Overview
This module describes the following additional configurations that can be done for Video Recording:
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Request a Full-Intra Frame using RTCP or SIP INFO methods.
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Configure an H.264 Packetization mode.
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Monitor Intra-Frames and Reference Frames
Feature Information
The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.
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Feature Name |
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Feature Information |
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Network-Based Recording of Video Calls Using Cisco Unified Border Element |
Baseline Functionality |
The following commands were introduced or modified: media profile video , ref-frame-req rtcp , ref-frame-req sip-info , video profile , h264-packetization-mode , monitor-ref-frames . |
Full Intra-Frame Request
Full Intra-Frame Request is a request sent for an I-frame. An I-frame is an entire key or reference frame that is compressed without considering preceding or succeeding video frames. Succeeding video frames are differences to the original I-frame (what has moved) instead of entire video frame information.
The call between Cisco Unified Border Element and the Cisco MediaSense server is established after the call between the endpoints is established. As a result, the Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) channel between the endpoints gets established first and the RTP channel with the recording server gets established later. The impact of this delay is more on video recording because the initial I-frame from the endpoint may not get forked, and frames that follow cannot get decoded. To mitigate the impact of the lost RTP video packets, Cisco Unified Border Element generates Full Intra-Frame Request (FIR) using either Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) or SIP INFO, or both, requesting the endpoint to send a fully encoded video frame in the subsequent RTP packet.
The following types of FIR are supported on network-based recording of video calls using Cisco Unified Border Element:
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RTCP FIR (based on RFC 5104).
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SIP INFO FIR (based on RFC 5168).
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Both RTCP FIR and SIP INFO FIR (Cisco Unified Border Element can be configured to send both RTCP FIR and SIP INFO requests at the same time).