# Working with the terminal during a conference

# Changing devices

During a meeting you can quickly change the video devices used for sending video from TrueConf Group to the conference layout. To do it, press the remote control button /group/media/buttons/menu/en.png and select the Select camera device option. It is possible to select either the second web camera connected to the endpoint or one of the capture card inputs.

To change the microphone and speakers used by the endpoint, press the button /group/media/buttons/home/en.png on the remote control and select the devices in the Configuration → Audio section.

# PTZ Camera Control

# Camera connected to the endpoint

During a call, press the /group/media/buttons/far/en.png button (Far/Near) on the remote control in order to switch control to your own PTZ camera (you will see Near-end camera message at the top of the screen). Then you can control the camera by using the arrows in the center of the remote control and zoom buttons.

To control a PTZ camera please make sure to specify the correct method in the Configuration → Video → Video inputs → PTZ control section of the endpoint menu or the web interface.

To use saved camera positions during a video session, do the following:

  1. Switch to controlling your camera using the /group/media/buttons/far/en.png button (Far/Near) on the remote control.

  2. Switch between presets by pressing their numbers on the numeric keypad.

Read how to set numbered PTZ camera presets in the Setting Up section.

# Other participant's camera

Use the /group/media/buttons/far/en.png button (Far/Near) on the remote control to switch to the other user's camera (the message Far-end camera & DTMF will appear at the top of the screen). After that, you can control it like your own camera.

Saving presets is unavailable to far-end PTZ cameras.

To control other users' PTZ cameras using the control panel, go to Conference control.

# Content Sharing

You can use TrueConf Group to:

  • Share content from the devices connected with an HDMI cable (unavailable in certain configurations)

  • Share content from USB drives: images in the PNG, JPG, TIFF formats, PDF documents, and MKV, MP4, TS videos (audio is not streamed)

  • Show content from the second web camera connected to the endpoint. This may be necessary if you are using a PTZ camera to send video from the meeting room and you have also connected the document camera for capturing content.

  • Send an NDI stream available in the local network (detected automatically similar to the corresponding section of the address book)

  • Stream an RTSP or VNC source – the list of sources will include the contacts from the local address book with an RTSP or VNC call string.

To share content during a video call or conference:

  1. Select a content source by pressing the remote control button PC /group/media/buttons/pc/en.png.

  2. When choosing to play a file from a USB drive, you will see its contents. Here you can choose your file with the navigation buttons.

  3. If By button mode is selected in the Configuration → Call → Send presentation menu, a new content preview video window will be displayed on the endpoint screen and you will need to return to Step 4. Otherwise, content will be immediately streamed to the conference.

  4. To start content sharing, press the remote control button PC /group/media/buttons/pc/en.png and select Presentation start. All conference participants will see the content in a separate video window. By default, the content will be displayed in a full-screen video window; moreover, the layout will not change when a new participant will join the meeting. You can change the layout by pressing the remote control button /group/media/buttons/layout/en.png or going to the Conference control tab section of the control panel.

  5. When sharing, use the following buttons on the remote control:

6. To end content sharing, press the remote control button PC /group/media/buttons/pc/en.png and select Presentation stop.

You can share content in the Conference control section of the control panel.

# Recording

To start recording an ongoing conference, press the /group/media/buttons/menu/en.png button on the remote control and select Record → Record to disk. In this case, /group/media/rec_start/en.png icon will be displayed at the bottom of the endpoint's screen. To stop recording, press /group/media/buttons/menu/en.png button again and select Record → Record to disk.

# Streaming

During a video call, you can start streaming to third-party streaming services via one of the pre-configured protocols: RTMP, SAP, and MPEG-TS. To do that, press the /group/media/buttons/menu/en.png button on the remote control, go to Record in the pop-up menu, and choose the item you need. If you have successfully started streaming, the corresponding icon will be displayed at the bottom of the endpoint screen: /group/media/rtmp_start/en.png for RTMP, /group/media/sap_start/en.png for SAP, or /group/media/mpeg_start/en.png for MPEG-TS.

# Changing devices

During a meeting you can quickly change the video devices used for sending video from TrueConf Group to the conference layout. To do it, press the remote control button /group/media/buttons/menu/en.png and select the Select camera device option. It is possible to select either the second web camera connected to the endpoint or one of the capture card inputs.

To change the microphone and speakers used by the endpoint, press the button /group/media/buttons/home/en.png on the remote control and select the devices in the Configuration → Audio section.