Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga 4.0.1 and Renavisio

[Samuel VISCAPI <samuel viscapi univ-montp2 fr>]

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Hi all,

Just to let you know we had our first real RENAVISIO conference with
Ekiga 4.0.1 today.

There were 8 participants (4 audio + 4 video), and everything worked
perfectly !

Many thanks to everyone involved in that great piece of software :)

Cheers, Samuel

Le 21/07/2015 15:18, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> Hi Samuel,
>
> I propose you to compile opal 3.10.10 with libav version 8, or
> with version 9 and the patch libav9 from 
> https://sources.debian.net/src/opal/3.10.10~dfsg2-1/debian/patches/,
> or version 10 with patches libav9 and libav10.
>
> (For your information, the unstable code should work without
> patches with ffmpeg, but not with libav.  Hehe, there are several
> if-s here, but hopefully in the near future everything will be
> settled.  Debian has just switched from libav to ffmpeg.)
>
> Eugen
>
> On 21/07/15 13:23, Samuel VISCAPI wrote:
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> > Hi Eugen,
> >
> > For now, as this is for production environment, I'd rather stay
> > on the stable 4.0.1 version. But if time permits, I'd be glad to
> > test the unstable branch and report here though :)
> >
> > On a side note, I didn't managed to compile Opal 3.10.10 with
> > either libav 11.4/10.7 or ffmpeg 2.7.2. I tried to apply the
> > Debian patches you told me about, but the patch command failed on
> > some chunks. I tried to add these by hand, but that only led to
> > more errors... Could you help me on this one please ?
> >
> > In the mean time, we received the new x86 based machine, an Intel
> > NUC D34010WYKH, which is of course a lot more powerful than the
> > tiny Raspberry Pi 2.
> >
> > Cheers, Samuel
> >
> > Le 16/07/2015 16:03, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > > Samuel, would it be possible to you to use ekiga unstable code 
> > > instead of ekiga 4.0.1?  We are fixing bugs for the former,
> > > while the latter is too old to fix bugs.  Note that for the
> > > moment you need to use ffmpeg, not libav, for the unstable code
> > > of ekiga.
> > >
> > > On 16/07/15 15:52, Samuel VISCAPI wrote: Hi Eugen,
> > >
> > > Thanks for your offer, but I won't have too much free time
> > > today for testing, sorry. I could be more available tomorrow
> > > morning, I'll let you know.
> > >
> > > I found something quite interesting: even though the Raspberry
> > > Pi 2 supports the NEON set of instructions, I couldn't get 
> > > libav-0.8.17 to compile with NEON enabled.
> > >
> > > I just checked with libav-11.4, and the configure script seems
> > > to like NEON better :) Using these instructions could lead to
> > > a significant performance boost on ARM platform, and maybe make
> > > Ekiga usable on the Raspberry Pi 2. I'll give this a try ASAP
> > > !
> > >
> > > Ultimately, If that doesn't work, we'll have to use a beefier,
> > > x86 based machine (which is already ordered).
> > >
> > > Cheers, Samuel
> > >
> > > Le 15/07/2015 20:00, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > > > > > Hi Samuel,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We can make some tests tomorrow if you wish, I have
> > > > > > access to renavisio too.  Note that I will use the
> > > > > > development code in order to allow to fix any issue which
> > > > > > might appear.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Eugen
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 08/07/15 17:53, Samuel VISCAPI wrote:
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> > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I managed to compile Ekiga 4.0.1 with H.263 support,
> > > > > > > with libav-0.8.17 :) With this build I could join a
> > > > > > > Renavisio conference and have a short, rather sluggish
> > > > > > > (~15 FPS + stuttering sound) talk with my
> > > > > > > colleague...before the Raspberry PI 2 crashed ;)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'll try again later with some overclock and / or more 
> > > > > > > memory dedicated to the GPU.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Stay tuned !
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cheers, Samuel
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Le 08/07/2015 12:54, Samuel VISCAPI a écrit :
> > > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks for your answers, I'll try to build Ekiga
> > > > > > > > with H.263 support ASAP. By the way, is there a
> > > > > > > > recommended version of libav for that purpose ?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > @ Eugen: I built Opal 3.10.10 from sources, do I
> > > > > > > > still need to apply those Debian patches (on
> > > > > > > > Raspbian/ARM) ?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Cheers, Samuel
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Le 07/07/2015 17:15, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > > > > > > > > On 07/07/15 16:38, Samuel VISCAPI wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > Dear all,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > This is my first post to that mailing list :)
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I'd like to use Ekiga to participate in a
> > > > > > > > > > conference hosted on Renavisio, the French
> > > > > > > > > > education visioconferencing platform:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > https://visio.renater.fr/
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I managed to join the conference room using the
> > > > > > > > > > SIP protocol. I had to set DTMF mode to RFC 2833
> > > > > > > > > > in order to type in the password though.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Audio is working correctly, but video is not. I
> > > > > > > > > > can't see my colleague (in CC) who's connected to
> > > > > > > > > > the same conference room, and he doesn't see me
> > > > > > > > > > either. The webcam is a Logitech C920, which
> > > > > > > > > > appears to be working just fine in the "echo
> > > > > > > > > > test" room. As for my colleague, he is using
> > > > > > > > > > Scopia and the H.323 protocol:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > http://www.avaya.com/usa/product/avaya-scopia-desktop-and-mob
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> > > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > tions/#
> > > > > > > > > > By the way, I'm running Ekiga 4.0.1 compiled
> > > > > > > > > > from sources on a Raspberry PI 2. I followed
> > > > > > > > > > these instructions:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Compiling_Ekiga
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > What am I doing wrong ?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > P.S: Damien told me it could be a video codec
> > > > > > > > > > issue. So far, only theora and h261 are available
> > > > > > > > > > in the "Preferences" menu. If need be, I could
> > > > > > > > > > install libav/ffmpeg and libx264 then recompile
> > > > > > > > > > Ekiga.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi Samuel,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I would relaly love to make Ekiga work with
> > > > > > > > > Renavisio. I plan to test it myself, but I am
> > > > > > > > > pretty busy at the moment.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I see at
> > > > > > > > > https://lpsc.in2p3.fr/trac/faq/wiki/Renavisio that
> > > > > > > > > the H263 codecs are needed.  You need libav 
> > > > > > > > > (perhaps ffmpeg works too) for that. There is a
> > > > > > > > > patch (or two) you need to use, see 
> > > > > > > > > https://sources.debian.net/src/opal/3.10.10~dfsg2-1/debian/pat
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> > > > > > > > >
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