Be Developer Conference: Programming with the Media Kit Schedule of Events

Friday, April 9, 1999

3:00 pm	Registration Development Lab Open
3:30 pm
4:00 pm	General Session Jean-Louis Gassée - President & CEO, Be Inc. Tim Self - Vice President Developer Relations Andrew Kimpton - Developer Evangelist JudeAnn Smith - Developer Evangelist Keynote Speaker - TBA
4:30 pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm
6:00 pm	Dinner / Reception Development Lab Open
6:30 pm
7:00 pm
7:30 pm

Saturday, April 10, 1999

8:00 am	Registration and Breakfast Development Lab Open
8:30 am
9:00 am	Overview
9:30 am	The Building Blocks - Formats - Connections
10:00 am
10:30 am	Putting Them Together - Media Roster - Controls - Time
11:00 am	Applications & Nodes: Overview
11:30 am	Q&A
12:00pm	Lunch
12:30 pm
0	Media Application Track	Media Node Track
1:00 pm	Media Application Fundamentals - Finding Nodes - Media Formats - Node Management - Connection Management	Media Node Fundamentals - Convenience Classes - Connections & Format - Negotiation - Timing & Latency - Buffers and Buffer Groups - AddOns
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
2:30 pm
3:00 pm	Typical Implementations - Playback Chain - Capture Chain - Live Chain	Controllables & Video Issues
3:30 pm
4:00 pm	Parameters & UI	TimeSources & Drivers
4:30 pm
5:00 pm	Q & A for App Track	Q & A for Node Track
5:30 pm	Q&A with the Be Team
6:00 pm
6:30 pm	Dinner / Reception Development Lab Open
7:00 pm
7:30 pm
8:00 pm

Attendees have a choice between the Media Application Track or the Media Node Track. The Media Application track offers the most readily accessible sessions. If you do not know whether you will be writing nodes or applications, you will be better off attending the Application track. Developers who know they will be working on nodes should attend the Node Track.

It is recommended that you do not switch tracks because you may miss crucial information and be confused.

Media Application Track
This track investigates writing Media-enabled applications. The sessions will cover determining what nodes are available, getting a hold of them, connecting them together, and managing the output. It will also include some basics on the internal workings on media nodes.

Media Node Track
This track explores the inner workings of the BMediaNode and its subclasses. The various sessions will cover buffer passing and timing issues, internal node design, as well as writing drivers and codecs.

The Development Lab is a place where Be Developers can demo their applications and connect with other Be developers. It is only open during the times stated on this schedule.

Session content is subject to change.