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D13898.05
DECEMBER 2007
TANDBERG CONTENT SERVER
ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE
Table of
Contents
Disclaimers,
Patents etc.
Safety,
Environmental
Introduction Installation Quick Setup Operation
Backup and
Restoring
Administrator
Settings
Conference
Setup
View
Conferences
Appendices
Features at a Glance
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
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Recording Aliases automatically apply
recording and streaming settings,
conference permissions and metadata.
Support for dialing in and dialing out from
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the Content Server.
TANDBERG Management Suite (TMS)
•
integration:
Support for Personal and System
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Recording Aliases through integration
with TMS 11.8.
Backwards compatibility with TMS 11.7.
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Recording
Large scale content creation from up to ve
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concurrent video conferences (if registered
to a gatekeeper).
Powerful predened system templates (see
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Recording Templates at a Glance for a full
list of system templates and their recording
and streaming outputs).
Dual Stream support for all calls.
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Streaming
Live streaming of video meetings in multiple
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formats and data rates.
Multicast and unicast streaming.
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In-built Windows Media™ streaming server.
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Integration with external streaming servers for
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publishing Windows Media™, RealNetworks®
Real Media (RealAudio® and RealVideo®) and
QuickTime® compatible MPEG4 content.
New in Version 3.0
Support for H.264.
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Support for encrypted H.323 calls.
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Support for SIP.
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Wide formats:
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H263:
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w228p, w448p, w576p
H.264:
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w228p, w448p, w576p, w720p
New call model with ve concurrent calls
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transcoded to the same formats.
Ability to add outputs to recorded
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conferences for on-demand viewing with the
Ofine Transcoder.
An easy-to–use, graphical Template Editor,
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with a wide selection of layouts and
resolutions.
Added MPEG4 format for viewing and
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downloads.
Optimized downloadable media for portable
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devices—iPod and Zune.
Updated Content Library interface, with
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thumbnails and automatic bandwidth
detection.
Fully exible Content Viewer.
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Context-sensitive online help.
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Authentication
Support for local, LDAP and domain
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authentication.
Support for guest (unauthenticated access)
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with PIN-protection for conferences.
Permissions
Access-list based model for viewing live and
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recorded conferences and editing recorded
content.
Content Library
Searchable content library for viewing live
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and recorded content.
Ability to assign customized Categories
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to conferences and sort conferences by
Category.
Content Viewing Experience
Indexing content for quick retrieval by using
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the Index.
Picture in Picture, Two Videos, Joined, and
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Switching layouts available.
Ability to switch between different views
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of the video streams and the index (if
available).
Content Editing
Ability to add and manage index points in
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the Content Editor.
Ability to set the start and end points for
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conference playback and create a playlist for
playback of up to two conferences.
Administration
User-friendly web-based interface for
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administrative system conguration.
Access to administrative logs and Windows
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Server from the Content Server web
interface.
Gatekeeper Settings
Ability to register the Content Server with
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the gatekeeper as a Terminal or a Gateway.
Native support for Expressway.
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Scalability
Support for media storage in an external
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storage location, such as Network Attached
Storage.