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Define the video output

Canvus sends content only to the outputs named in mt-canvus.ini. Each output has an [output:<name>] section with the position and size of its area in the screen.xml layout.

If SiteManager wrote the layout with Configure as Canvus video output ticked, the section is already there. Open mt-canvus.ini to check it, then go to the next step.

Add the section

  1. Open mt-canvus.ini. See the configuration file reference for where it is and how to edit it.

  2. Add a section for the output to the VC system. For the layout in Add the output to the display layout, the output starts where the wall ends, at x = 3260:

    [output:Call share]
location=3260 0
size=1920 1080

  3. Save the file and restart Canvus.

Key Meaning
location The top-left corner of the output's area, in pixels, in the same coordinates as screen.xml.
size The width and height of the output's area, in pixels. Use 3840 2160 for a UHD output.

The name after output: is what users see in the video output menus, so choose one they will recognise in the room, such as Call share or Teams. Each output needs a unique name.

Check it

After the restart, open the video output menu. Call share is listed. Select it and tap the Show the Viewport button. The VC system's content input now receives the wall. Suspend the output again until you start a call.

See Video outputs for everything the video output menus can do.

Next step

Set up touch control.