Re: [MMUSIC] T.38 (Re: M-line philosophy (Re: Wisdom sought: Prioritization of codecs))

[Christer Holmberg <[e-mail]>]

Hi, 

>>    +---------+   +------------+   +---------+
>>    | Web App |---| SIP Server |---|         |
>>    +---------+   +------------+   |         | +-------------+
>>         |                         | PSTN GW |--| Fax Machine |
>>    +---------+      media         |         | +-------------+
>>    | Browser |--------------------|         |
>>    +---------+                    +---------+
>
> For cases when one client is not a proper fax machine, is not the usual thing that is done that the 
> facsimile is converted to/from TIFF, JPEG, PDF or similar somewhere between that client and the fax machine? (And often sent as a mail attachment)

I don't think you can make that assumption. Note that I am not talking specifically about browsers, but IP clients in general.

Now, there is ongoing work (draft-hanes-dispatch-fax-capability) in defining a media feature tag, which clients can use to indicate their fax capabilities. Maybe "picture" should be addded as an option...

Regards,

Christer