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D14778.02 TC Console version 6 User Guide | © 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Video compositor
Video Compositor
THE CONCEPT
Base it on existing or create new
If you work off-line, you will start by specifying which
type of codec you are going to configure. The first
time you do this you will start out from the default
factory settings and modify these. Later you may base
a new configuration on any existing one, for example
by connecting to the codec and modify the codec’s
current configuration. Note that there is no parent-child
relationship involved here. If you base a design on an
existing original, any later changes made to the original
will not modify any of the configurations based on this
original. You will have to do so manually.
Layout families
The compositor groups the configurations into what is
called Layout families. The TC Console comes initially
with four Layout families, these are:
• Equal
• Prominent
• Overlay
• Single
You may create new Layout families based on these, or
new families with a completely different look (codecs
C90 and C60 only).
You will later define which families shall be accessible
when you use the Layout command of the remote
control. You will also define the default layout setting for
a given video meeting situation.
Video meeting situations
Each layout family will typically specify the screen layout
when:
• You are not in a meeting or you are in a meeting with
one, two or three persons, i.e.:
• You plus none
• You plus two
• You plus one
• You plus three
• The meeting involves a second video stream for
presentations.
• The presentation layout when the far end system
cannot handle dual video streams.
The scenarios
Since the codecs all support a maximum of four
simultaneous participants in a video conference, you will
not define any other scenarios than those outlined to the
left.
These scenarios will exist for:
• The Local layout.
• The Remote layout, which in this context means the
outgoing video.
Note that you will have no control of the actual layout on
the far end system.
Introduction
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Sources of inspiration
Audio Console