Re: [Ekiga-list] How can I get non-free video codecs. ekiga 3.2.7 ubuntu 10.10

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

On 14/01/11 08:20, Gérard Vidal wrote:
> Le 13/01/2011 22:01, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > On 10/01/11 21:25, Gérard Vidal wrote:
> > > Le 09/01/2011 17:00, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > > > On 09/01/11 01:22, Gérard Vidal wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > I have to communicate through H323 with h263-1998 codec ( to join a
> > > > > meeting on a codian bridge).
> > > > > I have installed ekiga 3.2.7 on my ubuntu maverick (Dell precision
> > > > > M2400), it works fine but displays only codec H261 and Theora. I have
> > > > > read informations on this page
> > > > > http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/HowTo_install_Ekiga_packages but it
> > > > > seems to be outdated.
> > > > > I have tried many things including full rebuild of latest version but
> > > > > nothing works.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anybody have a solution or any track to follow.
> > > >
> > > > Your case is not simple.  First, because there are some bug reports
> > > > about H323 not working in ekiga in some cases, see bugzilla.
> > > >
> > > > Also, because for these non-free codecs you need tom compile ffmpeg
> > > > yourself, because distributions strip them out.
> > > >
> > > > Finally, because h263-1998 crashes when using ffmpeg last version, see
> > > > bugzilla again (bug for H263); however, if you choose a repository for
> > > > ffmpeg of about 1.5 years ago, it should work, see the same bug report.
> > > >
> > > > Are you motivated to test it?
> > > Some more information!
> > > I am back at home, I did not touch anything on ekiga or the computer
> > > that was not able to connect from my office.... It connects perfectly to
> > > a codian bridge in h323 as yesterday.
> > > FFmpeg version 0.6-4:0.6-2ubuntu6 (from ubuntupackage) Karmic 10.10
> > > Connection is stable I can use Ctrl+1 Ctrl+2 Ctrl+3 Ctrl+4 but ekiga
> > > crashes when I try to change view with the mouse other buttons are OK
> >
> > Again, for the crash we need the gdb stack backtrace.
> >
> > > Should it be a blocked port issue ? How can I check this please ?
> >
> > The simplest solution to see what happens is to look at the output of
> > ekiga -d 4, see
> > http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Debugging_Ekiga#How_to_get_a_debug_output.
> I dropped it on the wrong place sorry about that.
> here is it again.

Sorry to answer so late, this was fixed by 
http://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/commit/?id=76cbf1685e.

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Eugen