Re: [GnomeMeeting-list]speed and quality

[Chris Tooley <chris tooley com>]

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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