At the appropriate moment the presenter reselects the clip, presses play and everybody immediately sees the video.
The download happens in the background, so the presenter can go back to the main Powerpoint deck (“view it”) while waiting for the clip to be downloaded. This is to cover the cases where there are multiple presenters (who might choose to preload the clips before the meeting) when we have to ensure that the active presenter has the right piece of content cached in his client.Īfter uploading the clip to the meeting room the presenter should activate (“view”) the multimedia clip to initiate the download to all attendees. This is necessary because we have to setup your own local instance of the media player with the media clip – there is no immediate link between the upload action and caching of the file in presenter’s media player. You (Tom) might have experienced the situation where the clip was being cached in your own presenter client.
I will have to test the software further to confirm: Update: Microsoft emailed me the following explanation on cached & background content. It would be nice if the participants download all the shared content in the background so it is available quickly on demand.
During my brief tests I determined that the content isn't sent to the participants until the moderator actually "views" this content.
It took awhile (2 min) for the content to download to the other participant test PC I setup. In some tests I was able to share an 8MB.
One key feature in Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 is the ability to have rich media presentations - letting you share Windows Media video files and Flash content. It's worth mentioning that SIP is the base protocol for OCS 2007 and SIMPLE is used for the instant messaging. For the enterprise the maximum meeting size is 250 per server for the enterprise-based solution (Office Communications Server 2007). " Panoramic video" with Microsoft RoundTableĪPIs for integration with e-Learning systemsĪs for scalability you can have up to 1,250 participants for connecting to Microsoft's hosted Live Meeting 2007 service. " Drag and drop upload" to view a wide range of document file types Integrated Microsoft® Office PowerPoint viewer In any event, check out this chart comparing Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005 vs. I found it interesting that while Skype, GoogleTalk, and several other VoIP clients use GIPS, Microsoft evaluated GIPS and decided to develop their own. I tried to point this out in my previous post on Office Communications Server 2007. For whatever reason, Microsoft developing their own adaptive codec hasn't received nearly the media attention it should.
As I have reported before, Microsoft has developed their own adaptive audio and video codec (RTAudio, RTVideo) for the VoIP and video to handle packet loss without losing quality.
These channels include VoIP and PSTN audio, live and recorded video, screen and document sharing, chat, and audience feedback tools. The new Live Meeting client integrates multiple communication channels for a unified experience. Some of the most notable major investments include: a fully integrated media experience, deeper support for Training & Events, and a more streamlined user interface." Microsoft espoused the benefits of this release when they stated, "Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 is a major release in development since 2005 with enhancements spanning every aspect of the service. Whether attendees use the Live Meeting service or the Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS 2007) to power their web conference, they will use the same client to deliver a seamless meeting experience. In addition to Microsoft directly hosting Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, hosting partners will also offer Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 as a fee-based service. Microsoft is offering both a hosted model for Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 as well as a CPE (customer premise equipment) solution, namely Office Communications Server 2007. This month, a "private preview" of Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 will be available to current customers (Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005).
Today, Microsoft announced a "private preview" of Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, which Microsoft deems a "complete event management solution" and they also announced the core feature-set for Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007.