Cisco Cisco WebEx Meeting Center WBS30 White Paper

 

 

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Streaming a video file in to a WebEx meeting allows you to share a video file during a meeting. This method of 

video sharing is different from the desktop sharing and the website sharing features. Similar to webcam video, 

streaming uses scalable video coding to encode and decode multiple layers of video bit streams.  

In Cisco WebEx Meeting Center, Training Center, and Event Center, you should distinguish between the webcam 

video usage for video presence of the participants in the meeting and the shared video file feature, which the 
presenter uses to play the video file to the audience from the presenter’s computer. The webcam video refers to 

videoconferencing in real time, encoded and sent to the receiving clients using the Cisco Collaboration Cloud.  

Webcam video is used primarily for videoconferencing. The Streaming Video File feature is a video that is encoded 

and streamed to other meeting participants as shared content during a meeting. This streaming video feature 

contains the video and audio (if it is included in the file) and does not appear in a multipoint videoconferencing pod 

as an active speaker. You can play, pause, or stop it from the file-sharing tab; it is similar to a previously uploaded 

presentation or whiteboard (refer to Figure 4). 

From the Presentation Desktop, click the arrow next to Share My Desktop, select Share File, and select your video 

file. The following media file formats are currently supported: WMV, WMA, WAV, MP3, ASF, AVI, MPG, MPEG, 

MOV, FLV, F4V, QT, and MP4 and WRF. (Note: The computer of the person sharing the file must be capable of 

playing the file). 

Figure 4.    How to Stream a Shared Video