Enabling And Configuring Recording - Avaya XT Series User Manual

Configuring Advanced User Settings
Settings > I/O Connections > Monitor > General. From the endpoint's main menu, select
Configure > Advanced > I/O Connections > Monitor > General.
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Configuring Advanced User Settings

Enabling and Configuring Recording

About this task
You can record meetings to a locally connected USB storage device or the network. When
recording to a USB device, you can also save the locally recorded files to an external server for
back-up (if your system administrator has configured one). This procedure describes how to
configure your recording preferences, such as where to record meetings. When recording
meetings to the USB device, you can also define the video resolution and bitrate. This is useful,
for example, to increase the time available for recording by saving disk space. You can also stamp
the video with the date and time and you can add an additional label to help you to easily
recognize the recording context.
You can view recordings from the local USB storage device either on the Avaya XT Series or
using any standard media player. The system saves the file as an MP4, and records the video in
H.264 format with audio in AAC-LC format. You can view recordings saved to the network via the
Avaya Meetings Server Unified Portal (see Using Avaya Meetings Server Unified Portal).
If using a USB device to record a videoconference hosted by your built-in Media Server, up to six
remote endpoints can join the meeting (if your license is Media Server 9). If your license is Media
Server 4, up to three remote endpoints can join. If more remote endpoints already joined, you
cannot start a recording.
If you choose to configure the FTP storage, the Avaya XT Series copies the recorded file to an
external FTP server, configured as back-up storage. You can use the Avaya Meetings Streaming
and Recording or a generic FTP server as the external FTP server. You can encrypt the transfer of
the recorded files for added security. As soon as you configure the Save to External Server
feature, the next recorded files will be copied automatically to the external server once the
recording ends. The process of saving a recorded file to an external server could require some
time to complete, depending on the duration of your recorded session and the speed of your
network connection. Typical transfer time for 4GB file (size of a recorded session of 5 hours at
2048K, 1080p) is around 30 minutes. During the file transfer you can monitor the progress of a file
transfer, represented by a blue bar over the file preview in the playback page. A special icon is
also shown in the Avaya XT Series GUI title bar to indicate that the transfer is still in progress. If
you shut down the Avaya XT Series or unplug the USB key while a file transfer is in progress, the
transfer will be interrupted and you will need to restart it manually from the Avaya XT Series Web
interface. A special icon over the file will show that the transfer failed.
The Avaya XT Series GUI and the Avaya XT Series Web interface show the file transfer status
(successfully saved or interrupted/failed) for the last 100 transferred files. You can manually clear
the saved files information from the Web interface by clicking Clear Transfer Status.
If the file transfer succeeds, the recorded file is marked as successfully transferred.
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