Multi-recorder dashboard maximizes efficiency for monitoring concurrent webcasts from multiple rooms both on campus and in the enterprise
Oct. 14, 2009 (PR Newswire) -- MADISON, Wis., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today announced the availability of Mediasite 5.2, the latest release of the company's webcasting and lecture capture platform.
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Mediasite 5.2 introduces several new features that enable enterprise and higher education customers to record and deliver multimedia presentations more efficiently than ever before. As webcasting frequency and volume increases, the new Mediasite Recorder Control Center maximizes the ability to remotely control and monitor multiple simultaneous recordings. From a single online control dashboard, webcast professionals, recorder operators and event producers can:
-- Simultaneously track the status and recording activity for any number of
Mediasite Recorders
-- Watch confidence monitors for each recorder's audio, video and image
signals
-- Start, stop or pause any recording and control slide advance functions
-- Access each recorder's web interface to remotely control any recorder
functions
-- Check the connected input devices for any recorder
"Mediasite is already a platform that matches the scale of lecture capture at the Fox School of Business. With the addition of the Recorder Control Center, the ability to visually monitor and manage all 37 of our classrooms in real time will further increase the level of service we can provide our faculty and students via Mediasite," said John DeAngelo, former associate dean and current IT consultant to the Fox School of Business at Temple University.
"The new Recorder Control Center within Mediasite 5.2 represents a significant enhancement for enterprise customers," said Ira Weinstein, senior analyst and partner at Wainhouse Research. "The ability to remotely monitor and manage multiple capture devices quickly and easily via a single screen is both powerful and efficient. This is especially critical in fast-paced production environments like busy universities, multi-track conferences and road-shows.
