Re: [asterisk-users] G.729 pre-compiled binaries and Asterisk 1.2.x.

On Jan 14, 2008 5:09 PM, Alex Balashov <abalashov@evaristesys.com> wrote:

Asterisk 1.2.24 seems to crash repeatedly under any substantial call load
(and sometimes without a substantial call load - just one SIP leg is
enough to do it) when using the G.729 pre-compiled binaries from:

       http://asterisk.hosting.lv/

As per:

       http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+G.729+Licensing

Time to crash is variable, but seems to require at least an hour of
production performance (50+) to get there.  Sometimes a little less, but
not much.

Has anyone else experienced this, and anyone know what gives?  My first
thought would be a slight incompatibility between the binary and the
instruction set for the CPU that is only triggered sparsely.  However, I
am confident I have the correct instruction set matched to my CPU (Xeon).

Thanks,

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Alex Balashov
Evariste Systems
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I would suggest building it yourself (http://www.readytechnology.co.uk/open/ipp-codecs/doc-svn6.txt ).  It is not that difficult and ensures that it "should" be compatible with your machine.  Just a little work.

Either that or pay for the legal licensing of G729 and get support through the appropriate channels.  Using the code for anything other than learning purposes is illegal, not to mention that licensing is quite inexpensive.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro