ConferenceXP

Source code checked in, #16706

fvideon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:15:45 GMT

ConferenceXP 5.0 Release. New features include: * Diagnostics: The diagnostic service provides client visibility into network-level statistics to aid in finding problem points * Security: Two security modes have been added. The Weak mode uses a password to prevent accidental venue use. The Strong mode uses the password to create a symmetric encryption key, and all stream data is encrypted with the key. * NAT-friendly Reflector: The 5.0 Reflector supports multiple clients behind a single NAT device. * Multi-Reflector: Multiple reflectors can be configured to work together to improve scaling for large numbers of unicast clients. * Audio Improvements: DirectShow buffering modifications enable high quality PCM uncompressed audio, and synchronization tuning. A higher quality compressed format has also been added.

Source code checked in, #15855

fvideon — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:48:49 GMT

ConferenceXP 5.0 Release Candidate

NEW POST: Suggestion: Move discussions to CodePlex

JayBeavers — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:12:21 GMT

I'd like to suggest that you consider moving project discussions for ConferenceXP over to the Codeplex forums. I've found the Codeplex forums to be very good and to integrate very well with the issue and work item tracking systems here.

Centralizing the documentation and discussions in the same place as the project management is a great innovation that Codeplex brings to the shared source development community. It would be worthwhile to take advantage of this.

Source code checked in

fvideon — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:46:48 GMT

Added UI support for changing audio buffer size and count for uncompressed audio, and for FEC enable/disable.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

fvideon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:05:54 GMT

ConferenceXP is a shared-source research platform developed by Microsoft Research that provides simple, flexible, and extensible conferencing and collaboration using high-bandwidth networks and the advanced multimedia capabilities of Microsoft Windows. ConferenceXP helps researchers and educators develop innovative applications and solutions that feature broadcast-quality audio and video in support of real-time distributed collaboration and distance learning environments.

Please visit the University of Washington Center for Collaborative Technologies site for information about current and future ConferenceXP development.

For questions about conferenceXP development, please use the forums at: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSR/default.aspx?ForumGroupID241&SiteID37

To get a feel for what ConferenceXP can do, please review the University of Washington case study video. Please visit the Microsoft Research ConferenceXP homepagefor further information on the ConferenceXP project.

Current contributors and researchers on ConferenceXP include:

University of Washington
ResearchChannel
Pacific Northwest GigaPop
University of Nebraska
University of Missouri
Brown University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Renaissance Computing Institute

Current CodePlex projects related to ConferenceXP:

ConferenceXP Archive Transcoder

ConferenceXP Workshop 2006

UPDATED WIKI: Home

fvideon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:05:16 GMT

University of Washington
ResearchChannel
Pacific Northwest GigaPop
University of Nebraska
University of Missouri
Brown University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Renaissance Computing Institute

Current CodePlex projects related to ConferenceXP:

ConferenceXP Archive Transcoder

ConferenceXP Workshop 2006

UPDATED WIKI: Home

fvideon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:04:41 GMT

ConferenceXP is a shared-source research platform developed by Microsoft Research that provides simple, flexible, and extensible conferencing and collaboration using high-bandwidth networks and the advanced multimedia capabilities of Microsoft Windows. ConferenceXP helps researchers and educators develop innovative applications and solutions that feature broadcast-quality audio and video in support of real-time distributed collaboration and distance learning environments.

Please visit the University of Washington Center for Collaborative Technologies site for information about current and future ConferenceXP development.

For questions about conferenceXP development, please use the forums at: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSR/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=241&SiteID=37

To get a feel for what ConferenceXP can do, please review the University of Washington case study video. Please visit the Microsoft Research ConferenceXP homepagefor further information on the ConferenceXP project.

Current contributors and researchers on ConferenceXP include:

University of Washington
ResearchChannel
Pacific Northwest GigaPop
University of Nebraska
University of Missouri
Brown University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Renaissance Computing Institute

Current CodePlex projects related to ConferenceXP:

ConferenceXP Archive Transcoder

ConferenceXP Workshop 2006

Source code checked in

fvideon — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:09:19 GMT

Support for maximum client version per service. This will allow us to keep the 5.0 clients out of the 4.1 venues.

CREATED ISSUE: Build Error

iamcmz — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:45:12 GMT

When I build the "AudioVideo" solutions, prompt the error :

Error 1 fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ddraw.h': No such file or directory d:\ConferenceXP-8670\MSR.LST.DShow\BaseClasses\streams.h 42

Source code checked in

fvideon — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:49:14 GMT

This is the ConferenceXP 4.1 release. Changes include: * A number of small changes to strings and UI layout, in particular for the Chinese version. * Updated the Classroom Presenter 3 capability to the latest. * Fix for Archive Service setup issue on 64-bit systems using SQL Server Express * Changed the Help Menu links to point to CCT pages. * Removed unchecked languages from setup projects. (Supported languages are English and Chinese)

UPDATED WIKI: Home

ToddNeedham — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:11:21 GMT

ConferenceXP is a shared-source research platform developed by Microsoft Research that provides simple, flexible, and extensible conferencing and collaboration using high-bandwidth networks and the advanced multimedia capabilities of Microsoft Windows. ConferenceXP helps researchers and educators develop innovative applications and solutions that feature broadcast-quality audio and video in support of real-time distributed collaboration and distance learning environments.

Please visit the University of Washington Center for Collaborative Technologies site for information about current and future ConferenceXP development.

To get a feel for what ConferenceXP can do, please review the University of Washington case study video. Please visit the Microsoft Research ConferenceXP homepagefor further information on the ConferenceXP project.

Current contributors and researchers on ConferenceXP include:

University of Washington
ResearchChannel
Pacific Northwest GigaPop
University of Nebraska
University of Missouri
Brown University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Renaissance Computing Institute

Current CodePlex projects related to ConferenceXP:

ConferenceXP Archive Transcoder

ConferenceXP Workshop 2006

UPDATED WIKI: Home

ToddNeedham — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:10:04 GMT

ConferenceXP is a shared-source research platform developed by Microsoft Research that provides simple, flexible, and extensible conferencing and collaboration using high-bandwidth networks and the advanced multimedia capabilities of Microsoft Windows. ConferenceXP helps researchers and educators develop innovative applications and solutions that feature broadcast-quality audio and video in support of real-time distributed collaboration and distance learning environments.

Please visit the University of Washington Center for Collaborative Technologies site for information about current and future ConferenceXP development.

To get a feel for what ConferenceXP can do, please review the University of Washington case study video. Please visit the Microsoft Research ConferenceXP homepagefor further information on the ConferenceXP project.

Current contributors and researchers on ConferenceXP include:

University of Washington
ResearchChannel
Pacific Northwest GigaPop
University of Nebraska
University of Missouri
Brown University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Renaissance Computing Institute

Current CodePlex projects related to ConferenceXP:

ConferenceXP Archive Transcoder

ConferenceXP Workshop 2006

UPDATED WIKI: Home

fvideon — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:54:40 GMT

ConferenceXP is a shared-source research platform developed by Microsoft Research that provides simple, flexible, and extensible conferencing and collaboration using high-bandwidth networks and the advanced multimedia capabilities of Microsoft Windows. ConferenceXP helps researchers and educators develop innovative applications and solutions that feature broadcast-quality audio and video in support of real-time distributed collaboration and distance learning environments.

Please visit the University of Washington Center for Collaborative Technologies site for information about current and future ConferenceXP development.

To get a feel for what ConferenceXP can do, please review the University of Washington case study video. Please visit the Microsoft Research ConferenceXP homepagefor further information on the ConferenceXP project.

Current contributors and researchers on ConferenceXP include:

University of Washington
ResearchChannel
Pacific Northwest GigaPop
University of Nebraska
University of Missouri
Brown University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Renaissance Computing Institute

Current CodePlex projects related to ConferenceXP:

ConferenceXP Archive Transcoder

Source code checked in

fvideon — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:45:44 GMT

This version matches the initial ConferenceXP 4.1 Release Candidate. *Added, deleted and repaired a few files that were mistakenly left out of the previous MSR commit and were causing MSIs for some configurations to fail. *Added language resources {Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese} to projects, and resulting satellite assemblies to MSIs. *Added language override functionality to all applications and services using app.config *Chinese strings were checked and fixed by native speakers, and GUI repairs made to accomodate Chinese. *Changed VC runtime MSMs in client setup projects to account for new dependencies. *Changed default Venue Service for new installs to PNW Gigapop. *Added Classroom Presenter 3 Capability to the top level of the Actions menu *Updated Office Interop to version 12

Source code checked in

fvideon — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:15:01 GMT

Fixing a couple of small problems affecting the build.

Source code checked in

fvideon — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:33:45 GMT

Fixing a couple of bugs affecting window location persistence.

Source code checked in

RandyNading — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:19:28 GMT

Added functionality to install and run CXP services and CXP Client on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. Each setup solution will now build a 32-bit msi and a 64-bit msi. The 32-bit setup project Configuration Manager is set to build on the AnyCPU platform, with the project's TargetPlatform property set to x86. The 64-bit setup project Configuration Manager is set to build on the AnyCPU platform, with the project's TargetPlatform property set to x64. Note: read RelNotes.txt before building CXP Client to run native on Vista's 64-bit platform...CXP Client will not run on XP's 64-bit platform. (1) Added a 64-bit setup project to each service. (2) Changed the msi output path from the default Release subdirectory to Release/x86 and Release/x64 sudirectories. (3) Added a JScript file to perform post-build fixups of Archive, Reflector, and Venue Service 64-bit msi's to enable them to use the 64-bit version of InstallUtil instead of the default 32-bit version. Using the 64-bit version enables registry keys written via custom actions to be properly written to the 64-bit hive during installation. (4) Added InstallUtilLib64.dll, which the JScript file depends on, to the Setup subdirectory. (5) Remove all DirectX and DirectShow headers and libs, including BaseClasses, which we will re-add with the latest and greatest. (6) Enable 64-bit builds of ConferenceXP Client (native and WOW): (a) added x64 and x86 configurations where needed; (b) updated build script and vcproj files to use Windows SDK headers and libs; (c) updated DirectShow baseclasses to the latest Windows SDK release; (e) fixed runtime crash in DMOEnum; (f) Added specific CXPClient setup solutions for the three install types - AnyCPU (32 bit OSes), x86 (64-bit WOW) and x64 (native 64-bit)

Source code checked in

fvideon — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:59:59 GMT

This adds window location persistence to the CXP Client. This was done as a trial-run project in order to test source control and build practices for the Center for Collaborative Technologies.

Source code checked in

RandyNading — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:17:36 GMT

Prepared strings being sent from servers to clients for localization. This allows an Archive Server to be localized in Japanese and send an error message to a client in China that will appear in Chinese rather than Japanese.

Source code checked in

RandyNading — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:45:03 GMT

Updated ConferenceXP to build on Vista: (1) WindowsXP comes with Windows Messenger pre-installed, which supports the Messenger APIs through IMessenger3. Windows Vista does not come with Windows Messenger, but instead provides a shortcut link for downloading Windows Live Messenger, which supports the Messenger APIs through IMessenger4. Due to build warnings generated by the Messenger APIs in Vista, we decided to create a binary reference to the Interop.MessengerAPI.dll generated on a WindowsXP machine, since it is the least common denominator. (2) Several projects using Microsoft.Ink would not build on Vista because some of the references were being pulled from the GAC using a different version if Microsoft.Ink. We deleted all references to Microsoft.Ink and added them again pointing to the same version located on the file path not the GAC. (3) ConferenceXP Setup files build error-free and warning-free on WindowsXP, but each has a build warning on Vista relating to a detected dependency on FirewallAPI.dll. If the FirewallAPI.dll references are excluded in Vista, then susequent builds break on XP since FirewallAPI.dll is new to Vista and the setup files cannot detect the dependency that was excluded. As long as ConferenceXP is being developed for both the XP and Vista platforms, the build warnings on Vista will have to be ignored. The only drawback to doing so is that the MSI's from Vista will be a bit larger and that they will be shipping a system file that is never used on XP. However, once XP is phased out, the FirewallAPI.dll references in Vista should be excluded.