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== Vidyo ==

From Jan 2013 on users who need to communicate by video conference with CERN users have to use Vidyo instead of EVO. Vidyo is reported to work on Windows and Ubuntu notebooks or desktops.

Starting with the version 2.2.1_406 (released in December 2012) Vidyo is working for SL5 and SL6 systems as well. The current package prohibits a central installation on DESY desktops without user interaction.

There is an information page at CERN containing [[http://information-technology.web.cern.ch/services/fe/vidyo|news and resources]] related to Vidyo.
=== Vidyo installation procedure ===

The first step differs for SL5 and SL6 systems.

==== Step 1 ====
SL5: Please send an email to the Zeuthen user consulting office with the host name of the computer, where you want to install Vidyo. Then please wait for an email, that the VidyoDesktop has been installed for you.

SL6: Please select from the desktop menu System->Administration->Add/Remove Software.

In the started application enter vidyo in the search field. The package VidyoDesktop should show up. Select the package and press Apply. After some time a window is popping up asking whether you want to run the application. No, you do not want it. Close the two windows. In case this procedure does not work for you you can follow the instructions for SL5.

==== Step 2 ====
Please execute the command
{{{
/opt/vidyo/VidyoDesktop/post.sh
}}}

Now you should be ready to use Vidyo.

=== Testing the setup ===
Yo can connect to the [[http://information-technology.web.cern.ch/services/fe/vidyo/howto/users-test-your-setup|Test Room at CERN]] to see whether your setup does work properly.

=== Configuration options ===
The default Vidyo installation will start the Vidyo client on login. A running client does show up on the desktop (status bar) as a grey (inactive client) or colored (logged in) cube. A right click lets you reach the configuration panel where you can choose the startup method and there is also the quit entry which ends the client.