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Apple Media Conference and QuickTime Conferencing
Features
Versatility
- Lets you exchange video, text, graphics, sounds, and movies with other
Apple Media Conference users
- Works over the Internet, local area networks, and ISDN networks
(QuickTime Conferencing ISDN Kit required for ISDN networking)
- Offers user-selectable video and audio compression rates, and
user-controllable video and audio quality settings
- Supports multiparty videoconferences and one-to-many broadcasts as well
as one-to-one sessions
Ease of use
- Uses a one-button installer
- Features a standard Macintosh user interface to make videoconferencing
easier than ever
- Works with Apple's PowerTalk software, so users can initiate
videoconferences simply by clicking on PowerTalk "business cards"
- Includes AppleGuide, an interactive, on-line tutorial
Affordability
- Leverages the built-in multimedia features of Macintosh computers to make
video-conferencing inexpensive
- Preserves your investment, because the QuickTime Conferencing system
extension can easily be extended with new capabilities
Description
Apple Media Conference and QuickTime Conferencing software leverage the
built-in capabilities of Macintosh systems to make videoconferencing and
collaboration surprisingly easy and affordable. Just add a camera and you're
ready to work with colleagues over an Ethernet local area network or the
worldwide Internet.*
The QuickTime Conferencing system extension is based on Apple's QuickTime
technology. Because the QuickTime architecture is so extensible, Macintosh
developers can easily enhance QuickTime Conferencing for specialized
purposes such as video mail, medical imaging, or distance learning.
Apple Media Conference software is a versatile, easy-to-use videoconferencing
and collaboration application. It supports point-to-point, multiparty, and
broadcast videoconferencing sessions. When you videoconference with colleagues
who are also using Apple Media Conference, you can work collaboratively by
posting text, graphics, sounds, and QuickTime movies to a shared "white board"
that everyone can view and annotate. Users save posted files--either with or
without annotations--to their desktops for future viewing. They can also
record videoconferencing sessions as QuickTime movies for easy reference
later.
Apple Media Conference's broadcast capabilities allow one user to broadcast a
live video source (cable or broadcast TV, or a videocassette) over a local
area network to an unlimited number of viewers. Viewers don't need a camera to
tune into a broadcast.
Apple Media Conference and QuickTime Conferencing: Apple's inexpensive,
easy-to-use solution for people who need to work together from different
locations.
When used with a Macintosh system that has built-in
audio/video support; otherwise, additional hardware and software are
needed. Note: Internet access via modem is not currently
supported.
Technical Specifications
QuickTime Conferencing system extension
Network protocols supported
Network protection features
- Flow control for real-time media
- Multicast media distribution
- Low bit-rate video coding algorithms
- Bandwidth monitoring and control via a Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) station
Video input formats supported
Audio and video compression standards supported
- ITU-T H.261
- JPEG
- Apple Video
- MACE
Apple Media Conference application
- When communicating with other Macintosh systems, provides shared
white-board capability for:
- -- Sharing of text, images, sounds, and movies
- -- On-screen annotation of document images
- Enables point-to-point videoconferencing sessions over Ethernet or the
Internet (ISDN support available with the addition of the QuickTime
Conferencing ISDN Kit; see Ordering Information)
- Supports multipoint videoconferencing sessions with other Media
Conference users over Ethernet or the Internet. Supports broadcast sessions
over Ethernet
- Can record sessions as QuickTime movies
- Permits any combination of connection types, such as:
- --Audio and video both directions
- --Audio and video one direction, audio only the other direction
- --Audio and video one direction, video only the other direction
- --Audio only
- --Video only
- --White board only
- Includes an interactive on-screen tutorial
System requirements
- One of the following Macintosh systems:
- --Any Macintosh AV model
- --Power Macintosh 7500
- --Power Macintosh 8500
- 16MB of RAM
- System 7.5 or later (PowerTalk installation recommended; lets users call
other QuickTime Conferencing users via PowerTalk business cards)
- A hard disk drive
- A microphone
- For video sessions: A video camera, such as the Apple QuickTime
Conferencing Camera 100, included in the QuickTime Conferencing Kit; see
ordering information
- A connection to one of the following networks:
- -- Ethernet (using TCP/IP or AppleTalk protocols)
- -- Internet (requires a TCP/IP connection of at least 128 Kbits/sec)
- -- ISDN (requires the QuickTime Conferencing ISDN Kit; see Ordering
Information)
- Optional: External powered speakers
As of October 15, 1995. Check with your Apple
reseller for an up-to-date list of compatible models. QuickTime Conferencing
supports Apple built-in video. Apple cannot guarantee compatibility with
third-party video-input cards.
Ordering Information
Apple Media Conference and QuickTime Conferencing
- Apple Media Conference application
- QuickTime Conferencing system extension
- Apple Guide on-line tutorial
- To obtain the QuickTime Conferencing extension/Apple Media Conference
application bundle, go to the QuickTime Conferencing area of the QuickTime
World Wide Web site at http://quicktime.apple.com. Follow the instructions to
establish an account with First Virtual, a secure credit-card trans-action
company handling Apple products purchased over the Internet. Once you have
established this account, you can download the software from the above Web
address.
- Volume-licensing packages of the QuickTime Conferencing extension/Apple
Media Con-ference application are also available. Check the Web site for
ordering procedures.
QuickTime Conferencing ISDN Kit
- Order No. M4585LL/A
- Available through Apple resellers.
QuickTime Conferencing Kit
- Order No. M4490
- Available through Apple resellers.
Product specifications are subject to change. Check
with your Apple reseller for the most current information about product
specifications and configurations.
(c) 1995 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.
Apple, the Apple logo, AppleTalk, Macintosh, Power Macintosh, PowerTalk, and
QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S.A. and
other countries. Mention of non-Apple products is for informational purposes
only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes
no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of these
products. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any, take place
directly between the vendors and the prospective users.
October 1995. Product specifications are subject to change without notice.
Printed in U.S.A.
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