Re: [Ekiga-list] ekiga and x264

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

On 21/07/10 15:27, Michal Svoboda wrote:
> Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > chroot allows to create a non-free package without installing such
> > software on my system.  Besides, I had a problem with it:
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=485392 and another
> > one if I remember correctly.
>
> That link points to some VLC and MJPEG problems, says nothing about
> chroot, h264 or x264.

x264 needs a modified libavcodec (ffmpeg), and vlc had problems with 
this modified library.  In chroot I can put whatever I wish, it does not 
interfere with my system.

> On that note, please do point me to the (2) patches I should try to fix
> the x264 problem in Ekiga. (The bug report contains only 1 patch.)

Well, the first patch is the patch in the bug, and the second one is in 
comment 7 (i.e. change x264_encoder_open to x264_encoder_open_83, or 
whatever the current/used version is).

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Eugen