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Angelo Campanella - 08 Nov 2007 16:35 GMT

ear All:

    FYI, the Megaconference (www.megaconference.org) is now in progress
LIVE and will be for a total of 24 hours, about 9am now through 9am
tomorrow. Though replays will be available ad nauseam.

    This is the ongoing development of Internet 2, a worldwide project led
by the Ohio State University to apply very high speed Internet for live
and interactive videoconfernceing

    My acquaintance, Bob Dixon, is host and interlocketer.

    Go to www.megaconference.org with the Internet Explorer browser to set
up for real time reception.

    Note audio modus operandi. For many events, they are trying voice
operated switching (with all its idiosyncrasies).

Let me know our comments and I will pass them on to Bob Dixon.

    Angelo Campanella

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Peter Larsen - 08 Nov 2007 19:20 GMT

> Dear All:
>
> FYI, the Megaconference (www.megaconference.org) is now in progress
> LIVE and will be for a total of 24 hours, about 9am now through 9am
> tomorrow. Though replays will be available ad nauseam.

> This is the ongoing development of Internet 2, a worldwide project led
> by the Ohio State University to apply very high speed Internet for
> live and interactive videoconfernceing

> My acquaintance, Bob Dixon, is host and interlocketer.

> Go to www.megaconference.org with the Internet Explorer browser to set
> up for real time reception.

Site works, but I don't seem to get any video. I have not tried the
realmedia brand and the quicktime brands ... could be a bandwidth issue
tho', I stepped back to 512 kbits, never seemed to need more.

> Note audio modus operandi. For many events, they are trying voice
> operated switching (with all its idiosyncrasies).

> Let me know our comments and I will pass them on to Bob Dixon.

Less of an experience than I had expected.

> Angelo Campanella

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

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Angelo Campanella - 08 Nov 2007 20:04 GMT

>>Let me know our comments and I will pass them on to Bob Dixon.
> Less of an experience than I had expected.

    Video setups require some dilligent adjustments and the installation of
some special video adaption software, which is provided as its need is
discovered. One must also diable their pop-up blocker.

    The aim of the excercise is to provide an opportunity for many pblic
schools and universites around the world to excercise new use of
Internet-2 (higher speed internet) in performing and participating in
real time multiple source videoconferenceing. You are witnessing the
rudimentary efforts of many diverse educational institutions in becoming
familiar with the potential of this medium for "distance learning".

    The interesting audio activities include some use of "VOX" to trigger
the video channel, and the prevention of echoes, which can be extreme at
time.

        Angelo Campanella

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Peter Larsen - 08 Nov 2007 20:24 GMT

>>> Let me know our comments and I will pass them on to Bob Dixon.
>> Less of an experience than I had expected.

> Video setups require some dilligent adjustments and the installation
> of some special video adaption software, which is provided as its
> need is discovered. One must also diable their pop-up blocker.

Videolan installed, pop ups permitted, all outbound traffic permitted in
firewall. VLC gets no data. Ah, codec installation had failed ... they need
to change the text and explain that installation generally must be done from
an admin account, it it not just a special case.

Technically it is very good, thanks. I don't know if the content is
interesting, but I was there ... O;-)

> Angelo Campanella

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

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Natural Science Forum / Physics / Acoustics / November 2007

Megaconferece