[AG-TECH] VideoProducerService is also receiving???

[Michael Miller]

Adam,

I think you should submit your doc to the AGDP:
http://www.accessgrid.org/agdp/

;-)

Michael Miller
NCSA

At 10:11 AM 7/9/2004, ULM AccessGrid wrote:

>UPDATE:
>
>I found a quick way to make the VICs on my video machine transmit(sort of)
>only.  I just added a firewall line that blocked all incoming sources that
>were not on my subnet.  I now have three VICs with only one video per VIC on
>my video box.  Thanks Michael for letting me know it was not just me.  You
>helped me think of this solution.  FINALLY AG2.2 is running well on my
>multi-os node.
>
>I am in the process of making a comprehensive HOW-TO to install AG2.2 on
>Fedora2.  It should be finished within the hour.  It will come with links to
>all files needed for the install.
>
>Here's the link:
>
>http://198.232.231.51/install.txt
>
>Let me know what you think.
>
>Thanks
>
>Adam Taylor
>Computing Center
>University of Louisiana at Monroe
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf
>Of Michael Miller
>Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 8:14 AM
>To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
>Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] VideoProducerService is also receiving???
>
>Adam,
>
>I've seen this question a couple times.  Yes, this is normal behavior in my
>experience.  You should notice though that all the streams in the
>VideoProducer VICs muted.  I believe this eliminates the bandwith usage
>that those streams would need, but there still maybe a small amount in
>order for VIC to know that the stream is still there.  I'll let the vic
>experts chime in here...
>
>It would make more sense if a single instance of VIC could be configured to
>handle multiple inputs/transmits but I'll bet there would be a whole lot of
>changes to the code necessary to handle that.
>
>hope this helps
>
>Michael Miller
>NCSA
>
>At 06:31 PM 7/8/2004, Adam Taylor wrote:
>
> >I have a weird problem.  When I add my three VideoProducerServices they
> >add without a problem.  When I join the venue the weirdness begins.  My
> >three VIC s on my Fedora2(Video Capture) box comes up with my three
> >cameras (one camera for each instance of VIC).  The problem is that all
> >three VICs receive ALL the other video streams in the venue also.  I have
> >three duplicate pairs of the incoming video streams.  However there is
> >only one instance of each of my cameras (One camera on each VIC like it is
> >suppose to).  Can anyone tell me why my three VideoProducerServices VICs
> >are also receiving Video too???
> >
> >
> >
> >When I join a venue without anybody I get three VICs with one camera on
> >each like there are suppose to do.  If someone joins the venue, those
> >three instances of  VIC each receive all of the other persons video
> >streams too.
> >
> >
> >
> >I m sorry if I double stated it but I just wanted to make sure I was as
> >clear as possible.
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >Adam Taylor
> >
> >Computing Center
> >
> >University of Louisiana at Monroe.
>
>Thanx,
>
>Michael Miller
>System Engineer
>Visualization Technology Support
>Computing and Data Management
>National Center for Supercomputing Applications
>University of Illinois - UC
>217-649-0747
>
>"If you're clear in your vision and trust the people in your team with
>clear objectives, they will invariably do their best to achieve everything
>desired, and usually deliver everything you could have hoped for and even
>more." -Paul Debevec

Thanx,

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

"If you're clear in your vision and trust the people in your team with 
clear objectives, they will invariably do their best to achieve everything 
desired, and usually deliver everything you could have hoped for and even 
more." -Paul Debevec