[Freeswitch-users] Open g729 g723 codec, any expierence

[Brian West]

On Sep 3, 2008, at 7:43 PM, jay binks wrote:

> interesting discussion, ive always wondered about the use of the  
> "Open Source" implementation.
> however I agree it is fraught with pitfalls.
>
> the real interesting one would be the ability to use the TC400B
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Bounty
>
> if I could buy that card ( about $1450 ) and run 120 channels of  
> G729 then thats great value.
> that works out at about $12 per G729 codec license, which is not a  
> whole lot more than the digium software license.
> AND you dont bulk down your CPU with it... which is even better !!!

But with modern CPU's 120 channels isn't that much of a stretch is it?

> tell you what, I reckon this card ( and others like it if there are  
> any ) should be the first target for G729 on freeswitch
> especially if its quite easy to work with that API.

Not sure how easy that would be since you have to use the latest dhadi  
release to interface with it.

> now to figure out how to get that PCI card into my HP blade server :P
> ( might need a few 1ru boxes JUST for transcoding RTP )
>
> Jay

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