Table Of Contents
Managing CTRS Recordings
Active Recording
Completed Recordings
Exporting Recordings from the Completed Recordings List
Downloading a Recording to Your Computer
Managing CTRS Recordings
September 2010
The following sections describe the Recordings Management features for the Cisco TelePresence Recording Server (CTRS). Recordings Management is divided into the following areas:
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Active Recording
•Completed Recordings
–Exporting Recordings from the Completed Recordings List
–Downloading a Recording to Your Computer
Active Recording
Click Active Recordings in the left menu to display all recordings that are being created currently (see Figure 5-1).
Figure 5-1 Recordings Management > Active Recordings
The Active Recordings page displays a table that lists the following information about recording sessions that are currently in progress:
Table 5-1 Active Recording Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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Recording ID
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Identification number for this recording session.
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Room
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Cisco TelePresence room in which the recording is taking place.
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Type
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Type of recording.
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User
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User who logged in and started the recording.
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Duration
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Length of time for this recording.
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•To stop a recording in progress, click Stop.
•To refresh the information displayed, click Refresh.
Completed Recordings
Click Completed Recordings in the left menu to display completed recordings (see Figure 5-2).
Figure 5-2 Recordings Management > Completed Recordings
Use the Completed Recording page to view or edit a list of all completed recordings that are currently stored on CTRS.
To filter entries in the Completed Recordings table:
Step 1 Click the calendar icon to the right of the Start on: text box to display a calendar. Click the beginning date for filtering completed recordings information.
Step 2 Click the calendar icon to the right of the End on: text box to display a calendar. Click the ending date for filtering completed recording information.
Step 3 Choose the appropriate value from the Status drop-down list. Choices are:
•All
•Available
•Delete Pending
Step 4 To filter using the owner of a recording, enter the owner name in the Owner text box.
Step 5 To filter using the title of a recording, enter the recording title in the Title text box.
Step 6 Click Filter.
Completed Recordings displays a table providing the following information about completed recordings, as described in Table 5-2:
Table 5-2 Completed Recordings Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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Select All
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Check this box to select all defined static meetings.
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Recording ID
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Recording identification number.
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Title
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Recording title.
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Owner
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Recording owner.
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Room
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Cisco TelePresence System room in which recording was produced.
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Date
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Date on which recording was produced.
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Duration
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Recording length
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Status
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Recording status. Statuses are as follows:
•All—all videos in the list.
•Available—videos that are available for deletion or export.
•Delete Pending—videos that are scheduled for deletion. Videos show the Delete Pending status based on the number of days that are configured in the Delete field (System Configuration > Backup Settings—Export Media Files tab).
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•To refresh the list of displayed recordings, click Refresh.
•To delete a recording, check the box for that recording and then click Delete.
•To see details about a recording, check the box for that recording and then click Details. CTRS displays the following information about the recording, as described in Table 5-3. After viewing details about the recording, click Close to return to the Complete Recordings window.
Table 5-3 Recording Detail Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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Recording ID
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Recording identification number.
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Title
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Recording title (if defined)
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Description
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Description of recording (if defined)
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Owner
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Recording owner.
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Recording Date
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Date on which recording was produced.
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Quality
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Image quality of the recording.
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Files
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Files associated with the recording. To download and save a copy of the recording, click the file name.
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Make recording viewable by everyone
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Select this checkbox to make this recording available to all CTRS users.
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Exporting Recordings from the Completed Recordings List
You can export recordings to a specified archive server. To export recordings, do the following:
Step 1 Check the box for the recording(s) that you want to export.
Step 2 Click Export. CTRS displays a table listing all of the recordings you selected for export.
Step 3 Choose the appropriate export destination server from the Export to: drop-down list.
Step 4 Click Export.
Note For more information about configuring export destination servers, see the "Archive Servers" section on page 4-13 of this guide.
Note When you export recording files, they remain on the CTRS. To delete recordings, check the boxes next to the recordings. Then click Delete.
Downloading a Recording to Your Computer
In addition to exporting a completed recording to an archive server, you can download a recording to your computer. To download, do the following:
Step 1 Check the box for the recording that you want to download.
Step 2 Click Details. The Recording Detail dialog box for that recording appears.
Step 3 In the Files section, click the filename of the file that you want to download. The "xxx_lo.mp4" file is the CIF version of the recording. The "xxx_ts.mp4" file is the HD version of the recording.
Step 4 In the dialog box that appears, click Save and specify where you want to save the file on your computer.
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