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System Requirements
For the latest minimum requirements, please consult the
support section at www.marratech.com
License
The Marratech client software is free to download
and use.
How to Install
For step by step information on how to install the Marratech
client, please consult the following:
How to upgrade
You may keep the 5.0, 4.1, 4.0 or 3.4 version installed
on your system. However, we recommend uninstalling them
to avoid
any possible confusion.
Marratech 5.1 will reuse the preferences from the previous
version. If you would like to remove these preferences
and
start off from a completely new install, do the following:
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Simply remove the Documents and Settings/..username../.marratech
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Simply remove the ~/.marratech directory |
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Simply remove the Library/Marratech
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What's new in 5.1?
Marratech 5.1 is a relatively minor update to version
5.0. It includes the following:
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An audio-related issue was solved where
participants within a meeting could randomly hang simultaneously.
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Built in support for multiple languages.
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Improved layout in the Preferences
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Improved repaint performance under
Tiger for Mac OS X users.
Known issues in 5.1
- The MeetNow! functionality (aka Java Web Start Technology)
enables the Marratech client to be download, installed,
executed and join a meeting from a single click in a web
browser. This relatively new technology must be enabled
on your Marratech Manager. Furthermore, most problems with
this can be fixed by clearing the cache in your Java console.
Read the manual chapter for more
details...
- When using MeetNow! on Windows with more than one active
network interface (IPv6, or VPN), the client may lose connection
after 8 hours due to an issue with the Java Virtual Machine
on Windows from Sun Microsystems. This only affects Windows,
MeetNow! and computers with more than one active network
interface.
- Client must be shutdown and restarted when you change
language.
- The audio test button does not work if the client is started
via MeetNow.
- Keyboard shortcuts (mnenomics) in the translated versions
are not perfect. (Still a learning curve for us)
- Chinese traditional and simplified are not completely
translated yet. Our deadline passed before we got the update.
This will be fixed in the next update.
Previous important changes in Version 5.0
Here are the important changes that will affect
usage for Marratech users:
- One window interface. The interface now integrates all
windows. The Viewer and the Whiteboard can be switched
from the lower left corner tab. This means users will need
to press the lower tab button to view the Whiteboard.
- Walkie-Talkie Mode. To save bandwidth, increase voice
quality and make the Video Follows Audio work, Walkie-Talkie
Mode is default. To speak, you need to keep the microphone
button pressed in with your mouse. If you want to keep
it clicked in to work in other areas of Marratech, press
CTRL while pressing the microphone button.
- Voice quality is now dynamically steered by the audio
bandwidth limit set in the meeting room and the network
conditions.
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You can now specify the capacity of your uplink,
thus avoiding any possible saturation of your DSL/Cable
connection, where upload is often slower than download.
What else was new in 5.0?
- New name, Marratech Pro becomes simply "Marratech"!
- New name, Marratech E-meeting Portal becomes "Marratech Manager"!
- Walkie-Talkie Mode. To save bandwidth, increase voice
quality and make the Video Follows Audio work, Walkie-Talkie
Mode is default. To speak, you need to keep the microphone
button pressed in with your mouse. If you want to keep
it clicked in to work in other areas of Marratech, press
CTRL while pressing the microphone button.
- One window interface. The interface now integrates all
windows. The Viewer and the Whiteboard can be switched
from the lower left corner tab. This means users will need
to press the lower tab button to view the Whiteboard.
- Participant video size can be enlarged.
- Voice quality is now dynamically steered by the audio
bandwidth limit set in the meeting room and the network
conditions.
- Remote application control. Enables you to give control
of your application to another participant.
- Improved application sharing. Our VNC based application
sharing now uses a transparent rectangle to select what
is to be shared.
Additionally, Marratech 5.0 can connect to an external VNC server, enabling
new training scenarios.
- Application sharing is now available for Linux users
as well.
- AES 256 bit encryption ensures the privacy of your meetings
with even higher encryption levels.
- Improved new video rendering code for Mac OS X.
- Now compatible with Mac OS X Tiger.
- Linux now has better support
for selecting different audio devices if multiple are installed.
- Linux now has improved stability is compatible with more
audio devices.
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Meeting rooms hosted on Manager 3.0
servers using AES 256 bit encryption will not be compatible
with older versions of the client.
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Application sharing between 4.1.x
and 5.x clients is not possible.
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Audio bandwidth limitation requires
5.x clients.
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DV cameras are not supported on Linux
and Windows. DV video cameras (i.e. non webcams) work
on Mac OS X, but consume more CPU.
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Mac OS X users need to use Mac OS X
v10.3 or higher with all available updates. Jaguar is
no longer supported.
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Marratech does not support UFS under Mac OS X. Please use the default HFS+
- The following libraries are required for Application
sharing on Linux: gtk 2.0, gdk 2.0 If these libraries are
missing, application sharing will be disabled and you can
not share your desktop but you
will still
be able to view application sharing from others.
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