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July 31, 2002
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Personal Access Grid for Windows Released
Personal Access Grid (AG) prototype released for Windows. A modified
version of the Open Mash tools has been developed that can be used
with the standard AG software so a desktop computer can participate in
AG conferences.
OM vic was modified to mute all sources when joining a
session so a desktop
computer will not be overwhelmed trying to decode many video streams.
The software and installation notes are available at
Personal AG Node
for Windows.
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July 29, 2002
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NSF Grants Rejected
The two grants we submitted to NSF to continue the Open Mash Consortium
were rejected. Consequently, the project will be significantly scaled back.
The immediate effect is that the Lloyd Lim, Project Manager and Chief
Programmer must be layed off. Lloyd will finish the projects he is currently
working on before leaving September 1st. He has volunteered to continue some
of the administrative project management tasks (e.g., maintaining the
mailing lists and source forge site) for a couple of months. He will also
produce one more release that incorporates all the code we have been working
on in the past 6 months.
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March 6, 2002
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Research Proposals Submitted
Two new grant proposals submitted to continue research on
Webcast and Distributed Collaboration Control Automation
and
Distributed Streaming Media
Application Middleware.
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March 1, 2002
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Open Mash Support for Sparc/Solaris Released
Open Mash now supports video capture for Solaris 7 SPARC.
You will need to checkout and
compile the latest CVS source
code to use this feature.
The XIL
libraries must to be installed on your machine.
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February 24, 2002
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Mash 5.2 Milestone Release
The Mash 5.2 milestone release is now available. We have closed over half the
bug reports in our bug tracking system. The video tool, vic, can now auto-place
its windows.
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November 29, 2001
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Mash 5.1.6 Release
Mash 5.1.6 is now available. Mash can now display large JPEG images (1024 x 768
and larger). Unsupported tools have been removed from the binary distributions.
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September 20, 2001
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Source Code Now Available through the Web
A recent release of the Open Mash code is now available through the
web using the Linux Cross-Reference project tools. You can browse the
current source at
http://www.openmash.org/lxr/.
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August 31, 2001
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Mash 5.1.5 Release
Mash 5.1.5 is now available. We are now using the latest versions of Tcl, Tk, OTcl, and TclCL. Our list of supported platforms now includes Solaris.
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August 1, 2001
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Project Plans for 2001-02
Project plans for the coming year will include reworking the audio abstractions
to support higher quality audio (e.g., 16-bit digitizing at various sampling
rates up to 48 KHz), improved video codecs (e.g., H.263+/MPEG4, performance
optimizations, etc.), RGB capture device support, and more.
See the 2001 Project Plans
document for details.
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May 2, 2001
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MIG Seminar Broadcast in Motion JPEG
The Berkeley Multimedia, Interfaces, and Graphics Seminar is being broadcast in production-quality Motion JPEG format. Download Mash, tune in, and take a look at the future. For more details, see the Production TV Quality Berkeley MIG Seminar webpage.
- May 1, 2001 - Mash 5.1.4 Release
Mash 5.1.4 is now available. Mash can now display Motion JPEG streams produced from Linux Media Labs' LML33 video board.
- April 3, 2001 - Mash 5.1.3 Release
Mash 5.1.3 is now available. The video tool, vic, can now display a test screen or a PPM file. Mash can now be compiled on Windows 95, 98, 2000, and Me.
- March 12, 2001 - Open Mash on SourceForge
A bug tracking system and a feature request tracking system are available for use at our Open Mash SourceForge Project.
- March 1, 2001 - Mash 5.1.2 Release
The first Open Mash release, Mash 5.1.2, is now available. Mash now compiles cleanly on FreeBSD, Linux, and Windows.
- February 28, 2001 - Website Redesign
The new Open Mash website is launched. We are updating content. The old Mash Research Project Website is still available until the dust settles.
- September 30, 2000 - Open Mash Multicast Workshop Media for Viewing
Slides and video replays are available for the Open Mash Multicast Workshop held at UC Berkeley July 20-21, 2000
- September 25, 2000 - New Open Mash Project Manager
Lloyd Lim is the new Project Manager for Open Mash. It took us only 13 months to hire someone into this position thanks to the dot-com phenomena! Anyway, Lloyd will make a dramatic difference in our ability to kick-start the consortium and service the research community. We are all excited he is joining the group.
- July 2000 - Open Mash Multicast Workshop
This workshop introduced application developers to the technologies for producing multicast applications. The workshop was webcast live and archived for on-demand replays.
- March 1999 - The Mash Consortium
A proposal to form an open source consortium for supporting the Mash toolkit is being submitted to the National Science Foundation.
- November 1998 - SRM2.0 alpha Release
An alpha version of libsrm, a C library for SRM is available.
- October 1998 - Mash beta Release
The first beta release of the Mash toolkit is available for download.
- October 1998 - Mash in Action!
The Berkeley Internet Broadcasting System is using the Mash archive system, and the Mash collaborator viewing tool to provide live and archived access to classes and seminars.
- May 1998 - Mash in the Press!
Daily Cal carried an article on our online class.
Another article on the class in USA TODAY.
- August 1997 - Mash In Action!
During the Fall '97 semester, Prof. James Landay is teaching a graduate course entitled Computer-supported Collaborative Work using Computer-supported Collaborative Work. In line with the Mash mantra "use what you build", Landay conducts his course in the Mash Colab, reaching not only those students in the room but also students (and faculty!) in their offices and at home. Prof. Steven McCanne attends the class discussion remotely from home using a key mash technology: Elan Amir's MeGa transcoding system.
- August 1997 - Mash Code Release
Our August 20 alpha-release target date has slipped ever so slightly. Stay tuned for a forthcoming (highly-experimental) code release...
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