Re: [GnomeMeeting-list]speed and quality

[Chris Tooley <chris tooley com>]

I've just sent my settings in the last e-mail.
This is what Netmeeting or Gnomemeeting recieves from me, either one.

Pictures to come to you directly instead of the list.

Chris


On Tue, 2001-10-23 at 06:35, Damien Sandras wrote:
> Could you all send screenshots of what you call awful quality ?
> Please send your settings located in the Video Codecs options too...
> 
> The quality in GnomeMeeting should be better than in Netmeeting.
> 
> Are you talking about the quality that you receive from Netmeeting or
> about the quality that Netmeeting receives from you?
> 
> Please answer to those questions, it will help. Thanks a lot.
> 
> le mar 23-10-2001 à 13:30, Chris Tooley a écrit :
> > I'm having similar problems.  When connecting with my other PC on the
> > local network (100 Mbit should be sufficiently fast) the picture is
> > awful.  I'm using kernel 2.4.7-2 with an IBM PC Camera (ibmcam.o) and an
> > ATI Rage 128 Pro.
> > 
> > Here are my settings:
> > Video Size:  Small
> > Video Format:  NTSC
> > Video Quality:  1 (as per Damien)
> > Updated Blocks:  2 (as per Damien)
> > Transmitted FPS:  15
> > Video Transmission:  Checked
> > 
> > Device settings (same as xawtv):
> > Video Device:  /dev/video0
> > Video Channel:  0
> > 
> > I hope I can figure this out.  As with the original poster, this looks
> > great in Netmeeting.
> > 
> > Thanks again for a kickass project.  One less reason to use Windows...
> > now for Diablo II and Starcraft...
> > 
> > Chris Tooley
> > 
> > On Tue, 2001-10-23 at 02:42, Damien Sandras wrote:
> > > le mar 23-10-2001 à 07:52, hamaker a écrit :
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > Running Mandrake 8.1,1 ghz amd ,with a Guillemont Cougar Video edition + 
> > > > pinnacle tv card.
> > > > NVidia drivers not installed.
> > > > Have an adsl connection to the net.
> > > > 
> > > > Installed Gnomemeeting on Kde,works ok.(except the sound)
> > > There can be 2 reasons :
> > > * the artsd daemon, runned by Kde, that blocks the soundcard, perhaps
> > > try to shut it down
> > > * the driver for your soundcard is not Full-Duplex, try to use Alsa
> > > drivers, Mandrake provides support for both of them.
> > > 
> > > > But it seems a little slow,and the received quality on the other side is not 
> > > > good.
> > > > When i use  Netmeeting and ISPQ5 under Windows ,it's perfect.(high framerate 
> > > > ,clear picture)
> > > > 
> > > > Question 1: should i install the Nvidiadrivers to improve speed and quality?
> > > > Have read many posts about problems with that driver.
> > > > So if it's not a must , i like to keep the system like it is.
> > > > 
> > > No, it is not necessary.
> > > 
> > > > Question 2: Are there other things to look at to improve it?
> > > Yes, try to open the preferences window, video codecs section, there are
> > > 2 settings you can change :
> > > * transmitted video quality -> set it to 1 for maximum quality
> > > * Transmitted Update Blocks -> set it to 2 for maximum quality
> > > 
> > > It will slower your connection, but you can play with those settings to
> > > get what you want in terms of speed/quality.
> > > 
> > > Damien
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Still learning Linux,so keep it simple as possible.
> > > > 
> > > > TIA
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I hope it is simple, if not don't hesitate to ask :)
> > > > Raymond
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > Raymond
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> > > -- 
> > > Damien Sandras 
> > > 
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