Skype SILK Codec to be Adopted As the Internet Standard ?

Skype has open-sourced it's SILK codec (obtained through a $27m eBay stock paper transaction a couple of years ago).

This is part of the protocol of its earlier IETF submission for SILK to be a standard.

Jim Courtney has a good summary and the low down:-

http://voiceontheweb.biz/2010/03/skypes ... -standard/

Reply from voipworld on Mar 16, 2010 - 02:55 AM

hello,
freeswitch added SILK codec just in 90 minutes after the First IETF Release;)

Reply from dean on Mar 16, 2010 - 03:30 PM

Yes I saw that!

Was Brian West I think. No flies on him....

Reply from gray on Mar 17, 2010 - 12:22 PM

I would be interested to know a little more about the actual specification of SILK to see how it compares with other Codecs in terms of 'packet payload' or Bandwidth usage. How processor intensive is it?

Does SILK give us 'HQ' sound if installed at both end points or is that another derivation ?

Reply from satphoneguy on Mar 17, 2010 - 02:06 PM

it will be interesting to see if third party clients such as nimbuzz and fring begin to support silk for skype calls.

Reply from voipworld on Mar 18, 2010 - 06:45 PM

hi dean,
yeah right is brian west the freeswitch project manager!
he is working on it to do some improvemant and integration

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