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diff --git a/mbone/vic/pkg/DESCR b/mbone/vic/pkg/DESCR index 457adff21fa..614b0bc2c05 100644 --- a/mbone/vic/pkg/DESCR +++ b/mbone/vic/pkg/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ -This package contains the binary release of LBL's `vic' network video -conferencing tool. +The UCB/LBNL video tool, vic, is a real-time, multimedia application +for video conferencing over the Internet. -NOTE: This kit requires XFree86 3.1, Tk, and Tcl shared libraries. +Vic was designed with a flexible and extensible architecture to support +heterogeneous environments and configurations. For example, in high +bandwidth settings, multi-megabit full-motion JPEG streams can be +sourced using hardware assisted compression, while in low bandwidth +environments like the Internet, aggressive low bit-rate coding can +be carried out in software. |