Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Video capabilities and asterisk (mostly)

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le mardi 03 juin 2008 à 09:14 +0000, Matthias Schneider a écrit :
> 
> 
> --- Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com> schrieb am Di, 3.6.2008:
> 
> > Von: Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>
> > Betreff: Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Video capabilities and asterisk (mostly)
> > An: ma30002000 yahoo de
> > Datum: Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008, 10:45
> > Le mardi 03 juin 2008 à 08:44 +0000, Matthias Schneider a
> > écrit :
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>
> > schrieb am Di, 3.6.2008:
> > > 
> > > > Von: Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>
> > > > Betreff: Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Video
> > capabilities and asterisk (mostly)
> > > > An: ma30002000 yahoo de
> > > > Datum: Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008, 9:43
> > > > Le mardi 03 juin 2008 à 06:49 +0000, Matthias
> > Schneider a
> > > > écrit :
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > This setting is not RFC-compliant (you can
> > consider
> > > > asterisk broken on that point). The default for
> > this
> > > > setting was decided to be the RFC compliant one
> > during the
> > > > lenghty mail exchange we had on the capabilities
> > (you were
> > > > on CC). Robert was particularly against making a
> > > > non-compliant setting a default setting. 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Ok, I did not follow that part of the discussion.
> > > > 
> > > > And what are the drawbacks of not using that
> > option when
> > > > compiling and
> > > > calling asterisk ?
> > > > -- 
> > > >  _     Damien Sandras
> > > 
> > > This depends on the codec.
> > > H.261: QCIF only, max. 30 fps.
> > > H.263+: QCIF only, max. 15 fps.
> > > H.264: baseline profile, level 1 only -> about 64
> > kbit/s max., only QCIF
> > > MPEG4: Simple Profile, LEvel 1, I suppose similar to
> > H.264
> > > THEROA: dont remember exactly, but I think it is still
> > full capability.
> > > 
> > 
> > OK, so it will always use those specific settings, whatever
> > the
> > negociation is. 
> > -- 
> No, 
> the point is that asterisk HAS NOT any kinds of negotiation, thus we fall back to
> the lowest possible means of transmission.
> 

OK, but if we --enable-default-to-full-capabilities, what happens by
comparison to not using that switch ? I mean, from the user point of
view...

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