Cisco Cisco MXE 3500 (Media Experience Engine)
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Integration Note for Configuring Cisco MXE 3500 Release 3.3 with Cisco TCS Release 5.2
About Cisco MXE 3500 Integration with Cisco TCS
Content Transformation and Sharing Workflow
1.
On the Cisco TCS, the end user does the following:
a.
Edits the recording and adds the meta data. The meta data includes a name for the recording,
speaker names, content description, keywords, and copyright information.
speaker names, content description, keywords, and copyright information.
b.
Manages outputs by selecting the Media Experience Engine 3500 media server configuration,
and presentation option (only if the recording has dual video).
and presentation option (only if the recording has dual video).
2.
The Cisco TCS performs the following automatically:
a.
Uploads the recording to the Cisco MXE 3500 FTP server specified in the media server
configuration.
configuration.
b.
Submits a job to the Cisco MXE 3500 using the configured job profile. The meta data is also
submitted to Cisco MXE 3500.
submitted to Cisco MXE 3500.
3.
The Cisco MXE 3500 processes the job and publishes the recording to Cisco Show and Share.
Guidelines and Limitations
The following guidelines and limitations apply to Cisco MXE 3500 integration with Cisco TCS:
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The preprocessor profile must have auto aspect ratio and percentage based watermarks enabled.
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The Cisco MXE 3500 API authentication is enabled by default. You must disable API basic
authentication in Cisco MXE 3500 to integrate with Cisco Show and Share. In this case, API basic
authentication in Cisco MXE 3500 is also disabled for Cisco TCS.
authentication in Cisco MXE 3500 to integrate with Cisco Show and Share. In this case, API basic
authentication in Cisco MXE 3500 is also disabled for Cisco TCS.
Note
Cisco MXE 3500 uses the mode that you configure upon save.
The Cisco MXE 3500 web UI and APIs will not be accessible for 1-2 minutes while the
authentication mode change is applied.
The Cisco MXE 3500 web UI and APIs will not be accessible for 1-2 minutes while the
authentication mode change is applied.
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To automatically share content on Cisco Show and Share, enable the sns worker in the
Cisco MXE 3500 Host Administration page.
Cisco MXE 3500 Host Administration page.
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For the owner of the recording to display as the author on Cisco Show and Share, LDAP must be
enabled on Cisco TCS and on Cisco Show and Share and linked to the same LDAP server.
enabled on Cisco TCS and on Cisco Show and Share and linked to the same LDAP server.
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In the following instances, superuser is displayed on Cisco Show and Share as the author:
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recording alias is a system alias
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recording alias is an LDAP group alias
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recording alias is a local user account
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Owners of a recording who are added to Cisco TCS from the TCS Groups and Users page, and who
are not users on Cisco Show and Share, display as author not available. The recordings published
by an invalid author are accessible only by the superuser.
are not users on Cisco Show and Share, display as author not available. The recordings published
by an invalid author are accessible only by the superuser.
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Tags must be less than 45 characters in length. Cisco Show and Share truncates tags with more than
45 characters.
45 characters.