Fwd: [AG-TECH] Announce: VP - a replacement for vic

[Michael E. Papka]

Have we looked at this?

Mike

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> From: Markus Buchhorn <Markus.Buchhorn at anu.edu.au>
> Date: February 29, 2004 9:20:10 PM CST
> To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov, accessgrid-l at grangenet.net
> Cc: mcmullen at indiana.edu, bdr at internet2.edu, 
> jongwon at netmedia.kjist.ac.kr
> Subject: [AG-TECH] Announce: VP - a replacement for vic
>
>
> Hi all
>
> 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.
>
> 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 ...).
>
> VP is available at
>
> http://if.anu.edu.au/SW/VP.html
>
> VP has the following main features:
>  - site grouping, site management, display management
>  - smooth (any size) display scaling in opengl (on hardware)
>  - ports to Linux and Windows (MacOSX and FreeBSD coming)
>  - a capture application is coming
>  - early DV capability on top of h.261, and more codecs to come.
>  - it's a drop-in replacement for vic on AG2 (and AG1?)
>  - 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
>
> 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.
>
> Please try it out and let us know!
>
> Cheers,
> 	Markus
>
> Markus Buchhorn, ANU Internet Futures Group,       |Ph: +61 2 61258810
> Markus.Buchhorn at anu.edu.au, mail: Bldg #108 CS&IT  |Fx: +61 2 61259805
> Australian National University, Canberra 0200 Aust.|Mob: 0417 281429
>
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