Chapter4 Using IP/TV Viewer
Playing a Program
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Cisco IP/TV Viewer User Guide
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Monitoring Quality
The IP/TV viewer window toolbar contains quality indicators to help you monitor
the quality of video distribution to the user. There are two Quality of Service
(QoS) indicators and two reception quality indicators.

QoS

For higher-quality transmission, IP/TV supports QoS using Resource Reservation
Protocol (RSVP).
When QoS is enabled, two QoS indicators are present on the Reception toolbar in
the viewer window. (See Table 4 -3.)
Note QoS indicators are only visible when you are ru nning I P /TV Viewer on
Windows2000.
Different levels of QoS are supported to solve video distribution problems and
ensure that the appropriate network bandwidth will be available. These levels are:
•Best Effort (B)—Traffic will not receive priority treatment (the default).
•Guaranteed (G)—Traffic will receive guaranteed priority treatment (the
preferred level).
Table4-3 Quality of Service Indicators
Icon Description
Indicates the type of QoS video that is enabled for a given
transmission.
Indicates the type of QoS audio that is enabled for a given
transmission.