Technical Details

To attend a Web Conference, as either a presenter or participant, you will need the following minimum specifications:

Computer - PC

166MHz Pentium-based PC with Microsoft® Windows® 98, NT, XP or 2000
Sun JVM 1.4 or JVMs pre installed with the supported browsers listed above
Sun SPARCstation with Solaris 2.8 or 2.9
Participant: 64 MB RAM
Presenter: 128 MB RAM

Computer - Macintosh

Macintosh OS X 10.2
Microsoft IE 5.x or Safari 1.0

Monitor

800x600 pixel resolution or greater (1024x768 pixels recommended)

Web Browser

Internet Explorer 5.x or higher
Netscape 7x

For presentations

Microsoft PowerPoint® 97, 2000, 2002, 2003

Viewing recordings

Windows® Media Player™ 6.4 and above, RealPlayer G2 and RealPlayer 7 or higher

Internet Connection Speed

56k or faster

Plug-ins*

Available for Live Meeting access from Outlook, Messenger, PowerPoint and Lotus Notes.

Download Plug-ins
*Note: Miura Conference uses Live Meeting 2003

Operating environments

Live Meeting provides both a rich and a reach client for users with different operating environments.

“Rich” Windows application

The rich client is a full-featured, Windows application console that helps provide power, flexibility, and the familiar look and feel of Windows applications. It provides full access to all Live Meeting functionality including recording and slide upload without the need to install additional applications or plug-ins.

The Windows Console is an application that is installed on your computer. When you join a Live Meeting from a compatible browser, Windows automatically starts the Live Meeting Console for you. This is based on ActiveX technology, and is a one-time installation that remains persistent on the desktop. Additional benefits include faster entry into meetings as the console does not have to be downloaded every time you enter a meeting and an ability to customise the meeting window by selecting which features are visible.

“Reach” Java Console

The reach console is a Java client which runs within compatible browsers as an alternative for customers who are unable to install and run the Windows Console or customers with non-windows platforms such as Apple Macintosh and Sun Solaris. It is provided as an automatic fall back for customers unable to join using the rich client. Only limited Live Meeting functionality is available with the reach console with advanced features like presenter application sharing and slide upload requiring the additional installation of plug-ins.

The Java Console is a just-in-time application that runs in a Java subsystem known as the Java virtual machine. The Java Console loads when entering a meeting and it is completely removed when exiting the meeting.

Browser recommendations

Early versions of some browsers do not support ActiveX technology and so must run the Java console. For these browsers Java must be enabled.

For full Live Meeting functionality with the "rich" environment we recommend Internet Explorer 5 or later or Netscape 7.x.

Browser check facility

Use our browser check facility to confirm your browser can use Live Meeting.

IT deployment guide

See our IT deployment guide [224kB] for more technical details on utilising Live Meeting.

For the implications of bandwidth on Live Meeting view the Bandwith White Paper [230kB].