Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Trunk sources

[Thierry Simonnet <t simonnet esiee fr>]

Le 03/06/2010 19:41, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> On 03/06/10 14:48, Thierry Simonnet wrote:
> > On 06/03/2010 12:41 PM, Thierry Simonnet wrote:
> > > On 06/02/2010 06:37 PM, Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > > > On 01/06/10 07:41, Thierry Simonnet wrote:
> > > > > Le 31/05/2010 15:47, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now, that 3.2.7 has been released, we focus on trunk :o)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The next release will probably be taken from ekiga master/trunk. The
> > > > > > question is what do we take for ptlib/opal. Will we take:
> > > > > > - trunk
> > > > > > - or current stable branch, ptlib v2_8 and opal v3_8, released as
> > > > > > stable beginning of May 2010?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think it is wiser to take the stable branch. Otherwise said, the
> > > > > > next ekiga unstable release will be based on ekiga master, 
> > > > > > ptlib/opal
> > > > > > current stable branches (not trunk!)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do you agree?
> > > > > I use trunk version of opal/ptlib. I've no big trouble for compiling
> > > > > and
> > > > > using it. I've much more trouble with ffmpeg and x264.
> > > >
> > > > I understand. But from my experience I know that bugs appear very
> > > > easily, and ekiga needs to be tested continuously. For example, it
> > > > seems the notification does not work anymore (the API changed), could
> > > > you see if your contacts are online or away?
> > > I've no notification nor avahi.
> >
> > Which version of x264 and ffmpeg do you intend to use?
>
> The best is to make ekiga work with recent x264 and ffmpeg, but on my 
> machine it did not work...  I will retry.
>
> Otherwise, for windows I used FFMPEG_VER := {2009-04-14} and X264_VER 
> := d2e1e1c35c43ea9c90c9211be, as shown at 
> http://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/tree/win32/Makefile?h=gnome-2-26, 
> because I thought they are known to work.  Do you want to change this 
> with a more recent version which still works?
>
> Conclusion: I do not know what to do.  You previously wrote that h264 
> works slowly on linux and crashes on windows, so I would say to better 
> wait until a proper fix is found.  What do you think?
Unfortunately, there are compatibility trouble with opal 3.8/ptlib 2.8 
and ffmpeg/x264 trunk version. H264, H263, H263+ crashes. This also 
appens with 3.9 and 2.9. We cano work on it for future versions.

There are no "stable" version for ffmpeg nor for x264 and then it is 
quite difficult to find a working setup.
I make some preliminary tests. In fact for opal 3.8 and ptlib 2.8, it is 
possible to use ffmpeg and x264 version you mention. If not, it is quite 
necessary to work with all trunk (and definitively unstable) product 
version. It is not realistic for a "production" release.

But on the other hand if we want to be compatible with linux distro  and 
use opal/ptlib/ffmpeg/x264 packages, we need to use distros versions.

A problem to be discussed.....