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1 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 1 How to Connect to Access Grid Virtual Venues through VRVS Slides at http://scv.bu.edu/accessgrid/seminars/ http://scv.bu.edu/accessgrid/seminars/ Kun Wei Caltech weikun@caltech.edu

2 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 2 Today’s Topics: What’s VRVS ? Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone. Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323. Hints and Q/A.

3 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 3 What is VRVS ? www.vrvs.org VRVS - Virtual Rooms Videoconferencing System. Web services over unicast and/or multicast IP. Internet2, ESnet high-performance networks. Low cost, bandwidth-efficient, cross-platform. MBone, H.323, QuickTime, MPEG2, Sharing, Chat, Scheduler, … ~10000 Registered host, 64 Countries, 40+ Reflectors. ~700 conferences / month.

4 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 4 VRVS-AG Reflector ag-www.mcs.anl.gov WWW AG Multi-cast Cloud

5 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 5 When to connect AG through VRVS ? AGVRVSAG-VRVS Multi-cast Unicast On-Site AG Node Without AG Node High Quality Video High Quality Audio H.323 High (> 20Mbps) Bandwidth Network Normal (10Mbps) / Low (<1Mbps) Bandwidth Network

6 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 6 Connection Scenario: 1.I am on the travel with my laptop and wireless card, 2.I have cable modem/DSL at home, 3.My network admin doesn’t want to enable multi-cast for performance and security reason, 4.I can only have Polycom ViewStation, 5.… and I need to attend an Access Grid session, e.g. SC’01

7 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 7 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

8 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 8 Hardware: http://www.vrvs.org/Doc/Hardware/hardware.html http://www.vrvs.org/Doc/Hardware/hardware.html Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

9 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 9 Go to www.vrvs.org. Go to www.vrvs.org.www.vrvs.org Click “Register Me” to register with VRVS (A simple form to fill out in one minute). Click “Register Me” to register with VRVS (A simple form to fill out in one minute). Click “Download” to install VRVS MBone tools. Click “Download” to install VRVS MBone tools. Install package with RAT4. MBone on Windows 98/NT/ME/2K/XP (One step install). MBone in Linux (One step install). MBone in Solaris, IRIX, OSFI, HP-UX. IE 4/5/6, Netscape 4.7x/6.2. IE 4/5/6, Netscape 4.7x/6.2. Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

10 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 10 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

11 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 11 Click “JOIN”, AG icon and select interested Virtual Venue. Now you are in the Access Grid Virtual Venues :) Click the “Audio” button to launch MBone Audio tool – RAT. RAT window will launch automatically. Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

12 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 12 Click “Options…” to setup parameters for AG usage. Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

13 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 13 Select “Audio” from Category. Select “16-kHz” from Sample Rate. Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

14 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 14 Select “Codecs” from Category. Select “L16-16K-Mono” from Codec. Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

15 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 15 Now check “Talk” and interact with other people :) Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

16 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 16 Click the “Video” button to launch Mbone Video tool – VIC. VIC windows will launch automatically. Click VIC “Menu” button to select device and transmit your video. Click VIC “Menu” to adjust transmitting bandwidth, frame rate and quality. Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

17 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 17 You can hear ALL the participants who have un-muted the mike. You may want to MUTE your mike when you are not speaking. You can only view ONE LIVE * video at a time, but you can choose the view mode: The limitation is because of current design and bandwidth efficiency. It can be done to have more than one live video Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

18 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 18 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT) " Selected Participant " to select the specific video you want to watch from the participants list. This mode is useful for lectures and seminars. You only want to see the lecturer. " Browse Video " in order to watch each video site in turn. Video sites are selected in a "round-robin" queue that switch according to a preset timer.

19 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 19 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

20 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 20 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS MBone (VIC/RAT)

21 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 21 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323

22 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 22 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323 Why also H.323? I.T.U standard I.T.U standard Compatibility Compatibility Better lip-sync Better lip-sync Better video quality Better video quality Voice-switching Voice-switching Manufacturers (Polycom, Tandberg, VCON, …) Manufacturers (Polycom, Tandberg, VCON, …) Open Source (www.openh323.org) Open Source (www.openh323.org)www.openh323.org

23 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 23 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323 Hardware: http://www.vrvs.org/Doc/Hardware/h323_systems.html http://www.vrvs.org/Doc/Hardware/h323_systems.html

24 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 24 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323 Go to www.vrvs.org. Go to www.vrvs.org.www.vrvs.org Click “Register Me” to register with VRVS (A simple form to fill out in one minute). Click “Register Me” to register with VRVS (A simple form to fill out in one minute). No “Download” needed. No “Download” needed. IE 4/5/6, Netscape 4.7x/6.2. IE 4/5/6, Netscape 4.7x/6.2. Start your H.323 client. Start your H.323 client.

25 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 25 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323

26 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 26 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323 For the best compatibility, VRVS now supports the I.T.U H.323 mandatory implementation, including video signal H.261 and audio signal G.711. For the best compatibility, VRVS now supports the I.T.U H.323 mandatory implementation, including video signal H.261 and audio signal G.711. To be able to listen from AG nodes by H.323 clients, participating Access Grid Nodes need to set MBone audio tool (RAT) to PCM (uLaw) 8 kHz Mono by following the I.T.U H.323 standard. To be able to listen from AG nodes by H.323 clients, participating Access Grid Nodes need to set MBone audio tool (RAT) to PCM (uLaw) 8 kHz Mono by following the I.T.U H.323 standard. Use a MBone video tool (VIC) version which includes the bug fix for the h.261 encoding protocol. Use a MBone video tool (VIC) version which includes the bug fix for the h.261 encoding protocol.

27 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 27 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323 Changing RAT parameters on AG sides

28 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 28 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323 Click H.323 “SET” button. Click H.323 “SET” button. Fill the H.323 Parameters, including your hostname/IP or Gatekeeper, bandwidth and frame rate. Fill the H.323 Parameters, including your hostname/IP or Gatekeeper, bandwidth and frame rate. “SAVE” it and click “JOIN” H.323 button. “SAVE” it and click “JOIN” H.323 button. After a few seconds, your H.323 client will receive a call from VRVS. Accept it. After a few seconds, your H.323 client will receive a call from VRVS. Accept it.

29 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 29 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323 Now you are connected to Access Grid with H.323 :) Now you are connected to Access Grid with H.323 :)

30 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 30 You may want to MUTE your mike when you are not speaking. You can only view / listen ONE LIVE video/audio stream at a time, but you can choose the view mode: Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323

31 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 31 Connect to AG Virtual Venues through VRVS H.323 " Selected Participant " to select the specific video you want to watch from the participant list. This mode is useful for lectures and seminars. You only want to see the lecturer. " Browse Video " in order to watch each video site in turn. Video sites are selected in a "round-robin" queue that switch according to a preset timer.

32 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 32 Hints and Q/A

33 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 33 Hints and Q/A Test before real session. Test before real session. VRVS Chat and Access Grid MUD/MOO (please refer to AGDP How to Use the Venues MOO for more information) can be used to exchange instant message. VRVS Chat and Access Grid MUD/MOO (please refer to AGDP How to Use the Venues MOO for more information) can be used to exchange instant message.How to Use the Venues MOOHow to Use the Venues MOO General videoconferencing tips at http://www.packetizer.com/vctips.html. General videoconferencing tips at http://www.packetizer.com/vctips.html. http://www.packetizer.com/vctips.html

34 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 34 Hints and Q/A

35 VRVS_AG_HOWTO (c) Caltech 35 Hints and Q/A Questions? Questions? More VRVS related question? More VRVS related question? support@vrvs.org Access Grid seminar evaluation form http://scv.bu.edu/accessgrid/seminars/eval.html Access Grid seminar evaluation form http://scv.bu.edu/accessgrid/seminars/eval.html http://scv.bu.edu/accessgrid/seminars/eval.html This HOWTO is also at AGDP http://www.accessgrid.org/agdp/howto/vrvs.html This HOWTO is also at AGDP http://www.accessgrid.org/agdp/howto/vrvs.html http://www.accessgrid.org/agdp/howto/vrvs.html

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