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From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-07-14 10:43:52
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Eclectic Tech Carnival - Live on UpStage This week, women have come to Belgrade from all over Europe to participate in the third Eclectic Tech Carnival, organised by Gender Changers (http://www.genderchangers.org). The ECT is a week of workshops where women can learn from women about taking apart and fixing computers, installing and using Linux, using open source software and many other things. This ETC included an UpStage workshop, and the participants will give a live presentation about the whole festival on Saturday 17 July at 6pm Belgrade time (this is the same time for western Europe, and an hour ahead of the UK; check your local time here: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/) There will be a live link from the UpStage web site (http://www.upstage.org.nz) on Saturday. hope to see you there, h : ) -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |
From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-07-14 10:35:46
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hi, we had the upstage workshop yesterday at ETC in belgrade, & it went pretty well - we only had 5 computers but there were at least twice as many participants, so it was 2-3 to a computer. the sound didn't work at first, but about half way through, after they had uploaded their avatars & restarted browsers, it kicked in. there was a bit of sticky avatars but otherwise it was well behaved. one strange problem tho, which i think must be to do with the hardware here: one machine was on linux, & in 3 different browsers (mozilla, opera & knoqueror), upstage functioned but without any text showing. no text in the chat window, no avatar names, no text in dialogue boxes, and also no text on the buttons (fast slow etc) - very wierd! in the html pages everything was working fine. there was one woman with her own laptop with linux, & she was using konqueror; she had to upgrade her flash player to make upstage work, but after that it functioned perfectly, all text showing, which is why it seems that the problem is in the other machine. however this place is crawling with linux geeks, & a few of them had a look at it & couldn't see what it could be. any thoughts, douglas? there was a lot of enthusiasm for upstage, & we are going to give a live presentation about the whole festival in upstage on saturday 17 july at 6pm local time. (belgrade is same as western europe, & an hour ahead of the uk). not a great time for you in nz - it will be 4am on sunday morning. but if you are having a sleepless night, come & check it out. there will be a live link from the upstage foyer. h : ) -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |
From: <ben...@id...> - 2004-05-25 09:14:08
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Dear Open Source developer I am doing a research project on "Fun and Software Development" in which I kindly invite you to participate. You will find the online survey under http://fasd.ethz.ch/qsf/. The questionnaire consists of 53 questions and you will need about 15 minutes to complete it. With the FASD project (Fun and Software Development) we want to define the motivational significance of fun when software developers decide to engage in Open Source projects. What is special about our research project is that a similar survey is planned with software developers in commercial firms. This procedure allows the immediate comparison between the involved individuals and the conditions of production of these two development models. Thus we hope to obtain substantial new insights to the phenomenon of Open Source Development. With many thanks for your participation, Benno Luthiger PS: The results of the survey will be published under http://www.isu.unizh.ch/fuehrung/blprojects/FASD/. We have set up the mailing list fa...@we... for this study. Please see http://fasd.ethz.ch/qsf/mailinglist_en.html for registration to this mailing list. _______________________________________________________________________ Benno Luthiger Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich 8092 Zurich Mail: benno.luthiger(at)id.ethz.ch _______________________________________________________________________ |
From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-04-07 07:13:57
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great ... time for some cleaning! : ) i guess we should also recommend in the manual that people back up the original graphics files of their avs, props, backdrops etc. separately, bcos once you've uploaded to upstage, you can't download the individual files again, can you? >now you can delete stuff on the 8083 server. > >Before you go deleting everything though, be warned that it wouldn't >be a good idea to remove stuff that is still in use in a stage. >Later it shall be that you just can't do that. > >Also there's no undo button. > >cheers, > >Douglas > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials >Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of >GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system >administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Upstage-list mailing list >Ups...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/upstage-list -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |
From: Douglas B. <do...@pa...> - 2004-04-07 02:26:11
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now you can delete stuff on the 8083 server. Before you go deleting everything though, be warned that it wouldn't be a good idea to remove stuff that is still in use in a stage. Later it shall be that you just can't do that. Also there's no undo button. cheers, Douglas |
From: Douglas B. <do...@pa...> - 2004-04-06 01:40:45
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Helen Varley Jamieson wrote: > - karla couldn't change her nickname [...] > karla doesn't have a white background for the text chat window (has > never had it). If this was on the 8082 server, it's because the swf client there was out of date. Otherwise it is a mystery, or perhaps a cached copy. douglas |
From: Douglas B. <do...@pa...> - 2004-04-06 01:29:28
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hello, Apart from general bug fixes, this is what I want to work on: 1. avatar and player deletion. 2. speech timeout. 3. developer documentation at http://upstage.sf.net/. For server admins - players still go to upstage.org.nz. 4. better packaging for easier installation. At the moment installing a server is not exactly difficult, but somewhat complex and non-standard. 5. swf splash screen. It would make quite a difference to the perceived maturity of upstage if a curtain was drawn over the loading process. At present it looks like it should be going before it fully is. Later we could put introductory text in the splash page. I might have forgotten stuff. cheers, douglas |
From: Douglas B. <do...@pa...> - 2004-04-05 15:26:22
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Helen Varley Jamieson wrote: > are these things actual bugs, or indicative of the general instability > of the environment? or is it that our server is not grunty enough? or > something else? something else I think: the server was overloaded because of a bug in mbrola (the speech engine). When you ask an avatar to say "eeeeeeeee- eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee", mbrola can get stuck and eat up the CPU. I stupidly didn't look for this until today, when I found there were two instances of mbrola saying "eee..." that had been running out of control since March 24. In the normal run of thing the server is not at all overloaded, and fairly stable - it has been running continuously for 264 days, including the last two weeks at 100% CPU usage. Anyway, I'll try putting a timeout on the speech subprocesses. If it hasn't finished in 10 seconds or so, it will be killed. Many of our bugs are like this -- imported from other software, that we can best deal with by isolating. douglas |
From: K <k...@ar...> - 2004-03-31 10:46:19
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Few amendments: sometimes I have white background for chat window, sometimes not, so I always make backdrop with white border just in case. sometimes - during the course of one session - i can change nickname - then that facilitiy disappears. Same for using dropping name - within one online session this facility comes and goes. Same for sound - intermittent. Also, if we get 'stuck' onstage, we exit screen but can't log back in without closing browser, reopening and relogging in. Refresh browswer never works (XP +IE6 setup). When you load a backdrop it NEVER appears on everyones screen - each pc has to select it. Karla At 11:10 31/03/2004, you wrote: >we were using upstage for a rehearsal today & had a number of problems >that seemed to come & go. sometimes but not all the time: >- avatars stuck, ie can't move but can still speak (solved by hitting >clear then coming back onstage, but often this would cause someone else's >av to stick) >- karla couldn't change her nickname >- backdrops didn't always appear or change for everyone, sometimes you >have to select it yourself in order to have it show up (it should be that >whatever backdrop is selected shows up for everyone from when the stage >has loaded - also that backdrops can be left on the stage for random >visitors to see) > >are these things actual bugs, or indicative of the general instability of >the environment? or is it that our server is not grunty enough? or >something else? > >we have concluded that flash backdrops are really not a good idea at the >moment as they slow things down & cover the text input box. > >karla doesn't have a white background for the text chat window (has never >had it). > >can everyone remember to send me updates for the List of Things to Fix so >that i can add to it & email to douglas. (douglas - it's not easy for me >to surf at the moment so i won't try to put them into the sourceforge bug >tracker at this stage, can you put them in once i send you the updated list?) > >douglas - we are rehearsing every wednesday at 9pm nz time for a couple of >hours, so if you're uploading fixes it would be good to do it before then. >the machinista gig is 8am monday 10 may nz time. > >h : ) >-- >____________________________________________________________ > >helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst >he...@cr... >http://www.creative-catalyst.com >http://www.avatarbodycollision.org >http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm >____________________________________________________________ > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials >Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of >GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system >administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Upstage-list mailing list >Ups...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/upstage-list |
From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-03-31 10:12:11
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we were using upstage for a rehearsal today & had a number of problems that seemed to come & go. sometimes but not all the time: - avatars stuck, ie can't move but can still speak (solved by hitting clear then coming back onstage, but often this would cause someone else's av to stick) - karla couldn't change her nickname - backdrops didn't always appear or change for everyone, sometimes you have to select it yourself in order to have it show up (it should be that whatever backdrop is selected shows up for everyone from when the stage has loaded - also that backdrops can be left on the stage for random visitors to see) are these things actual bugs, or indicative of the general instability of the environment? or is it that our server is not grunty enough? or something else? we have concluded that flash backdrops are really not a good idea at the moment as they slow things down & cover the text input box. karla doesn't have a white background for the text chat window (has never had it). can everyone remember to send me updates for the List of Things to Fix so that i can add to it & email to douglas. (douglas - it's not easy for me to surf at the moment so i won't try to put them into the sourceforge bug tracker at this stage, can you put them in once i send you the updated list?) douglas - we are rehearsing every wednesday at 9pm nz time for a couple of hours, so if you're uploading fixes it would be good to do it before then. the machinista gig is 8am monday 10 may nz time. h : ) -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |
From: K <k...@ar...> - 2004-03-16 15:20:20
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Spent this afternoon reconfiguring tincam, and although it seems to be capturing and sending to the upstage site, my webcam stream does not show up in the list (I have tried selecting indeterminate webcam streams like 'upstage.org.nz' in case that is mine, but no avail. Am I right in assuming that a webcam stream, if available, would be available at 8081 and 8082 - so I don't need to move between the two, can just test on one? Programmer of Tincam emailing me back and trying to help. Any other pc users out there come up with anything to enable us to get webcam stream working cross platform by March 23rd presentation in NZ? From this user's perspective, I'd say priorities are a)webcam stream for PC and b) ability to delete avatars x platform. Karla |
From: K <k...@ar...> - 2004-03-10 13:10:39
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<html> <body> Yesterday, my students at Eltham Hill Technology College for Girls got to hear their avatar voices<br> and the room was filled with squeals of delight, laughter, shouts and hoots.<br> excerprt from log below.<br> So great day, <br><br> BUT, many of the uploaded avatars need work, and yesterday one of the novices (she'd missed a previous workshop)<br> quickly uploaded, by accident, 5 copies of the same large, badly made avatar. I have to keep stricter tabs on them!<br> But in meantime, there's a large amount of unwanted avatars piling up at the gates. Can't wait for the delete function. <br> Perhaps that is next on list?<br> Karla<br><br> <pre>eva> ican i hear <eva> can i heare <Coco> yay <di> yes <invisible> i cant hear <Coco> yay <jo baker> atishoo <AF> i can hear now <Coco> me too <jo baker> yay <AF> can you? <eva> i can hear now <AF> hey <Coco> woohoo </body> </html> |
From: K <k...@ar...> - 2004-03-08 06:43:55
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Douglas thank you so much! Logged on at 8082 and voila! voices are heard on Upstage for PC users. tAlso, this list of ftps for PCs is very useful - I've tested about 5 different ones already, none from this, and (some did nasty things to my laptop) Clearly we need to find something that - like Occulus for MACs,- works with most cams and most pc ORs. . Isn''t there anyone else on this list using a PC - what about medialab - anyone there willing to try some from the list below? I am persevering a bit longer with Tincam , since my setup and cam is pretty standard issue, - and have emailed the programmerr/developer about our quest.! Karla I've emailed Tincam At 22:46 07/03/2004, you wrote: >K wrote: >>When can we have sound on 8082? > >um... now!. The avatars and logins won't be affected. > >>RE: Deleting Avatars >>I know others have mentioned this to you, but we must customize 8082 for >>the pupils to reflect World X. > >Yeah. It's on the list. > > > Could take time to sort this out, > > because I am only one looking to solve this pc-ftp problem (or am I?) > > Question: is anyone on our list willing and able to source and test > > ftp client for pc along with me? > >If it's any help, I've made a list of programs to try. I could have a go >if I get time, but you are the only one who can say what works for you >with your camera. > >Dorgem (free) http://dorgem.sourceforge.net/ >Fwink (free) http://lundie.ca/fwink/ >WebCapture (free) http://www.thojtoy-progs.de/news.php >Webcamfirst (free) http://www.webcamfirst.com/ >Vision GS PE (Free) http://www.visiongs.de/ >SpyCam ($US15/ free) > http://home.rochester.rr.com/woatman/spycam/info.html >Willing Webcam ($US14.95) http://www.willingsoftware.com/ >Active Webcam ($US19.95) http://www.active-webcam.com-download.net/ > or http://webcam.smartdownloads.net/ >InetCam/Ivista (?) http://www.inetcam.com/products/modules/record.phtml >BiromSoft ($US29.95) http://www.biromsoft.com/webcam/ >Webcam Control Centre http://www.webcam-control-center.com/feature.htm >Ispy ($US39.95) http://www.ispy.nl/products/ispy/ispy_info.html >Webcam32 ($US39.95) http://www.surveyor.com/index_webcam32.html >Coffeecup Webcam ($US30) http://www.coffeecup.com/webcam/ >CaptureMax ($US20) http://www.capturemax.com/cmax/index.php >ICUall ($US30) http://www.icuall.com/ >InetVision ($US25) http://www.imagespro.com/programs/877/ >Chillcam ($US25) http://www.chillcam.com/index.asp >Timcam (free) http://timcam.sourceforge.net/ > >Lists of programs: >http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Webcams/Software/ >http://www.netcamera.de/wcn/frameset.htm?/info/software.htm|contents.htm >http://www.tucows.com/wcam95_default.html >http://mac.tucows.com/communications_webcam_default.html >http://download.com.com/3150-2348-0.html?tag=dir > >cheers, > >douglas > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials >Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of >GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system >administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Upstage-list mailing list >Ups...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/upstage-list |
From: Douglas B. <do...@pa...> - 2004-03-07 23:03:04
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K wrote: > When can we have sound on 8082? um... now!. The avatars and logins won't be affected. > RE: Deleting Avatars > I know others have mentioned this to you, but we must customize 8082 for > the pupils to reflect World X. > Yeah. It's on the list. > Could take time to sort this out, > because I am only one looking to solve this pc-ftp problem (or am I?) > Question: is anyone on our list willing and able to source and test > ftp client for pc along with me? If it's any help, I've made a list of programs to try. I could have a go if I get time, but you are the only one who can say what works for you with your camera. Dorgem (free) http://dorgem.sourceforge.net/ Fwink (free) http://lundie.ca/fwink/ WebCapture (free) http://www.thojtoy-progs.de/news.php Webcamfirst (free) http://www.webcamfirst.com/ Vision GS PE (Free) http://www.visiongs.de/ SpyCam ($US15/ free) http://home.rochester.rr.com/woatman/spycam/info.html Willing Webcam ($US14.95) http://www.willingsoftware.com/ Active Webcam ($US19.95) http://www.active-webcam.com-download.net/ or http://webcam.smartdownloads.net/ InetCam/Ivista (?) http://www.inetcam.com/products/modules/record.phtml BiromSoft ($US29.95) http://www.biromsoft.com/webcam/ Webcam Control Centre http://www.webcam-control-center.com/feature.htm Ispy ($US39.95) http://www.ispy.nl/products/ispy/ispy_info.html Webcam32 ($US39.95) http://www.surveyor.com/index_webcam32.html Coffeecup Webcam ($US30) http://www.coffeecup.com/webcam/ CaptureMax ($US20) http://www.capturemax.com/cmax/index.php ICUall ($US30) http://www.icuall.com/ InetVision ($US25) http://www.imagespro.com/programs/877/ Chillcam ($US25) http://www.chillcam.com/index.asp Timcam (free) http://timcam.sourceforge.net/ Lists of programs: http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Webcams/Software/ http://www.netcamera.de/wcn/frameset.htm?/info/software.htm|contents.htm http://www.tucows.com/wcam95_default.html http://mac.tucows.com/communications_webcam_default.html http://download.com.com/3150-2348-0.html?tag=dir cheers, douglas |
From: K <k...@ar...> - 2004-03-07 12:18:38
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<html> <body> Hi Douglas,<br> great moment on Friday, on 8083, when I finally heard some sound via my pc on Upstage.<br><br> RE: Vicki said you might be copying improvements over to 8082 to that we can use it for our workshop on tuesday.<br> Sound will make a big improvement for us. BUt i agree with Vicki, we dont actually want to lose the avs etc that we made.<br> When can we have sound on 8082? <br><br> RE: Deleting Avatars<br> I know others have mentioned this to you, but we must customize 8082 for the pupils to reflect World X. <br><br> RE: Webcam Stream<br> <b>This is crucial</b>, because its the one thing that makes Upstage unique.<br> Reminder to those on the list: unable to get a pc webcam stream at present.<br> I got Tincam working, and have a webcam stream showing on 8082, but no image. Returning to Tincam, I see that its not<br> finding my Logitech camera anymore. So could be incompatibility somewhere in the loop. Could take time to sort this out,<br> because I am only one looking to solve this pc-ftp problem (or am I?) <br> Question: is anyone on our list willing and able to source and test ftp client for pc along with me?<br> thanks<br> Karla<br><br> <br> At 03:48 06/03/2004, you wrote:<br><br> <br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Helen Varley Jamieson wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>great! karla & i have just rushed in & been conversing with ourselves as saz for a few minutes ... but now suddenly it's reading out letters - eg you type in " that you get your icecream" and it goes "e e f g s t"</blockquote><br> I think I know what's happening. Upstage was only using 100 file names for the speech mp3s, and not forgetting the old ones properly. You clocked it, and started getting the sounds I was testing with.<br><br> I've increased it to 500, and am working on a proper fix. It's supposed to forget every utterance after a couple of minutes.<br><br> <br> douglas<br><br> <br> -------------------------------------------------------<br> This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials<br> Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of<br> GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system<br> administration.<a href="http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click" eudora="autourl">http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click</a><br> _______________________________________________<br> Upstage-list mailing list<br> Ups...@li...<br> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/upstage-list" eudora="autourl">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/upstage-list</a></blockquote></body> </html> |
From: Douglas B. <do...@pa...> - 2004-03-06 04:03:57
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Helen Varley Jamieson wrote: > great! karla & i have just rushed in & been conversing with ourselves as > saz for a few minutes ... but now suddenly it's reading out letters - eg > you type in " that you get your icecream" and it goes "e e f g s t" I think I know what's happening. Upstage was only using 100 file names for the speech mp3s, and not forgetting the old ones properly. You clocked it, and started getting the sounds I was testing with. I've increased it to 500, and am working on a proper fix. It's supposed to forget every utterance after a couple of minutes. douglas |
From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-03-04 22:31:35
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great! karla & i have just rushed in & been conversing with ourselves as saz for a few minutes ... but now suddenly it's reading out letters - eg you type in " that you get your icecream" and it goes "e e f g s t" freaky! we will log in again in a while & see what happens ... h : ) >I finally tracked down the windows internet explorer sound bug (I >think). One of the HTTP headers wasn't set, and windows wanted it >to be (but didn't want to say so). The same bug was probably >affecting video. > >It is going now on http://upstage.org.nz:8083 at for all the >windows's I can get my hands on. You have to log in as 'z'. > >I'll copy it across once it has been tested a bit. > > >douglas > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials >Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of >GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system >administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Upstage-list mailing list >Ups...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/upstage-list -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |
From: Douglas B. <do...@pa...> - 2004-03-04 21:58:44
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I finally tracked down the windows internet explorer sound bug (I think). One of the HTTP headers wasn't set, and windows wanted it to be (but didn't want to say so). The same bug was probably affecting video. It is going now on http://upstage.org.nz:8083 at for all the windows's I can get my hands on. You have to log in as 'z'. I'll copy it across once it has been tested a bit. douglas |
From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-02-20 19:45:50
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there seems to be a problem with uploading avatars at the moment (on 8081) - just tried a file in .jpg & .png format & got the "something went wrong" message. (this is also what was happening the other week when we were doing the walk-thru but i've tested it in between then & it was working). is there something wrong? we need to be uploading avs for a workshop next weekend (28-29 feb) h : ( -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |
From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-02-09 15:55:58
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it would appear that at the moment *nobody* can upload images. during the 2nd walk-thru we had people on both pc & mac who tried, in various formats, & nothing worked. not for me either. h : ( >On PC, using Win 2000 & XP PRO both with IE 6 >refresh usually causes freeze, therefore often safer to exit and log in again. > >Using same OS, unable to upload avs in jpeg, png, or swf for at least a week. > >reporting from the front >K:) > -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |
From: Karla P. <k...@ar...> - 2004-02-09 14:16:54
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On PC, using Win 2000 & XP PRO both with IE 6 refresh usually causes freeze, therefore often safer to exit and log in again. Using same OS, unable to upload avs in jpeg, png, or swf for at least a week. reporting from the front K:) At 13:14 09/02/2004, you wrote: >douglas this is great. i'm going to add a link to it from the workshop >page, as part of the avatar section. > >i *think* i was getting a change in voice after refreshing the stage page >- not needing to "unload" the avatar from the stage but just reload the stage. >h : ) > >>There is this: >> >>http://upstage.org.nz:8081/admin/speech-test.html >> >>(I forgot to say, but it has been there all along). >> >>Another thing I forgot to say is that changing the voices in the avatars >>list won't change the voices of avatars already in a stage. You have to >>take it out and replace it for that to happen. >> >>I'll make the voices changable from the stage list too. And fix >>everything else. When I get round to it. >> >>douglas > > >-- >____________________________________________________________ > >helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst >he...@cr... >http://www.creative-catalyst.com >http://www.avatarbodycollision.org >http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm >____________________________________________________________ > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 >Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration >See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. >http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn >_______________________________________________ >Upstage-list mailing list >Ups...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/upstage-list |
From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-02-09 14:07:35
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douglas this is great. i'm going to add a link to it from the workshop page, as part of the avatar section. i *think* i was getting a change in voice after refreshing the stage page - not needing to "unload" the avatar from the stage but just reload the stage. h : ) >There is this: > >http://upstage.org.nz:8081/admin/speech-test.html > >(I forgot to say, but it has been there all along). > >Another thing I forgot to say is that changing the voices in the >avatars list won't change the voices of avatars already in a stage. >You have to take it out and replace it for that to happen. > >I'll make the voices changable from the stage list too. And fix >everything else. When I get round to it. > >douglas > -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |
From: Douglas B. <do...@pa...> - 2004-02-04 03:25:53
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There is this: http://upstage.org.nz:8081/admin/speech-test.html (I forgot to say, but it has been there all along). Another thing I forgot to say is that changing the voices in the avatars list won't change the voices of avatars already in a stage. You have to take it out and replace it for that to happen. I'll make the voices changable from the stage list too. And fix everything else. When I get round to it. douglas Helen Varley Jamieson wrote: > > when we select/change the voice, is it possible to hear a sample of the > voice? (otherwise, you have to set the voice, go out of the workshop & > into the stage to hear it, & then come back to workshop to change it if > it's not what you want). > > and it doesn't seem possible to change the voices for the web cam avs; > at the moment they're not clickable in the manage avatars list. can we > change this? > > h : ) > >> There are about ten voices now, and at least one is ostensibly female, >> which is now the default. They are generated by mbrola, rsynth and >> festival. >> > > |
From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-02-01 18:01:52
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i'm starting to compile the browser compatibility info for the documentation. some of you have sent me info at various times about what's been happening with your browser, but i know that there have been changes since then that may mean previous problems are solved. people using windows: is anyone having any problems with IE in windows? if so, please let me know what the problem is, what version of IE you're using, & what version of windows (if xp, please specify pro or home) thanks, h : ) -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |
From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-02-01 17:10:50
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is it possible to select the voice for your avatar when you create a new avatar? (at the moment, you have to create it first, then go into manage avatars & change the voice). when we select/change the voice, is it possible to hear a sample of the voice? (otherwise, you have to set the voice, go out of the workshop & into the stage to hear it, & then come back to workshop to change it if it's not what you want). and it doesn't seem possible to change the voices for the web cam avs; at the moment they're not clickable in the manage avatars list. can we change this? h : ) >There are about ten voices now, and at least one is ostensibly >female, which is now the default. They are generated by mbrola, >rsynth and festival. > -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |