Chapter 9 - Conference Templates – Partial View Mode

Table 9-2: Advanced Conference Parameters - Partial View

Option

Description

 

 

Video Session

Up to 100 participants at 128Kbps can take part in a

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conference running on the Audio+ card.

 

Transcoding - A conference in which participants

 

use different line rates, video, audio and data

 

formats, while maintaining the highest video and

 

audio capability each participant can achieve with

 

his or her endpoint. Like Video Switching, The

 

current speaker is displayed in full screen on all the

 

participants endpoints and the switching between

 

participants is voice-activated.

 

Transcoding is performed on the following:

 

Line rate

 

Audio algorithm

 

Video format

 

Frame rate

 

Restricted/non-restricted

 

Bonding/non-bonding

 

Different data rates

This conference type uses the video card resources for processing the input from the different endpoints as each video participant is connected using the highest possible video quality.

Continuous Presence - A Continuous Presence conference is a conference in which several participants can be viewed simultaneously. In a Continuous Presence conference each participant uses its own capabilities, thus maintaining the highest video, audio and data capability each participant can achieve with his/her codec. If the number of participants is less than or equal to the number of participants displayed, each participant can see all the other participants. When selecting Continuous Presence the following layout options are available:

Classic - Classic Continuous Presence used the standard Video card. 21 video layouts are available in this mode.

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