Cisco Cisco TelePresence MCU 4510 Administrator's Guide
Understanding how participants display in layout
views
views
The default behavior of the MCU is to display the "loudest" participants in the most prominent layout panes. If
there are more contributors than there are panes available, then the "quietest" participants are not shown.
there are more contributors than there are panes available, then the "quietest" participants are not shown.
However, different styles of layout introduce slight subtleties to this behavior, and in addition there are a few
ways in which participants or conference administrators may change the system used for pane assignment.
In particular, you may want to set the
ways in which participants or conference administrators may change the system used for pane assignment.
In particular, you may want to set the
for a conference yourself.
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Big panes vs. small panes
This layout can be seen as the most traditional video-conferencing view. Each participant is displayed in the
same sized pane as the other participants. If there are more than four participants, the four most significant
(the four loudest) are displayed, with one pane each.
same sized pane as the other participants. If there are more than four participants, the four most significant
(the four loudest) are displayed, with one pane each.
By contrast, these example layouts have some larger panes, and the participants shown in those panes are
seen as more significant than the other contributors. When allocating participants to panes, the MCU always
fills the largest panes first. If there are more participants than panes then there will never be empty big panes
and non-empty small panes.
seen as more significant than the other contributors. When allocating participants to panes, the MCU always
fills the largest panes first. If there are more participants than panes then there will never be empty big panes
and non-empty small panes.
To reduce the number of view changes when different participants speak (for example, when people change
from being active speakers to inactive contributors), the MCU duplicates participant views for layouts with
more than four small panes. For the three example layouts shown above, the participant(s) shown in the large
from being active speakers to inactive contributors), the MCU duplicates participant views for layouts with
more than four small panes. For the three example layouts shown above, the participant(s) shown in the large
pane(s) of the first two layouts will be duplicated in the surrounding small panes. However, the four small
panes of the third layout will show different participants to those displayed in the three big panes. This
reduces the impact of audio volume changes on the composed layout while not needlessly wasting view
space. However, it is possible to configure the MCU not to duplicate participant views in this way if so
desired (see
reduces the impact of audio volume changes on the composed layout while not needlessly wasting view
space. However, it is possible to configure the MCU not to duplicate participant views in this way if so
desired (see
).
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Understanding how participants display in layout views