[THIN] Re: Citrix HDX Realtime and Video Conferencing

  • From: Berny Stapleton <berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:48:15 +0100

I should be clearer on that one, I have been trying to find someone at Cisco
/ Citrix.... (Knowledge of a working solution though is just as appreciated)
:-)

Berny

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Berny Stapleton
<berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I couldn't even get Cisco Movi to run (Hence the post about what might
> work) complaining about OpenGL. I was actually trying to find out if someone
> at Cisco / Citrix who would have a version of Cisco Telepresence with HDX
> realtime extentions...
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Warren Simondson <caditc@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Telepresence Movi - Windows edition. IT's the personal edition of the
>> software for individual use.
>> --
>> Warren Simondson
>>
>> Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy Pty Ltd
>>
>> Website: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au
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>> On Sat, Jul 23rd, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Berny Stapleton <
>> berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > What were you using for the Telepresence software? MS?
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Warren Simondson
>> > <caditc@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>> >
>> > > I've have used Telepresence in a couple of POCs with XenApp 6 HDX and
>> > it
>> > > was very nice. Video in
>> > > HD was very good and audio sync was almost spot on. Out biggest issue
>> > with
>> > > this was web cam
>> > > compatibility. Some users were trying the use webcams from 5 years ago
>> > and
>> > > they failed badly.
>> > > Modern Cams seemed to be okay in most instances. Logitech, microsoft
>> > seem
>> > > to always work first
>> > > go. Build cams in laptops have always worked on Windows clients.
>> > Haven't
>> > > tested Macs in this
>> > > environment. I have done some POC's with XenApp 5 but it just wasn't
>> as
>> > > good as XenApp 6.
>> > > --
>> > > Warren Simondson
>> > >
>> > > Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy Pty Ltd
>> > >
>> > > Website: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au
>> > >
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>> > > On Sat, Jul 23rd, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Berny Stapleton <
>> > > berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Yeah, when I was talking to some Citrix people when they were first
>> > > > developing HDX, they had some code working with MS Conferencing
>> > > > apparently,
>> > > > but we aren't using it. We are using Cisco / Tanberg.
>> > > >
>> > > > I can use MS conferencing if I have to, but it's not really the path
>> > that
>> > > > I
>> > > > want to go down. Where I'm deploying this is over the internet for
>> > remote
>> > > > workers, but bandwidth here isn't going to be a problem with most
>> > people
>> > > > ranging from 10/1 to 50/10.
>> > > >
>> > > > Berny
>> > > >
>> > > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Warren Simondson <
>> caditc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Hi Berny
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I've done several of these rollouts with XenApp 6 and had mixed
>> > > > results.
>> > > > > Primarily, WAN specific,  I
>> > > > > have seen best results with a Citrix Branch Repeater at both ends.
>> > We
>> > > > used
>> > > > > Skype and Webex in
>> > > > > most tests, with MS conferencing on others. Wyse terminals work
>> > well
>> > > > until
>> > > > > you add branch
>> > > > > repeaters, when they stop the web cam from working correctly. Wyse
>> > say
>> > > > they
>> > > > > are going to fix this
>> > > > > but I'm still waiting. See the link where we had some direct
>> > > > conversations
>> > > > > about this:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > http://community.wyse.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-600.html
>> > > > >
>> > > > > From a Windows PC with a Citrix Session, it seams to work nicely,
>> > but
>> > > > again
>> > > > > over a WAN it has
>> > > > > some issues without some for of optimizer in the middle - of
>> course
>> > > this
>> > > > is
>> > > > > dependant on the lag.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Let me know if you want to know anything else.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > --
>> > > > > Warren Simondson
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy Pty Ltd
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Website: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au
>> > > > >
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>> > > > > On Fri, Jul 22nd, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Berny Stapleton <
>> > > > > berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > Hey all,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I know that an SDK was released, is there anything more going
>> on?
>> > I
>> > > > want
>> > > > > > to
>> > > > > > run Video Conferencing through a Citrix session and wanted to do
>> > HD
>> > > > (Or
>> > > > > > better).
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Does anyone know someone who is working on this?
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Thanks,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Berny
>> > > > > >
>> > > > >
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