RMX 2000 Administrator's Guide Version 7.6.1 - Polycom

Polycom RMX 1500/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide
Managing the Recording Process
Recording Link Layout
When a conference is started and recording is enabled in its Profile, the system will
automatically start the recording if the Start Recording parameter is set to immediately. If it is
set to Upon Request, the system waits for the chairperson or RMX user’s request. Once the
recording is initiated for a conference, the MCU connects to the recording device (RSS 2000)
using the default Recording Link. The connection that is created between the conference and
the recording device is represented as a special participant (Recording) whose name is the
Recording Link. Once the recording has started, the recording process can be stopped and
restarted from the Chairperson’s endpoint (using DTMF codes) or from the RMX Web Client.
After the recording process has finished, the recording can be identified in the RSS 2000 by
its RMX conference name.
A conference participant and the Recording Link cannot have identical names, otherwise the
recording process will fail.
When the video layout of the conference is set to Auto Layout, the recording of the
conference will now include all the conference participants and not n-1 participants as in
previous versions.
In the new Auto Layout algorithm, the Recording Link is counted as a “participant” and
therefore it is excluded from the layout display used for the recording. The layout used for
the other participants will behave as in the “standard” Auto Layout behavior.
The Recording Link Layout can be changed during an ongoing conference in the same manner
as for any other conference participant. For more information see the RMX 1500/2000/4000
Getting Started Guide, "” on page 3-65.
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