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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Can ConferenceXP and AGTk interop?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">thanks</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"'Cindy Sievers'" <sievers@lanl.gov>,
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It resembles the AG, where all the nodews "join" a specific multicast
group. There are Venue Servers that, as the AG venue server also
does, tells the client which multicast group is associated with the selected
Venue.<br>
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John Langkals wrote: </font>
<br><font size=3><tt>AG Tech, Bob, and Cindy,<br>
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How does Conference XP initiate, maintain, and teardown the connection<br>
between sites/nodes? Is it a SIP/H.323 ITU like IP dialing protocol
or does<br>
it resemble the AccessGrid/VRVS virtual venue HTTPS certificate server<br>
model.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
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John<br>
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Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:14 PM<br>
To: Cindy Sievers<br>
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Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Conference XP vs AG<br>
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Here are my observations (overlooking the Windows-only thing):<br>
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1. ConfXP is more "user-friendly" - you don't need a node operator,
unix<br>
expert, a magic wand, or need to wave a dead chicken & chant to make
it<br>
work.<br>
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2. The video is much better - ConfXP takes advantage of the Windows Media<br>
API's and does a very nice job rendering the video & audio - lipsynch
has<br>
not been a problem for me in my test sessions with folks in Europe.<br>
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3. A "bridge" is provided for multicast-challenged users and
to use it, the<br>
user simply uses a pull-down menu item on their ConfXP.<br>
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4. the integration of the client with the TabletPC is compelling (at least<br>
to me). It allows the instructor/presenter to face the "audience"
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instead of pointing at a screen and allows interactive mark-ups on the<br>
presentation.<br>
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5. you can specify point-to-point connections for two sites, and it seems
to<br>
work well for the bandwidth challenged locations.<br>
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Thats my $.02<br>
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Cindy Sievers wrote:<br>
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<br><font size=3><tt>Hi everyone,<br>
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I was just wondering if anyone has had a chance to test Microsoft <br>
Conference XP? What are the major differences between AG and
<br>
Conference XP? (aside from the fact that Conference XP only runs on a <br>
windows macine) I was looking at their documentation, and they use the
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exact terminology that AG does, almost the same equipment list, and <br>
seem to have the same results.....but I just wanted to hear from folks
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who have actually used it....<br>
We are going to do a collaborative education project with a remote <br>
site who is leaning toward Conference XP and they want to know what <br>
the differences are and what the compelling arguments are for either....<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
Cindy<br>
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