[h323plus] Adding H263 codec to openmcu

[Michael Bondi]

Hi Jan,

It appears that I have ver 4.3 of gcc.

Could that be the reason for the ffmpeg 0.4.7 make failure?

Thanks

Mike


Jan Willamowius wrote:
> I have a patched version of ffmpeg-0.4.7, that compiles with gcc 4.4.x,
> but there is work going on to let the H.323-ffmpeg plugin compile with
> current versions of ffmpeg, which is a much better solution.
>
> Regards,
> Jan
>
> Michael Bondi wrote:
>   
>> Thanks Prasad,
>>
>> I try install ffmpeg 0.4.7 from 
>> http://www.voxgratia.org/bin/ffmpeg-0.4.7.tar.gz but I get the following:
>>
>> voyage:~/ffmpeg-0.4.7# make
>> make -C libavcodec all
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/root/ffmpeg-0.4.7/libavcodec'
>> gcc -O3 -Wall -g -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -I.. -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
>> -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -c -o common.o common.c
>> In file included from avcodec.h:14,
>>                  from common.c:27:
>> common.h:65: error: array type has incomplete element type
>> common.h:69: error: array type has incomplete element type
>> make[1]: *** [common.o] Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/ffmpeg-0.4.7/libavcodec'
>> make: *** [lib] Error 2
>>
>> But I proceed and continue  to configure and make and make install the 
>> a/v pugins in the ~/h323plus/plugins directory.
>>
>> I create a directory ~/codecs and copy both 
>> h263-ffmpeg_video_pwplugin.so and libavcodec.so (from the 
>> libavcodec-0.4.7-linux.bin.tar.gz file) into there. I rename 
>> libavcodec.so to avcodec
>>
>> I set export P_T_LIBPLUGINDIR=~/codecs           (does this have to be 
>> P_W_LIBPLUGINDIR ?????)
>>
>> I run openmcu and connect with Polycom PVX, and I see the video 
>> window!!  But the video has strange lines with pink and blue colours, 
>> but it is the video from the webcam!
>>
>> I assume it may be because I do not have the ffmpeg 0.4.7 installed 
>> correctly?
>>
>> I will have a look at installing ffmpeg 0.4.7 direct from ffmpeg site.
>>
>> So I am closer....
>>
>> Thanks again for the help.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> Prasad Mohire wrote:
>>     
>>> HI Michael,
>>>
>>> I guess you have compiled PTLIB and H323plus and OpenMCU correctly. 
>>> H323plus doesn't need ffmpeg. ffmpeg is needed by h323plus avplugin. 
>>> You were able to hear audio because h323plus comes with G711 codecs. 
>>> You will need to build H263 plugin separately.
>>>
>>> h263 plugin needs ffmpeg version 0.47. To install it:
>>>  run ./configure --enable-shared, then make and make install in ffmpeg 
>>> directory.
>>>
>>> Once that is done, download the plugins directory from h323plus.com 
>>> <http://h323plus.com>.
>>> untar the direcory under h323plus directory so that you will have 
>>> plugins directory under h323plus.
>>> Goto plugins directory.
>>> run ./configure
>>> You should see h263 : yes in output of configure script. This means it 
>>> will build H.263 plugin. If it is 'no' there is something wrong with 
>>> prerequisites i.e. ffmpeg. make sure that libavcodec.h file is in 
>>> include path.
>>>
>>> once you see H.263: yes as output, run make and make install in 
>>> plugins directory.
>>> create a directory to store the plugins. Set environment variable 
>>> PWLIBPLUGINDIR pointing to that directory. Copy 
>>> h323plus/plugins/video/h.263/h263-ffmpeg_video_pwplugin.so file to 
>>> $PWLIBPLUGINDIR. Copy libavcoded.so to $PWLIBPLUGINDIR  and rename it 
>>> to avcodec.
>>>
>>> Now start openmcu, it should load with H.263 capability.
>>>
>>> File "C:\\traces.txt" will be created in directory from which you will 
>>> start openmcu. You can see what all capabilities are added while 
>>> openmcu is started in that file.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>> Prasad.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Michael Bondi 
>>> <mike at bridgeconference.co.za <mailto:mike at bridgeconference.co.za>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hi all and Happy 2010!
>>>
>>>     This may have been asked before, but I cannot help myself but to
>>>     ask again.
>>>
>>>     I have compiled ptlib 2.4.5 and h323plus 1.21 and openmcu 2.2.5 on
>>>     a Debian 5 machine.
>>>
>>>     I am able to connect and hear the tones and message for connecting
>>>     but am unable to get video on the screen.
>>>
>>>     I have tried compiling h323plus with only the 0.4.7 ffmpeg
>>>     libavcodec.so placed in a directory /root/codec and compiled with
>>>     ./configure --enable-rfc2190avcodec=/root/ffmpeg switch, all
>>>     compiles fine, but still no h.263 video. Is there any more I need
>>>     to do here?
>>>
>>>     Also, I am getting confused where to unpack and install the a/v
>>>     plugins from file
>>>     http://www.h323plus.org/source/download/plugins-v1_21_0.tar.gz
>>>
>>>     Thanks
>>>
>>>     Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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