> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Krzeminski, Damian (BL60:9D30) > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [sipX-dev] codec configuration > > Bogdan is working on > http://track.sipfoundry.org/browse/XX-5492, which is just a > first step in providing a more user friendly way of > configuring codecs. > Currently every managed device has a different way of > configuring codecs. > That's because sipXconfig plug-ins closely follow device's > data models. > > We want to improve it in two ways: > (1) by providing a better UI that plug-ins can use to offer > codecs configuration (that's what XX-5492 is about) > (2) by providing a central place that administrator can use > to configure a default list of codecs for all devices (that's > _not_ XX-5492) > > Paul and I exchanged some ideas on the list about problem (2): > I had this naive vision that sipXconfig will query all the > plug-ins construct a full list of all the codecs and then > will let administrator to select which codecs and in which > order should be used. > > Once admin decides that, sipXconfig will - for each device > and service separately - translate the global list into > what's supported for a specific device or service; raising > red flags if it turns out that the intersection of desired > and supported lists is empty. > > We would probably still need to allow for overwriting the > global list on a per-device (and group) basis. One use case I > can think of: codec X has a buggy implementation on a > specific device; admin wants to allow it in general but not > for that device type.
A more common use case would be a far-away remote worker with a very modest internet connection. Such a user would want to restrict itself to using the codecs that provide highest compression. > > Does that seem like a reasonable approach? It does. _______________________________________________ sipx-dev mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-dev sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/
