Re: [Ekiga-list] Disconnect after about 30 sec

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

On 16/06/11 07:57, David Halliday wrote:
> > Note that the Opal H.261 codec is very, very simple-minded. It could
> > well be that it is too simple for the other end :)
>
> Thanks Craig, that helped narrowed it down but unfortunately does not
> yield a solution. If I disable video it stays connected. The problem is
> while the Tandberg supports many codecs Ekiga only had Theora and H.261
> installed on Redhat. Many hours later after compiling up a version of
> Opal that has all the nice codecs I finally go to try one of the others
> and they are ALL flagged SIP only no H.323!!
>
> Is there a way to make the other video codecs work with H.323?
>
> The Tandberg units support:
>
> Digital Signaling Protocol: H.323, H.320
> Data Compression Protocol: G.711, G.728, G.722, H.261, H.263, H.264, H.263+
>
> So SIP is not an option.

I think I have already answered (I do not remember well): even if 
ptlib/opal could support those codecs with H323, it is probably ekiga 
fault that they are not available for H323 too.  But I do not know if 
fixing ekiga is as simple as modifying ekiga.schemas file or it needs 
some coding too.

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Eugen