All things related to multicast

[Martin Clifton <>]

We've recently purchased two of these units and initial testing bears 
out the claims.
Anything that is being viewed at an FX (being a videoconference, direct 
input from the camera or an external source such as a VCR) can be 
multicast.  It is simply an admin function to turn on streaming.

From the users perspective, they go to the FX web-site and select a 
conference to view.  It implies that more than one conference could be 
multicast at the same time although we haven't tested that.

I've viewed the multicast steam using both the Quicktime and IPTV 
plugins.  The multicast bandwidth is limited to 512Kbps.
It seems to work fine, but it's early days so I am reluctant to pass 
opinions on the quality and reliability.

Craig M. Votava wrote:
> Folks-
>
> Has anyone successfully multicast directly from a
> standalone Polycom ViewStation FX, and received the
> video/audio with vat or vic? with quicktime? with
> IPTV?
>
> I believe this can be done because of the
> following FAQ:
>
> Q:How does the FiewStation FX system support streaming?
>
> A:The ViewStation FX system can be used to conduct live webcasts of
> meetings or events using streaming audio and video over multicast-enabled
> networks supporting Cisco IP TV viewer or Apple Quicktime...
>
> Which can be found at:
> http://www.polycom.com/resource_center/1,,pw-810,FF.html
>
> We are thinking of getting one of these to try out.
>
> Any comments on this setup are very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> -Craig


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Regards,
Martin Clifton
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Victoria University of Technology
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