An apparatus comprising: a plurality of video cameras (121, 123, 125) each configured to capture a respective camera view of at least some participants (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109) of a conference, the camera views together including at least one view of each participant; a plurality of microphones; an audio processing module coupled to the plurality of microphones and configured to generate audio data and direction information indicative of the direction of sound received at the microphones and to determine in which direction a participant is speaking; a face detection element (221; 321) coupled to the cameras (121, 123, 125) and configured to determine the location of each participant's face in each camera view; a composition module (223; 323, 325) coupled to the video cameras via the face detection element (221; 321) and configured to generate one or more candidate people views according to the determined face locations such that each participant appears in only one candidate people view, each candidate people view being of an area enclosing a head and shoulders view of at least one participant; a video director element (225; 327) coupled to the composition module (223; 323, 325) and to the audio processing module, and configured to: make a selection, according to the direction information, of which at least one of the candidate people views are to be transmitted to one or more remote endpoints by determining in which of the candidates people views a participant is speaking, and to: output selected view information according to the selection; and an electronic pan-tilt-zoom element (227; 329) coupled to the video director element (225; 327) and to the video cameras (121, 123, 125), and configured to generate, according to the selected view information, video corresponding to the selected at least one of the candidate views for compression and transmission to one or more remote endpoints. a plurality of video cameras (121, 123, 125) each configured to capture a respective camera view of at least some participants (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109) of a conference, the camera views together including at least one view of each participant; a plurality of microphones; an audio processing module coupled to the plurality of microphones and configured to generate audio data and direction information indicative of the direction of sound received at the microphones and to determine in which direction a participant is speaking; a face detection element (221; 321) coupled to the cameras (121, 123, 125) and configured to determine the location of each participant's face in each camera view; a composition module (223; 323, 325) coupled to the video cameras via the face detection element (221; 321) and configured to generate one or more candidate people views according to the determined face locations such that each participant appears in only one candidate people view, each candidate people view being of an area enclosing a head and shoulders view of at least one participant; a video director element (225; 327) coupled to the composition module (223; 323, 325) and to the audio processing module, and configured to: make a selection, according to the direction information, of which at least one of the candidate people views are to be transmitted to one or more remote endpoints by determining in which of the candidates people views a participant is speaking, and to: output selected view information according to the selection; and an electronic pan-tilt-zoom element (227; 329) coupled to the video director element (225; 327) and to the video cameras (121, 123, 125), and configured to generate, according to the selected view information, video corresponding to the selected at least one of the candidate views for compression and transmission to one or more remote endpoints.