[sldev] Voice = Proprietary

[Callum Lerwick]

On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 22:18 -0800, Joe Miller wrote:
> I'll be happy to post more about this as we get closer to our release, 
> but the codecs in use for voice are standard.  We're using G.711 and 
> G.722.1 (annex C) both of which are described in relevant ITU 
> specifications.  We use RTP as media transport - the standard payload 
> type is used for G.711 and a custom tag for G.722.1(C).  The control 
> protocol is SIP (RFC 3261).

Hah hah hah. You're shitting me. G.711 is essentially a Sun .au file.
(Remember those?) Ah, the best technology 1972 can provide. 64kbit?
Speex doesn't even go up that high!

And G.722.1 is patented and has licensing terms that are unusable by
open source projects as spot determined elsewhere in the thread. Its
capabilities seem to be similar to Speex.

This is the best closed source has to offer? What a farce.

Speex is good enough for Xbox Live, Half Life and the United States Army
Land Warrior system. Is Linden Lab really too good for Speex?