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Bug 623339 - Empathy does not propose to install necessary codec for Gtalk video calls
Empathy does not propose to install necessary codec for Gtalk video calls
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 589853
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: VoIP
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-07-02 05:18 UTC by Yann
Modified: 2010-09-17 08:04 UTC
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Description Yann 2010-07-02 05:18:21 UTC 
On Ubuntu 10.04 Empathy with telepathy PPA

Video calls with a Windows Gmail (Gtalk plugin) user is not possible of my system does not have the ubuntu-restricted-codecs , but Empathy does not automatically proposes to install this package.


(was first reported on Launchpad : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/599024 )
Comment 1 Omer Akram 2010-07-02 08:54:00 UTC 
gstreamer0.10-ffmepg and gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse in Ubuntu are enough. no need to install the whole ubuntu-restricted-extras
Comment 2 Yann 2010-07-30 02:23:23 UTC 
Dear all
Is there a way for Empathy to implement the following ?
- when the user creates a Google Talk account, check if gstreamer0.10-ffmepg and gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse are installed
- if they are not detected, WARN the user and propose to install them
Comment 3 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-08-02 09:51:22 UTC 
I'd rather display it when a video call fails because of lack of H264. Google talk accounts can be used to make Theora accounts and H264 can be used with XMPP accounts as well.
Comment 4 Yann 2010-08-02 11:27:07 UTC 
I agree with you, at the condition that the video failure should be smooth (not be seen as a "crash") by the users (e.g. both Linux and Windows sides), so that they both get the feeling that the video call is "waiting" for the codecs to be installed.
For example :
- Empathy user is being displayed a message "To do video call you need to install the following : ..."
- the interlocutor is being displayed a message "Your interlocutor needs to install the accurate codec, please wait."
Comment 5 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-09-17 08:04:22 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 589853 ***