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Chapter 9 Using data
Introduction
For each conference you can use an additional video channel known as the content channel which uses the
H.239 protocol. Typically the content is high resolution, but with a low frame rate for example, for
showing a slide presentation. When this feature is used there may be three media streams between the
MCU and each H.323 endpoint: the main video (the normal multi-pane view), audio and the H.239 video
content (the content channel).
There are a number of differences between the main video and the content channel — see the online help
topic “H.239 (content channel video) support”. The most important of these is that there can be only one
content channel per conference. Therefore if one endpoint is contributing the content channel, another
endpoint cannot start to contribute data until the first one stops.
This content channel feature encompasses:
Sourcing the content channel from a H.323 endpoint's H.239 video stream or a VNC connection
H.239 video streams sent from the MCU to viewing H.323 endpoints
Streaming the content channel to users' desktop machines
Allowing graphical and textual "markup" of the content channel*
Text chat between conference participants*
Configuring content channel support
The content channel support is controlled at three levels — see the online help topic “H.239 (content
channel video) support”:
Box wide:
MCU-wide. Go to Settings > H.239 and see the online help topic “Configuring H.239 settings”
IP VCR-wide. Go to Settings > H.239 and see the online help topic “Configuring H.239 settings”
* These features require web conferencing feature key to be installed. See “Using additional
options (features keys)” on page 70.
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