Comments on: Wideband Audio and Softphones http://gipscorp.com/blog/2008/11/25/wideband-audio-and-softphones/ The GIPS Blog Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:09:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Graves http://gipscorp.com/blog/2008/11/25/wideband-audio-and-softphones/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Michael Graves Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:57:55 +0000 http://gipscorp.com/blog/?p=49#comment-18 Roar, If you have support for G.722 in your codec library then perhaps you might suggest its use to either Gizmo5 or GoogleTalk? That would give them instant interoperability with a diverse range of hardware. Roar,

If you have support for G.722 in your codec library then perhaps you might suggest its use to either Gizmo5 or GoogleTalk? That would give them instant interoperability with a diverse range of hardware.

]]> By: Roar Hagen http://gipscorp.com/blog/2008/11/25/wideband-audio-and-softphones/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Roar Hagen Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:04:13 +0000 http://gipscorp.com/blog/?p=49#comment-17 Thanks for your comment, I understand and sympathize with the need for interoperability. In fact, GIPS is open with regards to codecs and supports what customers want. We do have support for G.722, but I don’t think many are using it as you noted. Regarding iSAC, we are working on strategies for more HW implementations. Stay tuned! Thanks for your comment, I understand and sympathize with the need for interoperability. In fact, GIPS is open with regards to codecs and supports what customers want. We do have support for G.722, but I don’t think many are using it as you noted.

Regarding iSAC, we are working on strategies for more HW implementations. Stay tuned!

]]> By: Graves On SOHO VoIP » GIPS Comments On My Soft Phone Rant http://gipscorp.com/blog/2008/11/25/wideband-audio-and-softphones/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Graves On SOHO VoIP » GIPS Comments On My Soft Phone Rant Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:38:57 +0000 http://gipscorp.com/blog/?p=49#comment-14 [...] prominence, has recently launched a blog. Amongst their first entries they decided to weigh in with a response to my recent rant about soft [...] [...] prominence, has recently launched a blog. Amongst their first entries they decided to weigh in with a response to my recent rant about soft [...]

]]> By: Michael Graves http://gipscorp.com/blog/2008/11/25/wideband-audio-and-softphones/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Michael Graves Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:15:11 +0000 http://gipscorp.com/blog/?p=49#comment-13 As a practical matter we still require hard phones in our business. To that end we purchased some very nice Polycom hardware that supports wideband through G.722. We are very happy with these devices. So I was, and remain, seeking a soft phone that would fit into this scenario. A soft phone with G.722 support. Perhaps in the future Polycom will expand the codec support in their hardware. That'd be a good solution, too. Soft phones with faulty/unusable G.722 implementations are not a solution at all. There are other codecs, like iSac, that have advantages, but without support for them in commonly available hardware they don't do me any good. I can't make a wideband call from Skype or Gizmo5 to a Polycom IP650 or snom 370, even by direct IP connection. Interoperability with commonly available hardware is not just a nicety. It's essential. Witness the fact that even Skype has to deal with G.711 to terminate Skype in/out calls. As a practical matter we still require hard phones in our business. To that end we purchased some very nice Polycom hardware that supports wideband through G.722. We are very happy with these devices. So I was, and remain, seeking a soft phone that would fit into this scenario. A soft phone with G.722 support.

Perhaps in the future Polycom will expand the codec support in their hardware. That’d be a good solution, too. Soft phones with faulty/unusable G.722 implementations are not a solution at all.

There are other codecs, like iSac, that have advantages, but without support for them in commonly available hardware they don’t do me any good. I can’t make a wideband call from Skype or Gizmo5 to a Polycom IP650 or snom 370, even by direct IP connection.

Interoperability with commonly available hardware is not just a nicety. It’s essential. Witness the fact that even Skype has to deal with G.711 to terminate Skype in/out calls.

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