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

[Fred Dech]

heh.  it's password protected now.

--fred

On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 01:45PM, ULM AccessGrid said:
> Sorry All,
> 
> Should be fixed now.  I was hoping to have it fixed before someone noticed
> :-)  It seems Zone Alarm 5.0 and XP's IIS don't get along together.  The
> problem has been corrected now.
> 
> Adam
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Dech [mailto:fdech at uchicago.edu] 
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 1:19 PM
> To: ULM AccessGrid
> Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] VideoProducerService is also receiving???
> 
> hi Adam.
> 
> double-check that archive:
> http://198.232.231.51/packages/AccessGrid-2.2-UNSTABLE-.fc2.tar.gz
> i downloaded it and took a look at it:
> .....
> sucag1[root]43# tar tvzf AccessGrid-2.2-UNSTABLE-.fc2.tar.gz 
> drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2004-07-08 16:14:11 AccessGrid-2.2/
> -rwxr-xr-x root/root       134 2004-07-08 16:14:11 AccessGrid-2.2/install
> -rw------- root/root   1129130 2004-07-08 16:13:59
> AccessGrid-2.2/xawtv-3.88-6.i386.rpm
> 
> gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
> tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> ....
> i downloaded it again, thinking it was a transfer glitch, but got the same
> file again.
> 
> --fred
> 
> On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 10:11AM, ULM AccessGrid said:
> > 
> > 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