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From: robelr@ucs.indiana.edu (Allen Robel)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Network video.
Keywords: Network Video Conference
Message-ID: <1991May23.222324.20489@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Date: 23 May 91 22:23:24 GMT
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Hi,

   I'm new here and have been following the discussion of
NeXT/Amiga multimedia features.  No one mentioned anything
about networking these features.  What I'd like to see
is a way to video-conference over ethernet using
a standard transport (TCP/IP) and X Window.

   We've got video over ethernet using X Window between 
a Sun Sparc2 and Sparc1+ and are looking into adding voice 
to this.  Performance (one way video) is about 20 to 25%
capacity of an ethernet (which is about the dying point
for ethenet) but this particular board/software combination 
performs *no* compression.  This is just some futzing we're
doing in the lab...

   What are the capabilities of the NeXT--I'm writing this from a 
040 cube so am embarrased I even have to ask :-(  --and the 
Amiga (or Mac/PC for that matter) in this area.  What products
are available to accomplish this?  

Again, we're talking about video conferencing over X-Window 
with some form of compression so as not to kill an ethernet...

Any info greatly appreciated!

Allen Robel                         robelr@mythos.ucs.indiana.edu 
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