Re: [AG-TECH] AccessGrid and Polycom

[Ulrich Schwenn <schwenn@rzg.mpg.de>]

Fabrizio,
the ViaVideo is a self sustained H.323 Videosystem and CANNOT be used as 
a camera, use any AG compatible webcam from "choosable devices".
Ulli

Fabrizio.Berdondini@prototipo.it wrote:

> Hi Sam,
> Unfortunately I already tried VRVS with no luck, as I got the same 
> behaviour: I cannot select my "Polycom ViaVideo II" as camera of my 
> personal node, as it doesn't appear on the list of the choosable 
> devices: the only one I get is "Microsoft WDM", which crashes when 
> using the Polycom camera.
> Any other suggestion?
> Thanx,
> Faber B.
>
>
>
> Sam Liston <stliston@chpc.utah.edu> scritti il 02/02/2006 17.45.13
>
> > Hi Fabrizio,
> > Your problem, I believe, is that the viavideo2 camera uses h.323 video
> > codec while standard vic uses h.261.  You may want to try VRVS, 
> which, I
> > think supports h.323.
> > Sam
> >
> > Samuel T. Liston <stliston@chpc.utah.edu>
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Systems Administrator - Visualization
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Univ. of Utah
> >  Center for High Performance Computing
> >   155 S. 1452 E. Room 405
> >   Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
> >   801.232.6932
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Fabrizio.Berdondini@prototipo.it wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > I'm wondering about the possibility to configure and use a "Polycom
> > > ViaVideo II" as VideoProducer Service of a Node, running on a Windows
> > > XP SP1 machine. I connected it to my PC, but when I start the "Manage
> > > my node" utility there's no chance to see it in the list of the 
> usable
> > > videocamera devices: I just can see the "Microsoft WDM Image Capture
> > > (Win32)" option, which I usually used when I previously connected a
> > > "Phillip Toucam" instead of the ViaVideo.
> > > I also tried to connect the AG client to the standard server lobby
> > > with the Viavideo switched on, but vic.exe crashes reporting the
> > > following error boxes: "capDriverConnect: dev=0 failed - 0", then
> > > "capGetDriverCaps: failed - 0", finally "capGetVideoFormat: failed -
> > > 0", then ends asking if I am willing to report the error to Microsoft.
> > > The ViaVideo is correctly installed and working, as I can use it with
> > > the "Polycom PVX" conference software, but I have no clue on how to
> > > configure it in order to allow to the "Node Manager" and the "AG
> > > client" to set and use it.
> > > Any suggestion please?
> > > Thank you in advance,
> > > Faber
> >

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