[gst-devel] Missing h263 encoder

[Jan Spurny]

Hi,

Maybe it's different with ubuntu, but I had the same problem on Debian Lenny. I solved the problym by uninstalling gstreamer-ffmpeg package, getting the source, manually configuring, building package and installing it width dpgk..
Something like:

apt-get remove gstreamer-ffmpeg
apt-get source gstreamer-ffmpeg
cd gstreamer-ffmpeg-0xxwhatever
./configure --prefix=/usr --without-system-ffmpeg
fakeroot debian/rules binary
dpkg -i gstreamer-ffmpeg-0xxwhatever.deb

I guess it has something to do with the debian policy.. don't really know - maybe to prevent creating video using copyrighted algorithms...

Jan Spurny

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:21:26 +0200 (CEST)
Marlène Hildebrand-Ehrhardt <marlene.hildebrandehrhardt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I need to use the H263 encoder to stream video. The problem is that,
> apparently, there are o lot of encoders missing in gstreamer-ffmpeg package
> for Intrepid Ibex, though decoders are available. What can I do to get them?
> I have to say that I am not a great ubuntu specialist.
> 
> Thank you by advance!
>