--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] (Steven Smolnik) --- >Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:43:45 -0500 >Subject: Re: #5910 an all-digital Mac LL ? >To: [log in to unmask] >From: [log in to unmask] (Steven Smolnik) >References: <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Kirk, I'd suggest that for digital audio/video distribution, you might look at Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS). http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qtss/ or if you'd like to read about it in French, http://www.apple.com/fr/quicktime/server/qtstreaming.html You can even download the Beta version of their upcoming version 3 at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/preview/qtss.html I hope that some of our colleagues will add their comments about their direct experience with QTSS. -Steven [log in to unmask] writes: >--- Forwarded Message from Kirk Anderson <[log in to unmask]> --- > >>Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 22:54:21 -0500 >>To: [log in to unmask] >>From: Kirk Anderson <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: an all-digital Mac LL ? > >Our Sony 5510 language lab, installed in 1988, >is getting long in the tooth (read: failing) >and we are looking at the options for a replacement. > >What I've been able to ascertain so far is that >a preference for the Macintosh platform is a real >liability here: neither Tandberg nor Sony nor >CAN-8 offer an all-digital solution for a Mac lab. > >Mac's Network Assistant apparently permits many >of the functions of those three systems, >but alas the distribution of a video feed isn't >one of them, and that's not something >we are willing to pass up. > >This is frustrating for a Macintosh advocate, >as the video and audio capabilities of any >recent Mac are better than adequate. > >It's no secret that Wintel machines outnumber >Macs by something like a 10/1 margin in the world >at large, but the Mac OS has held its own in educational >institutions, especially over the past 3 years. >So I'm disappointed that none of the three companies >I mentioned recognizes this. > >If assembling a true digital lab with Macs means >piecing together a host of 3rd party hardware and >software packages, well, then it's just not worth it. >Our language lab doesn't have a full-time technical >support team! > >So... is there something I've overlooked? I hope so. > >thanks in advance, > >Kirk Anderson >Dept of French Studies >Wheaton College MA ============================================= Steven M. Smolnik Learning Designer Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium 55 Paul J. Manafort Drive New Britain, CT 06053-2142 Telephone: 860-832-3896 URL: http://www.ctdlc.org and http://www.wesleyan.edu/~ssmolnik/cv_site/ =============================================