Re: [AG-TECH] Strange behavior with bridge

[Paul Mercer <mercer@arsc.edu>]

Christoph
Thanks for getting back to me.
AGTk version is 2.3
Yes, I get the same behavior if I bridge each room individually 
instead of the whole server.

thanks

Paul


At 8:28 AM +1000 10/14/05, Christoph Willing wrote:
> 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