Re: Proposed Aim for Speak Freely

> I'm convinced that's the only real bullet-proof solution. In fact,
> standardizing to
> one or two very good codecs would save a lot of 'horsepower' and allow
> a concentration of resources on voice and transmission quality, wouldn't
it?

Good does not always mean audiophile quality audio.  I use various codecs
for different CPU and network bandwidth reasons. Some of them sound awful
compared to MP3 or RealAudio, but accomplish the task of providing
intelligible voice-quality audio over  limited hardware.

I think the existing set of codecs should be left intact.  If new ones are
added then a well thought out codec negotiation method that's fairly
transparent to the end user should be implemented.  SysAdmins should be able
to limit the codec selection to prevent "stupid user tricks".



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