Screen shot: ChaserView Mobile OS version
Screen shot - ChaserView Windows XP, Windows
7 version
In depth approach to video conferencing for
mobile platform, designed for serious mobile
professionals.
How does Chaserview
work and how is different from Skype which is a free
software
ChaserView™ is
a 2 way audio video conferencing system for mobile,
hand held video conferencing using wireless networks.
Fluctuating and low bandwidth coupled with low computational
power of hand held devices is a major reciepes for
sub standard video conferencing. Unlike mainstream
video conferencing systems such as PolyCom and Skype
and many more, ChaserView™ does not use the
mainstream H.263 and H.264 codec which can not and
will not be able to tolerate the fluctuations of wireless
network, rendering a frozen image or simply displaying
a frozen block of images. ChaserView™ was built
with wireless network and hand held devices while
transporting the data in a secure manner while maintaining
a low latency experience with Inmarsat BGAN, CDMA,
GPRS, GSM and HSPDA networks. The bandwidth manager
built with the software allows micro managing the
bandwidth unlike mainstream products such as Skype
require a minimum available bandwidth. ChaserView™
can operate from 4800 baud to 1.2 mb range allowing
for Audio ONLY, Sculpture video, Black and White or
full Color based on available bandwidth. The ChaserView™'s
codec is truly the next generation video compression.
You can use a select group of Smart Phones, PDAs to
conduct low latency, stable and secure video conferencing.
See
this link for more information
How does ChaserView
compare to StreamBox™, LiveWire™, vPoint™
or Polycom™?
See
this link for more information
What kind of
codec ChaserView software using?
Our software is not using
the mainstream codec such as H.264. It is designed
for low power CPUs and low power computing devices
such as PDA, Netbooks, UMPCs and Smartphones.
What networks
does ChaserView support?
Most IP based networks,
wired or Wireless are supported. The codec shines
when there is low bandwidth wireless network such
as GSM is used.
I am using Chaserview
with BGAN, can I call another ChaserView user connected
to a Cell phone network such as AT&T or Sprint?
Yes. No problem. You
can call from BGAN to IP address of Sprint or AT&T
users or vice versa.
I do not have
a static Ip address with my BGAN terminal. Can I use
ChaserView?
Yes. The only limitation
is that the BGAN user can not be reached over Internet
but any static IP address such as Sprint, Verizon
or another BGAN user with Static IP can be called
from non static IP user.
Can I use the
BGAN WiFi with my PDA device?
Yes. Configure
your BGAN terminal (TT-100 - 500) with any router
such as LinkSys or use the built in router and WiFi
configurations of BGAN terminal (HNS 9201 and Thrane
Explorer-700), then once the WiFi is activated, simply
connect to the WiFi network (in this case BGAN WiFi)
using the usual WiFi connection (See you Device WiFi
setup procedures). Once the device is connected to
WiFi network, then using the router's port forwarding,
open the 3 ports for VIDEO, AUDIO, LISTENIING. You
can now make an video/audio call to another ChaserView
configured the same way. If your device is using another
Internet connection such as CDMA, HSPDA (Sprint/Verizon
or AT&T), you do not need to do anything. To see
the ports and its associated numbers, from main screen,
click on OPTIONS and make a note of 3 port's numbers
and configure your router. A similar procedure is
done for any router attached to Internet.
Can I get a Static
IP address for BGAN terminal?
Yes. Contact your air time and network
provider for BGAN SIM card. There is a monthly charge
for the Satic IP address. We offer a lower monthly
charge and most competitive air time rate in the industry
by offering rates from Whenever Communications (www.satellitephonestore.com).
You may contact us for deatils, SIM card setup and
network information.
Can I get a Static
IP address for CDMA (Sprint and Verizon) or AT&T?
Yes. call your cell phone provider.
For example Sprint network offers a static IP address
for your Data Connection cards or Activated PDA devices
for a small monthly fee.
Can I use a DNS
for my cell phone connection?
Yes. Try commercial products
such as DNS2GO or DYNDNS. We have tested the DNS2GO
and works great with our software.
How much bandwidth
do I need to make a video and audio call?
You can make an audio/video
call with as little as 14.4 or use the dial up, anything
less, there is only audio capabilities....
I have a PDA
with no Camera. I have loaded the ChaserView software.
Can I use it?
Yes. You can still get
video in real time from the other end. You just can
not send video.
Which hand held
PDA/Samrt Phone devices are supported by ChaserView?
See
this link for the list of hand held devices
See
this link for the list of hand held devices with 2
cameras
Which operating
systemn and which CPU core supported by ChaserView?
Microsoft Winbdows Mobile,
Windows XP, Windows 7. Windows Mobile 7 will be supported
in early 2011
VZomobile®
free video conferencing software
There are new roducts -
VzioMobil, Skype, etc with free video conferencing softwareoffering...
Although we have remendous
respect for competition, we simply suggest to download
and play with the FREE products and figure it out
for yourself. FREE stuff not always are the best stuff.
If your mission critical application can use these
free products, then you should use them. We suggest
Skype, VZOmobile and other video conferencing products.
We will howevere test
these in our labs and will publish an honest review
of each when compared to our technology.
VZomobile® - Skype®
(3G only) - vs - ChaserView™(2G,3G, 4G)
The above product although
a good implementation of an off shelf codec
using a "distributed server technology"
as they describe it, does not work well in low
and fluctuating situations such as low bandwidth GSM
or EDGE, 1xRTT, Dialup, HSPDA -
therefore renders a sub standard quality of conferencing
leading to picture freez, loss of connection and inability
to adapt to the newly imposed bandwidth. The off shelf
codecs such as H.254 or its derivities - although
can scale and compress video for Mobile platform,
they are not capable of adjusting to sudden fluctuation
of bandwidth as it happens with any wireless network
in purticular - the shared bandwidth - such as commercial
cellular networks.
Using off shelf codecs
for video and audio (mostly video) will work great
if you are always using a wireless broadband connection
such as WiMax, 3G but even using these networks with
high uplink and download speeds, if a sudden fluctuation
occures, unpredictable results will occur. If your
mission critical application requires a solid performer,
then ChaserView™ is your only choice.
To
explain the codec's role (compression and decompression
of video and audio) in more detail, please see our
White Paper here .
last update: December
2010, webmaster, Software by iPixCel
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