(847) 289-1100
ViaVideo II
Features, Advantages, and Benefits
Features, Advantages, and Benefits
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(847) 289-1100 |
ViaVideo II
Features, Advantages, and Benefits |
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Feature |
Function/Benefit |
| Increased Data Rates | Now supporting up to 512Kbps. At any speed above 320Kbps the user is able to take advantage of up to 30fps. |
| New Windows-like UI |
Based on enormous amounts of customer feedback, the user interface was re-designed to look and feel more like other Windows applications. ViaVideo II users by default are all Windows users, running applications with similar human factors characteristics. It made sense to transition our user interface more in that direction, simplifying how user interacts with the application. The address book and set up screens can be open or minimized separate from the application, allowing for quick dialing and easy access to general information without having to hang up an active call or minimizing the video windows. |
| Integrated Audio via USB | If you are running on 2000 or XP you can remove that audio cable.
Currently many laptops do not support an audio out port, which makes it difficult to hook up ViaVideo II version 3.0 without a special Y cable adapter. When you install version 5.0 the audio cable is no longer required, and the audio is driven inband through the USB to the audio card. |
| Location Profiles |
Making ViaVideo II its most portable required improving how the user interfaces with the application, every time the network connectivity changed. Location profiles are created once during installation of the application. The installer merely enters into the set up menu the network characteristics of the Home, Office and Travel environment for that PC. Once this has been done, every time the ViaVideo II program is activated, the user chooses one of the three locations appropriate for where they are at the time and then they ready to CONNECT. |
| Full screen video | This has been one of the most frequently requested features for ViaVideo II.
In 5.0 we have added and icon to the top left corner of the application window, which allows the incoming video to go full screen. Now users are able to gather in small groups to have discussions and clearly view the remote location. With Conference on Demand calls, the quadrants become large enough in full screen mode for the local participant to view all the remote locations clearly. |
| Expanded QoS |
ViaVideo II, being an IP only product, is immediately introduced to the possibility of packet loss over heavily congested networks. The solution for this prior to 5.0 was to drop the data rate to lessen the impact of the packet loss, whereby improving the picture, and then increasing it as the packet loss subsided. With the integration of PVEC in 5.0, now the data rate can remain at its original level, and replacement packets will keep the frame rate and picture quality at a high level without adjusting the call. |
| Enhanced Web UI | Navigation is significantly enhanced and security can be set from almost every area. |
| Direct registration with Global Address Book | No more ILS registration is required in order to register with the GAB! ViaVideo II 5.0 now registers directly with GMS just as the ViewStations do. However, ILS registration is also still an option for those who have applications calling for it. |
| Multiple Monitor Support | Windows has supported multiple monitors for some time, allowing for 2 or more VGA displays to be attached to PCs and laptops. ViaVideo II 5.0 now takes advantage of this capability and expands the desktop conferencing space for enhanced visual collaboration, allowing for larger video windows and full access to the PC desktop. |
| E.164 support |
ViaVideo II supports recognition for an alias that is a number. When ViaVideo II is connected to a gatekeeper and the user dials from the address book and the address book entry has a valid E.164 address, ViaVideo II will dial by the alias. When an alias is composed of letters, this is just a normal H.323 alias. |
| Context Sensitive Help |
To complement the new UI, the ViaVideo II application now also provides Context Sensitive Help. If there is an Icon or area on the UI that requires more explanation for the user, click on the ? icon at the top left side of the application window. A text window will appear providing the name of the icon/area along with a brief description of the function it delivers. |
| Additional Language support | English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese Simplified. NEW: Traditional Chinese, Korean, Norwegian |
| Enhanced Error Messages | In the past Network Error was one of the few errors produced regardless of the error that had occurred.
In the ViaVideo II 5.0 release we have incorporated over 100 new error messages that will give descriptive on screen messages in the event an error has occur. This also gets reported into the Call Detail Record. |
| Expanded Gatekeeper Support | The addition of canMapAlias now provides the gatekeeper with more control in routing the call by allowing it to tell the endpoint to modify the destination address. |
| Extensive Windows OS Support | XP, 2000, 98, SE, ME NT 4.0 no longer supported ViaVideo II 3.0 will remain a supported release for the NT 4.0 platform |
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