TANDBERG MCU 4500, MSE 8510 manual Conferences, Number

You can configure two streaming options that will be available for users to choose between when streaming conferences. For each streaming option, you must choose a media player and a bit rate.

You can configure the MCU to support either (or both of) unicast or multicast streaming. Unicast streaming involves a direct connection between the MCU and the individual user. Multicast streaming involves transmitting a single copy of the video or audio stream to multiple recipients. When choosing to support multicast streaming, ensure that your network has been properly configured to avoid network flooding.

To access streaming settings, choose .

Controls the ability of the MCU to stream	If this setting is Enabled, you can configure
conferences.	streaming on a per-conference basis from
	individual conferences' configuration pages. For
	more information about configuring an individual
	conference, refer to Adding and updating
	conferences.
	If this setting is Disabled, it will not be possible to
	stream any conferences.
Permits or prohibits streaming of conferences that	Changing this setting will have no effect on
are generated either through the "Create new	currently active ad hoc conferences; however,
conference" option in video auto attendants, or	when an ad hoc conference is running, whether
calling the MCU with an unknown E.164	or not streaming is allowed for that conference
number.	can be configured (go to	, select the
	conference you require and select the

	tab).
	Ad hoc conferences are not permitted when Port
	reservation is enabled - if the MCU is operating in
	port reservation mode then this streaming option
	will not be shown.
The MCU is configured with two streaming rates,	The name is optional - if not specified, the
each comprising audio and video encoding	choices offered to users will simply show the
formats (codecs) and overall (i.e. combined)	details of the audio and video codecs, together
media bit rate. The names you enter are the	with the overall media bit rate.
choices offered to users when streaming.
This is intended to make the choice easier for
potentially non-technical users; for instance, one
rate could be named "low bit rate" and the other
"high bit rate".
Choose from the available media players.	It is not possible to use Windows Media Player to
	stream conferences in multicast mode.
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