Re: Audio Codec Question?

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On 23 Dec 2005 01:06:45 -0800, ngxfer001@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just found one Codec which is free, named "Speex", it seems that they
> are aiming for VoIP instead of mobile like GSM 6.10. I havn't test it
> yet, Do you think is a good idea to use it instead?

Speex has 3 different bitrates varying from better than toll grade, to
ultra low bandwidth 2 kbit. Speex is good if you plan on using it in
hardware or with different operating systems as it is completely open.

Microsoft WMA has voice grade codec mode which performs fairly well but is
only free if you stay restrained to Windows.
.

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