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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 type=cite class=cite cite>Have we looked at this? <br><br>
Mike <br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><b>From: </b>Markus Buchhorn
<Markus.Buchhorn@anu.edu.au> <br>
<b>Date: </b>February 29, 2004 9:20:10 PM CST <br>
<b>To: </b>ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov, accessgrid-l@grangenet.net <br>
<b>Cc: </b>mcmullen@indiana.edu, bdr@internet2.edu,
jongwon@netmedia.kjist.ac.kr <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>
Markus.Buchhorn@anu.edu.au, mail: Bldg #108 CS&IT |Fx: +61 2 61259805 <br>
Australian National University, Canberra 0200 Aust.|Mob: 0417 281429 <br>
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