In this article you will learn how to install FreeSWITCH G729 Free Codec on FusionPBX.

Time needed: 10 minutes

How to install G729 Free Codec on FreeSWITCH

Download free g729 codec
Download mod_bcg729.so file from http://repo.sip247.com/debian/
Put g729 codec into FreeSWITCH modules directory
Copy mod_bcg729.so file to /usr/lib/freeswitch/mod directory
Restart FreeSWITCH
Restart FreeSWITCH or reboot server

Download free G729 Codec

Go to FreeSWITCH modules directory:

# cd /usr/lib/freeswitch/mod

Download mod_bcg729.so file from http://repo.sip247.com/debian/ into this directory

# wget http://repo.sip247.com/debian/mod_bcg729.so

Call FreeSWITCH Command-Line Interface:

# fs_cli

And load mod_bcg729 module:

freeswitch@fs4> load mod_bcg729

Enable G729 in FusionPBX

From FusionPBX Web GUI go Advanced -> Variables

In Codecs section change global_codec_prefs and outbound_codec_prefs variables with adding G729 codec.

Finally reboot server or restart FreeSWITCH from FreeSWITCH Command-Line Interface (fs_cli) :

fsctl shutdown restart

That’s It now you can use codec g729 in calls and transcoding.