[Standards] Another Jingle implementation

[Paul Witty]

Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> Paul Witty wrote:
>   
>> Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>>     
>>>> I already have support for
>>>> in-band DTMF, and, once I've written the stuff to negotiate it, will
>>>> support RFC 4733 DTMF in the content channel.  I'll also implement DTMF
>>>> in the signalling channel.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I see two options:
>>>
>>> 1. DTMF over XMPP (XEP-0181) ("in-band/signalling")
>>> 2. DTMF over RTP (RFC 4733) ("out-of-band/media")
>>>
>>> Do you see a third option?
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> DTMF actually as tones in the audio.  Old-fashioned, but valid enough
>> for G.711, and probably some other codecs as well.  Sometimes needed if
>> going to a SIP to POTS gateway, and not a bad fallback if the far end
>> doesn't offer support for XEP-0181 or RFC 4733.
>>     
>
> Ah, OK, I got confused by terminology. Typically people call the
> "signalling channel" something like SIP or XMPP (where you negotiate the
> media session) and the "media channel" something like RTP (the transport
> for the media). You're talking about sending DTMF as tones in the media
> itself. Yes, that's old-fashioned, but it probably gets the job done. :)
>
>   
I'd consider DTMF tones in the audio to be the only in-band method, with 
RFC 4733 being out-of-band as it is the same channel but different band 
as the media, and XEP-0181 being out-of-band as it is in a different 
channel to the media.  I may have a slightly video-conferencing view of 
the world though.

For a bit of a laugh, I've also implemented DTMF through chat messages 
(as well as a very basic chat-based UI to connect to pre-defined 
destinations through the gateway), in order to let released versions of 
Google Talk send messages.

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Paul