Re: [Ekiga-list] problems with x264 compatibility

[yannick <sevmek free fr>]

Gerhard Stengel a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I recently tried to use ekiga 3.2.6 for a video call (to counterpath's X-Lite on Mac), but ekiga unfortunately always 
> crashed when the other side answered the call.
> 
> In ekiga -d 4 output I couldn't see anything special when it happened, but at the beginning of the log there are some 
> problems with the h264 codec. Seems that libx264.so.75 doesn't have a function that's needed.
> 
> ekiga -d 4
>         dyna.cxx(139)           DYNA    Successfully loaded 'libavcodec.so'
>         dyna.cxx(390)   H263+   DYNA    Successfully loaded libavcodec library and verified functions
>    h263-1998.cxx(2101)  H.263   Codec   Enabled with 4 definitions                                   
>         dyna.cxx(139)           DYNA    Successfully loaded 'libavcodec.so'                          
>         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/lib64/opal-3.6.6/codecs/video/h264_video_pwplugin_helper
> x264loader_unix.cxx(114)        H264    DYNA    Trying to open x264 library libx264.so.75                                                 
> x264loader_unix.cxx(131)        H264    DYNA    Successfully loaded libx264.so.75                                                         
> 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                                                                                          
>         dyna.cxx(139)           DYNA    Successfully loaded 'libavcodec.so'                                                               
>         dyna.cxx(390)   MPEG4   DYNA    Successfully loaded libavcodec library and verified functions                                     
>        mpeg4.cxx(1993)  MPEG4   Codec   Enabled                                                       
> 
> To which x264 version is ekiga/opal compatible? 
> 

It is a reported issue:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=596006

I remember the reporter found a working version, you might ask him on
the bug report.

Best regards,
Yannick

> I have opal 3.6.6 and ptlib 2.6.5 installed.
> 
> regards
> 
> Gerhard
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