Polycom VSX Series Configuring Streaming Calls, Go to System Admin Settings Network IP Streaming

If a password is set on the system, streaming participants must enter it before receiving the stream.

Administrator’s Guide for the VSX Series

Configuring Streaming Calls

You can configure the system to allow users to stream audio and video from one to many viewers. Viewers watch the conference (people video only) from their computers, as the meeting is taking place. You can start streaming before or during a call.

Points to note about streaming:

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•Participants must have the Apple QuickTime player installed on their computer to view the stream.

•To send a stream across a subnet, multicasting must be enabled on the network or you must unicast to a particular IP address, which will forward the stream to that IP address regardless of the location destination.

•The number of viewers is limited only by your network topology.

•For security reasons, you cannot start streaming from VSX Web.

•Streaming provides video at a reduced frame rate.

•When the system that is streaming a multipoint call is also hosting the conference, the stream displays the current speaker, no matter how Multipoint Mode is configured. When the system that is streaming a multipoint call is not hosting the conference, the stream displays the view from the streaming system.

To configure the system for a streaming call:

1.Go to System > Admin Settings > Network > IP > Streaming.

2.Configure these settings:

Setting	Description
Allow Streaming	Specifies whether users can start streaming from the system
	by making the Start Streaming option available on the
	Utilities screen.
Enable Streaming	Specifies whether the names of users logged on to the
Announcement	streaming system are displayed on screen.
Speed	Specifies the speed used for the streaming call.
Number of Router	Specifies the number of routers the data can traverse before
Hops	it is no longer passed on. For example, when set to 1, the
	data stays within a subnet.

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