Re: [Ekiga-list] H.264 codec issue fixed?

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

Paulo R. Panhoto wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I built ptlib/opal/ekiga from scratch along with ffmpeg/x264 to enable
> the extra codecs. The packages ptlib/opal/ekiga were downloaded from the
> website and ffmpeg/x264 were downloaded from version control (latest).
> Everything compiled fine and, when I tried to run Ekiga, I've got these
> messages:
> 
> paulo panhoto-lnx:/usr/lib/opal-3.6.6/codecs/video> ekiga -d 5 2>&1 |
> grep H264
>         dyna.cxx(390)    H264    DYNA    Successfully loaded libavcodec
> library and verified functions
> h264pipe_unix.cxx(301)    H264    IPC    PP: Found GPL process
> executable in  /usr/lib/opal-3.6.6/codecs/video/h264_video_pwplugin_helper
> x264loader_unix.cxx(114)    H264    DYNA    Trying to open x264 library
> libx264.so.79
> x264loader_unix.cxx(131)    H264    DYNA    Successfully loaded
> libx264.so.79
> x264loader_unix.cxx(57)    H264    DYNA    Failed to load x264_encoder_open
> h264helper_unix.cxx(127)    H264    IPC    CP: Failed to load dynamic
> library - exiting
> h264pipe_unix.cxx(113)    H264    IPC    PP: GPL Process returned
> failure on initialization - plugin disabled
>    h264-x264.cxx(838)    H264    Codec    Disabled
> 
> After some web search, I found this link:
> <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=596006>, which relates to
> the problem.
> 
> What I didn't understand is whether the website sources include the
> patch created for this bug or if I should get opal from the VCS.

Hi,

The patch given in this bug is not (yet) committed (elsewhere the bug
would have been closed).  Apply it and tell us if it works for you.

Thanks,
-- 
Eugen