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"Change is a law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." -John F. Kennedy Today we will cover a topic that comes up frequently and is often a source of trepidation. Upgrading your servers! It is often advised to stay current with...

"Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion ." - C. Northcote Parkinson Today we will complete our work on the Client Library Reference Design. We will cover all the major objects inside the library (Object Factory, Connector, call, etc) and explain how to use...

"Two languages implementing the same idea must, on pain of death, use different terms." - Feldman's Law of Programming Terminology Hello Travelers! It is good to be back. I want to thank you all for your feedback on the Survey I posted last week. I will keep it open for a few...

"Everyone takes surveys. Whoever makes a statement about human behavior has engaged in a survey of some sort." - Andrew Greeley Hello fellow travelers!! I wanted to start off by apologizing for not publishing a new video this week and last. I have been out of the office for a few...

"Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes." - Virgil Today we will walking though how to capture and view REST messages via a network trace. We will start by using TCPDump to collect the network traffic on the XMS server. We will then use the sample REST demo we have been...

"There was something amazingly enticing about programming" - Vint Cerf Today we will be reviewing how long polling is used to deliver XMS REST events. We will start with an overview of polling and long polling. We will also continue the review Http classes used to implement the long...

"Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of examples" - Niklaus Wirth Welcome back Travelers! I hope that you are all well REST ed after our brief respite. Today we will resume our Journey with our first look at some Java code....

"If there is ever a science of programming language design, it will probably consist largely of matching languages to the design methods they support." - Robert W Floyd In this video I will be selecting the programming language to use for the Reference Design Project. I will...

"Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." - H.L Hunt In this installment we will be selecting a Media Server Interface for our Client Library Reference Design Project. I will will go over the pros and cons of each...

"Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge." - Khalil Gibran "1pcc", "3pcc", "1st person call control", "3rd party call control", "Application answer model", "Media server answer model". The list goes on and on. When...

"Let me explain.... No, there is too much. Let me sum up." -Inigo Montoya Welcome back travelers! I want to start by wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year! In the previous videos we have covered the basics of installing and configuring the PowerMedia XMS media server...

We will be taking a small break from our rigorous journey so that we can enjoy the holidays. I want to take this time to thank you for your support thus far and I look forward to continuing our journey in the new year. Please take this hiatus to catch up on any missed episodes and enter your comments...

"A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures." -Ben Shneiderman The agenda for today? We are going to take a whirlwind tour of the PowerMedia XMS Web Administration pages. I will touch briefly on all the important configuration pages and...

"Trust, but verify" -Ronald Reagan In this video I am going to walk though the process of using the 'play_demo' functionality of the verification service. This demo will allow us to validate that our PowerMedia XMS server is installed correctly and able to process incoming...

"Men have become the tools of their tools." -Henry David Thoreau Today we are talking tools. I will review the tools I commonly use in developing and supporting Media Server deployments. Here is the short list of the tools I typically install these on all new test and development...

Are you looking to get your hands on a media server of your very own? Is your network ready for some Network Fuel ? Then this is the video you have been waiting for. Let fill up and get going! In this video I will review the installation procedure when using the PowerMedia XMS...

An ancient Chinese philosopher once said "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" For our journey, I thought there would be no better first step than covering "What is XMS?" In this video I will be explaining what a media server is and provide a high level overview...

Hello, my name is Dan Wolanski and I am pleased to introduce a new Web Series that I have been working on. In this video series we wil discus various topics surrounding the PowerMedia XMS media server including overviews on developing, testing and deploying solutions on WebRTC, SIP, VOIP, REST...