Extreme poor Video Quality in Empathy (jabber)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Empathy |
Unknown
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Medium
|
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x264 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Maverick |
Won't Fix
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Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Natty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Release Ubuntu 10.10; Problem also discovered under lucid...
Package (german):
empathy:
Installiert: 2.32.0-0ubuntu2
Kandidat: 2.32.0-0ubuntu2
Versionstabelle:
*** 2.32.0-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Description:
Using the Jabber Prot. with Video Chat. Both Clients Empathy 2.32.0 on Ubuntu 10.10
The calling partner receives a very poor video picture (seems to be a very low resolution, e.g. 20x15 pixels; value estimated) of the called one. He hisself can be seen very well on the other side of the connection.
Interchanging the calling and the called partner interchanges the problem vice versa.
affects: | ubuntu → empathy (Ubuntu) |
Changed in empathy: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Changed in x264 (Ubuntu Natty): | |
assignee: | Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) → nobody |
Changed in x264 (Ubuntu Maverick): | |
assignee: | Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) → nobody |
Changed in x264 (Ubuntu Maverick): | |
status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
As said in the upstream bug ( https:/ /bugzilla. gnome.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 633809 ) that's actually a libx264 bug.
Our options are:
A) Fix libx264 : http:// git.videolan. org/?p= x264.git; a=commitdiff; h=3d0d9cda1d392 39e9f388fe1fce2 9c9212d0273c and http:// git.videolan. org/?p= x264.git; a=commitdiff; h=5f104e9957cc4 b69f7197fecf936 48a0e2ae0e59
B) Get the workaround in gst ugly : http:// cgit.freedeskto p.org/gstreamer /gst-plugins- ugly/commit/ ?id=6f2db739aed 240d080b6a9cfe2 8ac1ec6d2c753c
C) Disable the setting in Empathy.
C) isn't great as it will re-introduce the big latency and can break interop with other clients.