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I tried it on my windows desktop. Apparently, the video is done
through OpenGL texture mapping; the G400 in my desktop is not
sufficient for this, so VP saturated the cpu. They do have some work
to do in usability, but it looks cool. The grouping of streams ought
to be helpful, but it assumes that each site will have one primary
stream (the others are shown smaller).<br>
<br>
Robert Olson wrote:<br>
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cite="mid6.0.0.22.2.20040303070716.0387fdc0@localhost">I tried it out
on my laptop. It still needs some work, but looks to be a
promising tool. It has some performance problems, and the interface for
manipulating the video streams isn't necessarily intuitive yet, but
they've done some really nice work.<br>
<br>
--bob<br>
<br>
At 05:32 AM 3/3/2004, Michael E. Papka wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="" class="cite" type="cite">Have we looked at this? <br>
<br>
Mike <br>
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<blockquote cite="" class="cite" type="cite"><b>From: </b>Markus
Buchhorn
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Markus.Buchhorn@anu.edu.au"><Markus.Buchhorn@anu.edu.au></a> <br>
<b>Date: </b>February 29, 2004 9:20:10 PM CST <br>
<b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov">ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:accessgrid-l@grangenet.net">accessgrid-l@grangenet.net</a> <br>
<b>Cc: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mcmullen@indiana.edu">mcmullen@indiana.edu</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bdr@internet2.edu">bdr@internet2.edu</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jongwon@netmedia.kjist.ac.kr">jongwon@netmedia.kjist.ac.kr</a> <br>
<b>Subject: [AG-TECH] Announce: VP - a replacement for vic <br>
</b><br>
<br>
Hi all <br>
<br>
We're pleased (or mad enough) to announce our first public release of
VP.
This is a tool designed to replace vic on the AG display machine (in
the
first instance) and on desktops, to make AG display management a lot
easier, and the user interface a lot friendlier. <br>
<br>
This release is a preview release (0.6) so it has a lot of warts. OTOH
it
has sufficient core functionality that it is worth trying out, and it
doesn't crash (unless ...). <br>
<br>
VP is available at <br>
<br>
<a href="http://if.anu.edu.au/SW/VP.html">http://if.anu.edu.au/SW/VP.html</a>
<br>
<br>
VP has the following main features: <br>
- site grouping, site management, display management <br>
- smooth (any size) display scaling in opengl (on hardware) <br>
- ports to Linux and Windows (MacOSX and FreeBSD coming) <br>
- a capture application is coming <br>
- early DV capability on top of h.261, and more codecs to come. <br>
- it's a drop-in replacement for vic on AG2 (and AG1?) <br>
- a long roadmap of features to scale performance and functionality,
including several audio features, integration with several other tools
we are working on, as well as a (network) remote miniature console <br>
<br>
We're looking for people to help test it, suggest ideas,
comment/critique, and contribute code. Some people have already
expressed interest in developing enhancements, such as more/better
codecs, as well as associated projects. <br>
<br>
Please try it out and let us know! <br>
<br>
Cheers, <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Markus <br>
<br>
Markus Buchhorn, ANU Internet Futures Group, |Ph: +61 2 61258810 <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Markus.Buchhorn@anu.edu.au">Markus.Buchhorn@anu.edu.au</a>, mail: Bldg #108 CS&IT |Fx: +61 2
61259805 <br>
Australian National University, Canberra 0200 Aust.|Mob: 0417 281429 <br>
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