Re: [XCON] Common-data-model -- video-layout

[Lorenzo Miniero <lorenzo.miniero at unina.it>]

Hi Krishna,

you can still achieve what you want, by defining more video output  
streams with different layouts, and attaching participants to them  
according to your needs (e.g. a lightweight stream for all mobile  
users, and a heavier stream for others). It's not as straightforward  
as having a custom layout for each user, but it's compliant, for  
instance, with how videomixing is currently handled in the MEDIACTRL  
mixer package.

Lorenzo


Quoting Krishna Prasad Kalluri <krishna.prasad.kalluri at ericsson.com>:

> Hi,
>
> I have a question related to the video-layout element in XCON common
> data model.
>
> Question 1:
>
> The video-layout element is defined in the conference description level.
> So one video conference will have only one layout. That means
>
> 1) From the conference mixer point of view its only one output mix.
> 2) All participants view the same layout.
>
> Is my understanding correct? If so the video-layout description in
> common-data-model is giving a different impression. From the text below
> I got an impression that each participant can have different layout.
>
> The <video-layout> element is used in conjunction with a video
> stream to specify how the video streams (of participants) are
> viewed by each participant.  Only one layout type can be
> specified for each output stream
>
> Question 2:
>
> In the data model is it possible to include video-layout per
> participant. May be its correct to say per endpoint. If the display of
> endpoint is small (mobile phone) a participant can select a smaller
> layout (Eg: dual-view) . If the endpoint display is large (pc) a
> participant can select a bigger layout. Of course this causes more
> processing in the mixer to generate several output mixes.
>
> In H.248.19 it is possible to specify one layout type per termination.
>
> So in the data model I like to propose to add
>
> Users->user->endpoint->controls->video-layout
>
> Any way the summary is I like to see layout per participant (endpoint)
>
> Regards
> Krishna



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