On 14/10/2005, at 6:10 AM, Paul Mercer wrote: [snip] > > If someone tries to connect via the bridge the only video/audio > they see is their own...until > > I open VenueManager.py on the server, highlight the venue that we > are using, click "Modify" and then "OK" on the window that appears, > not changing anything...the user that is using unicast will see > that their vic and rat restarts, automatically, and then they will > be able to see/hear the other sites via the bridge. Other sites > that are in the venue at this time when I "toggle" the server, > wether on Multicast or Unicast, will not see any change and their > vic/rat will not restart. > > Each time a new user wants to use the bridge I have to do the same > thing to the venue manager so they can see/hear all. > > I have verified this behavior with three other sites trying to use > our bridge. I even verified it with another venue server and his > bridge. > > Can anyone shed some light on what is going on? If you need any > more information please ask.
Paul, No light, but I can confirm that I could only see my own video when I used your bridge a few minutes ago, despite several other streams being vislble in multicast mode. > Here is my BridgeServer.cfg > > [BridgeServer] > name = ARSC > location = Fairbanks > qbexec = /usr/bin/QuickBridge > BRIDGESERVER = ARSC Although I've seen this "BRIDGESERVER = ...." mentioned in some recent documentation, I've never used it on the APAG venue server/ bridge. Still, I doubt its inclusion would cause your problem. > portMin = 20000 > portMax = 40000 > > #any number of Venue and/or VenueServer entries in the following > format > #[https://myvenueserver:myport/Venues/000...] > > #Entire Server > [https://agserver.arsc.edu:8000/VenueServer] > type = VenueServer Is the behaviour any different when you explicitly bridge all/any rooms individually, rather than the "whole server" mode? e.g. # Arctic Circle venue at ARSC test venue server [https://agserver.arsc.edu:8000/Venues/ 00000104a5a05af8007f00000000000150b] type = Venue What version of the toolkit? chris Christoph Willing +61 7 3365 8350 QPSF Access Grid Manager University of Queensland
