Improve Video Quality - Polycom EagleEye Director II Administrator's Manual

Improve Video Quality

Room lighting can affect video quality. If the room is too bright or dark for camera tracking to work
properly, you can improve the video quality by adjusting certain settings in the web interface.
Note: The following settings are also available in the RealPresence Group Series web interface. The
last changes to these settings are applied for the camera, whether you change the settings in the
RealPresence Group Series system settings, or in the EagleEye Director II settings.
Procedure
1. Go to Camera Settings > Cameras.
2. Configure the following settings.
Setting
Backlight
Compensation
White Balance
Brightness
Color Saturation
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Description
Specifies whether to have the camera automatically adjust for a bright
background. Backlight compensation is best used in situations where the
subject appears darker than the background.
Specifies how the camera compensates for variations in room light
sources. Select Automatic, Manual, or a color temperature value.
Automatic: Polycom recommends this setting for most situations. It
calculates the best white balance setting based on lighting conditions in
the room.
Manual: Use this setting for rooms where the Auto and fixed values do
not provide acceptable color reproduction.
After you set this setting to Manual, fill the camera's field of view with a
flat white object, such as a piece of paper. For best results, the object
should be uniformly illuminated with light that is representative of the
room lighting that will be used in the conference, rather than light from a
display, another area, or a shadow. After the object is in place, select
Calibrate.
Color Temperature Value:
3200 K (tungsten bulb)
3680 K (warm office fluorescent)
4160 K (cool office fluorescent)
4640 K (cool white fluorescent)
5120 K(neutral daylight)
5600 K(cool daylight)
Adjust how bright you want the room to appear. Enter a value from -10 to
10.
Determines how the camera system transmits hues in certain lighting
conditions. For example, a wall looks different in the day than at night.
When saturation is zero, the color appears as a shade of gray. Enter a
value from -5 to 5.
Configuring Settings
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