trying to test platform-independence

["Mike Marchywka" <mmarchywka@eyewonder.com>]

Hi,
I'm trying to develop some diagnostic software that will allow us to 
insure we can deliver high-quality streaming media to anyone with
a Java enabled browser. Anyone who has an "unusual" platform 
( something other than Windows 2000/Pentium ) and wants to watch a short
video is welcome to hit the following links. You can simply watch the
video without doing anything else but if you want to read the
instructions 
below you could provide me with some useful feedback on delivery
quality.
(The software will only collect as much info as is allowed by your
browser security
settings.)
Thanks!

At Eyewonder, we are constantly trying to assure that we deliver
the highest quality streaming experience to the widest possible
audience.
To help us achieve this objective, we have developed the following 
program that records information about your computer and correlates 
this with your comments on some streaming media. Performing
the actions below will provide us with this valuable information  
and it will only take a few minutes ( even for inexperienced
computer users). 

Note that the performance you will observe is not
what can be expected from our production software. The performance 
is degraded slightly to allow us to collect information useful for
product improvement. If you wish to see a demo of some of our production
software, please visit www.eyewonder.com .

INSTRUCTIONS
============
In order to run this program, you need a web 
browser and an internet connection.

This program is most helpful to us if you 
set your browser security level
as low as possible but useful information 
is still obtained with default levels.

1) Point Browser to desired URL.
	A video should play and an "EYE SPY" window should pop-up.
	( NOTE: The data collection software is not designed for
production.
	It may have bugs or possibly cause your browser to hang-up.)
	Some of the URL's do not have data collection software attached
and
	can be used for comparison. The "spy" is the data collection
software
	and the number is the minimum amount of bandwidth that you need
to
	play the file properly( files labelled 56k can be played over a
56k modem
	connection, 100k should have a solid broadband connection).
	
	EyeSpy Applet Test URL's:
======================== ================ =============================
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/testSync.html
(56k, no spy)  
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/testSyncm.html
(56k, spy)
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/testm.html
(<56k, spy)
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/test4.html
(100k, spy)
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/test3.html
(56k, spy)
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/test2128.html
(56k, no spy)
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/test2128m.html
(56k, spy)
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/test2.html
(56k, spy)
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/test.html
(<56k, no spy)
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/sync2t.html
(200k, no spy)
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/sync2m.html
(200k, spy)
http://www.eyewonder.tv/EWTest/mike/servlet/testLinks/sync2.html

=======================================================================
2) Watch the video in the browser or see 3) if the video does not play.
	Watch the video and listen
	to the audio while looking for any characteristics that are
	undesirable. We have identified common failure modes and made
buttons
	on the Eye Spy menu to allow you to tell us that these
conditions
	are occuring. These buttons are labelled:
		"STUTTER" - The audio is making "clicking" noises or has
gaps in it.
		"FROZEN"- The video has stopped and shows no signs of
continuing.
		"PROBLEM"- something looks wrong, but is not specified
elsewhere.
		"SYNC OFF" - The audio does not coincide with the video.
If this
			video shows a person talking, the lips are not
moving at the 
			appropriate times.
		"PLAY OK" - There are no longer any undesirable
characteristics in the
			audio or video streams. 
	Additionally, you can right-click on the video to view a status
line in the
	browser and to enable collection of additional information.
	
3) Hit "SAVE" when the video is done or you have finished watching it.
	IF THE VIDEO DOES NOT PLAY, Please hit "SAVE" so that we can try
to 
	diagnose the problem using whatever information the EyeSpy was
able to obtain
	about the error condition.
4) Hitting "status" or "IO stats" at various times will provide us with
	more information. These are primarily designed for interactive
debugging
	with EyeWonder technical staff.
	
Please mail any additional comments to mmarchywka@eyewonder.com
or enter them in the EyeSpy text area and hit "SAVE"

Thanks.


 

Mike Marchywka
Senior Engineer
EyeWonder
2859 Paces Ferry Road
Suite 1200
Atlanta GA 30339
770-261-5084(W)
770-434-7510(H)
FAX: 770-261-5080
mmarchywka@eyewonder.com