Package: empathy Version: 3.4.2.3-1+build1 Severity: serious I've made this bug serious and release critical for the following reasons: a) Empathy is the default chat client on Debian b) Jitsi is one of the most popular open source chat clients c) Jabber is the most popular open protocol for multimedia/video chat d) interoperability is a critical feature for the success of a chat application like this
Jitsi fails to set up calls with Empathy (using Jabber via an ejabberd server on Debian squeeze). Attempting a call in either direction, I observe the following: a) a default Jitsi install has H.263 disabled and H.264 enabled. It seems to be necessary to have both enabled in Jitsi. This is probably not something that can be fixed in the Debian package, but it would be nice to have a helpful error telling the user that their peer is using a patented codec. Debian could potentially distribute the H.264 support in the non-free archive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Patent_licensing b) with Empathy 2.30.3-1 on Debian 6 (squeezy), the Jitsi user can see video from the Empathy user, but when Empathy receives a video stream from Jitsi, the Empathy user sees black in the video window c) with Empathy 3.4.2.3-1+build1 on Debian 7 (wheezy), the video call is not set up at all These tests were conducted with Jitsi build 1.1.4388.10227 on Windows 7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
