The CoolMedia Project
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by Andrei Villarroel - Information Networking Institute © CoolMedia2000 The CoolMedia Project • Objective – Bring Informedia’s Capabilities to the Web – Improve on the limitations of it • Light-weight Client (GUI) • Ubiquitousness of Access (web) • Scalability (Distribution & Load balancing) • Availability (Automatic recovery & redirection) • Enhanced Customization (User profile)
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The CoolMedia Project. Objective Bring Informedia’s Capabilities to the Web Improve on the limitations of it Light-weight Client (GUI) Ubiquitousness of Access (web) Scalability (Distribution & Load balancing) Availability (Automatic recovery & redirection) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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by Andrei Villarroel - Information Networking Institute © CoolMedia2000
The CoolMedia Project
• Objective– Bring Informedia’s Capabilities to the Web– Improve on the limitations of it
• Light-weight Client (GUI)
• Ubiquitousness of Access (web)
• Scalability (Distribution & Load balancing)
• Availability (Automatic recovery & redirection)
• Enhanced Customization (User profile)
by Andrei Villarroel - Information Networking Institute © CoolMedia2000
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Overview of the CoolMedia Overview of the CoolMedia ArchitectureArchitecture
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by Andrei Villarroel - Information Networking Institute © CoolMedia2000
References• General Documentation
– http://playback.inf.cs.cmu.edu/coolmedialogin.html
• Use IE4 to access the documentation (due to JavaScript)
• IE4 and IE5 are both fine for accessing the search services
• You need to install Java Media Framework (JMF) on your machine to visualize the streaming video.
– http://llajta.inf.cs.cmu.edu/programs/JFM/ifjd131.exe
• You need to change the Security options of your browser– Add http://llajta.inf.cs.cmu.edu as a Trusted Site
– Enable unsigned Java Applets to be executed (full access)
• Questions/Comments regarding the CoolMedia Project:• [email protected]
• CoolMedia is recruiting ! • Send inquiries to above address :)
