On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:54:07 -0400, Julio Arruda wrote: >Jason Aarons (US) wrote: >> My understanding is Skype's secret is using the iLBC codec, which Cisco >> has also licensed for their 79X2 models as well. I travel and lot and >> in places where Yahoo Phone Out or MSN Phone or Cisco IP Communicator >> will fail the Skype client will work. The iLBC codec can really handle >> packet loss. > >AFAIK, not iLBC, but another GIPS codec. >ILBC is present in some grandstream phones from what I remember, not in >the Cisco 7912 as one example, not sure about other phones. >In a word with still many PSTN gateways out there that don't support it, >ILBC in the SIP UA side only can help that much :-)..
I recall reading somewhere that in v3 they abandonned the GIPS codec in favor of something else. It's still included for backward compatability, but they have a newer prefered codec. Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com http://blog.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] skype mjgraves [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
