Technology Worksheet

System Configuration
SYS "A" SYS "B"
. CPU Pentium 90 Pentium 166
RAM 32MB 32MB
OS Win 95 Win 95
Browser IE 5.5 IE 5.5
Media Player WMP 6.4 WMP 6.4
Modem 56.6
NIC 3COM 10/100 3COM 10/100
Software Tests
SYS "A" SYS "B"
CD ROM - Based Course Material
1. CFL - CD ROM autorun routine V1 - The routine checks for required plug-ins and utilities and after all are installed it loads an initial htm page. Checks can be done for the installation of:
   PPT viewer, 
   WMP, 
   Video 8 CODEC and 
   msorun.dll
   Acrobat Reader 5.0. 

Users may be prompted to download the Vector Graphics Rendering utility (VML) from Microsoft and the shockwave plug-in from Macromedia.

Successful
35 sec. load time
Startup routine had all flags set to on.
12/06/02 - Successful
22 Sec.load time
Startup routine had all flags set to on.
The install screen showed all items to be installed.
Installation of each item was successful.
2. PowerPoint XP with voice narration with PPT Player. Initiated by double clicking PPS file. Large graphics - no animation.
(source file - Virtual Tour NO Anim.pps - 42.6MB)
50 sec.
marginal - stalls due to page caching. Slow going from slide to slide.
12/06/02 Marginal
25 Sec. Loaded time
Lots of HD caching 
Sometimes slow in loading screens. Audio played smoothly.
3. PowerPoint XP with audio with PPT Player. Initiated by double clicking PPS file. Large graphics & animation.
(source file - Virtual Tour Anim.pps - 52MB)
Will not load 12/06/02 Marginal
35 Sec. Loaded time, 
Slow playing start-up animation screens.
Screens being cached to HD. Sluggish performance.
4. PowerPoint XP with audio saved as Web pages 
(source file - Nuclear Energy - 47.6MB)
  12/06/02 Successful
4 Sec. Loaded Web page, wmp, graphics and started to play.
Good Synch on slide builds.
Audio played smoothly.
5. PowerPoint XP with audio created with CFL's ShowTime software running from CD ROM. Initiated from htm menu page and displayed in second instance of IE 5.5
(Dr. Julian Cattaneo)
.
06 sec.
Good. Continuous play on-time builds
12/06/02 Successful
4 Sec. Loaded Web page, wmp, 1st slide and started to play.
Good Synch on slide builds.
Audio played smoothly.
6. PowerPoint XP with audio created with MS Producer. Loaded from CD ROM.  Similar to ShowTime. The presentation includes approx. six short graphic animations on the first PPT slide. Slide builds were synchronized with the audio track during production.
(Dr. R. Paul, State of University Address, 2002)
. 12/10/02 Successful 
4 Sec. Loaded Web page, Audio started to play before the first PPT slide was loaded. After the first slide, transitions and slide builds were synchronized.
Audio played smoothly
7. PowerPoint XP with video (WMV 320x240, 250kbps, 30fps) created with MS Producer (86.8MB - Arts Admin) 30 sec.-initial page
Failed to load producer interface.
Locked up on notice: Vector Graphic Rendering (VML) reqired.
12/06/02 Failed
frameset with play button loaded in 33 sec.
35 sec to load 1st video
Video image stalled but audio played. Slides loaded slowly - out of synch.
8. HTM page with audio (wma - 96kbps) Loaded from CD ROM. (Ophelia)
05 sec.
Very Good. Continuous play 
12/06/02 Successful
4 Sec. Loaded Web page, with embedded wmp and graphics.
audio played smoothly - some minor distortion in audio when scrolling.
9. HTM page with video (wmv - 320x240,  250 kbps 30 fps) Loaded from CD ROM. Initiated by double clicking htm file.
(Plaster Making Video).
12/06/02 Failed
frameset with menu and embedded wmp loaded within 5 sec.
Video played at 2.4 fps
Audio play was acceptable.
10. HTM page with video (wmv - 240x180,  100 kbps 15 fps) Loaded from CD ROM. Initiated by double clicking htm file.
(Plaster Making Video).
11. HTM page with Flash 5.0 (SWF) embedded.
(Donna Ryan - Ketchup - 320x240 - MP3 audio  - 4.8 MB)
12/06/02 Successful
5 Sec. Loaded Web page, with embedded SWF
audio played smoothly with excellent synch. 
Hybrid Web Site with CD Media
12. Hybrid Web site with audio (wma - 96kbps) from CD ROM. Loaded from Web site.
   
13. Hybrid Web site with video (wmv - 320x240,  xxx kbps) from CD ROM. Loaded from Web site.
14.