[GnomeMeeting-list] Re: GnomeMeeting Question on Far End Camera Control

[Alan Sill <Alan Sill ttu edu>]

Mike (and if you don't mind, a copy to the GnomeMeeting list),

DOn't know the answer to your question about far end camera control.  
As far as I know, this is not yet a feature of GM, although it would be 
nice if it were.  Also, we seem to have lost this feature recently with 
the existing H.323 system when used with our Polycom ViewStations, not 
sure why.

On the Codian products page, I see the following:

> Controlling Remote Cameras
>
> One of the features that is often lost when using an MCU is the 
> ability to control the camera at some of the remote locations.
>
>  With the Codian MCU this can be done by using either the web or the 
> remote control. Press the Zoom In key, and the display will show an 
> icon in the top left corner of the screen indicating that Up, Down, 
> Left, Right and Zoom camera commands are being sent to the remote end.
>
>  It is also possible to control a remote camera using the web page; 
> this is useful for users of endpoints such as Net Meeting which do not 
> allow Far End Camera Control (FECC).

I would be interested in hearing more from existing GnomeMeeting users 
and developers about far end control, and from Codian about what they 
mean in the above about  it being possible "to control a remote camera 
using the web page."

GM pages at http://www.gnomemeeting.org


On May 14, 2004, at 9:52 AM, Mike Pihlman wrote:

> I was working a bit with Will from Codian  looking at their new H.323 
> MCU with integrated Streaming capability (and capability to meet using 
> any bit rate, among other features)!  (www.codian.com)
>
> Anyway, control of the process (after calling into the MCU: setting up 
> a meeting, setting up a password, changing the display, etc etc), 
> right now is via "far end" camera control and the DTMF keypad.  I was 
> wondering if GnomeMeeting offered these?
> I tried E-Conf this AM and it does NOT offer either, and I could go no 
> further than connecting to the Codian front end.  ViaVideo does offer 
> these.  As do ViewStations (and I assume other high-end devices such 
> as Tandbergs, VCON's, etc).
> Thanks, Mike

Alan