Avaya Scopia Installing Manual page 45

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Avaya Scopia
Streaming and
Recording Manager
Portals
Balanced
Microphone
BFCP (Binary Floor
Control Protocol)
Bitrate
Call Control
Cascaded
Videoconference
CIF
Conference Point
June 2015
hardware platform and provides access to all content in the Scopia
Streaming and Recording server environment.
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The Scopia Streaming and Recording server Manager provides a portal for
administering content. When you log in to the web interface, you can
access the Administrator portal.
The Manager also provides the Viewer portal. This portal is embedded
within the Avaya Scopia
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schedule Scopia Streaming and Recording server broadcasts.
A balanced microphone uses a cable that is built to reduce noise and
interference even when the cable is long. This reduces audio disruptions
resulting from surrounding electromagnetic interference.
BFCP is a protocol which coordinates shared videoconference features in
SIP calls, often used by one participant at a time. For example, when
sharing content to others in the meeting, one participant is designated as
the presenter, and is granted the floor for presenting. All endpoints must be
aware that the floor was granted to that participant and react appropriately.
Bitrate is the speed of data flow. Higher video resolutions require higher
bitrates to ensure the video is constantly updated, thereby maintaining
smooth motion. If you lower the bitrate, you lower the quality of the video. In
some cases, you can select a lower bitrate without noticing a significant
drop in video quality; for example during a presentation or when a lecturer
is speaking and there is very little motion. Bitrate is often measured in
kilobits per second (kbps).
See Signaling on page 55.
A cascaded videoconference is a meeting distributed over more than one
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physical Scopia Elite MCU, where a master MCU connects to one or more
slave MCUs to create a single videoconference. It increases the meeting
capacity by combining the resources of several MCUs. This can be
especially useful for distributed deployments across several locations,
reducing bandwidth usage.
CIF, or Common Intermediate Format, describes a video resolution of 352 ×
288 pixels (PAL) or 352 x 240 (NTSC). This is sometimes referred to as
Standard Definition (SD).
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The Avaya Scopia Streaming and Recording Conference Point is a video
conferencing gateway appliance that captures standard or high definition
video conferences. It transcodes, creates, and records the video
conferences in a streaming media format. You can use it to capture H.323
video for instant video webcasting or on-demand publishing.
Installing the Avaya Scopia
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Desktop User portal. Use the User portal to
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