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New Features in Version 2

TANDBERG CONTENT SERVER USER GUIDE

Version 2 of the TANDBERG Content Server comes with a multitude of new features. For your convenience a list of them is provided here.

New in version 2.1 - support for Microsoft zune™

•Record media in formats and at resolutions optimized for playback on zune digital media players.

New Flexible Content-Creation Model

•Personal and System Recording Aliases replacing the version 1 Line model

•Conference metadata can now be edited after the call has finished or can be defined in the Recording Alias and applied at conference crea- tion time

•Set up default Transcoding and Archiving aliases for integration with TMS 11.6.

New Authentication and Permissions Model

•Support for three types of authentication: local, LDAP and domain

•New access-list based permissions model for viewing and editing re- corded conferences (guest access and PIN protection for conferences retained for backward compatibility with version 1).

More Powerful Recording Features

•Added Dual Video support for Windows Media archiving calls. The TANDBERG Codec Pack required to playback archiving calls now avail- able as a download from the Content Server Test Page (replaces the Intel I263 codec)

•Optimized Windows Media 9 codecs used as default profiles for record- ing templates

•More powerful system templates, including recording extended video presentation (Dual Stream) in the Picture in Picture layout.

More User-friendly Content Library

•Assign Conference Categories to conferences and sort conferences by Category

•Authenticated users are now able to edit and save their preferences for their Display Name, Number of items to be displayed on the page and the Default Conference Category

•Bookmarks are now stored for each authenticated user under their user profile.

Better Content Viewing Experience

•Content Viewer enables users to switch the display of the main and extended (Dual Video) streams in the Picture out of Picture layout

•Scaling of images is now handled by the Content Server (instead of by the browser) which results in higher quality images.

•The Content Viewer dynamically displays tabs based on the content in the conference rather than simply displaying all tabs.

More Choices for Content Server registration with Gatekeeper and Border Controller

•Register the Content Server with the gatekeeper as a Terminal or Gateway

•Native support for TANDBERG Expressway™.

Scalability

•Support for media storage in an external storage location, such as Network Attached Storage (tested with IBM X-series)

•Support for scaling out on the recording and streaming functions by creating a cluster of up to 5 Content Servers, with a single interface to access functionality and media in the cluster.

Improved Administrative Functionality

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

•Improved Template Editor now auto-populates most fields for new templates.

Enhanced Content Editing Features

•Improved usability for managing markers, slides and index points in the Content Editor

•New Content Editor functionality to set the start and end points for confer- ence playback and create a playlist for playback of up to 5 conferences.

Easier Monitoring of Call Status at the Endpoint

•New posters are now sent to the far end - “Recording Conference” poster is displayed when the call is recorded (whether streaming live or not) and “Streaming Conference” when the call is streaming live but not recorded.

Table of	What’s New in	Trademark/	Safety/	Introduction	Installation	Quick Setup	Operation	Administrator	Conference	View	Appendices
Contents	this Version?	Licenses	Environmental					Settings	Setup	Conferences
D 13898.04						
DECEMBER 2006