Bug#459073: h261 encoder not available in gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

[Sebastian Dröge]

reassign 459073 ffmpeg-free
found 459073 0.cvs20070307-6
thanks

Am Freitag, den 04.01.2008, 12:35 +0100 schrieb Sjoerd Simons:
> Package: gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
> Version: 0.10.3-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
>   The new gst-ffmpeg doesn't seem to include a h261 encoder. Even though it
>   seems to be enabled in the system ffmpeg package:
> 
> $ ffmpeg -formats | grep h261
> FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
>   configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-pthreads --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libogg --enable-liba52 --enable-libdts --enable-libgsm --enable-dc1394 --disable-debug --enable-shared --prefix=/usr
>   libavutil version: 1d.49.3.0
>   libavcodec version: 1d.51.38.0
>   libavformat version: 1d.51.10.0
>   built on Jul  9 2007 22:27:18, gcc: 4.1.3 20070601 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-12)
>  DE h261            raw h261
>  D V D  h261
> 
> This codec is often used for video conferencing using telepathy.. So it would
> be good to have it by default if possible :)

Hi,
the h261 encoder is disabled in ffmpeg-free for patent reasons. In the
older snapshots in unstable ffmpeg -formats still lists it for some
reason although the encoding support is removed, this is fixed in the
experimental snapshot.

Would still be nice to have h261 encoding support, maybe as a new ffmpeg
package in non-free if possible.
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