Record Now installation and configuration overview

Record Now installation and configuration are divided into two phases with each one done by different individuals based on their area of expertise:

Phase 1: Installation of Record Now Launcher software on an organization’s Podium PCs. Typically, software installations are performed by an IT administrator who relies on the Mediasite administrator to provide the software installers.

Phase 2: Configuration of Mediasite to support ad-hoc recordings from a Podium PC. These tasks are typically performed by the Mediasite administrator or a power user who is familiar with Management Portal:

1. Specify Record Now application settings, which includes choosing the authentication method used (Mediasite or Windows).

2. Add room configurations.

3. Add rooms for recording devices: hardware Recorders and/or Catch devices.

IT administrators will use IT tools to install and configure software on Podium PCs in their organizations. The tools used and guidance on large-scale software deployment are outside the scope of this guide.

The table below lists Record Now installation and configuration tasks in more detail, specifies who typically does each task, and the information required to complete certain tasks.

Mediasite Administrator	IT Administrator
• Downloads the Record Now Launcher .exe file from Management Portal • Provides IT administrator with Record Now Launcher .exe files • Provides IT administrator with Mediasite’s Service Root URL and optionally external Recorder URLs. • Configures Record Now on the server-side using Management Portal o Specifies Record Now application settings o Adds room configurations o Adds Mediasite rooms that include recording devices	• Sets up a Windows system user if Podium PCs will support auto-logon. • Uses Record Now Launcher .exe file to creates desktop shortcuts that pass Mediasite’s Service Root URL • Provides Mediasite administrators with the IP addresses and/or domain names of Podium PCs that support Record Now • Update the firewall as needed

Mediasite Administrator

IT Administrator

• Downloads the Record Now Launcher .exe file from Management Portal

• Provides IT administrator with Record Now Launcher .exe files

• Provides IT administrator with Mediasite’s Service Root URL and optionally external Recorder URLs.

• Configures Record Now on the server-side using Management Portal

o Specifies Record Now application settings

o Adds room configurations

o Adds Mediasite rooms that include recording devices

• Sets up a Windows system user if Podium PCs will support auto-logon.

• Uses Record Now Launcher .exe file to creates desktop shortcuts that pass Mediasite’s Service Root URL

• Provides Mediasite administrators with the IP addresses and/or domain names of Podium PCs that support Record Now

• Update the firewall as needed

Record Now installation and configuration tasks for Mediasite and IT administrators

In this chapter, you will learn which permissions are required and how to download the Record Now Launcher file, configure Record Now, add room configurations, and add rooms.

If you are using Record Now with Catch devices, additional configuration is required. For detailed instructions, see the Mediasite Catch Deployment Guide available on the Mediasite Customer Care Portal at www.sonicfoundry.com/support.