To allow our IP-PBX to display a video during a call, we must add the default codecs for video support and configure the extensions to support video. In this section, we will show the steps for enabling video calls.
To add video support to our Elastix box, we must edit the file
sip_general_custom.conf
in the PBX | Tools | Asterisk File Editor menu by adding the following information:videosupport=yes maxcallbitrate=384 allow=h261 allow=h263 allow=h263p allow=h264
Add the video codec declarative in the extension configuration options by using the PBX | PBX Configuration | Extensions menu. This step is shown in the next screenshot:
Finally, we can call another extension with video support as shown in the next image.
Tip
There are some softphones and telephone sets that can support three-party video conferencing. This depends on each model and brand hardware specification. To learn more about codecs, please visit: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Codec...