Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga 3.0.1 and h263

[martin <martin knespel at>]

Eugen Dedu wrote:
> martin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Trying to install h263-codec into Ekiga 3.0.1, but have the slight 
> > feeling the instructions on wiki.ekiga.org / Additional Information 
> > are slightly out of date since 3.0.1.
> >
> > I'm using Debian Lenny, Gnome, Opal 3.4.2, Ptlib 2.4.2.
> >
> > Any hints? (Where can I get the opal-plugins for h263?)
>
> Hi,
>
> First, you can install the unofficial .deb packages 
> (http://snapshots.ekiga.net).  (-snapshots will be available tomorrow, 
> but stable are already there).
>
> Second, to have 263 compiled by opal, the simplest method is to install 
> libavcodec-dev from www,multimedia-debian.org before building opal.

Hi,

Thanks for the fast answer. However, I have some trouble in 
understanding the term "unofficial .deb packages" ;-)

I downloaded and installed the packages I could find from 
http://snapshots.ekiga.net/snapshots/debian/ . However, the file 
libopal3.4.1-plugins-non-free, mentioned on the main-page, isn't in this 
directory (and there are no links from the main page). All other 
packages are there.

I am cautious about libavcodec-dev. These packages have a date of 
20080414, my installed packages are from 20080706 - have the fear of 
breaking something.

Cheers, Martin