2nd SUMOVER Workshop:

VIC

2nd SUMOVER Workshop - VIC

Overview

• VIC status• Socrates – H.264 RTP• Barz’s talk on his work

2nd SUMOVER Workshop - VIC

VIC (VideoConference tool) – Latest New features

• New Windows DirectX Grabber – {M.Petrovic@Earthlink}– Already shipping with AG3 VIC

• New Image overlay/logo sending functionality – May be utilised on start-up by AG

• Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) support• New codec H261as – {Rhys Hawkins@ANU}

– Enables interoperability with Rhys’ VP Screen tool • Updates for MacOS X 10.4.6. {Colin Perkins@Glasgow}• Windows NullSoft installer script to auto-generate installer• Various stabilisation fixes

– Updated video4linux2 driver to latest API (Linux-2.6.x)– Added more graceful Grabber error handling– Fixes imported from Debian, FreeBSD, and Gentoo ports.– Updated v4l1 to work with wider range of devices {MASH Project}

2nd SUMOVER Workshop - VIC

Latest VIC

New logo sending feature

2nd SUMOVER Workshop - VIC

VIC – Planned Features for AG release• Input from NCHC – Now merging

– MPEG4 codec– H.264 codec

• Working on compliance with H.264 RTP Payload format (RFC 3984)– Will contact inSORS with update once completed

– Alternate full screen GUI– Advanced rendering

• Full-Screen mode • Video window scaling in software • X11/XVideo, DirectX - hardware scaling/colourspace conversion

• Input from ANL – Next merge– Mac video capture support– Autoplace control– Optional window menus/border– Site identifier signalling

• Aiming for inclusion in next AG (Early ’07)– In close contact with AG tech lead – Thomas Uram