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Polycom Video Media Center
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(VMC) 1000 Broadcaster Guide
2.0 | July 2010 | 3725-77100-006B
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Contents Contents 1 About the VMC 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About the Polycom VMC 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Key Polycom VMC 1000 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 RSS Registration and Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 External Live Stream Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Content Crea
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Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide Add Complex Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Editing Content Repository Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Deleting Content Repository Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Searching the Content Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3 Creating Polycom VMC 1000 Programs . . .
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Contents Setting Encoder Reservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Adding Program Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Reviewing Program Summary Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Editing an Automated File Broadcast Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Adding Program Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Setting Up a Automated File Broadcast Program
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Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide vi Polycom, Inc.
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About This Guide This introduction provides a brief overview of the Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide, describes the conventions used in this manual, and explains how to get additional information or support. Purpose The Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide describes how to use the Broadcaster role within the Polycom Video Media Center (VMC) 1000. This document addresses tasks associated with the Broadcaster Administrative Component interface. Audience This guide is for Broadcasters who u
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Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide Documentation Set Documentation Set The Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide is part of the Polycom VMC 1000 documentation set, which includes: • The Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide - This document. • The Polycom VMC 1000 Getting Started Guide- Describes how to set up and configure the Polycom VMC 1000 appliance. • The Polycom VMC 1000 Administrator Guide- Describes administration of Polycom VMC 1000 domains, users, delivery options, and encoders. • The
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1 About the VMC 1000 This chapter explains key concepts about the Polycom VMC 1000 appliance as part of the Polycom video conferencing solution. This chapter contains the following sections: • About the Polycom VMC 1000 • Key Concepts About the Polycom VMC 1000 The Polycom VMC 1000 manages live and video-on-demand (VOD) content created by Polycom RSS devices and manages video streams created by other devices and uploaded to the Polycom VMC 1000. It provides scalable and reliable content
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Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide About the Polycom VMC 1000 Once a video archive recorded by an RSS device is discovered by the Polycom VMC 1000, it is transferred from the device to a central repository managed by the Polycom VMC 1000. The managed content can then be assigned access control parameters and published to the Polycom VMC 1000 to be accessed by the Viewer Portal (which contains an embedded Window Media player), or by the Windows Media Player, depending upon which option th
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About the Polycom VMC 1000 About the VMC 1000 Content Creation and Publishing The Polycom VMC 1000’s user interface for content creation and publication: • Provides you with a simple workflow for creating and publishing content to the Polycom VMC 1000 Viewer Portal. • Allows you to specify rich descriptive information about content, availability, expiration dates, and presentation options. • Allows you to control content access by supporting the following access control modes: — Group and
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Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide Key Concepts Polycom VMC 1000 System Monitoring The Polycom VMC 1000 System Monitoring: • Monitors the VMC 1000’s run-time system parameters including the number of active sessions, utilized memory, and the average request response time. • Provides access to system alerts and logs. • 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 s
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Key Concepts 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 Polycom 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 Polycom VMC 1000. The Site Administrator manages all aspects of the Polycom VMC 1000 domain and manages all users,
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Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide Key Concepts Programs A program is the bottom level of the content hierarchy. A program is a metadata “wrapper” that controls access to resources published using Polycom VMC 1000. Programs aggregate related streaming files and downloadable files from the Content Repository for online presentation. There can be several Content Repository items associated with a single program. For example, a program can contain the same video in multiple bit rates, or n
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2 Distributing Content This chapter explains how you can add, delete, and manage program media in Polycom VMC 1000 through the Content Repository. For more information about programming, please consult the Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide. This chapter contains the following sections: • About the Content Repository • Content Repository Items • Adding a New Folder • Moving Items Between Folders • Adding New Content Repository Items • Add Simple Streaming Media • Add External Streaming Med
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Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide About the Content Repository About the Content Repository The Content Repository is a virtual file system for all streaming and downloadable resource files listed by user. In the Content Repository you can upload new content, view or edit information associated with existing content, and view shared resource files. When you create a program, you are prompted to choose files from the Content Repository. If your Content Repository is empty, you cannot cre
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Content Repository Items Distributing Content • Complex Presentations - A complex presentation combines http based assets (htm, html, css, script, etc) and video files. Examples include presentations from Microsoft Producer and the Polycom PRS 2000. Polycom, Inc. 9
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Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide Adding a New Folder Adding a New Folder To add a new folder: 1 Click Programming. 2 Click Content. 3 Select the folder in which you want to add a folder. 4 Click Add Folder at the top of the resource listings. 5 A popup will appear. 6 Provide a name for the folder. 7 Click Finish to create the folder. 10 Polycom, Inc.
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Moving Items Between Folders Distributing Content Moving Items Between Folders To move items between folders: 1 Click Programming. 2 Click Content. 3 Click the item you want to move into another folder. 4 Drag and drop the item into the destination folder Adding New Content Repository Items To add new Content Repository items: 1 Click Programming. 2 Click Content. 3 Click on the target folder. 4 Click Add Item. 5 Select the radio button for the item type you want to add. 6 Click Next. 7 If th
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Polycom VMC 1000 Broadcaster Guide Add Simple Streaming Media 8 From the Upload New Resource page, click the Browse… button. 9 Select the file to be uploaded from your hard drive or mapped network drives in the pop-up window and click Open. The file's path appears in the text field of the Upload New Resource page. 10 Click Next to continue. A progress indicator alerts you to the status of the upload process. When the file has successfully uploaded, the next page appears. 11 For every Conte
