H.323 Learning Resources

How to...

• Schedule an H.323 videoconference
• Become a certified Site Coordinator
• Test endpoints through the MCUs
• Connect to an ISDN (H.320) endpoint

Information

• ViDe Cookbook: a comprehensive videoconferencing reference
• The Global Dialing Scheme (GDS) explained
• H.323 Overview by the International Engineering Consortium

Videos

• The Zone series (UWTV) Well-produced, humorous, and instructive vignettes on the lessons learned in video over advanced networks (requires Windows Media Player)
  
  • The Videoconference Zone : Avoiding common pitfalls
  • The Talent Zone : (links are currently down)
  • The TV Wasteland Zone : (links are currently down)
  • The Convergence Zone : Understanding the clash between television-production and computer-networking cultures
    

Other Videoconferencing Technologies

• VRVS
• Access Grid

Related Groups and Organizations

• ViDe
• H.323 Forum sponsored by the International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC)
• Polycom User Group
• ResearchChannel Working Group
• Video Middleware (VidMid) Working Group
• Voice over IP (VoIP) Special Interest Group
• Quality of Service Working Group
• Multicast Working Group
• Presence and Integrated Communications (PIC) Working Group