Video Kiosk

Desktop Video Player

Plug & Play NIC Card

H.321 Switch Room Sys

TWO WAY VIDEO PLAYER
Affordable, high quality two-way video player for desktops

V-Meeting™ is an inexpensive software codec for H.323 desktop video conferencing with Click to MeetTM video portals. It is optimized for ease-of-use and quick deployment, making two-way video at the desktop affordable and easy.

• Video and audio quality comparable to hardware codecs, but at a fraction of the cost.
• Simplified user interface, and smart networking features to complement Click to Meet ease of use.
• Quick and easy installation without opening the PC. Up and running in 10 minutes!

INTEGRATED WITH CLICK TO MEET™
V-Meeting is part of FVC.COM’s Click to Meet video portal solution. Its simplified user interface eliminates all the features that aren’t needed when calls and conferences are initiated from the Click to Meet web-browser interface. So there is nothing to learn or configure. Unlike other H.323 clients, V-Meeting automatically supports VPNs without requiring reconfiguration and even supports asymmetric line speeds such as ADSL - a real bonus for telecommuters.

EASY INSTALLATION AND SUPPORT
With no need for resource-intensive PC hardware changes, V-Meeting can be installed in a few minutes. It’s so easy that users can do it themselves, reducing the overall cost of deployment. Simply plug in a USB camera, load the camera drivers, download V-Meeting software, and register as a Click to Meet subscriber. Everything from frame rates to default gatekeeper is configured automatically. Best of all there’s nothing to tamper with, so users can’t inadvertently corrupt their configuration. That means low support costs for the IT department.

END USER FEATURES

• High Quality Desktop Videoconferencing. FVC.COM's V-Meeting takes advantage of today's fast PC processors to bring high quality two-way video to laptops and desktops throughout the enterprise without needing special hardware. With video performance comparable to that of most expensive hardware codecs, V-Meeting supports both QCIF and CIF formats, and can encode and decode up to 30 frames per second for smooth motion.
• Superior Quality Audio Compression. Sound quality in a videoconference is critical. V-Meeting’s TDAC wideband audio codec provides remarkable sound quality comparable to room systems, while only using 32 Kbps of bandwidth. In addition it supports all of the popular audio compression formats, including G.711, G.723.1, and the G.722 format which is normally featured only in high-end room systems.
• Easy to Install. Unlike complex hardware codecs, you can install V-Meeting software and a USB camera in 10 minutes. Any Pentium II® PC running at 233 MHz or faster, is suitable for V-Meeting. For best performance, or with PCs that do not support USB, a video capture board and an analog camera may be used. Alternatively, other non-intrusive options such as parallel port attached cameras are supported. Once installed, V-Meeting automatically checks for new versions from the web and upgrades itself.
• Simplified User Interface. UV-Meeting has been optimized for ease of use by excluding call controls and directory functions. Since these features all reside in the Click to Meet web interface, with point-and-click access to an enterprise-wide call directory, they are not needed in V-Meeting. And there is no need to laboriously program the numbers of people you want to call at each client. The resulting clutter-free interface is completely intuitive, accelerating the learning curve. If Click to Meet is not loaded, V-Meeting can launch a browser and start Click to Meet.
• H.323 Standards Compliant. V-Meeting is fully interoperable with other H.323 standards-compliant video equipment and is compliant with the most popular audio, video, and data-sharing standards. It has been extensively tested for H.323, H.320 and H.321 interoperability with a broad range of videoconferencing systems, gatekeepers, gateways, and multiconference bridges.
  
• Data Collaboration.Support for T.120 allows data collaboration with popular application sharing tools. To ensure complete compatibility with the defacto data collaboration tool Microsoft NetMeeting 3.0®, V-Meeting loads NetMeeting’s data conferencing modules enabling users to chat, send files, draw on a whiteboard, and share applications with others.
• Asymmetric Call Rates. V-Meeting has been designed with telecommuters in mind. It can support asymmetric broadband connections such as ADSL and Cable. For example, a telecommuter on a 128/384 DSL line can still enjoy the higher call rate coming from other people in the office, without having to bring everyone else’s call speed down to the lowest common denominator.
• Automatic VPN Support. Telecommuters are increasingly using broadband internet access and VPNs to get cheap, high-speed and secure access to the corporate network. Most H.323 codecs cannot reach their designated gatekeeper over VPNs and will not work. V-Meeting automatically detects and overcomes VPN contention.

Codec Performance

• QCIF up to 30 fps, CIF up to 30 fps Performance is a factor of both PC performance and capture rates supported by the camera.

Compression Standards

• Audio: TDAC (equivalent to G.722), G.711, G.722, G.723.1
• Video: H.263, H.261, QCIF, CIF separate self-view image optional

Communication Protocols

• ITU H.323 compliant
• ITU H.320, H.321 interoperable
• ITU T.120 compliant

PC Requirements

• 300 MHz: Minimum Pentium® II MMX
• Memory: Minimum 128 Mbytes RAM, Minimum 512 Kbyte L2 cache RAM
• Operating System: Windows 95/98/98SE/NT/2000®

Accessory Options

• USB camera (for Windows 95, 98, 98SE, 2000) or
• Video capture board and camera (for Windows NT)
• Full duplex sound support, Speakers, Microphone, Headset for privacy

Recommended Cameras

• USB Camera: Philips 675K Vesta
• Parallel Port Camera: Vista Imaging Vicam
• Video Capture Board: Osprey 100

Other Certified USB Cameras

• Intel® Create and Share
• 3Com® HomeConnect
• Logitech QuickCam Pro®
• Belkin USB VideoBus (analog camera adapter cable