X-VOW Features and requirements

System requirements

  • A Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP based PC
  • Internet connection with a minimum bandwidth of 56kbps (it may affect call quality)
  • a full duplex sound card (for basic audio calls), equipped with headset (or speakerphone) and microphone
  • a webcam (optional) for video calls

Client Features

  • SIP signalling fully compliant with IETF RFC 3261:
    • SIP registration
    • SIP digest Authentication
    • Basic SIP audio/video call establishment and management
      • Outgoing call (dial, cancel and close)
      • Incoming call (accept, refuse and close)
    • Advanced SIP audio/video call management:
      • Hold and resume
      • Multimedia session modification (adding and removing media channels)
  • NAT (Router) & firewall friendly
    • Any user behind a NAT/router can place or receive calls without any network configuration, even if the other user is behind a NAT
    • Automatic firewall/proxy detection
    • Ability to place and receive calls through firewall/proxy, thanks to our Tunneling technology (TCP, HTTP and HTTPS)
  • SDP mono/bidirectional and/or codec-asymmetrical negotiation (IETF RFC 2327, 3264)
  • RTP/RTCP streaming (IETF RFC 1889)
  • RTP Streaming via peer to peer or through Proxy
  • In-band DTMF generation and detection (IETF RFC 2833)
  • Supported audio codecs:
    • G.711 A-Law, G.711 U-Law
    • GSM 6.10
    • iLBC
    • G.729 (under royalty payment)
    • G.723 (under royalty payment)
  • VAD (Voice Activity Detection) feature
  • Advanced Denoise Filtering feature
  • Advanced Antijttering system
  • Supported video codecs:
    • H.261 QCIF, CIF
    • H.263 QCIF, CIF
  • Advanced dynamic video bitrate management to preserve audio quality
  • Dynamic ordered codec list management
  • Advanced audio and video codec configuration
  • Advanced support for audio/video devices (or peripherals)
  • High interoperability with major SIP clients and servers
  • Royalty Free Licensing
  • Microsoft Authenticode Certificate Signed package