[cisco-voip] Who is doing IP video Telephony?

[Don Weiner (dweiner)]

Cisco MCUs are the only ones that can support ad hoc video conferencing
from UC Manager (press the conference softkey and UC Mgr. invokes the
MCU as a conference bridge). They also support H.323 endpoints,
transcoding (different audio and/or video codecs in same conference),
continuous presence (Brady bunch/Hollywood squares appearance) or
voice-activated switching, scheduling, etc.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/video/ps1870/index.html

You might look into MeetingPlace/MeetingPlace Express instead of a solo
MCU. MP uses the 3500 MCUs for video. MPE can handle voice,
collaboration and simple video (no transcoding, no continuous presence,
etc.) on the same server. The web collaboration and conference controls
add a LOT to the conference.

Not meant to be a sales pitch, just information.

Don

 

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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Scott Voll
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:40 AM
To: cisco voip
Subject: [cisco-voip] Who is doing IP video Telephony?

 

We as many other places are feeling the pinch of gas prices.  as a
result we are looking at pushing Video across the agency to help in
reducing travel cost between sites.  

 

point to point Video telephony is a no brainer.  but we are looking to
add conferencing.  Which MCU would others recommend for conferencing
purposes?

 

I don't know if it's an option but we would also love to use it for our
H323 endpoints so we can continue to do our state wide conferencing but
also be able to use our VTA with it also.  is this an option?

 

Thanks

 

Scott

 

PS.  Currently on 4.1 but moving to 6.1 soon.

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