Re: [Fwd: Mash 5.2 testing request]

[bdr@internet2.edu]

 hmmm ... I tried this on a win2k machine and got the thumbnails but no actual 
pictures .... using .\vic 224.2.177.155/55524


> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Mash 5.2 testing request
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 21:17:18 -0800
> From: Lloyd Lim <lim@bmrc.berkeley.edu>
> Organization: Open Mash Consortium
> To: Open Mash Testers <openmash-testers@openmash.org>, Robert Olson 
> <olson@mcs.anl.gov>
> 
> 
> 
> Wow, there are more people subscribed to this mailing list than I 
> realized.  I hope you all know that openmash-testers is intended for 
> people who are willing to help test the Mash tools.  :)
> 
> I've made a trial build of Mash 5.2 for Windows.  There are some new 
> features we'd like to see exercised before we release Mash 5.2.
> 
> If you have some time, please test the following if possible:
> 
> 1. See if the new vic with DirectDraw support works on your machine.  
> It's easy to tell if it's working--it'll either draw video or it won't.
> 
> Please check to make sure it's using DirectDraw by right-clicking on 
> vic in the Taskbar and choosing Show Mash Console.  The console should
> 
> say whether or not vic is using DirectDraw.
> 
> 2. If you have a multiple monitor setup, please check to see if vic 
> works ok with it.  Try placing the vic windows on other monitors and 
> straddling the boundaries between monitors.  This testing is very 
> important because we don't have much to test on at Berkeley.
> 
> 3. Try vic with an RTPtv stream.  I've left one running at 
> 233.0.25.25/22334.  It's showing CNN (video only).
> 
> 4. Try the new autoplace feature.  Just hit 'a' on your keyboard when 
> the main vic window is frontmost.  Try it with lots of streams if you 
> can.  If you can try it with lots of streams and multiple monitors, 
> that'd be great.
> 
> The Mash 5.2 trial build (for Windows only) is at:
> 
> 
> 
> This is not a full Mash binary package.  It does not contain the usual
> 
> installer and it only has nsdr, vic, and vat.  Please trash it when 
> you're done testing.
> 
> Please send email back to me to let me know if it worked ok.
> 
> Thanks!
> +++
> Lloyd Lim   
> Open Mash   
> 
>