Avaya Scopia Installing Manual page 6

Introducing Avaya Scopia
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Scopia SR Conference Point
You must configure a conference point to capture H.323 video content and deliver live and on
demand webcasting. The Scopia
H.323 calls into Windows Media or .MP4 format.
Each conference point must be associated with a delivery node. A delivery node streams and
optionally archives the content captured by the conference point and delivers it to client systems.
You can configure a conference point to be in a geographic location. This means that you can
assign a location to one or more conference points which coincide with locations set for Scopia
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MCUs in Scopia Management. When a program starts, Scopia
location, and a conference point close to the MCU can be selected. If there are no conference points
matching the location passed by Scopia
location are treated as a single pool of conference points, and one of those is selected. If there are
no conference points available, the call fails.
Each conference point has a limit to the number of simultaneous high definition or standard
definition calls it can handle.
The CP includes the following features:
• Video conferencing H.323 capture and transcoding
• High definition support
• Scalability for up to 10 high definition (1080p) or 30 standard definition (480p) calls, which
include an audio/video and data stream each
• G.711 and AAC-LC audio capture and transcoding
• H.263, H.263+, H.264 capture and transcoding
The media node or all-in-one server can include the CP and transcoder components. The H.323
video and audio and the optional H.239 stream received by the CP are sent to the internal encoder
for transcoding into Windows Media
• Operating Systems: The transcoder runs on the Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit operating
system with Hyper-V (an add-on to Windows Server 2012 that allows a Linux operating system
to run on the same server). The CP runs on the CentOS 6.6 64-bit operating system. Using
virtualization software, this enables both applications to run two different operating systems on
the same server.
• Licensing: The server requires a single media node license for the CP. The license defines the
number of simultaneous H.323 connections. An H.323 connection includes audio, video, and
an optional H.239 secondary stream.
• Transcoding H.323 audio and Video: The CP connects H.323 calls to the Scopia
(Multipoint Control Units). When it establishes a video connection, the CP sends the audio and
video data from the MCU to the internal transcoder. The transcoder converts the data into a
format that is suitable for streaming.
• Transcoding with H.239: H.239 is an ITU recommendation that allows for establishment of
multiple channels within a single H.323 session. Existing videoconference equipment can be
used to stream audio and video and a secondary channel can stream a slide presentation or
another data stream to the viewers of a program. This function is typically used to stream slide
presentations synchronized with live audio and video. If a program uses a secondary H.239
channel, the encoder inputs the second stream, decodes, scales and mixes it with the main
Installing the Avaya Scopia
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SR conference point includes an embedded transcoder to convert
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Management, then any conference points without a
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format or H.264/AAC MP4/MPEGTS/HLS formats.
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Streaming and Recording Server
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Management includes the desired
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June 2015