Installing Desktop Experience for a Meeting Recording Renderer on Windows
If you are installing an IBM® Sametime® Meeting Server with the Meeting Recording Renderer configuration role, you must install on Microsoft™ Windows™, and you must install Windows Desktop Experience first. If you fail to install the Windows Desktop Experience, the recordings will fail.
About this task
You can install the Meeting Renderer role on its own server, or in a pilot deployment, as part of a complete Meeting Server that includes all roles.
Desktop Experience can be installed on Windows 2012 or Windows 2008.
If you have not installed Windows Desktop Experience, the recordings will fail with this error message: CoCreateInstance Windows Media error 0x80040154: Class not registered
Procedure
- On the computer where you will install the Sametime Meeting Server with the Meeting Recording Renderer role, click .
- In the "Features Summary" section, click Add Features.
- In the features list, select Desktop Experience.
- Follow the prompts in the wizard to complete the installation.
- Restart the computer.