As said in the upstream bug ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633809 ) that's actually a libx264 bug.
Our options are: A) Fix libx264 : http://git.videolan.org/?p=x264.git;a=commitdiff;h=3d0d9cda1d39239e9f388fe1fce29c9212d0273c and http://git.videolan.org/?p=x264.git;a=commitdiff;h=5f104e9957cc4b69f7197fecf93648a0e2ae0e59 B) Get the workaround in gst ugly : http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins- ugly/commit/?id=6f2db739aed240d080b6a9cfe28ac1ec6d2c753c C) Disable the setting in Empathy. C) isn't great as it will re-introduce the big latency and can break interop with other clients. -- Extreme poor Video Quality in Empathy (jabber) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663535 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs