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

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

Phil Reynolds wrote:
> 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.

Indeed (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=545017).  I always 
compile ptlib with libdc1394-13-dev, and install -22-dev right before 
compiling opal.

> > > 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).

I don't know...

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Eugen