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Video Media Center -
VMC 1000
User Guide
Version 1.0.3
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Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide Trademark Information Polycom®, the Polycom logo design, Video Media Center®, and RSS 2000® are registered trademarks of Polycom, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Patent Information The accompanying product is protected by one or more U.S. and foreign patents and/or pending patent applications held by Polycom, Inc. Catalog No. 3725-77102-000B Release Date 02/2008 Version 1.0.3 © 2008 Polycom, Inc. All rights res
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Contents About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide Logging into VMC 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Logging in as a Site Administrator or Content Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Logging in as a Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Navigating the VMC 1000 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 Managing Access to Video Media Center Overview . . . . .
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Contents About RSS 2000 Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Creating a VOD Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Adding Program Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Adding a Program Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Adding Program Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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About This Manual This introduction provides a brief overview of the Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide, describes the conventions used in this manual, and explains how to get additional information or support. Purpose The Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide describes how to configure and use the VMC 1000 appliance to archive and manage live stream video conference calls stored on the Polycom RSS 2000. Documentation The Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide is part of the V
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Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide Audience This guide is primarily for VMC 1000: • Content Owners - Users who create and manage VMC 1000 programs. Document Conventions This document uses the following typographical conventions. bold Names of fields, screens, windows, dialog boxes, and other user interface elements; for example: 1 Type the number into the Phone Number field and click Dial. 2 Click Cancel to close the dialog box. italics New terms, book titles, or emphasis; for example:
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About This Manual Customer Support Recognizing that technology alone cannot solve today’s complex challenges, Polycom Global Services provides the industry’s best technical support staff and programs to let you concentrate on the task at hand. VMC 1000 users can select from a variety of support solutions to obtain the level of support that best meets their needs. Before contacting your Polycom Global Services representative for technical assistance, gather as much information as possible
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1 About the VMC 1000 Overview This chapter explains key concepts about the VMC 1000 appliance as part of the Polycom video conferencing solution. This chapter contains the following sections: • About the VMC 1000 • Key Concepts About the VMC 1000 The VMC 1000 manages live and video-on-demand (VOD) content created by Polycom RSS 2000 devices and manages video streams (in Windows Media format) created by other devices and uploaded to the VMC 1000. It provides scalable and reliable content a
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Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide The VMC 1000 only requires a single stream to be pulled from the RSS 2000 to enable hundreds of streams. The VMC 1000 publishes live event links on its Viewer Portal and redirects end users to the live streams from a streaming server. Once a video archive recorded by an RSS 2000 device is discovered by the VMC 1000, it is transferred from the RSS 2000 device to a central repository managed by the VMC 1000. The managed content can then be assigned
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About the VMC 1000 — Group and user access - Leverages AD/LDAP group/user permission to control access to content. — PIN code access - Leverages the Polycom RSS 2000 pin code mechanism for providing access control to live and VOD content. — Open access - Provides unrestricted access to content. Content Editing The VMC 1000 allows you to perform simple editing of VOD content using the Media Editor. The following editing capabilities are supported: • Trimming • Inserting chapters for quick na
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Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide • Reports critical system-level and application-level events, such as low storage, and streaming connections errors because of license limitations on the number of supported streams, etc. Reporting The VMC 1000 includes five Aggregate Program Reports that allow the Site Administrator to find out how the VMC 1000 is performing. The VMC 1000 includes the following Aggregate Program Reports: • Program Summary Report • Media Viewing Report • Viewer Act
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About the VMC 1000 Roles Each user is assigned one or more roles, which provide a package of permissions allowing users of the role to perform tasks within the VMC 1000 user interface. The VMC 1000 has three roles: • Site Administrator • Content Owner • Viewer Site Administrator Site Administrator is the user who has complete access to all aspects of the VMC 1000. The Site Administrator manages all aspects of the VMC 1000 domain and manages all users, including Content Owners and Viewers.
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Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide Programs A program is the bottom level of the content hierarchy. A program is a metadata “wrapper” that controls access to resources published using VMC 1000. Programs aggregate related streaming files and downloadable files from the Resource Bin for online presentation. There can be several Resource Bin items associated with a single program. For example, a program can contain the same video in multiple bit rates, or non-related video files with
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2 Getting Started with the VMC 1000 Overview This chapter explains how to log into and navigate within the VMC 1000. It contains the following sections: • Logging into VMC 1000 • Navigating the VMC 1000 User Interface Logging into VMC 1000 The VMC 1000 login page is the entry point for all users. Each Site Administrator, Content Owner, and Viewer has an individually assigned username and password that gives them access to the VMC 1000. When the VMC 1000 uses an enterprise LDAP system for
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Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide If you do not have a user name and password, please contact your Site Administrator. If you have forgotten your password, and you have the option “Forgotten Password?” link enabled, you can click this link, enter your email address, and a temporary password is e-mailed to you. If this link is not available and your user account is being drawn from an enterprise user database, such as LDAP, and you must follow the instructions provided by your IT
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Getting Started with the VMC 1000 Navigating the VMC 1000 User Interface The VMC 1000 UI uses a dynamically generated menu which provides all the navigation links necessary to use the application. You activate the menu by clicking the menu option in the left navigation menu. For those menu options that have sub-options, the sub options open up. Simply click the sub option and the next page loads. The VMC 1000 UI menu is generated according to the logged in user's role. This means not all m
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