Ok, sorry for the double mailing. Just looked through conference_member.c and conference_loop.c and it looks like the answer to my question is a fairly definitive no.

I guess my next question would be - would it be possible to allow hangunder/hangover vars to be configured? It looks like right now it takes 5 frames of someone talking before the audio is bridged (at 20ms frames - this would be up to 100ms - am I doing this right?). If so, that would likely explain the clipping issue that my users are noticing. Could this be made customizable to allow audio to be bridged as immediately once it crosses the threshold?

Best,
Colin

On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Colin Morelli <colin.morelli@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all,

I believe the answer here is no, but I wanted to confirm.

I'm using mod_conference and trying to get an indication of when someone in the conference is talking. I believe this is driven off of the "energy" setting. The problem is, when using the energy setting, mod_conference seems to clip a bit of the audio at the beginning and end of someone talking. I tried changing the energy settings around but I could never seem to eliminate this entirely, so I've turned off the noise gating of conferences.

However, is there a way (or would it be reasonable to add) a separate number that is used for determining if a person is talking? In other words, separate the energy level that is used to determine if audio is bridged into the conference from the energy level that is used to determine if someone is speaking or not (with the default being that they're the same, of course).

Is this reasonable? Is there something else you would suggest to fix the clipping issue I'm having so that I can turn the energy setting back on?

Best,
Colin