[Freeswitch-users] Is there any license G729?

Michael Collins msc at freeswitch.org
Mon Jun 29 09:52:33 PDT 2009


On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Steve Underwood <steveu at coppice.org> wrote:

> Nyamul Hassan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just noted Micheal Collins mention "Enjoy lower quality G.729
> > calls".  By "lower quality" do you mean G.729 in TC400B is lower in
> > quality compared to software compression?  Or is that comparing G.729
> > with G.711?
> >
> I think he is just saddened by the way people tolerant crappy quality,
> and how slow the takeup of wideband voice has been.
>
> The TC400B doesn't do G.729. It does G.729A, which is significantly
> lower in quality. However, G.729A is what almost all equipment that
> vaguely says G.729 actually implements. Its lousy, but few people care.
> The TC400B works as well or as badly as anything else.
>
> Steve
>

Well said! Like Steve has pointed out in the past: G729/G729A is a race to
the bottom. After using WB and UWB codecs all day every day for the past 6
months I just can't live with G729 or even GSM for that matter.  However, to
each his own.
-MC
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