Polycom WEBCOMMANDER 8 - Manual (Page 268)

Chapter 9 - Conference Templates – Partial View Mode
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Video Session
(cont.) Up to 100 participants at 128Kbps can take part in a
conference running on the Audio+ card.
Transcoding - A conference in which participants
use different line rates, video, audio and data
formats, while maintaining the highest video and
audio capability each participant can achieve with
his or her endpoint. Like Video Switching, The
current speaker is displayed in full screen on all the
participants endpoints and the switching between
participants is voice-activated.
Transcoding is performed on the following:
• Line rate
• Audio algorithm
• Video format
• Frame rate
• Restricted/non-restricted
• Bonding/non-bonding
• Different data rates
This conference type uses the video card resources
for processing the input from the different endpoints
as each video participant is connected using the
highest possible video quality.
Continuous Presence - A Continuous Presence
conference is a conference in which several
participants can be viewed simultaneously. In a
Continuous Presence conference each participant
uses its own capabilities, thus maintaining the
highest video, audio and data capability each
participant can achieve with his/her codec. If the
number of participants is less than or equal to the
number of participants displayed, each participant
can see all the other participants. When selecting
Continuous Presence the following layout options
are available:
• Classic - Classic Continuous Presence used the
standard Video card. 21 video layouts are
available in this mode.
Table 9-2: Advanced Conference Parameters - Partial View
Option Description