[AG-TECH] VIC won't start and static multicast addresses

[Natalia Costas Lago]

Using the VenueManagement tool, connect to your venue server, select the 
room, click Modify, and there is an Addressing section where you can 
indicate the static addresses (dynamic by default).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "West Suhanic" <giraffe911 at rogers.com>
To: "Thomas D. Uram" <turam at mcs.anl.gov>; "West Suhanic" 
<wsuhanic at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc: <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:06 AM
Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] VIC won't start and static multicast addresses


> Hi Thomas:
>
> Thanks very much for your help. I have another question.
> How do I configure the venue to use static multicast addresses
> for audio and video?
>
> Again thank you for help.
>
> west
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas D. Uram" <turam at mcs.anl.gov>
> To: "West Suhanic" <wsuhanic at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>
> Cc: <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 4:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] VIC won't start
>
>
>> Hi West:
>>
>> The venueserver allocates multicast addresses dynamically by default.
> When someone enters
>> the venue and will be sending video, a multicast address is allocated and
> used.  If no one
>> in the venue is sending video, there will be no mcast address for it, so
> when you enter
>> with a consumer-only setup, vic will not start.
>>
>> If you add a producer to your setup, and enter the venue, things should
> work fine.
>> Alternately, you can configure the venue to use static mcast addresses 
>> for
> audio and
>> video, and then your consumer vic will start (showing no video streams, 
>> of
> course).
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> West Suhanic wrote:
>> > Hi All:
>> >
>> > I am running a venue server on a linux machine. I am using my own
>> > certificates-(my own root CA,
>> > which is used to generate a service certificate for the venue server 
>> > and
>> > user certificate for the
>> > venue client).
>> >
>> > I can successfully log on to the venue server via a venue client.
> However
>> > only RAT will
>> > start. VIC will not start if I enable VideoConsumerService.
>> >
>> > I have gone through the logs extensively there is nothing obvious to my
>> > eyes.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions would, as usual, be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > regards,
>> >
>> > west
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>