[AG-TECH] "waiting for video" with unicast

[Monika Rabarison]

Thank you in advance.

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Fred Dech wrote:

> i've run into the same problem on a unicast network.  bridging, RAT received
> audio, but VIC did not receive any video.  other clients connected to the
> same venue could see both the bridged video and audio.  i've not yet
> tracked down the problem.  when/if i do, i will share the results.
> 
> -fd
> 
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 08:24AM, Monika Rabarison said:
> > 
> > Thanks Chris. My problem is that I don't get any incoming streams at all.
> > I'll keep trying.
> > 
> > Thanks to all,
> > 
> > Monika
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Osland, CD (Chris) wrote:
> > 
> > > Monika
> > > 
> > > By 'pick up' I just mean that (as someone else said in reply to
> > > you) the incoming streams are seen as thumbnails in the 'outgoing'
> > > (i.e. producer) vic windows, but not in the 'receiver' vic window.
> > > As he says, you need to unmute things.
> > > 
> > > Re any corruption of the streams, we're run a twin 248 Opteron
> > > system on two machines and twin 2.8 Xeons on another, which may be
> > > why we don't see it - or haven't seen it so far.
> > > 
> > > Hope that helps
> > > 
> > > Chris
> > > 
> > > ____________________________________________________________________
> > > Chris Osland                         Office tel: +44 (0) 1235 446565
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> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Monika Rabarison [mailto:monika.k.rabarison at ccaix.jsums.edu]
> > > > Sent: 16 February 2005 17:14
> > > > To: Osland, CD (Chris)
> > > > Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov; Hill, NM (Nick)
> > > > Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] "waiting for video" with unicast
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Osland, CD (Chris) wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > We found a similar problem, but then found that the incoming
> > > > > video was attached to a randomly chosen 'outgoing' vic; between
> > > > > all the vic's that were started, we could pick up
> > > > 
> > > > Chris,
> > > > 
> > > > what do you mean by *pick up*?
> > > > 
> > > > thanks,
> > > > Monika
> > > > 
> > > >  all incoming
> > > > > and outgoing streams.  If I've got this wrong, Nick Hill should
> > > > > be able to correct me.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Inelegant, but it works!
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cheers
> > > > > 
> > > > > Chris
> > > > > 
> > > > > ____________________________________________________________________
> > > > > Chris Osland                         Office tel: +44 (0) 1235 446565
> > > > > Digital Media and Access Grid      Medialab tel: +44 (0) 1235 446459
> > > > > BIT Department             Access Grid room tel: +44 (0) 1235 445666
> > > > > e-mail:   C.D.Osland at rl.ac.uk               Fax: +44 (0) 1235 445597
> > > > > 
> > > > > CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Bldg. R18)
> > > > > Chilton, DIDCOT, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK
> > > > > 
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> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov 
> > > [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov]On
> > > > > Behalf Of Monika Rabarison
> > > > > Sent: 16 February 2005 15:22
> > > > > To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> > > > > Subject: [AG-TECH] "waiting for video" with unicast
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Could someone help with the following issue? 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Multicast is working fine. The problem is when switching to 
> > > > > unicast using 
> > > > > any bridge. I have tested with a Room Node and a Personal Node (XP). 
> > > > > No problem with rat. On the Room Node, vic is "waiting for 
> > > > > video" on the Display machine (XP) and shows only the local video 
> > > > > streams on the Video Capture machine(FC2). On the Personal 
> > > > > Node, vic shows 
> > > > > only the local video stream. No video transmission or 
> > > > > reception between 
> > > > > the Room Node and the Personal Node. 
> > > > > When I run vic manually, I'm having the same problem.
> > > > > 
> > > > > A remote site using unicast confirmed receiving audio and video 
> > > > > from us though.
> > > > > 
> > > > > You may wonder why I need to switch to unicast if multicast 
> > > > > is working. 
> > > > > We have sessions with a site that has to use unicast due to multicast 
> > > > > issues. For some reason, when I use multicast,the audio from 
> > > > > that site is 
> > > > > breaking out.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any help would be most appreciated.
> > > > > 
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