[winswitch] xpra issue on Debian

[Antoine Martin]

On 13/08/13 12:19, Steve Freitas wrote:
> Okay, then it sounds like either I made a mistake in how I mixed 
> repositories, or I should submit a bug to the Debian packager to 
> ensure that the right x264 library goes with it. What version is 
> required by 0.9.8?
That depends.
First, I believe the breakage you are seeing is from avcodec (part of 
libav / ffmpeg)
In v0.9.x, we build against the latest libav (9.8) for the supported 
binary platforms (OSX, win32, and some CentOS static builds)
Building against older libav versions should work, but then you need to 
apply patches to fix some API breakage.

Note: in 0.10 (release due today), the binary builds have switched to 
using ffmpeg 1.2.2 - and we have yet more patches for libav compatibility.
To make matters worse, it seems that we cannot build against ffmpeg 2.x 
at present, due to more API breakage.

Antoine


>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> On 08/12/13 20:09, Antoine Martin wrote:
>> On 13/08/13 08:47, Steve Freitas wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've got a Debian Wheezy server, with xpra and python-wimpiggy
>>> installed from unstable (0.9.8). I'm trying to access the server from
>>> my Debian unstable laptop (also 0.9.8). When I do so, the screen draws
>>> for a moment, but then the client crashes with the following:
>> (...)
>>> I saw a note earlier that a similar crash was likely the result of an
>>> issue with certain versions of x264. Is that the case here?
>> Yes.
>> Use a different encoding (which will be slower), or ensure xpra and the
>> libraries it depends on are in sync.
>>
>> Antoine
>>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Steve
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