diff -ruN src/h323pluginmgr.cxx.orig src/h323pluginmgr.
cxx
--- src/h323pluginmgr.cxx.orig      2005-08-05 13:11:03.000000000 -0400
+++ src/h323pluginmgr.cxx  2007-12-31 15:04:53.000000000 -0500
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@
         PTRACE(4, "H323PLUGIN\tCannot instantiate static codec plugin " << *r);
       } else {
         PTRACE(4, "H323PLUGIN\tLoading static codec plugin " << *r);
-        RegisterStaticCodec(*r, instance->Get_GetAPIFn(), instance->Get_GetCodecFn());
+        RegisterStaticCodec(r->c_str(), instance->Get_GetAPIFn(), instance->Get_GetCodecFn());
       }
     }
   }