3COM IP-TV Viewer 78-6162-01 User Manual

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Release Notes for IP/TV Viewer Release 3.0

October 1999

These release notes cover information relating to the IP/TV Viewer Release 3.0.

These release notes summarize the following topics:

• New and Changed Information

• Limitations and Restrictions

• Open Caveats for Cisco IP/TV Viewer Release 3.0

• Release 2.0 Caveats Resolved in Release 3.0

• Documentation Updates

• Related Documentation

• Cisco Connection Online

• Documentation CD-ROM

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New and Changed Information

The IP/TV Viewer may be freely distributed when used in conjunction with an IP/TV 3400 Series Server, IP/TV Server or IP/TV Content Manager. The IP/TV Viewer software is included with all IP/TV 3400 Series Servers, IP/TV Server, and IP/TV Content Manager products. Technical support for the IP/TV Viewer will be covered by any service contract associated with the IP/TV 3400 Series Servers, IP/TV Server,andIP/TVContent Manager Products.

IP/TV Release 3.0 introduces the following new features:

• Video enhancements

Quality for low-end and high-end video for live and prerecorded has been improved. IP/TV extends high-quality video by including MPEG2 at full resolutions (720 x 480). Additionally, IP/TV enhances low-end quality by supporting MPEG4 for low-bitrate streams.

• Audio enhancements

Quality for low-end audio has been improved with the inclusion of MP3 and Windows Media Audio support.

• Management enhancements

Management of IP/TV video services has been extended to support multiple IP/TV Server Clusters and IP/TV Viewer proximity groups. IP/TV Server Clusters allow the user to group servers based upon video content, geographical locations, or any combination thereof. IP/TV Viewer proximity groups allow the administrator of an IP/TV system to create viewer sets that pull content from speciﬁc IP/TV Server Clusters. The enhanced management features allow for ﬂexible video service management schemes.

• Data integration enhancements

Data Integration has been greatly enhanced for easier delivery of nonvideo and audio data types. Web Presenter provides the ability to send information via web pages along with audio and video. IP/TV has incorporated the ability to supports Streaming Format (ASF) content, which support many features such as content markers. Content markers are used to 'mark' speciﬁc places within a stream for quick location indexing.

• Windows Media Technology (WMT) integration

IP/TV has integrated Windows Media Technology (WMT) with IP/TV to provide the best of both intranet and Internet streaming video.

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• Client enhancements

IP/TV client enhancements include easier to use video controls and enhanced plugin capabilities.

• Additional Enhancements

Relative ﬁle paths, based on the deﬁned Server MediaRoot, are now supported for scheduled programs and recordings. There is now multihomed server support for SDP listening.

Important Notes

• The standard CD-ROMinstallation does not prompt you to enter your name, company

name, and serial number. Ignore Step 4 on page 3-3 in the IP/TV Viewer User Guide.

• The DEMO CD-ROM does not prompt you to enter your name, company name, or

serial number. Instead, the User Information window (Step 5, page 3-5) displays two radio buttons: Demo and Full.

• Select the Demo installation option to begin streaming video quickly. Use this option

in conjunction with the Demonstration installation of the IP/TV Server.

Important Notes

• Use the Full installation in conjunction with the Cisco 3400 series video servers or if

IP/TV software is installed on your own computer. The Full installation will not work with the demonstration of the IP/TV Server.

• In order to retain the current Content Manager setting when upgrading from IP/TV

Viewer 2.0 to IP/TV Viewer 3.0, you must edit the setup.ini ﬁle to enable the Admin Mode Install (EnableAdminModeInstall=1) and you must specify the desired Content Manager in the Guide Server parameter (GuideServer={CM}) before the upgrade.

• When IP/TV Viewer is conﬁgured for a Content Manager with a program listing of

greater than 200 programs and the polling value is set to the default of 10 minutes, the amount of time repeatedly needed to complete a program listing fetch may cause synchronization issues and frame droppage. In order to preventthesesymptoms,setthe polling interval under Settings>ContentManagers to 12 hours (720 minutes) or, if possible, turn polling off.

• Ifyoureceivetheerrormessage Error loading amovie.ocx. The specified module

could not be found when trying to view the IP/TV Introduction Video, install Active

Movie from the following location on the CD: IPTV\Support\mpfull.exe.

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