Multicast Of An Archive Or A Live Streaming Video; Viewing Multicast Video - Polycom RSS 4000 User Manual

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Multicast of an Archive or a Live Streaming Video

Users can start a multicast from the archives or the live streaming list. The
system supports up to 20 concurrent multicast channels.
You can only multicast media files with WMV streaming format.
Streaming format is defined in meeting templates. For more information,
recording template: on page 65.
To start a multicast:
Go to Media > Archives.
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Select the archive for multicasting.
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3 In the Archive Details page, click
When the button changes into
undergoing multicast. To stop the multicast, click this button again to
return it to .
To put a live streaming video into a state of multicast, Go to Media > Live
Streaming, and then start the multicast (see the steps described above).

Viewing Multicast Video

Users can play multicast videos from either the system's Admin UI or Viewer
Portal. All ongoing multicasts are displayed in the multicast list and disappear
after the multicasts end.
To view a multicast video:
Go to Media > Multicast.
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2 Select the video to be viewed from the multicast list.
In the ACTIONS list, click View Multicast. The system opens Windows
Media Player automatically to play the video selected.
Ordinary users can only stop the multicasts they have started.
The system cannot perform the cycling of multicast videos. The multicast ends
automatically when the playing of the video ends.
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