[AG-TECH] Strange behavior with bridge

[Christoph Willing]

On 14/10/2005, at 6:10 AM, Paul Mercer wrote:
[snip]
>
> If someone tries to connect via the bridge the only video/audio  
> they see is their own...until
>
> I open VenueManager.py on the server, highlight the venue that we  
> are using, click "Modify" and then "OK" on the window that appears,  
> not changing anything...the user that is using unicast will see  
> that their vic and rat restarts, automatically, and then they will  
> be able to see/hear the other sites via the bridge.   Other sites  
> that are in the venue at this time when I "toggle" the server,  
> wether on Multicast or Unicast, will not see any change and their  
> vic/rat will not restart.
>
> Each time a new user wants to use the bridge I have to do the same  
> thing to the venue manager so they can see/hear all.
>
> I have verified this behavior with three other sites trying to use  
> our bridge.  I even verified it with another venue server and his  
> bridge.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on what is going on?  If you need any  
> more information please ask.

Paul,

No light, but I can confirm that I could only see my own video when I  
used your bridge a few minutes ago, despite several other streams  
being vislble in multicast mode.


> Here is my BridgeServer.cfg
>
> [BridgeServer]
> name =  ARSC
> location = Fairbanks
> qbexec = /usr/bin/QuickBridge
> BRIDGESERVER = ARSC

Although I've seen this "BRIDGESERVER = ...." mentioned in some  
recent documentation, I've never used it on the APAG venue server/ 
bridge. Still, I doubt its inclusion would cause your problem.


> portMin =  20000
> portMax = 40000
>
> #any number of Venue and/or VenueServer entries in the following  
> format
> #[https://myvenueserver:myport/Venues/000...]
>
> #Entire Server
> [https://agserver.arsc.edu:8000/VenueServer]
> type = VenueServer

Is the behaviour any different when you explicitly bridge all/any  
rooms individually, rather than the "whole server" mode? e.g.

# Arctic Circle venue at ARSC test venue server
[https://agserver.arsc.edu:8000/Venues/ 
00000104a5a05af8007f00000000000150b]
type = Venue



What version of the toolkit?


chris

Christoph Willing                           +61 7 3365 8350
QPSF Access Grid Manager
University of Queensland