Features at a Glance
TANDBERG CONTENT SERVER ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE
The TANDBERG Content Server provides users with a quick and easy way to record video meetings and view them live or on demand from their computers.
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.
•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.
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•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
Permissions
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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
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•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 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
Offline Transcoder.
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•Added MPEG4 format for viewing and downloads.
•Optimized downloadable media for portable
•Updated Content Library interface, with thumbnails and automatic bandwidth detection.
•Fully flexible Content Viewer.
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