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Re: [AG-TECH] Tweaking video encoding and testing
by Robert Olson 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

>Any idea why I'm generating 800k at ~10fps of video, >when others are getting 25fps at about 150k? > >I've tried mucking with the slider bars in vic, but when I put >the max rate at 150k, I only get 1 or 2 fps?? What is your quality set to? Is this a Linux capture machine? 150kbps is pretty low. We typically max the bitrates at 800-1500 kbps. --bob

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Tweaking video encoding and testing
by Gary Orser 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

Hi all, Both audio and video are up in a temporary 2 person space. Any idea why I'm generating 800k at ~10fps of video, when others are getting 25fps at about 150k? I've tried mucking with the slider bars in vic, but when I put the max rate at 150k, I only get 1 or 2 fps?? Anybody available for a training startup run to teach me the finer points of agnode protocol and etiquette. Cheers, Gary ------------------------------------------------------ Gary Orser , (406) 994-6451, orser(a)nervana.montana.edu Montana State University Center for Computational Biology 1 Lewis Hall, Bozeman MT, 59717

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Re: [AG-TECH] AG hardware help
by Robert Olson 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

looks good. I'm wondering why the video machine priced out so expensively; seems high. Don't necessarily need two drives in the display machine. Does the video machine really just have one PCI slot? that won't do well.. I'd shy away from putting Matrox G450s on anything but the display machine, due to the Linux issues. You may want to track down some Ensoniq AudioPCI cards instead of the PCI512 (aka SBLive); I've heard from some of hte driver developers that there are hardware reasons that hte PCI512 won't perform as well with full duplex audio. --bob At 12:31 PM 3/29/2001 -0600, Satish Devarapalli wrote: >Hi all, > >I am Satish Devarapalli from Illinois Institute of Technology. we are in >the process of building a node. below is the configuration information for >the display,video,audio and control machines. please tell me your suggestions >on this configuration. > >Details: >__________ > >Display Machine > >Processor 2 Pentium III 850Mhz/100 w/256K Cache >Intel >MotherBoard 1 Dual RDY, Cache on CPU, BX Chipset >Super DBE >BoardSpecs 1 (5)PCi,(2)ISA (1 is shared), AGP Video >BoardSpecs 1 AMI BIOS, Ultra DMA IDE ON BOARD >BoardSpecs 1 4 DIMMS, Wake-on-Lan, USB >Memory 1 256 MB SDRAM, DIMM, 133Mhz ECC >Disk 2 18GB, 10,000 RPM, LVD 160MB/Sec 4MB Cache >Seagate >SLEDS 2 Removable Cannister, w/ Fan & Key Lock LED for IDE >Floppy 1 3.5" Floppy and System Cabling MPF-920-1-131 >PC Card Reader 1 PCMCIA PC Card Reader >0260.307.001 >CD ROM 1 52X Sony IDE CD-ROM >Tape Drive 1 Iomega Zip Drive 100MB, IDE >Wide Ctrlr 1 PCi LVD Ultra 160 SCSI Controller 160Mb/Sec >Adptc29160U >Video Brd 1 32MB Millenium G450 Dual >MATROX >Ethernet 1 Intel PCI Pro/100+ Server Adapter >PILA8470 >Sound 1 PCI-512 Soundblaster CT 4790 >Creative Labs >CPU ATX Rack 1 4U BLACK Rackmount (8)5.25" Bays, 300 Watt >Rack Rails 1 Sliding Rails (one per rack shelf) RACK-6CA300 >Keyboard 1 104 SAG Keyboard & 3 Button Logitech Mouse >Warranty 1 3 Year Warranty >SERVICE 1 1 Year NBD on-site, Banctec Workstation > >System Total 1 $3,021 Shipping not included. >__________________________________________________________________ > >Video Machine >Server 1 >Processor 2 Pentium III 866Mhz/133 w/256K Cache >Intel >MotherBoard 1 Dual RDY PIII, FCPGA >Super 370DER >BoardSpecs 1 (1) 64bit 66MHz PCI Slot >BoardSpecs 1 up to 4GB SDRAM, 4 DIMMS >BoardSpecs 1 Integrated Ethernet, Int. 160 SCSI >Memory 1 256 MB SDRAM, DIMM, 133Mhz ECC, Registered >Disk 2 18GB, 10,000 RPM, LVD 160MB/Sec 4MB Cache >Seagate >Floppy 1 3.5" Floppy and System Cabling MPF-920-1-131 >CD ROM 1 52X Sony IDE CD-ROM >CPU ATX Rack 1 2U BLACK Rackmount (4)3.5" Removable - 300 Watt >CPU ATX Rack 4 1U White Rackmount (2)3.5" removable SCA bays, >245watt >Rack Rails 5 Sliding Rails (one per rack shelf) >RACK-6CA300 >Warranty 1 3 Year Warranty >SERVICE 1 1 Year NBD on-site Server > >System Total 1 $3,238 Shipping not included >__________________________________________________________________ > >Control Machine >Processor 1 Pentium III 700Mhz/100 w/256K Cache >Intel >MotherBoard 1 Dual RDY, Cache on CPU, BX Chipset >Super DBE >BoardSpecs 1 (5)PCi,(2)ISA (1 is shared), AGP Video >BoardSpecs 1 AMI BIOS, Ultra DMA IDE ON BOARD >BoardSpecs 1 4 DIMMS, Wake-on-Lan, USB >Memory 1 256 MB SDRAM, DIMM, 133Mhz ECC >Disk, EIDE 1 10GB, IDE 5400 RPM, Ultra 66 >SLEDS 1 Removable Cannister, w/ Fan & Key Lock LED for IDE >Floppy 1 3.5" Floppy and System Cabling MPF-920-1-131 >CD ROM 1 52X Sony IDE CD-ROM >Video Brd 1 32MB Millenium G450 Dual >MATROX >Ethernet 1 Intel PCI Pro/100, Management Adapter >PILA8461 >Sound 1 PCI-512 Soundblaster CT 4790 >Creative Labs >CPU ATX Rack 1 4U BLACK Rackmount (8)5.25" Bays, 300 Watt >Rack Rails 1 Sliding Rails (one per rack shelf) RACK-6CA300 >Keyboard 1 104 SAG Keyboard & 3 Button Logitech Mouse >Warranty 1 3 Year Warranty >SERVICE 1 1 Year NBD on-site, Banctec >Workstation > >System Total 1 $1,752 Shipping not included >__________________________________________________________________ > > >Audio Machine >Processor 1 Pentium III 700Mhz/100 w/256K Cache >Intel >MotherBoard 1 Dual RDY, Cache on CPU, BX Chipset >Super DBE >BoardSpecs 1 (5)PCi,(2)ISA (1 is shared), AGP Video >BoardSpecs 1 AMI BIOS, Ultra DMA IDE ON BOARD >BoardSpecs 1 4 DIMMS, Wake-on-Lan, USB >Memory 1 128 MB SDRAM, DIMM, 133Mhz ECC >Disk, EIDE 1 10GB, IDE 5400 RPM, Ultra 66 >SLEDS 1 Removable Cannister, w/ Fan & Key Lock LED for IDE > >Floppy 1 3.5" Floppy and System Cabling MPF-920-1-131 >CD ROM 1 52X Sony IDE CD-ROM >Video Brd 1 ATI 8MB AGP Video >ATI >Ethernet 1 3COM PCI 10/100 10BaseT, RJ45 >3C905-TX >Sound 1 PCI-512 Soundblaster CT 4790 >Creative Labs >CPU ATX Rack 1 4U BLACK Rackmount (8)5.25" Bays, 300 Watt >Rack Rails 1 Sliding Rails (one per rack shelf) RACK-6CA300 > >Warranty 1 3 Year Warranty >SERVICE 1 1 Year NBD on-site Server > >System Total 1 $1,545 Shipping not included > > > > >Thank you in advance >Satish >____________________________________________________________________________ >Satish Devarapalli >Illinois Institute of Technology >3140 S.Michigan Avenue, #801 >Chicago, IL-60616 >ph:(312)-791-1180 > > > >

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AG hardware help
by Satish Devarapalli 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

Hi all, I am Satish Devarapalli from Illinois Institute of Technology. we are in the process of building a node. below is the configuration information for the display,video,audio and control machines. please tell me your suggestions on this configuration. Details: __________ Display Machine Processor 2 Pentium III 850Mhz/100 w/256K Cache Intel MotherBoard 1 Dual RDY, Cache on CPU, BX Chipset Super DBE BoardSpecs 1 (5)PCi,(2)ISA (1 is shared), AGP Video BoardSpecs 1 AMI BIOS, Ultra DMA IDE ON BOARD BoardSpecs 1 4 DIMMS, Wake-on-Lan, USB Memory 1 256 MB SDRAM, DIMM, 133Mhz ECC Disk 2 18GB, 10,000 RPM, LVD 160MB/Sec 4MB Cache Seagate SLEDS 2 Removable Cannister, w/ Fan & Key Lock LED for IDE Floppy 1 3.5" Floppy and System Cabling MPF-920-1-131 PC Card Reader 1 PCMCIA PC Card Reader 0260.307.001 CD ROM 1 52X Sony IDE CD-ROM Tape Drive 1 Iomega Zip Drive 100MB, IDE Wide Ctrlr 1 PCi LVD Ultra 160 SCSI Controller 160Mb/Sec Adptc29160U Video Brd 1 32MB Millenium G450 Dual MATROX Ethernet 1 Intel PCI Pro/100+ Server Adapter PILA8470 Sound 1 PCI-512 Soundblaster CT 4790 Creative Labs CPU ATX Rack 1 4U BLACK Rackmount (8)5.25" Bays, 300 Watt Rack Rails 1 Sliding Rails (one per rack shelf) RACK-6CA300 Keyboard 1 104 SAG Keyboard & 3 Button Logitech Mouse Warranty 1 3 Year Warranty SERVICE 1 1 Year NBD on-site, Banctec Workstation System Total 1 $3,021 Shipping not included. __________________________________________________________________ Video Machine Server 1 Processor 2 Pentium III 866Mhz/133 w/256K Cache Intel MotherBoard 1 Dual RDY PIII, FCPGA Super 370DER BoardSpecs 1 (1) 64bit 66MHz PCI Slot BoardSpecs 1 up to 4GB SDRAM, 4 DIMMS BoardSpecs 1 Integrated Ethernet, Int. 160 SCSI Memory 1 256 MB SDRAM, DIMM, 133Mhz ECC, Registered Disk 2 18GB, 10,000 RPM, LVD 160MB/Sec 4MB Cache Seagate Floppy 1 3.5" Floppy and System Cabling MPF-920-1-131 CD ROM 1 52X Sony IDE CD-ROM CPU ATX Rack 1 2U BLACK Rackmount (4)3.5" Removable - 300 Watt CPU ATX Rack 4 1U White Rackmount (2)3.5" removable SCA bays, 245watt Rack Rails 5 Sliding Rails (one per rack shelf) RACK-6CA300 Warranty 1 3 Year Warranty SERVICE 1 1 Year NBD on-site Server System Total 1 $3,238 Shipping not included __________________________________________________________________ Control Machine Processor 1 Pentium III 700Mhz/100 w/256K Cache Intel MotherBoard 1 Dual RDY, Cache on CPU, BX Chipset Super DBE BoardSpecs 1 (5)PCi,(2)ISA (1 is shared), AGP Video BoardSpecs 1 AMI BIOS, Ultra DMA IDE ON BOARD BoardSpecs 1 4 DIMMS, Wake-on-Lan, USB Memory 1 256 MB SDRAM, DIMM, 133Mhz ECC Disk, EIDE 1 10GB, IDE 5400 RPM, Ultra 66 SLEDS 1 Removable Cannister, w/ Fan & Key Lock LED for IDE Floppy 1 3.5" Floppy and System Cabling MPF-920-1-131 CD ROM 1 52X Sony IDE CD-ROM Video Brd 1 32MB Millenium G450 Dual MATROX Ethernet 1 Intel PCI Pro/100, Management Adapter PILA8461 Sound 1 PCI-512 Soundblaster CT 4790 Creative Labs CPU ATX Rack 1 4U BLACK Rackmount (8)5.25" Bays, 300 Watt Rack Rails 1 Sliding Rails (one per rack shelf) RACK-6CA300 Keyboard 1 104 SAG Keyboard & 3 Button Logitech Mouse Warranty 1 3 Year Warranty SERVICE 1 1 Year NBD on-site, Banctec Workstation System Total 1 $1,752 Shipping not included __________________________________________________________________ Audio Machine Processor 1 Pentium III 700Mhz/100 w/256K Cache Intel MotherBoard 1 Dual RDY, Cache on CPU, BX Chipset Super DBE BoardSpecs 1 (5)PCi,(2)ISA (1 is shared), AGP Video BoardSpecs 1 AMI BIOS, Ultra DMA IDE ON BOARD BoardSpecs 1 4 DIMMS, Wake-on-Lan, USB Memory 1 128 MB SDRAM, DIMM, 133Mhz ECC Disk, EIDE 1 10GB, IDE 5400 RPM, Ultra 66 SLEDS 1 Removable Cannister, w/ Fan & Key Lock LED for IDE Floppy 1 3.5" Floppy and System Cabling MPF-920-1-131 CD ROM 1 52X Sony IDE CD-ROM Video Brd 1 ATI 8MB AGP Video ATI Ethernet 1 3COM PCI 10/100 10BaseT, RJ45 3C905-TX Sound 1 PCI-512 Soundblaster CT 4790 Creative Labs CPU ATX Rack 1 4U BLACK Rackmount (8)5.25" Bays, 300 Watt Rack Rails 1 Sliding Rails (one per rack shelf) RACK-6CA300 Warranty 1 3 Year Warranty SERVICE 1 1 Year NBD on-site Server System Total 1 $1,545 Shipping not included Thank you in advance Satish ____________________________________________________________________________ Satish Devarapalli Illinois Institute of Technology 3140 S.Michigan Avenue, #801 Chicago, IL-60616 ph:(312)-791-1180

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RE: Great to Meet with You!
by Lisa Childers 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

Here are the images: http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~childers/thurpix.jpg http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~childers/thurpix2.jpg Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Childers [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 11:39 AM To: lujian(a)nlsde.buaa.edu.cn Cc: Ag-Tech@Mcs. Anl. Gov; Mark Hereld; Ivan R. Judson; Robert Olson; Terry Disz; Lisa C Childers Subject: Great to Meet with You! Dear Mr. Lujian and colleagues, It was good to see you on the Grid today! We look forward to hearing you better when your multicast is working. This is the way your vic text window came across the ocean, compared to your great video. Best Regards, Lisa

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Great to Meet with You!
by Lisa Childers 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

Dear Mr. Lujian and colleagues, It was good to see you on the Grid today! We look forward to hearing you better when your multicast is working. This is the way your vic text window came across the ocean, compared to your great video. Best Regards, Lisa

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Re: [AG-TECH] showing SGI VR on AG
by Luc Renambot 28 Mar '01

28 Mar '01

Tom Coffin wrote: > > display in full simulator mono mode on the sgi > then send the screen through a computer to video > scan converter into the vic card > > At 12:21 PM 3/13/01 -0500, Robert Putnam wrote: > >[Submitted earlier to Faq-O-Matic] I am running a VR application on an > >SGI. How do you recommend capturing the display to make it an AG-viewable > >video stream? > > Hi, as a test, I'm experimenting with the video out of my GeoForceMX connected directly to the framegrabber, within the same Windows box. No needs for a scan-converter. It works quite ok (but at the resolution of 640x480, or max 800x600). But everything running on the same machine, it's a bit just : VR-like application under windows, frame grabber, and Vic/Rat ! For PowerPoint, it's nice. Luc. -- Luc Renambot Mail: renambot(a)cs.vu.nl - Web : http://www.cs.vu.nl/~renambot/vr There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. (L.C.)

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reserve
by Tom Coffin 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

hi please reserve the following 3 meetings: April 17 2001 Lucky Labrador 8:00am-5:00pm eastern 1300-2200 UTC Advanced CAVE Workshop Seminar at ACCESS http://calder.ncsa.uiuc.edu/CAVERNUS_Workshop/access.html http://calder.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ACCESS/Events/Agendas/010417_acws.html --- April 18 2001 Lucky Labrador 12:00pm-4:00pm eastern 1700-2100 UTC Multi Sector Crisis Management Consortium http://calder.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ACCESS/Events/Agendas/010418_mscmc.html --- April 27 2001 Lucky Labrador 8:00am-5:00pm eastern 1300-2200 UTC Clusters in a Box http://calder.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ACCESS/Events/Agendas/010427_c-box.html ___________________________________________________________ Tom Coffin .......................... tcoffin(a)ncsa.uiuc.edu

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NDSU Demos April 5, 2001
by Marty Hoag 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Please reserve a virtual venue for 1:30-4:00 p.m. CDT / 1830-2100 UTC on Thursday, April 5, 2001. The Bridgeport is fine but let me know what works. NDSU will be giving several brief demonstrations of the Access Grid between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. CDT (1900-2100 UTC) on that day for high school students who are on campus for the ND State Science Fair. We will use the time between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. CDT (1830-1900 UTC) to assemble and check out the systems. We would welcome other sites who would like to hang out with us during that time and perhaps say "Hi" (there probably won't be time for formal remote presentations). If you are interested and able to join us please let me know. I probably won't have an exact schedule until near the time of the demos. Thank you! Marty Hoag NDSU AG Coordinator Marty_Hoag(a)NDSU.NODAK.EDU 701-231-8639

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EXPERIENTIAL E-COMMERCE: 3D Visualizations, Product Simulations, Embodied Agents, and Virtual Environments
by Petrina Er 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Call for Participation _____________________________________________________________________ EXPERIENTIAL E-COMMERCE: 3-D Visualizations, Product Simulations, Embodied Agents, and Virtual Environments _____________________________________________________________________ Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center East Lansing, Michigan, USA September 27-29, 2001 The next generation of E-Commerce sites is about to break. Help decide the future of E-Commerce at this ground-breaking meeting. The conference will bring together researchers, designers, and executives who will define the new shape of this multi-billion dollar industry. Consumers learn about products through direct experience such as inspection or trial and indirect experience such as advertising or word of mouth. 3D visualizations, product simulations, and advanced interactivity provide consumers with a new type of mediated experience--virtual experience. Virtual experience is a set of psychological and emotional states that consumers undergo when they interact with products or embodied agents in consumption simulations and virtual environments. User experience can be stimulated, framed, annotated, and contextualized in virtual environments in a way that is not feasible in physical environments. This conference will be the first to focus on exploring virtual experiences in highly interactive, 3D e-commerce virtual environments. It will cover many aspects of consumer experience with product simulations and e-commerce embodied agents. Among the themes of the conference are: * Conceptualization and operationalization of virtual experience * Comparisons of direct, indirect, and virtual experience * Roles of virtual experience in consumer decision-making * 3D site design and human computer interaction * Classifications of products and consumer experience * Product search and experience attributes * Contextualization of products and consumer learning * Product narrative environments * Simulated social aspects of shopping experience * Application of embodied agents in e-commerce Web sites * Virtual experience, presence, and persuasion in 3D environments * Measurement of consumer behavior in virtual environments and simulations. * Technological and design issues of 3D e-commerce Web sites and embodied agents * The future of experiential e-commerce The 3-day conference will consist of juried papers, special topic panels, and training workshops. JURIED PAPERS You are invited to submit papers relevant to any aspect of experiential e-commerce (theory, methods, application reports, or vision statements) in consideration for presentation at the conference and publication in the Proceedings. Publication in the proceedings will not preclude publication of related articles in academic journals. Submissions may be in one of two forms: 1) extended abstracts, 2) complete papers. Abstracts are due May 15, 2001. For abstract submissions, complete papers must be turned in by August 1, 2001. SPECIAL TOPIC PANELS You are invited to submit proposals for special topics panels designed to offer information and dialogue on topics of importance to experiential e-commerce. A submission must include the following: 1) Clear rationale for addressing the topic over an entire meeting period (75 minutes) and through contributions from several presenters 2) The value of the session to conference attendees 3) Names, affiliations, and specific roles of all participants Proposals for special topic panels are due April 15, 2001. Submissions should be sent to the Program Chairs, Dr. Hairong Li of Michigan State University (hairong(a)msu.edu) or Dr. Prabu David of Ohio State University (david.15(a)osu.edu) via e-mail. A Word file containing your entire manuscript is preferred. WORKSHOPS Two one-day workshops will be offered in a computing facility on September 28 and 29, following the paper sessions. Trainers from e-commerce visualization software venders will teach the workshops. These workshops will provide opportunities to get hands-on experience with a variety of software systems used in the development, operation, and maintenance of high-value 3D e-commerce sites. Inquiries about the workshops should be addressed to the Workshop Chair, Dr. Steve Edwards of Michigan State University via e-mail (steve(a)msu.edu) LOCATION The beautiful Kellogg Center (http://www.hfs.msu.edu/kellogg) is situated by the river and woods of Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, Michigan. The site is conveniently located in the heart of North Americaï¿½s industrial and retail core. Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Indianapolis, and Cleveland are among the nearby major commercial and industrial cities. All are within easy driving distance, or are a short flight or train ride away. WEB SITE Information about the conference sponsors, organizers and invited speakers as well as registration fees and hotel reservation is available online at http://mindlab.msu.edu/networkedminds/exp3d/index.htm This conference is one of the Networked Minds Series, organized by the Mind Labs of Michigan State University and Ohio State University with the cooperation of CyberEdge Information Services, Inc. OFFICIAL SPONSORS: ï¿½ Office of the Provost, Michigan State University ï¿½ Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Michigan State University ï¿½ MSU Foundation ï¿½ The M.I.N.D. Lab, Michigan State University ï¿½ The M.I.N.D. Lab, Ohio State University ï¿½ Department of Advertising, Michigan State University ï¿½ CyberEdge Information Services, Inc. EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES Experiential E-Commerce is the first conference dedicated to exploring the future of simulation in commerce. This will be a fabulous opportunity for you to meet the people who will be your customers and staff in the near future. The excellent facilities at the Kellogg Center include plenty of clean power, high ceilings, broadband data lines, telephone lines, and excellent accessibility. In addition,the Experiential E-Commerce conference will be supported by extensive advertising, public relations efforts, on-line marketing, and other efforts. There will be no better opportunity in 2001 to meet and form relationships with the people who are creating the future of e-commerce. Marketing opportunities at Experiential E-Commerce include: ï¿½ Exhibit space ï¿½ Conference sponsorships ï¿½ Workshop leadership ï¿½ Program Advertising ï¿½ Special Event Sponsorships To guarantee your place in this vanguard event, contact the Exhibits and Marketing Chair, Ben Delaney at: ben(a)cyberedge.com, 212 358-7800. Call today - Space is limited.

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