On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 13:42 +0200, Jan du Toit wrote: > I have recently posted a mail on the users mailing list, asking around > how to change the quality setting of files that asterisk record for you. > For instance change the 8kHz for meetme recordings to 32kHz.
Unfortunately, this list isn't the "I asked on the -users list, but nobody answered" list. This is not a court of appeals. This is the list the Asterisk developers use to discuss changes to the Asterisk source code. > The reply came that you can not configure the recording > settings/quality. Is this true? As far as I know (and I could be wrong here), it's not possible. Why, you ask? First of all, because Asterisk deals with 8kHz audio, because that's what comes across the PSTN. While there is certainly VoIP hardware (and softphones) that support wideband audio, it's not that mainstream yet. [1] > I was just wondering if something like this is in the pipeline? Or was > thought about? Yes, the developers have thought about it, and I think you'll see Asterisk start to support wideband audio more and more once Asterisk 1.4 has been released and has a chance to settle. In fact, I think at least one of the developers has a "wideband" tree in the subversion repository, although I haven't seen any movement on it in a while, most likely because the developers are busy trying to get the finishing touches on 1.4 done. [2] > I was suprised to see that asterisk, which I regard as a functionality > rich product, does not allow you to do this. At this point, what good would it do to be able to provide a 32kHz recording of a meetme conference, if the audio coming into it is only 8kHz to begin with? If you really want 32kHz audio, why not use sox to convert the file after the fact. I apologize this this comes off sounding rude -- I don't mean it to be that way. I'm just trying to explain things in a way that will help you understand. -Jared [1] See chapter 7 of "Asterisk: The Future of Telephony" for an explanation of why it's 8kHz. The PDF is downloadable for free from www.asteriskdocs.org [2] http://svn.digium.com/view/asterisk/team/mattf/asterisk-wideband/ _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-dev mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-dev
