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Citrix online group released a beta version of new product called GoView this week.
Here is my first look at this product. I would like to share a short demo recording I created using GoView and some tips and tricks I learned from this first try.
Install:
I signed up at goview.com web site
I got it up and running with a few clicks and under a minute. Time may vary depending on your network and compute speed.
Record my first screen cast:
I didn't have to read any document and I was able to create my first test screen cast without any trouble. And the performance is good. Please see my test recording.
Things I like and things that differentiate this product:
- Simplicity. I've used other similar products. This product doesn't have all the bells and whistles. But it is definitely the simplest and easiest one to use I've seen.
- Video is uploaded while I am recording. I don't have to perform an additional upload step.
- Ability to protect shared video with a password.
- Easy and intuitive editing tool to cut out the unwanted portion. The tool also allows a slide show to be inserted which is useful for transition into another sequence.
- Ability to download your recordings as MPEG-4 files.
Things I would like to see added:
- Ability to embed views in my blog
- Ability to zoom in and out of an area while recording.
I was told that the GoView product team has these features on their list for future development consideration already.
Additional demo videos that may be helpful:
These videos include audios.
Tips and Tricks:
- If you use dual monitors, you may want to move your desktop icons and windows task bar to your secondary monitor, so that your primary monitor has a clean background for recording.
- You can pause recording when you need to prepare the screen for the next sequence and resume when you are ready.
Your turn:
GoView is free during the beta testing. Give it a try yourself at http://goview.com
Send your feedback via the feedback link on help page. I got my response back in an hour. The team is listening.
I'd love to hear your experience and see your own cool demos.
Ray (Ruiguo) Yang
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XenCenter has a simple and intuitive UI. However when problems happen, the log tab sometimes doesn't contain enough information to help with debugging the issues. I found it very useful to take a look at the debug log in %appdata%\Citrix\XenCenter\logs\XenCenter.log. For example, the log file may be in C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Citrix\XenCenter\logs directory. Please note that Application Data directory may be hidden.
Here is an example of what's contained in the log:
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2008-06-10 10:02:05,579 INFO Audit [Main program thread] - Operation started: ImportVmAction: pdxen2: Pool 95e79feb-a2fd-f744-8f03-a47ce57a2d2e (): Host 817c97de-2b6d-4670-a00d-0dcccff42531 (pdxen2): Preparing to Import VM
2008-06-10 10:02:06,016 DEBUG XenAdmin.Actions.ImportVmAction [7428] - Importing Rio-style XVA from C:\XenVm\Auto-Win2K3-R2-SP2-32bit-TS-IIS-.NET-SysPrep.xva to SR 10.2.248.123_local
2008-06-10 10:02:06,016 DEBUG XenAdmin.Actions.ImportVmAction [7428] - SR is not shared -- redirecting to 10.2.248.123
2008-06-10 10:02:06,016 DEBUG XenAdmin.Actions.ImportVmAction [7428] - Using https://10.2.248.123:443/import?session_id=OpaqueRef%3A4769e023-7c64-ca54-f6e0-e257b8be522f&sr_id=OpaqueRef%3A2fc1e3d8-0763-0099-7151-98f4610f37b1 for import
2008-06-10 10:02:06,063 DEBUG XenAdmin.Network.HTTP [7428] - HTTP PUTTING file from C:\XenVm\Auto-Win2K3-R2-SP2-32bit-TS-IIS-.NET-SysPrep.xva to https://10.2.248.123/import?session_id=OpaqueRef:4769e023-7c64-ca54-f6e0-e257b8be522f&sr_id=OpaqueRef:2fc1e3d8-0763-0099-7151-98f4610f37b1&task_id=OpaqueRef:1160c6fb-4a03-39c4-3336-0973573958c2
2008-06-10 10:02:25,469 DEBUG XenAdmin.Actions.AsyncAction [Main program thread] - AsyncAction.Cancel() was called. Attempting to cancel action
| Is this debug tip helpful | Choose |
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