TxVideoConf is Interlink’s Video Conferencing Solution. It is a simple, easy to use and deploy, zero-configuration, efficient and a high-performance video conferencing system. TxVideoConf supports 1080p video quality, configurable bandwidth allocation and advanced features like remote site control and management. The program also provides a simple and easy to use web-interface to configure and control all TxVideoConf machines deployed within your organization.
Configurable User Interface layout allows you to optimize your video conferencing experience and help boost productivity. TxVideoConf integrates with technologies like TxSmartBridge and ScreenShare to deliver an end to end conferencing system. Being compatible with industry standards like H.323 and H.264, TxVideoConf integrates well with your existing investments delivering a low cost but high quality Conferencing System.
A Complete Conferencing System
TxVideoConf integrates with Interlink’s advanced teleconferencing bridge, TxSmartBridge and with Interlink’s screen broadcasting technology called ScreenShare. All these technologies work together in a seamless way to deliver an end-to-end conferencing system which offers everything your organization needs to conduct productive and efficient meetings. With a click of a button participants can broadcast their screen to everyone in a conference to easily present presentations and other vital information. Thanks to TxSmartBridge integration, the whole conferencing system can be scheduled for meetings right from within Microsoft Outlook or your email program of choice.
HD with Pan/Tilt/Zoom
TxVideoConf systems support the best in the class HD cameras with 1080p support. With Pan/Tilt/Zoom controls from your favorite control devices, you can manipulate camera zoom, pan or tilt for your site, or your peers. TxVideoConf HD support delivers true-to-life images for the best video-conferencing experience.
Multi-party support
TxVideoConf supports several participants at a time in a conference. If bandwidth is an issue at certain locations, the TxVideoConf system can be told to restrict or prioritize certain site links. Whenever such a prioritized link exists in a video conferencing session, TxVideoConf makes sure that the prioritized links have higher priority for the allocated bandwidth.
Layouts
When new attendees join in, the TxVideoConf system arranges them for optimal viewing. This does not always work for everyone. We provide a touch screen interface to configure TxVideoConf view layout. You can choose between different layouts such as single view, side-by-side split, Four-view and many more. TxSmartBridge Synthesis provides you with an efficient way of viewing who all are present in a meeting while indicating who the present talker is. Since you can see who all is present in a meeting, you can be sure that there are no unwanted participants in your meetings, making secure meetings really secure.
Real meeting with TxVideoConf:
Picture below shows TxVideoConf system used in a real world situation. There were four parties invited and one of the attendees shared his screen so others were able to see his PowerPoint presentation. Configuration below features our dual screen solution which allows attendees to arrange screen layouts even more efficient. TxVideoConf screen layouts just got very flexible!
Zero Configuration
You have more things to worry about than dealing with conferencing systems. TxVideoConf is a Zero Configuration program. When its time for a meeting the TxVideoConf system will automatically start up and connect everyone. Once the meeting is over, the program will switch out of the conference mode and wait for the next one to start. All TxVideoConf configuration happens on the server side, so your admins are the ones taking care of all of the technical details relating to delivering a rich conferencing experience.
Industry Standard
It is important for us to deliver a solution to you which builds on you existing infrastructure and integrates well with you existing investments. With TxVideoConf its easier than ever. TxVideoConf employs industry standard protocols such as H.323 and H.264 to integrate with your existing systems. H.264 encoded video provides optimum bandwidth usage while keeping your costs low.
Remote Control
Although TxVideoConf is a zero interaction system, there might be times when you need to change something. You may want to change the way your peers appear on screen, or you may want to mute or ban certain users from the conference. TxVideoConf provides extensive integration with devices to make this experience as straightforward and efficient as possible. TxVideoConf has remote control applications for the iPhone and the iPad. Also, speech commands can be announced in a conference room to perform certain actions. For complete flexibility, there’s a web interface which you can access using your favorite device to control every aspect of the meeting.
Remotely Configurable
TxVideoConf provides a simple and easy to use web interface to configure all video conferencing sites within an organization. Your administrators can specify parameters like bandwidth usage, maximum sites to connect to, which sites are higher priority than others (to make sure they are always connected if you have limited bandwidth) and several other properties for each site. Each of these sites can be remotely restarted, suspended and revived providing you with maximum control of all of your sites right on your computer.
H.264
H.264, also known as MPEG-4 AVC, is a state-of-the-art video encoding standard. H.264 is used to encode videos for Blue-Ray and HDDVD discs. H.264 is a motion-compensation based technology, which means that less dynamic scenes are more efficient to encode. This is ideal for video conferencing where video capture is not very dynamic, there by, delivering optimum compression and bandwidth usage. H.264 also includes advanced de-blocking filters, effectively reducing the amount of “blockiness” in videos. H.264 HD encoder used by TxVideoConf is capable of encoding video streams at different bit rates allowing TxVideoConf to run on networks with different bandwidth infrastructures.
RTP/RTCP
Real-time Transport Protocol/Real-time Transport Control Protocol are the accepted standard of protocols for delivering real time content such as audio and video over a network or unreliable networks like the Internet. TxVideoConf uses these protocols to deliver video data between sites. RTCP can help manage differences in network speeds and allows TxVideoConf to work seamlessly on different networks with different bandwidth limitations. RTP implementation in TxVideoConf uses advanced jitter buffers to deliver content in-order, reliably and on-time which is critical for Video Conferencing applications.TxVideoConf performs Direct Media Delivery to directly deliver video content to each of the participant sites. This results is higher through-put since no intermediary is involved.
Linux
TxVideoConf uses a stripped down version of Linux to power site set-top boxes. Interlink Network Systems has developed an in-house variation of Linux to suit Video Conferencing requirements for TxVideoConf. Linux provides a robust and reliable foundation to run high-performance applications like TxVideoConf. It also helps reduce maintenance and deployment costs.
OpenGL
OpenGL is a 2D/3D graphics framework which provides the necessary infrastructure to enable multimedia rich front-end for TxVideoConf. OpenGL employs the latest advances in graphics and video technologies to provide a feature rich, robust, high-performance and reliable platform for developing content rich applications. TxVideoConf uses OpenGL’s capability to program hardware to perform fast and efficient video filtering. OpenGL is also responsible for presenting User Interface of the site machines.
Server Architecture
The TxVideoConf system is powered by a centrally controlled and administered server system. The server system allows fine-tuned control over each of the site machines. The remote site machines can be powered on/off, suspended and configured remotely. The server system organizes sites into groups and allows administrators to explicitly start and stop conference sessions. The administrators may also add and remove participants dynamically. The server system also provides a programmable interface allowing easy integration with existing enterprise processes and scheduling systems including TxSmartBridge. Similar to the administrative controls, the programmable interface allows starting and stopping conferences and dynamically adding and removing participants. The server is built on top of robust technologies, delivering high-performance, reliability and scalability.