Polycom 2000 - Manual

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Customer Support vi Polycom, Inc. Audience This guide is primarily for Polycom PRS 2000: • Administrators - Responsible for configuring and managing the Polycom appliance. You should have a working knowledge of capture basics, video peripheral ports and communica...

Polycom, Inc. 1 1 About the Polycom PRS 2000 This chapter introduces the Polycom PRS 2000 and outlines the hardware specifications for the appliance. This chapter includes the following sections: • About the Polycom Recording Studio • Hardware Specifications About the Polycom Recording Studio The Po...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Hardware Specifications 2 Polycom, Inc. The appliance can capture a computer screen output as a video stream, allowing the presenter to demonstrate any application on their computer. Unique to the Polycom PRS 2000 appliance is its ability to perform text recognit...

Polycom, Inc. 5 2 Polycom Recording Studio Software This chapter explains the use of the Polycom Recording Studio software, particularly the Operator Interface: • About the Polycom Recording Studio Software • Beginning a New Session • Using the Session Properties • Capturing Your Experience • Record...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Beginning a New Session 6 Polycom, Inc. Beginning a New Session Getting Started After the Polycom PRS 2000 hardware is configured, you can begin creating mixes for your recordings. Launch the Polycom PRS 2000 Operator Interface by double-clicking the PRS 2000 sho...

Using the Session Properties Polycom Recording Studio Software Polycom, Inc. 7 Inputs Any audio and video input devices connected to Polycom PRS 2000 appliance are detected and displayed under the Inputs tab. Some typical inputs include: • Presenter Laptop • Microphone • Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) Camera •...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Using the Session Properties 8 Polycom, Inc. In the example below, the DVD video and DVD audio sources have been removed. The Polycom Recording Studio Operator Interface (right) no longer displays the DVD video or DVD audio as available inputs. Outputs Under the ...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Using the Session Properties 10 Polycom, Inc. 5 In the General section, specify whether Animations (fluid transitions between audio and video) are on or off by checking the appropriate check boxes. Image The Image output type provides a library of snapshots taken...

Using the Session Properties Polycom Recording Studio Software Polycom, Inc. 11 Windows Media The Windows Media output type creates a recording viewable in any player or device that supports Windows Media Video (.wmv) files. This includes playback in Windows Media Player, a Windows Media Player embe...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Using the Session Properties 12 Polycom, Inc. Raw The Raw output type is for archive-quality video. Raw files are uncompressed and are larger in file size, but are uncompromised in quality. MP3 The MP3 output type is an audio-only output type for playback on any ...

Using the Session Properties Polycom Recording Studio Software Polycom, Inc. 13 H.264 The H.264 output type creates a recording viewable in any player or device that supports the H.264 codec. This includes playback for iPods and iPhones. Configuring the Polycom Rich Experience Player Output The Poly...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Capturing Your Experience 16 Polycom, Inc. 6 Browse and select VodPlayer1 action batch file. 7 Click OK and you are now ready to play back your content with VodPlayer1. 8 Click the Record button to start the Recording 9 After a recording has completed, a control ...

Capturing Your Experience Polycom Recording Studio Software Polycom, Inc. 17 Starting Capture and Preview Creating an Output Follow the steps below to define the different outputs as you wish for them to appear. 1 Drag and drop the Video Output format you want to create into the Video Mix window.

Capturing Your Experience Polycom Recording Studio Software Polycom, Inc. 21 Settings and Mix Templates Selected Input Settings To configure your input, you can also use the Selected Input Settings section located beneath the Video Mix. If the section is minimized, click the bar at the bottom of the...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Capturing Your Experience 22 Polycom, Inc. Background You can specify a color or import an image for the background of a mix in the Mix Background Settings section. • Enter a background color hexadecimal code or browse to an image file to import a background imag...

Capturing Your Experience Polycom Recording Studio Software Polycom, Inc. 23 Mix Templates After a mix is created, it can be saved as a template for future mixes.

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Capturing Your Experience 24 Polycom, Inc. The colors correspond to the various inputs. Outputs Settings Image An Image output type is used to capture snapshots of video when significant change in the video stream takes place to mark a new chapter in the presenta...

Capturing Your Experience Polycom Recording Studio Software Polycom, Inc. 25 Note about Session Configuration Files Users of the Polycom PRS 2000 appliance have the ability to create multiple session configuration files. A session consists of the following high level categories, Metadata, Inputs, Ou...

Capturing Your Experience Polycom Recording Studio Software Polycom, Inc. 27 To add an event: 1 Under the Cue pane, click on an Event button (Chapter, Caption, Search, URL, Mark In, Mark Out, Note, Custom). 2 Enter the appropriate text in the field provided. This field can be edited 3 Specify a time...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Capturing Your Experience 28 Polycom, Inc. Usage example : A presenter may discuss a single image at length that contains no recognizable text for OCR. The presenter could send Chapter events during the discussion of that image to create chapters so the audience ...

Capturing Your Experience Polycom Recording Studio Software Polycom, Inc. 29 Usage example : A presenter can start a recording as the audience is being seated and may only want to keep his or her speaking portions of the recording. The presenter can then Mark In at the moment the actual presentation...

Recording Your Capture Polycom Recording Studio Software Polycom, Inc. 31 Recording Your Capture After all outputs are defined, you can start a recording: 1 To start a recording, click the Record button. 2 During the recording the Record button flashes in red. 3 To stop your recording, click on the ...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Using Expression Encoder 32 Polycom, Inc. Using Expression Encoder To open your recording in Expression Encoder 2, double-click on the .xej file in the output folder. The Appendix contains additional information on how to use Expression Encoder 2. For more inform...

Polycom, Inc. 33 3 Polycom Recording Studio Touch This chapter explains the use of the Polycom Recording Studio Touch interface: • About the Polycom PRS 2000 Touch Interface • How to Use Polycom PRS 2000 Touch About the Polycom PRS 2000 Touch Interface Polycom PRS 2000 Touch is a simplified interfac...

How to Use Polycom PRS 2000 Touch Polycom Recording Studio Touch Polycom, Inc. 35 Recording To begin a recording, click on the Record button. The Record button flashes in red to indicate that a recording is in process. While the recording is in process, the presenter can deliver a presentation as he...

Polycom, Inc. 37 4 Polycom Recording Studio iPhone Demo This chapter explains the use of the Polycom Recording Studio iPhone Demo tool: • About the iPhone Demo • Setting Up the iPhone Demo • Using the iPhone Demo Application About the iPhone Demo The Polycom Recording Studio now includes an iPhone D...

Polycom, Inc. 41 A Polycom VMC 1000 Integration This appendix explains the use of the Polycom PRS 2000 as an encoder for the Polycom VMC 1000 appliance. This appendix contains the following sections: • Polycom VMC 1000 Integration • Configuring the PRS 2000 as an Encoder in the VMC 1000 Polycom VMC ...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Polycom VMC 1000 Integration 42 Polycom, Inc. Encoder Archive from PRS 2000 to VMC • Communication port from PRS 2000 Encoder to Akamai: 80 • For archiving: 80 Polycom PRS 2000 Configuration Set ASP.NET version for the Default Web Site to 2.0.x: 1 Click on Start ...

Polycom PRS 2000 Administrator Guide Polycom VMC 1000 Integration 44 Polycom, Inc. Live Broadcast Settings When using the Polycom Recording Studio for a live broadcast, special input, and output configuration is required. 1 Within the Polycom Recording Studio, navigate to Session > Properties . C...

Configuring the PRS 2000 as an Encoder in the VMC 1000 Polycom VMC 1000 Integration Polycom, Inc. 45 6 Select Run for the Post-Record Action. Configuring the PRS 2000 as an Encoder in the VMC 1000 In order to use the Polycom Recording Studio as an encoder in the Polycom VMC 1000, you must first conf...

Polycom, Inc. 47 B Expression Encoder Guidelines This appendix provides guidelines for the use of Expression Encoder tool. This appendix contains the following sections: • Expression Encoder Tips • Silverlight Recording Layout Expression Encoder Tips Editing The Metadata In order to change the value...

Silverlight Recording Layout Expression Encoder Guidelines Polycom, Inc. 51 8 In the right-hand menu, select the Metadata tab. Copy the start time for all ‘ATTR’ script commands accessible under Script Commands and press Enter to validate . 9 If you have changed the name of the recording from the de...