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[chrisc]

Polycom PVX 8.0.4 works as long as you NOP out a few of the CPUID calls (use OllyDBG) to get vvsys.exe confused about what processor it's running on (it does rely on CPUID calls, editing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 had no effect).

You can then tick the "PVX was unable to detect your CPU type" checkbox in the setup and manually select, say, a 1.5GHz P4 which will let you do H.323 @ CIF, to a degree.

Even at 900MHz PVX is using ~90% CPU in a 256k H.263 call (need to go into work to test higher bandwidths properly). Is pretty sluggish and I don't think it's suitable for 'serious' use...

Next step is to test out Office Communicator 2007 - is a bit late to fiddle with setting up our Codian for SIP today so that can wait until after xmas!

Happy to provide more info about how to modify PVX if anyone is interested.

Chris.

PS: Has anyone tested out the EEE with Ekiga? What kind of framerate do you get in H.323 video calls with that?

[VAP]

Hello,

I am also trying to get the Polycom PVX 8.0.4 to work on the Asus eee but
was unsuccessful even after reading your posting. I have downloaded the
(OllyDBG) and was able to open the vvsys.exe using the program but I was
not able to figure out from there were to go to NOP out the CPUID calls???
Do you have more information on how you NOP out a few of the CPUID calls in
(OllyDBG)??

I was successful in using the pre-installed Netmeeting which comes with the
Asus XP and was able to have a H323 call at 128. The call was satisfactory
for a small unit. Just a side note on using NetMetting you will need to plug
in an external USB camera because the onboard camera was not recognized by
netmeeting.

However when I tried Ekiga 2.0.11 BETA for Windows, it was choppy and the
call had serious latency problems. The onboard camera did work with Ekiga
but unfortunately that still didn't help the video call. I didn't use it
long enough to determine the bandwidth because it was not as fluid as
NetMetting. I think the next version of Ekiga might fix some of the smaller
bugs. Until then the only successful video on the Asus EEE was netmeeting.
That is why I am very interested in any help with the Polycom PVX settings.

Thanks