a note for linphone users who want to use the freeswitch server

[William Hubbs]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 11:49:15PM +0000, Christopher Brannon wrote:
> Hello,
> Several of us have noticed a problem with linphone when using the new
> voice chat server on linux-speakup.org.
> Specifically, if there are no other participants in the conference, or
> all of the other participants have muted their outbound audio, linphone
> automatically disconnects after 30 seconds or so.
> It is quite annoying.
> I found the workaround this afternoon.
> Edit ~/.linphonerc, and look for the line that says:
> nortp_timeout=30
> You should change the 30 to something higher when using the freeswitch
> conference.  I set it to 7200.
> Yes, this is just a workaround.  I'm not convinced that it is the best
> permanent solution.

There used to be music that played when you entered the conference and
were the only one there; that may be a good reason to think about
bringing it back some how.

William