[Blink] Blink Pro 3.0.0 for OSX with ultra-wideband Opus codec

[mgraves at mstvp.com]

Adrian,

Just to be technically correct, the term "Ultra-wideband" has no
application in audio.

Wideband is widely understood to be related to the 7 KHz audio channel
related to G.722, the earliest widely used wideband codec.

Some have used the term "Super-Wideband" to indicate the capabilities of
codecs like G.722.1C & SILK. That is, usable audio channel of up to 14
KHz. 

There seems little point in terminology differentiating between an upper
limit of 14 KHz and 16 KHz.

Anything that passes 20Hz-20KHz should be considered full-bandwidth, aka
full-band. The G.719 codec created by Polycom & Ericsson is described as
full-band.

The problem is that there is a technology officially known as
Ultra-Wideband that relates to high-data-rate, low power RF
transmission.

http://www.etsi.org/technologies-clusters/technologies/radio/ultra-wide-band

Michael Graves
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Blink] Blink Pro 3.0.0 for OSX with ultra-wideband Opus codec
> From: Adrian Georgescu <ag at ag-projects.com>
> Date: Thu, August 01, 2013 1:25 pm
> To: Blink Support Forum <blink at lists.ag-projects.com>
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> There is a new release for Blink Pro for OSX, version 2.3.0 with new features and many improvements.
> 
> http://icanblink.com/changelog-pro.phtml
> 
> Version 3.0.0
> 
> July 26th, 2013
> 
> Added audio ultra-wideband support for 32 kHz and 48kHz sample rates
> Added Acoustic Echo Cancellation for 32kHz sample rate
> Added Automatic Gain Control for microphone input
> Added OPUS codec at 32kHz with AEC enabled and 48kHz with AEC disabled
> Added 32kHz and removed 8kHz sample rate for Speex codec
> Added Chat privacy setting to avoid logging messages to history
> Added icons to History menu items
> Added availability notifications for Mountain Lion or newer OSX versions
> Added option to start multiparty Conference when all participants are available
> Added last calls submenu to Contact contextual menu
> Added speech synthesis menu item to tell when a Contact becomes available
> Moved Availability indicator on the right side of the contacts
> Added hide/show option for menu items of History Groups and History Contacts
> Added contextual Group menu items for selection of the history period
> Added special groups toggle in main interface bottom left contacts button
> Added per contact setting to start both audio and chat
> Added add/remove Chat to audio session tile
> Remove contacts from Missed Call Group after succeesful calls
> Fixed automatic hangup on RTP timeout per account
> Fixed getting daily entries in history viewer when using aliases
> Don't filter by media type when opening history viewer for a contact
> Fixed Presence handling bugs
> Fixed high CPU usage when many contacts get presence updates
> Fixed Call Hold to stop streaming
> Fixed hogging the GUI when re-loading file transfer history
> Fixed number of missed calls for Contacts in Missed Calls Group
> Fixed a random crash when Screen Sharing session ends
> Fixed initializing smileys theme
> Fixed duplication of replicated SMS messages
> Fixed fall back to alternative SIP routes
> Beautify codec names in Preferences panel
> Improved general logging
> Improved performance of history database queries
> Reduced startup and shutdown time
> Reduced overall application memory usage
> Finish session when click on disconnect Chat button
> Removed jitter buffer from Session info panel
> Replaced preferred media in contact editor with pop up button
> Strip spaces from audio device name
> 
> Regards,
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