[Freeswitch-users] open g729

[Steve Underwood]

On 01/31/2011 08:44 PM, Gustavo Espeche wrote:
> I just need test the performance of trans-coding before to recommend to
> may customer what server it need and buy the codec, because of then i
> need testing in my lab how much cpu and memory require the trans-coding
> in freeswitch for g729.
> And searching i found the open-g729/g723 for asterisk.
> I relay don't wish to start a discussion about the g729 license i read
> and understated it. But i think that the license price per channel is to
> hight taking care that this codec has more than 10 years but the way
> this is only my opinion.
That is not a plausible reason for wanting to use the unlicenced code. 
It is completely different from the licenced code. The performance of 
the two is very different.

The price won't really change until the codec is 20 years old, and the 
patents expire.

Steve