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Cisco IP/TV Viewer User Guide
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IP/TV Version 3.5 supports a wide variety of audio and video formats, including
Moving Picture Experts Group-1 (MPEG-1), MPEG-2, Microsoft MPEG-4, ISO
MPEG-4, Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) MPEG-4 Advanced Audio
Coding-Low Complexity (AAC-LC), and H.261.
To view a 7-minute video that describes IP/TV capabilities, click Introduction
Video on the Cisco IP/TV Installer CD.
IP/TV Components
IP/TV consists of three separate components: IP/TV Viewer, IP/TV
Content Manager, and IP/TV Server.
IP/TV Viewer
IP/TV Viewer resides on the client and lets you view programs. A program is an
audio, video, or text transmission over the network. IP/TV Viewer has a
customizable user interface that displays a list of scheduled and on-demand
programs. IP/TV Viewer allows you to subscribe to any of the listed programs,
and plays the program at the scheduled or requested time. You can also browse
among all currently running programs.
IP/TV Viewer obtains program information from IP/TV Content Manager, and
displays programs served by IP/TV Server or other servers. It can also display
programs multicast from the Multicast Backbone (MBone) of the Internet or from
other servers that transmit in MBone-compatible format.
IP/TV Viewer can run as a standalone application, a helper application activated
by a web browser, or a browser plug-in. It runs on Windows 98, Windows 2000,
Windows NT 4.0, and Windows XP SP1.
This guide provides information on how to install and use IP/TV Viewer.