Microsoft KB Archive/220928

= NetMeeting 2.11 Netmeet.txt File Contents (2 of 2) =

Article ID: 220928

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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 * Microsoft NetMeeting 2.11
 * Microsoft NetMeeting 2.11
 * Microsoft NetMeeting 2.11

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This article was previously published under Q220928



SUMMARY
This article contains a copy of the information in the Netmeet.txt file included with Netmeeting 2.11. This file is located in the NetMeeting folder after Netmeeting 2.11 is installed.



MORE INFORMATION
 README for Microsoft NetMeeting 2.11 November 1998

(c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1998

Continued from Q220593.

Warnings and Known Bugs --- - If you are using a Videum (Winnov) video-capture card and have the new 2.0 drivers, you can change the audio input for the card by opening the Videum Configure program (under the  Winnov Videum program group) and selecting the desired audio input for the video input being used with NetMeeting. The default is to use the Camera microphone for the MXC video connection and Line Input for all other video connections. After you do  this, the correct audio input will be selected when you start NetMeeting.

- Audio input for users of Winnov cameras will automatically be  switched whenever video is in use. If your video is connected using the MXC connection, the camera input will be used for audio. If your video is connected using the Composite or  S-Video connection, the Line Input will be used for audio. You can solve this problem by upgrading to the new 2.0 drivers and by using the Videum Configuration application.

- Users of NetMeeting and Intel Internet Video Phone can talk to each other only if both users have a computer with a Pentium processor.

- If you have a SoundBlaster sound card with full-duplex sound enabled, and you have problems with your computer locking up  when using NetMeeting, you may need to update your Sound- Blaster drivers.

- You may receive a message in the Audio Tuning Wizard that explains that your sound card is unsupported. This occurs when the sound card does not support some of the features required for it to be supported by NetMeeting. The audio features in  NetMeeting may work even if you get this message, but you might experience poor audio quality.

If your sound card is unsupported, you might want to contact the manufacturer to find out if newer sound card drivers are available.

- If you are experiencing "choppy" full-duplex sound quality, try switching NetMeeting to half-duplex sound quality. To do this, carry out the following steps:

1. Make sure that you are not in a NetMeeting call. 2. On the Tools menu, click Options. 3. On the Audio tab, clear the Enable Full Duplex Audio check box.

It is recommended that you not switch between full-duplex and half-duplex audio while in a meeting with audio.

- If, during a call, you get half duplex sound even though you have a full duplex audio card and drivers. This may happen if your sound card does not support full duplex DirectSound drivers or has faulty full duplex DirectSound drivers. Contact your sound card manufacturer for updated DirectSound drivers or disable the DirectSound functionality in NetMeeting.

To disable DirectSound in NetMeeting, edit the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Audio\NacObject\DisableDirectSound to the following value. "01 00 00 00"

- When in an audio / video call, you may hear the other person's  voice sped up or slowed down. This may happen when one or both of the participants have an old or incompatible sound driver. Contact your sound card manufacturer for updated drivers.

- If you are having problems with your audio quality or sound card when using NetMeeting, the problems could be related to  your hardware configuration or driver installation. To see the latest support information, click the Help menu, and then click Online Support.

- If your computer has more than one audio device, you should make sure that the audio devices selected in the Audio Tuning Wizard match the selections in the Multimedia properties in  Control Panel.

- If you upgrade your computer's processor, you should re-run the audio tuning wizard.

- Full-duplex audio might not work with Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 sound cards.

- Computers with a 486 processor will not be able to use audio with other software based on the H.323 audio conferencing standard over a Dial-Up Networking (modem) connection. They will be able to use audio with other NetMeeting users over a Dial-Up Networking connection or with other H.323-based audio conferencing products over a local area network (LAN).

- When you are in an audio conference using NetMeeting, an  application that has the ability to record sound, such as   Microsoft PowerPoint, will appear to be recording sound as instructed. However, since NetMeeting is already using the sound card, the other application is not actually recording.

- If you have a Tecra 740, you may need to manually set the microphone volume level in the Multimedia properties in Control Panel.

- If you experience poor audio quality, try clearing the Microphone check box and then selecting it again.

- If you are using a Gravis Ultrasound sound card and you are experiencing choppy audio quality, try the following:

1. Make sure that you are not in a NetMeeting call. 2. On the Tools menu, click Options. 3. On the General tab, in the Network bandwidth section, select a bandwidth setting that is slower than the current selection.

HANGING UP

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When you hang up, you disconnect anyone you called or anyone who called you. If the disconnected users have invited or accepted other users into the meeting, they are also disconnected. Audio connections between people might not be disconnected.

Warnings and Known Bugs --- - If you are using a 56 kps modem in a NetMeeting call with two or more other people, hanging up may not work correctly. Switching audio and video during the call may also cause one or more participants to be disconnected.

VIDEO

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- To use the video features of NetMeeting, you need either a  video-capture card and camera or a video camera that connects through your computer's parallel (printer) port. Sending video does not work on some computers that have a processor slower than a Pentium.

- Video is supported only over TCP/IP and with only one other person at a time.

- Running video in a multiuser meeting can negatively impact performance on all the computers in the meeting. For example, opening a video window while sharing an application can make it difficult for others to take control of the application.

- If you have more than one video device installed, or you have not properly uninstalled a video device that was previously installed, you might not be able to use video.

- If your video device is not properly uninstalled and you have enabled video in NetMeeting, the remaining camera software may warn you repeatedly that it cannot find the camera.

- If your computer's processor is slower than a Pentium, sending video may result in poor audio and video quality.

- Computers with a bi-directional (ECP or EPP) parallel port will perform noticeably better with parallel video cameras than computers with a unidirectional parallel port.

- Cameras that connect to a video-capture card will use less of  your computer's processor than cameras that connect through your computer's parallel port. It is recommended that you not use a color parallel port camera unless your computer is at  least a Pentium 133.

- If you disconnect your camera while using the video features in NetMeeting, your camera's software may display messages telling you that the camera is not responding. To disable these messages, click the Tools menu, click Options, click Video, and then clear the Automatically Send Video At The Start Of Each Call check box.

- It is recommended that you not run another program that uses video while running NetMeeting.

- If some areas of your video window contain the wrong colors, your camera might be aimed at an area with insufficient light. Some video drivers might provide a low-light filter option.

- If you are using the video features in a dark area, some cameras will cause your computer to become extremely slow and unresponsive.

- If you use a Black and White Connectix Camera, it is  recommended that you use the version 2.11 update (or newer) of the video drivers. You can download drivers from http://www.connectix.com.

- Audio input for users of Winnov cameras will automatically be  switched whenever video is in use. If your video is connected using the MXC connection, the camera input will be used for audio. If your video is connected using the Composite or  S-Video connection, the Line Input will be used for audio.

- With some cameras, you may be able to reduce CPU usage by  manually adjusting the settings in the Source and Format dialog boxes instead of letting the video driver software do it automatically.

GENERAL KNOWN ISSUES

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- If you have a beta version of NetShow Player v. 2.0, it  might cause your computer to crash. To fix this, upgrade to  the latest version of NetShow Player and/or deleted the file VDK32118.ACM from your \windows\system folder.

- You cannot run ReachOut 5.0 on computers on which Microsoft NetMeeting is installed.

- To find the name that NetMeeting uses as your NetBIOS name, carry out the following steps:

1. In Control Panel, click the Network icon, and then click the Identification tab. 2. Select the Computer Name text box.

- If you use User Profiles for multiple users to maintain your Windows preferences on all the computers on a network, you might have to run the Audio Tuning Wizard again when you switch computers.

- Both Microsoft FrontPage and NetMeeting currently use the same file type (.cnf). NetMeeting uses this file type for Speed Dials.

- When you are in a meeting, your Clipboard is shared with everyone else in the meeting. This enables you to paste objects other people cut or copy to the Clipboard into your local programs. You can set a system policy that disables Clipboard sharing.

- If you are running Windows 95 Version 4.00.950B, and you cancel the Dial-Up Networking dialog box that appears when you start NetMeeting, NetMeeting appears to stop responding; however, NetMeeting will work properly after about two minutes. However, you will not be logged onto the directory server until you manually connect to your Internet service provider and then on the Call menu, choose Log On To [your directory server].

- If you create a SpeedDial shortcut, clicking Send To Mail Recipient will work only if your e-mail program is MAPI-aware (for example, Microsoft Outlook Express).

- You can return calls by using the History tab only if  the person who called you was using NetMeeting 2.0 or   later.

- If you are using NetMeeting over a 28.8 kbp connection, you may be able to get better audio and video quality by clicking the Tools menu, clicking Options, and then choosing ISDN or Local Area Network from the Network Bandwidth section.

WINDOWS NT ISSUES

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- If you use Windows NT, you will be able to share applications if you have installed Service Pack 3 or later for Windows NT 4.0.

- Enabling Application Sharing on Windows NT may negatively affect the performance of your display driver. This will affect the rate at which information is drawn on the screen.

- Some Creative Labs SoundBlaster drivers (specifically those posted on their Web site January 15, 1997) are not compatible with NetMeeting. SoundBlaster drivers that come with Windows NT 4.0. do work with NetMeeting, as do the more recently posted drivers, which also support full-duplex audio.

- If you use Windows NT, you will experience problems if  you share a 32-bit application and then insert an object that is a package. This opens the Object Packager, which is  automatically shared and will subsequently fault. This fault will not cause the original shared application or NetMeeting to fault, only the Object Packager.

- If you enabled the floating point workaround during installation of Windows NT on a computer that is equipped with a flawed Intel Pentium chip, NetMeeting audio quality will be poor, or audio will not work at all.

- When you share a 16-bit application, all the 16-bit applications that are running on your computer will also automatically be  shared.

- If you are using NetMeeting on Windows NT and you are unable to  receive a call, restart your computer and try again.

- If you do not have a sound card, you will need to manually specify the bandwidth of your connection. To do this, click the Tools menu, click Options, and then click Network Bandwidth.

- You may need to uninstall Dial-Up Networking in order to log on to a Directory Server via a proxy.

- If, after placing a call, you see a message for more than one minute that NetMeeting is waiting for a response from the other person, quit NetMeeting and then try to contact the person again.

- If you are unable to see a video image in NetMeeting, it is  recommended that you upgrade to DirectDraw 3.0 or newer.

- If you suspend your computer, or if it is set to suspend automatically, you should quit and then restart NetMeeting after resuming.

- If you receive a SpeedDial in an e-mail message, your mail program may convert it to a text (.txt) file. You will be  able to use it as a SpeedDial if you rename it with a .cnf extension.

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