Conference Templates Conference Manager Configuration
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Conference mode One of the following:
•AVC only — Standard videoconferencing mode
supporting the H.264 Advanced Video Coding
(AVC) compression standard. In an AVC
conference, the MCU transcodes the video stream
to each device in the conference to provide an
optimal experience, based on its capabilities.
This is the only mode that supports the use of RMX
profiles, third-party and legacy endpoints, and
Codian and legacy RMX MCUs.
•SVC only — Videoconferencing mode supporting
the Annex G extension of the H.264 standard,
known as H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC). An
SVC video stream consists of a base layer that
encodes the lowest available quality representation
plus optional enhancement layers that each provide
an additional quality improvement.
The number of enhancement layers and the
number of participants’ video included in a video
stream to a device can be tailored to fit the
bandwidth available and device capabilities.
SVC conferencing is only possible with Polycom
MCUs and endpoints that support H.264 SVC.
Selecting this setting disables most of the other
template settings.
See “SVC Conferencing Support” on page 4.
RMX General Settings
Use existing profile Links this template to the RMX profile selected in the list
below.
For most purposes, we recommend leaving this box
unchecked and specifying conference properties
directly. See “Conference Templates” on page195.
RMX profile name Identifies the RMX profile to which this template is
linked. The list contains the names of all the profiles
available on the currently connected MCUs. If a profile
is only available on some of the connected MCUs, its
entry shows how many of the MCUs have that profile
(for instance, 2 of 3).
The system will put conferences using this template on
the least used RMX MCU that has this profile. If there
are none, it selects the least-used MCU and either uses
the Codian-specific settings (if it selected a Cisco
Codian MCU) or falls back to the default conference
template (if it selected a Polycom RMX MCU).
Table 8-3 Add Conference Template dialog box (continued)
Field Description