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New beta release 0.7

Yesterday we did another closed beta release of “The Venice Project” client. So we are at version 0.7 now. At the moment I don’t have a windows system available for testing myself but from the number of commits I can say - a lot of bugs have been fixed. In order for this whole venture to succeed we really need to deliver a perfect user experience on top of this great platform. I hope we soon can get some feedback from a broader audience. For now we ask the current beta tester to let us know…

  • Whether you think the GUI is intuitive or not
  • What additional features you would find useful
  • How you like the video quality
  • What content you think is missing
  • And of course whether it just works for you

I am sure we will send out some more invites soon. So be quick and sign up as a beta tester.

13 Responses to “New beta release 0.7”

  1. charlie said, on 17. December 2006 at 14:51

    The Venice Project just e.mailed me and stated “All new beta-testers now get tokens allowing them to invite friends and acquaintances…” Might you be one that can do so?

    Regards,

    Charlie

  2. tcurdt said, on 17. December 2006 at 20:40

    Sure I do have some tokens :)

  3. lorents said, on 18. December 2006 at 23:35

    If you do have a token i spare, I youl verry happy to become a beta tester!

    Merry Christmas!

  4. Dean C. Smith said, on 19. December 2006 at 4:44

    Hello Torsten,
    I know this might be a shot in the dark but I’m looking for a token as well… You guys seem to be doing what I can only dream about.
    I want to make a web channel full of nothing but surfing videos with the Surf Videographer/Film-Maker in mind.
    Please, check out my site and see if I’m worthy. And if you know any diehard surfers….
    http://www.yousurftubes.com
    Cheers,
    Dean C. Smith

  5. Adrian said, on 19. December 2006 at 16:06

    I would also be grateful for a token, if one were available.
    I have spent hours setting up MCE, Media Portal, SageTV, and are still looking for the latest thing in TV. (I realise that the Venice project is not a “Tuner Card based solution”, but still would be attractive to the same audience.)

    I am specifically interested in Geographically Targeting Advertising and how this may be utilised / integrated.

    Kind Regards
    Adrian

  6. Matt said, on 23. December 2006 at 9:49

    Hello,
    This software looks very promising and I can not wait to give it a try. A token would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks.

  7. charlie said, on 28. December 2006 at 2:21

    So will we be receiving tokens?

  8. tcurdt said, on 28. December 2006 at 5:51

    Sorry, guys …friends and family first. But if you registered I am sure it won’t be long until you will receive the invite. We are gradually rolling out invites as the bandwidth and hardware setup permits. In order to support all the users that are interested we need the LUX datacenter to be up and running first. But that won’t be long from today.

  9. Mick D said, on 2. January 2007 at 14:29

    Hi there,
    After reading all of the previous responses, it feels like you are being harrassed, but….. any spare tokens? (just 1 required).
    It appears to be a great project that you’re working on so keep up the great work!
    Happy New Year!

  10. oldtimeunixguru said, on 3. January 2007 at 12:32

    Hi Torsten,
    Just came back from a stint with Ericsson on developing a content management and content delivery system for 3G capable mobile phones - which included live TV. From what I’ve seen on this $100+ million project, the so called visionaries are prehistoric and are all about keeping partnered vendors like Documentum and BEA (weblog) fat and happy at the expense of a positive user and content provider experience. The Venice Project will kick some serious butt.

    Mind you, there are some serious challenges with rendering to a mobile device (bandwith, supported codecs, and content classification to name but a few), but I think a key driver in this technology which Ericsson missed the point is making life easy for the content provider to submit and control live content. Also lacking and yearned for was the ability to mix in previews and trailers on the fly for any type of content format. I hope TVP addresses the latter as it matures.

    Good luck with TVP and keep up the good work.
    Arthurguru

  11. charlie said, on 20. January 2007 at 5:18

    I’m in and I’m happy. :) Awesome stuff that will only get better!

  12. susamy said, on 20. January 2007 at 6:22

    Looking for a token. If anyone has a spare I would love to have it.
    Thanks

  13. George said, on 22. January 2007 at 4:35

    Please!!!! please please!!!! Send me an invite.

    I am cutting my cable service and i neeed this…If anyone can spare an invite I would really appreciate it.

    Thanks in advance.

    email: invitemetoo @ gmail.com

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