Managing The Recording Process - Polycom RMX 1500 Administrator's Manual

Managing the Recording Process

When a conference is started and recording is enabled in its Profile, the
system will automatically start the recording if the Start Recording
parameter is set to immediately. If it is set to Upon Request, the system waits
for the chairperson or RMX user's request. Once the recording is initiated
for a conference, the MCU connects to the recording device (RSS 2000)
using the default Recording Link. The connection that is created between
the conference and the recording device is represented as a special
participant (Recording) whose name is the Recording Link. Once the
recording has started, the recording process can be stopped and restarted
from the Chairperson's endpoint (using DTMF codes) or from the RMX
Web Client. After the recording process has finished, the recording can be
identified in the RSS 2000 by its RMX conference name.
Recording Link Layout
When the video layout of the conference is set to Auto Layout, the
recording of the conference will now include all the conference
participants and not n-1 participants as in previous versions.
In the new Auto Layout algorithm, the Recording Link is counted as a
"participant" and therefore it is excluded from the layout display used for
the recording. The layout used for the other participants will behave as in
the "standard" Auto Layout behavior.
The Recording Link Layout can be changed during an ongoing conference
in the same manner as for any other conference participant. For more
information see the RMX 1500/2000/4000 Getting Started Guide, "Personal
Layout Control with the RMX Web Client" on page 3-82.
A conference participant and the Recording Link cannot have identical names,
otherwise the recording process will fail.
Polycom RMX 1500/2000/4000 Administrator's Guide
12-11