MGC Manager User’s Guide - Volume I
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To enable auto video layout for all participants:
c. In the Conference Properties - Video Sources dialog box, click the
Auto Layout check box.
The option is now enabled for this conference. When the conference
is On Going, the video layout will be automatically selected
according to the number of participants.
Same Layout
In addition to layout selection, you can force the selected layout on all
participants of a Continuous Presence conference. This option can only be
selected during the conference definition stage but not when the conference is
running.
To enable the same video layout for all participants:
d. In the Conference Properties - Video Sources dialog box, click the
Same Layout check box.
The option is now enabled for this conference. During the
conference, the video layout will be identical for all participants.
Video Forc ing
Video forcing enables you to select the participants to be displayed in each of
the layout windows. When Video Forcing is applied to a conference, self view
is enabled as part of the Same Layout feature. Viewing their own video image
on screen enables participants to check the quality of projection, (for
example: distance, focus, lighting) and provides feedback on their
presentation.
You can use this option only if participants were added to the conference (in
the Participants tab).
•Software Continuous Presence conferences cannot be set to Auto Layout.
•The Auto Layout feature can be used with the Lecture Mode (for the lecturer
display), but cannot be enabled with Lecture Show.
•Auto Layout can be used with Same Layout and Conference On Port (COP).
In this mode, the system selects the layout as if one additional participant
was added to the conference to show the speaker. For example, in a
standard CP conference with five participants the system shows only four
windows in the layout and the speaker cannot view himself. But when Auto
Layout is used in Same Layout or COP mode, the system shows a 5-window
layout for all five participants including the speaker.