[AG-TECH] AG3.1 and VIC problems

[Mike Daley]

Hi Doug
That was great. Worked like a dream.
We had Fedora core 5 running, The videoproducers did pick up the right 
values i.e. V4L1:/dev/video0 etc. so they were OK.
But doing an install of VIC appears to have fixed the problem.
Many Thanks
Mike

Douglas Kosovic wrote:
> Hi Mike,
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>> I've just tried to upgrade my Main AG node from AG3.0.2 to AG3.1
>> This is my main node so its configuration is over 3 machines
>> Display machine XP, Audio Capture XP, Fedora for video capture. 4
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>> capture cards (OLD  Hauppage)
>> I have the following problems.
>> 1. The Node Setup Wizard does not want to start up on the display
>> machine. (I tried the audio just to see if its the machine but it also
>> freezes)
>> 2. If I configure the node via the Client I can configure all the
>> machines but the Video Capture defaults to all four feeds coming from
>> the same video card. (video3)
>> I can then individually configure the cards so that I get all my feeds
>> I save the configuration then if I change venues it all defaults back
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>> just one feed.
>> If I configure the card on the fedora machine in the vic menu VIC does
>> not appear to save the configuration.
>> Anyone seen this this, or have any ideas.
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> Which Fedora version are you running? If it's Fedora Core 6 or earlier,
> make certain you have the latest vic installed (i.e. yum update vic, or
> maybe yum install vic). If you have one of the older AccessGrid-vic RPMs
> installed, it can't handle the changes introduced with AG 3.1 (so would
> most likely end up defaulting to the last videocard /dev/video3). Also
> if the VideoProducers are listed as /dev/video0 ... 3 instead of
> V4L:/dev/video0 ... 3 (or V4L2:/dev/something), you'll have to delete
> the VideoProducers and add them back in.
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> Cheer,
> Doug
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