Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekgia Not playing Video

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

On 09/09/11 18:57, simon mungewell org wrote:
> That's a very plausible explanation, however 'try rebooting' is not really
> a solution. I have experienced this issue ever since I got this machine.
>
> There must either be a hardware incompatability, or some other
> part/configuration of Windows7 which is grabbing the overlay before Ekiga
> can get to it.
>
> I also CC'ed Shubhanshu as he started this thread and might not be on the
> list,

If you ever can try, see 
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ekiga-list/2012-November/msg00005.html.

> > > Possibly this error message.... which I get on a Dell running Windows7.
> > > Simon
> >
> > Ok.  Now I see this line in your previous output:
> > 2011/09/01 16:26:44.115	  0:33.025	GMVideoOut...nager:2192	DirectX	no
> > Overlay Capabilities
> >
> > This comes from
> > http://git.gnome.org/browse/ekiga/tree/lib/gui/dxwindow.cpp#n209
> >
> > This ressembles to bug
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626515, without being the same.
> >
> > In your case, the problem is what is shows: no Overlay Capabilities, and
> > ekiga (at least for the moment) needs this.  Try restarting Windows.
> > Also, avoid starting an application using video output.  That is all I
> > can say, since I do not know video things too well.
> >
> > --
> > Eugen