Kaleidoscope Videoconferencing

The Cisco VCS Expressway traversal devices are designed to be a “set it and forget it type of device.” Once configured and operational, there is not much more user interaction required. Depending on your requirements, I suggest this as a minumum checklist for securing your Expressway, once it is up and running.   Turn off [...]

Make sure you have the latest software installed on your 220 series codec. From the web interface or from the screen interface of the codec, go into admin preferences –> video –>record and stream. Recorder Host Name:  [enter the Video Center IP address] Recorder Port: 443 Record Key: [Enter Recording Channel]. This step is optional. If you [...]

If you have been using or testing LifeSize Connections, it doesn’t take too long before you realize that this is the way to do videoconferencing. Yet, it is still 1.0 software. We’ll see it evolve according to LifeSize’s grand design, but what do you think should be the next steps. Here are a couple of [...]

When using LifeSize Connections, the overall call quality can be judged from the “five bar” status indicator at the bottom of the video screen. However, if you want to get more detailed information about your call stats, simple press ctrl-s (Command-S on a Mac) and you will be presented with a window that provides more [...]

Content owners and administrators can record directly from LifeSize Video Center by selecting Manage : Dashboard (or My Videos) : Record Video and specifying the IP address or SIP URL of a video communications device that can stream H.264 video and G.711 audio. From the Dial Out and Record page, enter a name for the [...]

A consolidated and updated version of the popular Verified List of H323 Test Sites has found a permanent home here at Kaleidoscope Videoconferencing. There are now 48 H.323 verified videoconference H323 test sites. Several new sites were added, including a number in Canada, New Zealand and the US. The permanent home for this site is [...]

Most videoconferencing devices are starting to use digital connectors such as HDMI for inputs and outputs, but a lot of the display devices, projectors especially, need to have an “old school” VGA input. For the past three months we have been carrying around a nice little HDMI to VGA Video Adapter Converter with Audio from StarTech [...]

What do you do when seniors can’t come to the Zoo? You bring the Zoo to the seniors, of course! This past month, the Kansas City Zoo visited with seniors at John Knox Villiage retirement facility via videoconferencing in a program arranged by Connected4Learning and Kaleidoscope Videoconferencing . Participants at the Village were asked to provide their [...]