asterisk users - Sep 2006 - amr codec

I have been searching, but I have not found the answer.. How might I add
the amr codec to my asterisk server?

I believe I found the amr source from
http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/latest/Rel-6/26_series/26073-600.zip

I compiled it but did not end up with any .so files like I thought I
would need to put it into asterisk.

Any pointers on how to get an amr codec into asterisk would be most
helpful..

Thanks,

Grant

On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 07:28:29PM -0700, Net Nut wrote:
> I have been searching, but I have not found the answer.. How might I add
> the amr codec to my asterisk server?
> I believe I found the amr source from
> http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/latest/Rel-6/26_series/26073-600.zip
> I compiled it but did not end up with any .so files like I thought I
> would need to put it into asterisk.
> Any pointers on how to get an amr codec into asterisk would be most
> helpful..
AMR is patent encumbered, just because the source is available doesn't
mean you can use it without a license.

Voiceage (at least) run licensing for AMR. It's about $1 per license
(simulataneous encode or decode) with a minimum of something like $50K.


Steve

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