If codec conversion is required and no hardware transcoder is available, the Unified CM call fails.

Checked 2026-09-25

If hardware transcoder functionality is required (to convert one codec to another) and a transcoder is not available, the call will fail.
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Unified Communications Manager
Subsystem
media resources
Deployment
on-premises, dedicated-instance
Region
not restricted
Release range
15 and SUs
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP 488 and codec negotiation failures: source note sip-488-codec-failures-cucm-no-transcoder-fails. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-488-codec-failures-cucm-no-transcoder-fails

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-488-codec-failures-cucm-no-transcoder-fails,
  title  = {SIP 488 and codec negotiation failures: source note sip-488-codec-failures-cucm-no-transcoder-fails},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-488-codec-failures-cucm-no-transcoder-fails},
  note   = {Source note sip-488-codec-failures-cucm-no-transcoder-fails, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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