Video Forcing - Polycom 1500 Deployment Manual

Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX)1500/2000/4000 Deployment Guide for Maximum Security Environments
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Video Forcing

Users with Administrator or Operator permission can select which participant appears in
each of the video layout windows using Video Forcing. When a participant is forced to a
layout window, switching between participants is suspended for that window and only the
assigned participant is viewed. Video Forcing works on Conference Level or Participant
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Video Forcing Guidelines:
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To video force a participant to a window:
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From the Video Layout options, select the Number of Windows to display and the Video
Layout thumbnail required and click OK.
Video
Layout
Thumbnail
Conference Level – When forcing a participant to a window, all conference participants
will see that participant in the selected window.
Participant Level – When forcing a participant to a window, only the participant's
video layout display is affected. All other participants see the conference layout.
A participant cannot appear in two or more windows at the same time.
Participant level video forcing overrides conference level video forcing.
A participant can view him/herself in a layout window, by selecting the Same Layout
option.
When different size video windows are used in video layouts such as 1+2, 1+3, 1+4, etc.,
a participant can only be forced, in Personal Layout, to a video window of the same size
as that selected for him/her in Conference Layout.
When changing the Video Layout at the conference level, the video forcing settings are
not applied to a new layout, and switching between participants is audio-activated. The
video forcing setting are saved and applied the next time the layout is selected.
Windows that are not assigned any participant display the current speaker and last
speakers.
In the Conference Properties dialog box, select the Video Settings tab.
If Auto Layout check box is selected, clear it.
Selected
Layout
Number of
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