Calling out from the IP VCR

There are no playback-specific parameters.

Specify a name for the new recording.

The name you choose will be displayed in the Recordings list (see Understanding the recordings list), and in the auto attendant menu.

You may not choose a name that is already used by another recording.

Check this box to call the endpoint using the Recording console to make the recording. Leave it unchecked to make a non-interactive recording.

See Using the recording console and Non-interactive recording for more information on the implications of this option

Specify the host name or IP address of the endpoint you wish to call out to.

Alternatively you may specify an E.164 number if you also select an H.323 gateway.

To make a call out via a H.323 gateway that has not been specifically configured on the IP VCR, you may enter an address here of the form <gateway address>!<E.164>.

If the endpoint is an H.323 endpoint, check H.323. If it is a SIP endpoint, check SIP.

If you wish to call the endpoint using an E.164 number via a previously-configured H.323 gateway, you can select an H.323 gateway from the list of configured gateways.

If you are calling by host name or IP address, you need not specify a gateway.

If the endpoint is a SIP endpoint, and you want it to use a SIP registrar, check this option.

Choose whether to use the box-wide setting for motion/sharpness trade off, or configure an individual setting for use with this endpoint. Choose from:

• Use box-wide setting: this is the default value. In this case, the connection to this endpoint will use the motion / sharpness tradeoff setting from the Settings > Connections page.
• Favor motion: the IP VCR will try and use a high frame rate. That is, the IP VCR will strongly favor a resolution of at least 25 frames per second.
• Favor sharpness: the IP VCR will use the highest resolution that is appropriate for what is being viewed.
• Balanced: the IP VCR will select settings that balance resolution and frame rate (where the frame rate will not be less than 12 frames per second).

The settings for motion (frames per second) and sharpness (frame size or resolution) are negotiated between the endpoint and the IP VCR. This setting controls how the IP VCR will negotiate the settings to be used with this endpoint.

Choose the setting for transmitted video resolutions from the IP VCR to this endpoint. This setting overrides the unit-wide setting on the Settings > Connections page.

Retain the default setting (use box-wide setting) unless you are experiencing problems with the display of certain resolutions by this endpoint.

Endpoints advertise the resolutions that they are able to display. The IP VCR then chooses from those advertised resolutions, the resolution that it will use to transmit video. However, some endpoints do not display widescreen resolutions optimally. Therefore, you might want to use this setting to restrict the resolutions available to the IP VCR for transmissions to this endpoint.

Use these fields to specify the preferred call bandwidth from the IP VCR to the endpoint and from the endpoint to the IP VCR, respectively.

If you choose use default value, the preferred bandwidth is chosen to be the same as that set in the global connection settings.

Can be used to ensure only specific codecs are permitted on calls to (and received from) this endpoint.

If Enabled, you can choose which codecs are allowed to be used when communicating with this endpoint.

Select one of the endpoints that has been configured on the IP VCR to call by selecting it in the list and clicking Call selected endpoint.