Re: [Ekiga-list] h263 in Debian lenny / bare number dial

["Phil Reynolds" <phil-ekiga tinsleyviaduct com>]

Quoting "Eugen Dedu" <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>:

> Hi,
>
> Phil Reynolds wrote:
> > I am trying to get ekiga to work in Debian lenny, with the H263  
> > codec, but when I build opal, H263 is not supported. I am currently  
> > backporting packages from experimental.
> >
> > What do I need to do to get h263? Is there a better way to do this,  
> > remaining otherwise on lenny?
>
> You must install libavcodec-dev not from debian (h263 is not dfsg),  
> but from other site, for ex. http://debian-multimedia.org.

It seems that ptlib wants libdc1394-13-dev and libavcodec-dev installs  
-22-dev - these are conflicting requirements that in turn cause there  
to be no h263.

> > With ekiga 2.*, I could send sip:number to my Asterisk box and it  
> > would dial that number in the context. I have to put @fqdn on the  
> > end now for that to work - is there, or will there be, a way to fix  
> > this?
>
> I think that this automatic completion was removed, in order to have  
> a proper address (think to e-mails: you put always the host address  
> too).  However, it has now an autocompletion feature (à la firefox).

But you don't when mailing within the same system. Also, allowing a  
bare number would make it more telephone-like. Not doing so will make  
it difficult for another potential user here (not me).

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Phil Reynolds
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