Re: [Ekiga-list] Video input problem: laptop camera or video files in newly compiled ekiga-3.2.5.

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

Luis Maceira wrote:
> I newly compiled ekiga-3.2.5 in Ubuntu 9.04,It is installed side by side
> with ekiga-3.2.0(which came with the distribution),I compiled and installed
> ptlib and opal specific for this ekiga version.Everything works fine but
> I have a doubt: In preferences,in input video devices available the entry
> *.avi(PTLIB/FFMPEG) is grayed(not available,not active) and in the version of ekiga that came with the distribution it is black (available,active).
>
> First,does this entry mean the ability to load a stored movie instead of
> a real-time image from the camera during a call?

I do not know, probably yes.  However, it is not yet supported by ekiga, 
there is a bug report on this, 
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330276

> Second,what is the compiling option that permits that the entry be black
> instead of grayed?Compiling option in ptlib?in ekiga? Or,is the entry
> grayed because of other problem?

There is no flag for that.  It was simply removed, see 
http://git.gnome.org/cgit/ekiga/commit/?id=3ef0c04f222efa3aecc33e125a7e30251719a2e0

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Eugen