Features at a Glance

TANDBERG CONTENT SERVER ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE

New in Version 3.2

Support for RSS feeds.

See RSS feeds section for more information.

Support for automated media flow to

Podcast Producer or iTunes U.

See The Distribution section - Podcast Producer and iTunes U for more information.

Support for selecting a conference recording by its streaming bandwidth from all available recordings.

Support for easily sharing a link to a conference.

Added the Server Overview page for current usage and system health information.

Added an overview of the client environment check in user Preferences.

Flexible Content Creation

Customizable Personal and System Recording Aliases automatically apply recording and streaming settings, conference permissions and metadata.

Support for dialing in and dialing out from the Content Server.

TANDBERG Management Suite (TMS) integration:

Support for Personal and System Recording Aliases through integration with TMS 11.8 and above..

Backwards compatibility with TMS 11.7.

Recording

Large scale content creation from up to five concurrent video conferences (if registered to a gatekeeper).

Powerful predefined system templates (see

Recording Templates at a Glance for a full list of system templates and their recording and streaming outputs).

Dual Stream support for all calls.

Streaming

Live streaming of video meetings in multiple formats and data rates.

Multicast and unicast streaming.

In-built Windows Media™ streaming server.

Integration with external streaming servers for publishing Windows Media™, RealNetworks® Real Media (RealAudio® and RealVideo®) and QuickTime® compatible MPEG4 content.

Authentication

Support for local, LDAP and domain authentication.

Support for guest (unauthenticated access) with PIN-protection for conferences.

Permissions

Access-list based model for viewing live and recorded conferences and editing recorded content.

Content Library

Searchable content library for viewing live and recorded content.

Ability to assign customized Categories to conferences and sort conferences by Category.

Content Viewing Experience

Indexing content for quick retrieval by using the Index.

Picture in Picture, Two Videos, Joined, and Switching layouts available.

Ability to switch between different views of the video streams and the index (if available).

Content Editing

Ability to add and manage index points in the Content Editor.

Ability to set the start and end points for conference playback and create a playlist for playback of up to two conferences.

Administration

User-friendly web-based interface for administrative system configuration.

Access to administrative logs and Windows Server from the Content Server web interface.

Gatekeeper Settings

Ability to register the Content Server with the gatekeeper as a Terminal or a Gateway.

Native support for TANDBERG Expressway.

Scalability

Support for media storage in an external storage location, such as Network Attached Storage.

New in Version 3.0

Support for H.264.

Support for encrypted H.323 calls.

Support for SIP.

Wide formats:

H263: w228p, w448p, w576p

H.264: w228p, w448p, w576p, w720p

New call model with five concurrent calls transcoded to the same formats.

Ability to add outputs to recorded conferences for on-demand viewing with the

Offline Transcoder.

An easy-to–use, graphical Template Editor, with a wide selection of layouts and resolutions.

Added MPEG4 format for viewing and downloads.

Optimized downloadable media for portable devices—iPod and Zune.

Updated Content Library interface, with thumbnails and automatic bandwidth detection.

Context-sensitive online help.

New in Version 3.1

Updated Windows Media multicast support to allow streaming on a fixed port.

Added support for multicast streaming of MPEG4 video directly off the Content Server.

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Introduction

Installation

 

Quick Setup

 

TCS

 

Backing up and

 

Administrator

 

Conference

 

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Appendices

Contents

 

 

Administration

 

Restoring

 

Settings

 

Setup

 

Conferences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TANDBERG 1D13898.07 manual Features at a Glance, New in Version

1D13898.07 specifications

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