Solved: PC Client / Ability to push content

jbburks · ‎06-06-2014

Is a PC client for Proximity on the roadmap?

Also, is there a plan to push content from the tablet (or preferably PC)?

We are developing a new building and want to enable all the rooms for a) video conferencing and b) ability to display content (either in or not in a video call) via wireless.

Our current plan is to put in Crestron AirMedia to allow wireless. With a simple expansion of Proximity and a PC client, we could leave out purchasing the Crestron, which would almost pay for the Cisco SX10.

Henrik Bakken · ‎01-27-2015

Hi Frank, and all others asking for an update ;)

We're getting closer to a laptop client. We are currently doing limited EFT testing (early field trials) and are aiming to ship this around summer this year.

The first version for Win7+ and OS X 10.9+ (likely) will only do presentation sharing (from laptop to endpoint). This will run with limited frame-rate (working great for presentations, but not great for youtube).

Call control and content receive (from endpoint to laptop) will not be supported at this point.

(and yes; it's a bit awkward that you can do call control and content receive on mobile, but not share to endpoint; but we're working on fixing that as well. We did get a lot of market feedback that sharing *from* laptop was the most important usecase, though.)

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Henrik Bakken · ‎01-27-2015

No – testing is not part of this community, but rather in a formalized Cisco "EFT" program (Early Field Trials).

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Randombuffalo · ‎08-20-2014

It would be great if you could mirror your iPad/tablet screen as well as pushing content to the screen. This would make it an awesome collaboration piece. Definitely a top feature request.

Henrik Bakken · ‎08-26-2014

@Randombuffalo

Mirroring of the screen (especially on iOS) is trickier. Our assumption is that file sharing (initially camera roll or directly from camera, later maybe PDF/office) is more realistic from phones/tablets. Currently, Apple does not license the AirPlay (video) APIs. Android-equivalents (Miracast/DLNA etc) are more fragmented.

Randombuffalo · ‎10-07-2014

Henrik,

That is unfortunate but it is nice to know you have looked into it. We ended up attaching an AppleTV to the back of our unit to act as an iOS screen share connection. It has worked pretty well so far. Plus it works as a basic PC for bringing up webpages and videos.

Henrik Bakken · ‎10-07-2014

Yes - agree AppleTV makes a very good companion in the meeting rooms, but not very x-plafrom friendly (your Android and Windows user base). But again; we're working on solutions that should be more x-platform, and no reason they cannot work alongside an AppleTV in the room, too.

jbburks · ‎10-07-2014

Any potential timeline for when we will see some of this?

If you need any early testers, please message me.

Henrik Bakken · ‎10-07-2014

For PC client content push, we do have an early proof-of-concept version. That needs some verification across laptop types/microphones, and we plan to start this testing within a month's time. Releasing this feature is unlikely to happen this calendar year, though.

jbburks · ‎10-07-2014

Is the testing part of the community? I haven't seen anything posted asking for testers.

Henrik Bakken · ‎01-27-2015

No – testing is not part of this community, but rather in a formalized Cisco "EFT" program (Early Field Trials).

Gregory Molochnick · ‎10-05-2015

Is the EFT still open?

jbburks · ‎01-09-2015

Ok, so screen mirroring for iOS and PC didn't make it out by the end of the year.

Any progress? That's a feature we would really like to see. It would get around the need for cables for the presenter.

Marcelo Morais · ‎01-19-2015

Hi JBBurks, I agree with you ... although Proximity is now available for iOS and Android for View and Share Contents, a PC version is more than welcome.

Hi Henrik Bakken, any news about it?

Henrik Bakken · ‎01-27-2015

Yes - just posted an update above ("Hi Frank, and all others asking for an update"). We're getting closer :)

Henrik Bakken · ‎08-26-2014

Thanks for your feedback, jbburks!

We definitely want to get out a PC and Mac client. It is high on our wish-list, but still not committed (aka; no promises, no timeline yet).

The current idea is to use a similar approach as the content receive; using JPG images. This would mean about a frame a second (give or take), likely also with some smartness to prevent unnecessary updates.

The other option would be to encode H.264 video in the pc app and send over the local network. This could give higher framerate, but would also use more resources on the codec (eg limit it's capabilities when in calls etc). This approach is slower to get to market, though.

How do you feel about going with the JPG solution? My initial testing shows it's working pretty good for presentations and typical collaboration work (edit meeting minutes on the big screen etc). It does not give a good user experience when watching videos/motion content.

Frank Cosgrove · ‎01-27-2015

Every time I install a new unit, I get the request around a Windows client as iPads and Android devices are not common in our meeting, (people think your doing something else)

Any time line ??