Video Protocols and Resolution Configuration for CP Conferencing
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The Resolution Configurations are:
● Resource-Quality Balanced (default)
A balance between the optimized video quality and optimized resource usage.
The Balanced settings are described in the section: Default Minimum Threshold Line Rates and
Resource Usage Summary.
● Resource Optimized
System resource usage is optimized by allowing high resolution connections only at high line rates
and may result in lower video resolutions (in comparison to other resolution configurations) for some
line rates.
The Resource Optimized settings are described in the section: Default Minimum Threshold Line
Rates and Resource Usage Summary.
● Video Quality Optimized
Video is optimized through higher resolution connections at lower line rates increasing the resource
usage at lower line rates. This may decrease the number of participant connections.
The Video Quality Optimized settings are described in the section: Default Minimum Threshold Line
Rates and Resource Usage Summary.
● Manual
Manually adjusting the sliders to accommodate local conferencing requirements.
Resolution Configuration - Detailed
The Resolution Configuration -Detailed dialog box contains the following panes:
● Sharpness Resolution sliders
● Motion Resolution sliders
Sharpness and Motion
Sharpness and Motion are Video Quality settings that are selected per conference and are defined in the
conference Profile. A conference with Sharpness selected in its Profile uses the Sharpness settings of the
Use this option:
• When the priority is to maintain a balance between resource usage and video quality.
• When it is necessary to maintain backward compatibility with previous versions.
• When working with Polycom DMA/RealPresence Resource Manager.
Use this option when the priority is to save MCU resources and increase the number of participant
connections.
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Use this option when the priority is to use higher video resolutions while decreasing the number of
participant connections.