[AG-TECH] Is the Lobby active or inactive?

[Michael Miller]

Randy,

I've gotten into the habit of disabling audio/video before I connect to the 
Venues Server.  Then I can navigate more quickly to where I want to 
be.  After seeing who is in the participants list, I turn on audio as that 
is the least obtrusive way to find out what's going on in the venue.  If 
all is clear then I turn on video and have a look.

Some sort of common courtesy practice like this would be very desirable.

Michael Miller
NCSA


At 02:10 PM 8/28/2003, Randy Groves wrote:
>With the advent of the new venue server and clients, I'm wondering what 
>the function of the 'Lobby' should be - if, in fact, it needs to exist - 
>at least as a place where audio and video are active.  Until such time as 
>the network services exist to throttle the communications, entering the 
>venue could be problematic if you are using a low-bandwidth client, and 
>you are suddenly bombarded with the streams from all the people who are 
>'parked' in the lobby.
>
>Though it hasn't undergone real extensive testing (and probably won't now 
>that 2.0 is out and looking good), my 1.x venue server doesn't have ANY 
>streams in the lobby.  This gives folks a way to 'stop and catch their 
>breath' before plunging into the fray.
>
>I'm interested in people's thoughts on this.  Of course, since it isn't 
>presently possible to configure a room with NO streams allocated, the 
>point is somewhat moot.  But that's how I see us using the lobby.
>
>-randy
>

Thanx,

Michael Miller
System Engineer
Visualization Technology Support
Computing and Data Management
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois - UC
217-649-0747

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