Polycom 40/0 Multicast of a Live Streaming, To start a multicast when multicast is disabled

System Configuration

Parameter	Description
Auto Multicast for Live	If this option is selected, all the live streaming will start
Streaming	multicast automatically.
	This option is disabled by default.
Multicast IP Pool	Specify the initial IP address of the multicast address pool.
Starting Address	The system uses 100 consecutive addresses starting with
	this address to perform the multicast.
	The valid starting IP address range is 233.0.0.0 -
	239.255.255.156.
Multicast TTL.	Specify the TTL value:
	•	Local Network -- 1
	•	Intranet -- 32
	•	Internet, Inter-continent -- 64
	•	Internet, Inter-continent -- 128
	• Maximum allowed value -- 255 (default value)

You cannot start or stop the multicasts manually, multicasts will start once the live streaming starts and stop after the live streaming stops.

Multicast

The Polycom RealPresence Capture Server system supports the video multicast function and can send video streams to a group of computers at the same time. Users can play multicast videos from either the system's Admin Portal or User Portal.

Multicast of a Live Streaming

Users can start a multicast from the live streaming list. The system supports up to 100 concurrent multicast channels.

•VoD archive multicast is not supported.

•Streaming format is defined in meeting templates. For more information, see To define a recording template:.

To start a multicast (when multicast is disabled):

1Create a recording template with Enable Multicast selected.

2Configure Multicast TTL from recording template.

3Create a VRR with the configured recording template.

4Start a live streaming with the VRR, and multicast starts at the same time.

To view a multicast streaming:

1 Click Live Streaming.

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