----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Dyck" <[email protected]>
> To: "Tristan Matthews" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 2:28:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [SFLphone] Where do I get video codecs
> 
> On January 11, 2013 10:24:09 AM you wrote:
> > Hi Robert,
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > 
> > > From: "Robert Dyck" <[email protected]>
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 12:23:59 AM
> > > Subject: [SFLphone] Where do I get video codecs
> > > 
> > > I'm trying out the latest version. I had to download the source
> > > since
> > > my
> > > distribution does have the new version yet. During compilation I
> > > see
> > > that the
> > > v4l interface is made. However without video codecs there is no
> > > video.
> > 
> > We have detailed instructions for building from source here:
> > https://projects.savoirfairelinux.com/projects/sflphone/wiki/How_to_build
> > 
> > In the distribution specific instructions, it will explain what
> > dependencies
> > you should install for video support.
> > 
> > Best,
> > Tristan
> 
> I referenced the the document you mentioned. I had originally
> followed the
> instructions that came in the INSTALL files. The only material
> difference I saw
> was that there were some compiler flags mentioned for pj and kde. I
> cleaned my
> previous compilation and then followed the document you suggested. I
> still do
> not see any video codecs.

Just to clarify, where video is concerned, we use libavcodec, no video-specific
.so files are built (as opposed to the audio codecs).

> 
> I did see some problems in the procedures shown. For pj you need to
> cd to
> pjproject-2.0.1 not pjproject. Also that folder does not have a
> configure
> script but it has a pre-built Makefile.

Thanks, in fact it's best if users just run ./compile_pjsip.sh, I've changed 
the wiki
to reflect that.

> 
> For kde Cmake is not run manually. It is run by config.sh.
> 
> Another thing I noticed is that the instructions for gnome had an
> --enable-
> video option. There was no equivalent option for kde. I doubt that it
> would
> make much difference since no video codecs are built. In case you are
> wondering, I did --enable-video for the daemon.

Emmanuel Lepage is the developer of the KDE client, so he would be better
able to explain this.

> 
> One additional point, when configuring for the daemon I used --
> libdir=/usr/lib64 which is what Fedora uses.
> 

Ok, we should have Fedora packages ready in the next week or so, which we'll
announce on the list.

Best,
Tristan 

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