729 codec in the list so i assume that i can use it for my channels. but connection can not be set when i use it for my h323 channel. i read somewhere that codec g729

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-01 Thread Dominik George
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 s m sam.gh1...@gmail.com schrieb: hello all, i have problem in using g729 codec. my asterisk version is 1.8.22. when i run core show codecs in asterisk, there is a g729 codec in the list so i assume that i can use it for my channels. but

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-01 Thread s m
thanks Dominik, you're right. i don't pay attention enough about my subject. about g729, you mean if it get free g729 and all my systems (PBXs and routers) use g729 codec for setting a call, call is set without any problem? On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Dominik George n...@naturalnet.de

Re: [asterisk-users] is g729 codec free? or under license???

2013-10-01 Thread Dominik George
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, about g729, you mean if it get free g729 and all my systems (PBXs and routers) use g729 codec for setting a call, call is set without any problem? Yes, if all systems use g729 directly, you are ready to go. - -nik -BEGIN PGP