Re: [Ekiga-list] Theora video freezes on Ekiga 3.2.7 Beta (Windows XP )

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

On 06/12/10 12:32, Dave Koelmeyer wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Wondering if the following is a known issue, perhaps due to the beta status of
> Ekiga on Windows?

It is not a known issue.  Ekiga Windows is not beta, contrary to what is 
shown at the Web page...

> I am using Ekiga 3.2.7 Beta on Windows XP Home SP3. I place a SIP video call to
> another user using Ekiga 3.2.7 on Ubuntu Linux 10.10. For the video codecs,
> Theora only is selected at both ends.
>
> Upon the connection being successfully established, I can see remote video fine
> (quality is great). However, for the other user, the remote video they see (of
> me) either freezes randomly during a call, or, freezes almost immediately upon
> answer (the latter seems to occur more often).
>
> The call however remains connected (e.g audio is fine) just that the video as my
> other user is seeing of me from their end freezes. The behaviour is consistent.
>
> Using H261 on the other hand works fine in both directions.
>
> Both clients are on ADSL connections, behind home NAT routers. Network
> connectivity otherwise is fine.
>
> I notice that the behaviour I'm seeing is similar to that reported here:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551441 (although in my case the
> client doesn't freeze per se).
>
> Any pointers? If you require a debug output please let me know.

Yes, please send us a debugging file, as shown at 
http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Debugging_Ekiga#How_to_get_a_debug_output_2.

The error from the Web page is:
2009/12/12 09:25:08.356	  4:35.378	 Media Patch:0x9c856710	Patch	Media 
conversion (primary) failed
2009/12/12 09:25:08.356	  4:35.378	 Media Patch:0x9c856710	Patch 
WriteFrame failed
2009/12/12 09:25:08.356	  4:35.379	 Media Patch:0x9c856710	Patch	Thread 
ended because all sink writes failed failed
2009/12/12 09:25:08.357	  4:35.379	 Media Patch:0x9c856710	Patch	Thread 
ended for Patch OpalVideoMediaStream-Source-YUV420P -> 
OpalRTPMediaStream-Sink-theora

but I do not know the reason.  The best is to check with the unstable 
release of ekiga (3.3.0, hoping it will be available in a few days, 
Windows port included), to see if the bug was fixed in the mean time.

--
Eugen