VIDEO CONFERENCING PROCEDURE
Cisco Jabber Video Prerequisites
Prerequisites for using Cisco Jabber Video
The following outlines the technical requirements for Cisco Jabber Video
PC Requirements
Operating System
Processor
Memory - RAM
Graphics Card
Sound Card
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Windows XP SP2 or later
Windows Vista SP1 or later
Windows 7
Windows 8
2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent or better CPU
Windows XP: 512 MB RAM or more
Windows 8, Windows 7 or Vista: 2 GB RAM or more
OpenGL version 1.3 or OpenGL version 1.2
Any standard sound card (full-duplex, 16 bit or better)
Note: On computers with limited processing power and/or memory, Jabber will use a lot of system
resources thereby reducing system performance.
Mac OS X Requirements
Operating System
Processor
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Mac OS X 10.9
Mac OS X 10.8
Mac OS X 10.7
2 GHz Core 2 Duo or better CPU
Multimedia Device Requirements
Microphone/Speakers
 Generally, the built-in microphones and speakers on most computers are not ideal for video
conferencing. We recommend using a headset for best results, this will prevent echo during
the call. Note that some HD cameras also have built-in microphones.
Camera
 Cisco Jabber Video works with most common web cameras. Web cameras can be built-in
or external. For best results, we recommend that you use an HD (high definition) web
camera.
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Broadband (Internet speed / bandwidth) Requirements
Video conferencing is a bandwidth intensive application which has an additional 20% IP overhead
when initiating a video call. As an example, when connecting a video call at 512Kbps, the actual
bandwidth that will be used and required will be approximately 615Kbps or when initiating a video
call at 1Mbps, the actual bandwidth required will be approximately 1.2Mbps.
As a minimum, we would suggest initiating a video call using Cisco Jabber Video with:
a) Download speed of 512Kbps or more;
b) Upload speed of 512Kbps or more
The broadband download and upload speeds can be checked via websites such as:
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http://www.speedtest.net/
Note: If the above listed technical requirements are not met, then Cisco Jabber is not a viable
video conference option.
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