Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Windows binaries with h264 and speex support

["Torsten Schlabach" <TSchlabach gmx net>]

Hi Emmanuel!

> Could my problem come from the
> fact that I use a Swedish version of the OS?

I don't think so. I have a German one and it works there. I also saw it working fine on a Bulgarian Windows XP. (Was quite suprised to see that a localisation for Bulgarian is available).

> I have switched to Linux (and
> compiling the trunk version on ubuntu).

Let us know how well this works for you. There's a Wiki page on that subject as well, so feel free to share your experience. (Someone might have to create an account for you.=

Regards,
Torsten


-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:13:21 +0200
> Von: Emmanuel Frecon <emmanuel frecon familyphone se>
> An: Ekiga development mailing list <ekiga-devel-list gnome org>
> Betreff: Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Windows binaries with h264 and speex support

> Torsten Schlabach wrote:
> > Hi Emmanuel!
> > 
> >> I am looking for windows binaries with 
> >> support for h264 and speex for testing purposes.
> > 
> > You are not alone!
> > 
> >> I have come across the nightly builds that were produced up to a
> certain 
> >> time, but none of them has been working for me.
> > 
> > This is a two-fold issue:
> > 
> > 1. The nightly snapshots weren't built anymore for Windows because the
> build was broken. They stopped somewhere between 2.0.11 and 2.0.12 IIUC. So
> even if they would work for you, they would probably not have the features
> which you require.
> 
> I had understood, I called for help in case somebody had a build 
> somewhere on his/her harddrive.
> 
> > 
> > 2. That they don't work for you at all is kinda strange. They always
> worked for me and others, but I know of at least one guy who had the same
> problem that you report (crashing upon startup) and none of the usual cures
> helped. I never found the problem, but what the guy told me was that after
> running this in Win95 compatibility mode, this worked. Not that this would be
> the solution, but can you give it a try, please?
> 
> I could, however not right now since I have switched to Linux (and 
> compiling the trunk version on ubuntu). Could my problem come from the 
> fact that I use a Swedish version of the OS? Has this been discussed at 
> the time? Things like "Common Files" are not called that way and I have 
> experienced problems in the past. This was my first non-english windows, 
> and I'm not going to buy another one...
> 
> > 
> >> Could somebody point me at a binary that I can try?
> > 
> > Which one have you been using?
> 
> mm... Picked a number of ones:
> 
> The zip file and a number of apparently filled setup releases, can't 
> remember the exact date of them, only that I tested a number of them, 
> that they all crashed, that I was extremely careful in removing them 
> (using Revo uninstaller, in case). My "filter" was something like one 
> each month back, starting from the latest, as long as it was "big 
> enough" to represent a real setup (and not one that had failed to build).
> 
> > 
> > Unfortunately the download link for the officially released 2.0.11-BETA
> got lost on the site and I don't know where to find these binaries on the
> server and it does not allow directory listing.
> > 
> > @Damien: Can you help, please?
> > 
> > But what you really want is a Windows build of 3.0-trunk. This doesn't
> exist right now. I (and others) are working on that. The latest status is
> here:
> > 
> > http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Cross-compile_Win32
> > 
> 
> I've been there. I am putting my hands at compiling on Linux as a start. 
> I've never cross compile however, so I might stop there. My goal is 
> twin: test the h264/Speex combination and test the windows version. 
> Which is why I've reverted to Linux, in order to be able to test the 
> h264/speex combination.
> 
> > So either you would like to help out or you would need some patience.
> 
> See above. I'm not reluctant to help, though dunno if I can.
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Torsten
> > 
> > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> >> Datum: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:42:12 +0200
> >> Von: Emmanuel Frecon <emmanuel frecon familyphone se>
> >> An: ekiga-devel-list gnome org
> >> Betreff: [Ekiga-devel-list] Windows binaries with h264 and speex
> support
> > 
> >> Dear folks,
> >>
> >> I am new to the list and have been trying to catch up a bit with what
> is 
> >> going on here via the archive. I am looking for windows binaries with 
> >> support for h264 and speex for testing purposes. I am posting here (and
> >> not the user list) since it seems that this is part of the trunk, i.e. 
> >> the coming 3.0 release and not of the official 2.x releases.
> >>
> >> I have come across the nightly builds that were produced up to a
> certain 
> >> time, but none of them has been working for me. I have been copying 
> >> SDL.dll to the gtk directory as instructed, but could not get any
> binary 
> >> from the snapshot to work. They all crash when starting.
> >>
> >> Could somebody point me at a binary that I can try? It can be an older 
> >> one, as long as it has support for h264 and speex. I can cope with
> buggy 
> >> binaries and would be happy to report bugs that I find. I just want to 
> >> test the binaries and especially the video and audio quality.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> /Emmanuel
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