asterisk users - Dec 2004 - Best VM codec for Linux/OS X/Windows environment

Hi all,
I've done some minimal searching on this topic, but haven't come up
with anything conclusive.  Right now we're using WAV to store
voicemail messages, that then (for the most part) get sent to users in
email when they have new voicemail.  The reason for this is that we
have a very mixed environment, with most people in linux, some in OS X
and a couple in Windows, and I haven't been able to get wav49 or GSM
working on all three platforms.   Is anyone in a similar situation and
have gotten either of those two compressed codecs to work?  Is there
something I have to install in linux to get either working (some sound
library or something)?

Thanks,
Chris

Chris TenHarmsel wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've done some minimal searching on this topic, but haven't come up
> with anything conclusive.  Right now we're using WAV to store
> voicemail messages, that then (for the most part) get sent to users in
> email when they have new voicemail.  The reason for this is that we
> have a very mixed environment, with most people in linux, some in OS X
> and a couple in Windows, and I haven't been able to get wav49 or GSM
> working on all three platforms.   Is anyone in a similar situation and
> have gotten either of those two compressed codecs to work?  Is there
> something I have to install in linux to get either working (some sound
> library or something)?
My experience has been that mplayer can handle the wav49 (GSM-encoded 
wave file) but that snackAmp can't. I (obliquely) suggested that Digium 
consider FLAC in another thread, I know OS X has an MacFLAC... To be 
honest, I'm not sure of the state/availability of a FLAC plugin for WMP.

Regards,
-- 
Jason Becker
Director & CEO
Coalescent Systems Inc.
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www.coalescentsystems.ca