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1. 11 12 Status Menus MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Connections Status Tab The Connections status tab includes all connected input output status indicators and an overall summary status indicator which allows the operator to immediately pinpoint errors This information is divided into two sub tabs Connections and MPTS Connections Tab The Connection status tab presents the combined status of all the established connections in one location It includes the Source Port Source Name Output Port and Output Name fields to identify the connections and the rows are in the same order as the table in the Configuration tab The status tab contains two additional fields the Source Status and the Output Status Since these are color coded it is simple to quickly identify any problems If any of the Source Status or Output Status indicators are red the DashBoard Card State will be red as well and the Status LED in the front of the card will also be red Table 11 9 Connections Status Items Tab Title Parameters Description The stream is operating normally If it is an encoder it means that it is OK Green operating normally If it is an output it means that it is either transmitting or ready to transmit The stream is configured but disabled Warn Yellow Simply enabling the stream may clear this situation The stream is configured but has detected Established Source Status a problem Connections If it is a
2. The following topics are discussed ASI Outputs Configuration Tab ASI Outputs Configuration MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 ASI Outputs Tab 6 1 ASI Outputs Configuration Tab This section provides a general overview of the ASI Outputs tab ASI Outputs Tab Status This field displays one of the following messages e OK Port is operating correctly e Unlocked Port is unlocked and is operating in Automatic Bit Rate mode There is no input Overflow Transmit overflow The ASI Output is in Manual mode and the configured bit rate is insufficient to carry the bit streams connected to it This situation will raise an alarm as packets are being dropped Size This field indicates the configured transport packet size in bytes TS Bit Rate This field reports the actual transport stream bit rate in bits second Port Name This field reports the user configured name assigned to the port Edit Button Clicking this button enables configuration of the port The ASI Output Configuration tab displays with the settings for the selected port 6 2 ASI Outputs Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 ASI Outputs Configuration To configure an individual port click the Edit button for that port in the ASI Outputs area The Configuration tab can be divided into two parts ASI Output Parameters and Input Selection Connection Parameters The Connection Parameters are common to all outp
3. PMT PID PCR PID Video PID Audio PID These parameters control the Packet Identifier PID values for the PMT PCR Video and Audio The values can be entered in hexadecimal prefixed by 0x or in decimal Valid values are from 0x20 32 to OxI FFE 8190 PMT PID Video PID and Audio PID must be distinct values PCR PID can either be the same as the video PID or distinct from the other values as well The user interface will not accept an invalid entry at any time it will immediately revert to the previous value If additional audio channels are enabled there will be additional entries for their corresponding PIDs Program Number Enter the desired program number for this encoder channel Valid program numbers go from to 65535 and are always entered in decimal Transport Stream ID Enter the desired Transport Stream ID for this encoder channel Values in this field can be entered both in hexadecimal prefixed by 0x or in decimal 5 20 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Generate SDT This box is always shown but is not selectable for the HTTP Live Streaming and RTMP protocols If this box is checked an SDT will be generated for this encoder channel Additional SDT parameters become available once this box is checked Service Name Enter the desired SDT service name for this encoder channel The default name is Slot x Encoder y where x is the openGear slot number where the encoder is installed and y is 1
4. cccccesssscescescessceseessecseeseeessescensecsecsseseeeeseseeseseeeeeeeeeaeeeeenees 12 4 MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Contents iii iv e Contents MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Introduction In This Chapter This chapter contains the following sections e Overview e Functional Block Diagrams e User Interfaces e Documentation Terms and Conventions A Word of Thanks Congratulations on choosing an openGear MSE 8671 and or MDE 8672 H 264 Encoder Thank you for joining the group of worldwide satisfied Ross Video customers Should you have a question pertaining to the installation or operation of your encoder please contact us at the numbers listed on the back cover of this manual Our technical support staff is always available for consultation training or service MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Introduction 1 1 Overview Features 1 2 Introduction The MSE 8671 single channel and the MDE 8672 dual channel are H 264 SD HD encoders Each card supports up to four stereo pairs of audio encoding One stereo pair is dedicated to each video encoder and the remaining two stereo pairs can be individually associated with either channel Ethernet and ASI outputs are supported Both SPTS and MPTS outputs are supported The following inputs are available Software configurable Composite or SDI video inputs with auto detection capability SDI video inputs support SD SDI and HD SDI with au
5. An error will impact service until addressed e Warning These are events that may produce visible glitches but they do not have a continuous service impact Examples of warnings are automatic redundancy switches and ARP renewal failures Info These are informational events All configuration actions are logged with this severity When an error is cleared for example a video input regains lock the event is logged with this severity as well Subsystem The subsystem affected by the event This may be a port a stream or the card itself MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Admin Tab 9 13 Event This is a textual description of the event The encoder will store up to about 400kbytes of logs in non volatile memory When that limit is reached the oldest half of the stored logs will be deleted to make space for new logs Timestamps The encoder does not have a battery backed real time clock It depends on the frame controller to obtain the current date and time and the frame controller depends on an external Network Time Protocol NTP server to obtain current date and time By default the encoder will initialize its internal time of day clock to January 1 2010 GMT If the frame controller is NT P synchronized the encoder will then accept time from it and set its time of day clock accordingly In order to configure the frame controller for NTP open its configuration tab on DashBoard select the Network tab and
6. ASI receivers will lose lock DashBoard Card State and the Status LED will be red if there is a connection to this TX Unlocked Red port MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Status Menus 11 11 IP Outputs Status Tab The status tab for the IP output ports contains a summary of each stream status There are two sub tabs one for Ethernet 1 and another for Ethernet 2 Table 11 8 IP Outputs Status Items Tab Title Parameters Description The IP Output is operating normally OR CGreen either streaming or ready to stream The IP Output is configured for unicast operation but it does not have a No Response Red destination MAC address If there is a connection to this output DashBoard Card State and the Status LED will be red The IP Output is configured for NULL Padding with a manual rate and the connected bit stream s exceed that Overflow Red configured manual rate If this alarm is IP Output Port IP Output asserted packets are being dropped The Summary DashBoard Card State and the Status LED will be red The IP Output is configured for unicast operation and the destination stopped responding to ARP The IP Output is using No Response Yellow an old cached MAC address If there is a connection to this output the DashBoard Card State will be yellow but packets are being transmitted The IP Output has been disabled by Disabled Grey setting Enable to No
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8. ETSI TS 101 154 Appendix B 4 SMPTE 2016 3 VANC This option causes the encoder to extract AFD from the VANC It is only available for SDI inputs or if the video input settings are auto detected Manual AFD Selection This option allows the user to specify a fixed AFD code to be inserted Any AFD information received from the input is ignored This can be used to override the original AFD information or when the video is being scaled e g when the input is HD and is being converted to SD e AFD Code This control is displayed only when AFD Source is set to Manual AFD Selection It corresponds to the codes listed in SMPTE 2016 comply with the CC Source if possible but may fall back to another setting depending on the input signal For example if AFD Source is set to Line 20 23 WSS and the encoder detects an HD signal it will fall back to SMPTE 2016 3 VANC Conversely if it is set to SMPTE 2016 E VANC and it detects a composite signal it will fall back to Line 20 233 WSS and automatically use the correct line number based on the input signal However Manual AFD Selection is always honored Note f the Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected the encoder willl Audio Parameters The Audio Parameters are divided into three subgroups some of which vary and may not be present according to the selections made in the Encoder Basic Configuration tab A sample of the Audio Parameters section is depicted bel
9. Ross Video recommends checking this box only if your server requires it Keep Segments on Server Normally when a segment falls out of the play list file it is automatically deleted by the encoder If you check this box the bit stream is left in the server Clients will still start playing from the first segment in the play list Program Name This program name is placed in the play list file Whether or not it is shown depends on the client This is an optional parameter For example If the directory var www TV is published on server www example com as http www example com TV the URL for the video will be http www example com TV live m3u8 Using the Built in Server in the Encoder When using the built in server of the encoder the options are MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 25 Server Location Select Local to use the local server in the device itself Segment sec Number of seconds per segment This defines the approximate size in seconds for the above bit stream encoded files The valid range is from 1 to 20 seconds Note that the clients will experience latency approximately equal to the segment size times the number of segments Given the limited amount of memory storage in the local encoder server at higher bit rates the segment size will be limited The encoder has 20Mbytes of storage per encoder Number of Segments This defines the number of bit stream segments adverti
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11. at any time even when there is no saved configuration Load Button If you click this button the corresponding configuration is loaded in the encoder card It will replace the currently running configuration DashBoard will take a few seconds to reload longer MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 if you are accessing over a wide area network but the actual configuration in the encoder is virtually instantaneous The Status column of the tab will indicate the result of the operation Delete Button If you click this button the corresponding configuration and its description are deleted Save Button If you click this button the current card configuration is saved on the corresponding slot possibly replacing the configuration saved there if it is not empty Download Config If you click the Save button the corresponding file is downloaded to your computer This feature is provided to allow configuration backups Recalling a Save Configuration You can save a configuration to your computer and later restore it to the encoder To recall a saved configuration 1 Inthe Tree View expand the node for the frame that the encoder is installed in 2 Double click the node for the Network Controller card installed in the frame the card in slot 0 Select the Data Safe tab 4 Clear the Disable box corresponding to the encoder you wish to restore the configuration In the Tree View right click on the encoder to display a di
12. between the video input signal and the encoder configuration For example the input is 10801 and the encoder is configured for 720p Encoder Video Status Locked Green Unlocked Red This indicates whether or not the selected video input front end is locked This status is also reflected in the rear module LED next to the video input Video Detected Composite An analog composite video signal is detected Refer to the section Notes on the Video Detected Field on page 11 7 for details SDI A digital video SDI signal is detected No signal No recognizable video signal is detected Encoder Embedded Audio Present Green Embedded audio is present in the selected Group Combination Not Present Yellow The SDI input has no lock it is not possible to determine whether embedded audio is present or not Not Present Red MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Embedded audio is not present in the selected Group Channel combination Check the source settings or select a different Group Channel combination Status Menus 11 5 Tab Title Status Encoder Audio Status Table 11 3 Encoder Status Tab Items Parameters OK Green Description No errors detected Not Present Yellow Embedded audio is not present errors cannot be detected This status will be issued when there is no SDI lock or when there is no embedded
13. causes please contact your openGear products distributor or the Technical Support department at the numbers listed under the Contact Us section at the end of the manual 1 Visual Review Performing a quick visual check may reveal many problems such as connectors not properly seated or loose cables Check the card the frame and any associated peripheral equipment for signs of trouble Power Check Check the power indicator LED on the distribution frame front panel for the presence of power If the power LED is not illuminated verify that the power cable is connected to a power source and that power is available at the power main Confirm that the power supplies are fully seated in their slots If the power LED is still not illuminated replace the power supply with one that is verified to work Input Signal Status Verify that source equipment is operating correctly and that a valid signal is being supplied Output Signal Path Verify that destination equipment is operating correctly and receiving a valid signal Card Exchange Exchanging a suspect card with a card that is known to be working correctly is an efficient method for localizing problems to individual cards Bootload Button In the unlikely event of a complete card failure you may be instructed by a Ross Technical Support specialist to perform a complete software reload on the card To perform a complete software reload on the card 1 2 3
14. contacted If you want to use host names instead of IP addresses make sure to configure at least one DNS server DNS servers may be configured in the DNS sub tab of the Network Configuration tab as outlined in the section DNS Tab on page 4 4 Primary Network Interface Select the network interface to be used when contacting the primary server Choose from the following e Any Use the optimal network interface to connect to the server Ethernet 1 Specifies to use Ethernet 1 to connect to the server If the server is not in the same subnet as Ethernet 1 and no default gateway is set for Ethernet 1 this setting will be ignored Ethernet 2 Specifies to use Ethernet 2 to connect to the server If the server is not in the same subnet as Ethernet 2 and no default gateway is set for Ethernet 2 this setting will be ignored Primary App Enter the application name in the primary server as discussed above Consult your CDN or server documentation for details on what should be entered in this field 5 28 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Primary Server URL This read only field is automatically updated as you configure the RTMP parameters It displays the full RTMP URL for the primary server Primary Stream Enter the stream name for the primary server Consult your server documentation or CDN for details on what should be entered here Some servers allow arbitrary stream names while others use
15. editable The reason is that the RTMP protocol has no support for MPEG 1 Layer II audio at 48kHz sampling It also has no support for Dolby Mode The available choices for this parameter depend on the Audio Encoding selection as follows e MPEG 1 Layer II the available modes are Stereo or Single Channel If you select Single Channel Mono only the audio connected to the Left input will be encoded e AAC LC the available modes are Stereo Mono or Dual Mono If you select Mono only the audio connected to the Left input will be encoded Dolby Pass through this parameter is not displayed 5 12 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Audio Bit Rate The format of this parameter is a function of the Audio Encoding setting For MPEG 1 Layer II this parameter is a drop down list of valid discrete bit rates the values in the list are also a function of the Mode Setting For AAC LC the range is 112 to 512kbps for Stereo and Dual Mono and 56 to 256kbps for Mono This parameter is not displayed for Dolby Pass through as the encoder will automatically detect the incoming audio bit rate Peak Audio Bit Rate This parameter is only displayed for AAC LC It must be set at least kbps higher than the Audio Bit Rate The maximum value is 288kbps for Mono and 576kbps for Stereo and Dual Mono Sample Rate This field is for information purposes only The encoder only supports 48kHz audio sample rate Ad
16. enter the IP address of an available NTP server Refer to the MFC OG3 Series or MFC OG3 Series User Manual for details If your frame controller has access to the Internet you can point it to one of the public NTP servers for your region Other Fields in the Event Log Tab 9 14 Admin Tab The full Event Log tab includes the following fields and menus Log Download The user interface only displays the last 10 events of each type If you would like to see the whole event log it can be downloaded to your computer by clicking Save The log will be in CSV format and it can be opened by any utility that can read text files ideally you should use a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel so it is presented in tabular form The log will be in chronological order oldest entry to newest Log View The user interface can display the last 10 events You can choose to see the last 10 events of any kind by selecting All or you can restrict the view only to Info Warning or Error This setting does not affect the log download it only affects what is displayed Event Log This table presents the last 10 events of the selected type Time Zone To simplify the correlation of the events with your local time you can set to your time zone using this drop down menu The encoder presents a simplified list with standard GMT offsets Note that standard GMT offsets do not change back and forth with Daylight Savings you will need to m
17. entered all the characters Ensure to press Enter after entering the key Invalid Corrupted Key the key you entered has the correct number of characters but it is invalid Double check what you entered Serial number mismatch this key is for serial xxxxxxxxxxxx encoder license keys are specific to a card You entered a valid license key but it is intended for a different card whose serial number is displayed in the message You must use this key on the correct card This key has already been applied License keys can only be applied once This is a valid key for this card but you have already applied it and its features are already available MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Event Log Tab The encoder includes an Event Log in non volatile storage This event log can be used for fault finding and to check for error conditions ASI Outputs IP Outputs Con PEE MSE 8671 Slot 20 Log csv Save Log View Al ECA Date Event Log Tab The following information is included in each encoder event in the log Date The calendar date in which the event occurred Time The time at which the event occurred Refer to the section Timestamps on page 9 14 for details Severity The severity of the event The encoder defines three severity levels Error These are events that affect the operation of the device For example an ASI Input loosing lock or an IP Input no longer receiving packets
18. need to be independently set as follows MPTS Transport Stream ID This field sets the Transport Stream ID for the MPTS formed by multiplexing the two encoders This field accepts both hexadecimal starting with 0x and decimal entries Valid values are from 0 0x0 to 65535 OxFFFF MPTS Original Network ID This field set the Original Network ID to be reported in the MPTS SDT if enabled For a discussion of how to set the Original Network ID refer to the section Multiplexer Parameters on page 5 20 Note that this area does not have an Apply button changes take effect immediately and on the fly MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Connections Tab 8 5 MPTS PID Program Allocation Since the PIDs and Program Numbers can be set arbitrarily in each encoder it is possible to select the same values for one or more of these parameters between Encoder and Encoder 2 However when the bit stream from the encoders is multiplexed into one MPTS these values have to be distinct When building the MPTS the encoder will use the configured values for each encoder if at all possible However if there are any conflicts the following rules are employed 1 The PID Program allocations made for Encoder 1 are used unchanged in the MPTS 2 Ifany PIDs configured for Encoder 2 conflict with those from Encoder 1 the Encoder 2 PIDs are remapped to the closest free value Note that this remapping only happens for the MPTS ports carr
19. or 2 for Encoder 1 or Encoder 2 Provider Name Enter the desired SDT service provider name The default is Ross Video Advanced SDT Config By default the other SDT values are automatically set by the system If you need to configure them check this box and a new set of parameters appears Running Status Indicates the status of the service The options are undefined not running starting pausing running and service off air The value used for this parameter when Advanced SDT Config is not enabled is running Service Type Indicates the type of service The value used for this parameter when Advanced SDT Config is not enabled is advanced Codec SD digital television service if the encoder is in SD mode or advanced Codec HD digital television service if the encoder is in HD mode The drop down list offers a few of the most common choices If you need to code something other than these choices select custom setting in the drop down list and a new parameter will become available Custom Service Type Enter the service type This field accepts both hexadecimal prefixed by 0x and decimal values The valid range is from 0 0x00 to 255 OxFF Original Network ID This field contains the Network ID code from which this program originated This field accepts both hexadecimal prefixed by 0x and decimal values Valid values are from 0 0x0000 to 65535 OxFFFF The default value for this field is OxFFO1 which is in the range of
20. stream with a unicast destination address is created the encoder immediately starts attempting to obtain a MAC address for it using standard ARP requests These requests are issued every two seconds until answered No packets will be transmitted on that IP Output until a MAC address can be obtained Note that this process will happen even if the stream is configured to be in the disabled state Once a MAC address is obtained the encoder will cache it for about 5 minutes as it is usual for IP devices Unlike other IP devices the encoder will keep on using the MAC address until a response is received to avoid stream interruptions If no response is received at that time the encoder will raise a yellow alarm This alarm can be seen in the IP Output status tab described in the section IP Outputs Status Tab on page 11 12 The current state of the encoder current streaming ARP cache is available in the Advanced View of the Active IP Outputs table described in the section Active IP Outputs Table on page 7 11 MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 IP Outputs Tab 7 13 7 14 IP Outputs Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Connections Tab In This Chapter The Connections tab allows the creation deletion and management of input output connections The following topics are discussed e Connections Configuration Tab e MPTS Configuration Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Connections Tab 8 1 Connec
21. tab provides general information on the card including firmware version uptime temperatures and other parameters It appears only on the Status area Network This tab is used to configure the IP addresses and network information for the Ethernet ports The status tabs includes some additional information such as link State Encoder 1 Encoder 2 These tabs are used to configure the two encoder channels ASI Outputs This tab is used to configure monitor the ASI ports IP Outputs This tab is used to configure monitor the IP Output ports The configuration panel provides the facilities to create manage and delete ports the status tab includes transmission status information Connections This tab is used to configure monitor connections The configuration tab provides facilities to create edit and delete connections the status tab provides a table where the status of all the connections in the unit can be inspected at a glance Admin This tab is used for general administrative functions such as firmware upgrades licensing logs and configuration management The Test Packet Generator configuration is also found under this tab Each tab is discussed in a separate chapter of this manual MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Before You Begin 2 3 2 4 Before You Begin MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Installation In This Chapter This chapter provides instructions for installing the rear modu
22. tabs Basic Advanced and Connection This chapter discusses the function and options of each tab The following topics are discussed Configuration Overview Video Input Auto Detection Multiple Audio Support Selecting an Output Resolution Using the Basic Tab Using the Advanced Configuration Tab Using the Encoder Connections Tab HTTP Live Streaming Direct HTTP Streaming Real Time Messaging Protocol MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 1 Configuration Overview The MSE 8671 can be configured with one encoder channel while the MDE 8672 includes two channels at the time the unit is ordered factory installed If an encoder channel is not installed both its configuration and status windows will be empty Network MENESdEET Encoder 2 ASI Outputs IP Outputs Encoder 1 Tab MSE 8671 Each Encoder tab is divided into the following sub tabs e Basic tab contains the more important configuration parameters which all users are likely to change e Advanced tab contains the advanced configuration parameters which do not necessarily need to be changed e Connections tab allows the creation of connections between this encoder and the ASI and IP output ports In general the encoder user interface will change as a function of the parameter selections made to remove illegal parameter combinations Selections made in any of the encoder configuration tabs do not take effect until t
23. than 4 it will be automatically adjusted to 4 If your number of rows is 10 and you set the number of columns to 20 the number of rows will be automatically reduced to 5 The number of rows and columns should be selected based on some understanding of the packet loss characteristics of the network between the encoder and the receivers If you have no statistics on packet loss the recommended setting is 20 columns and 5 rows to maximize the correction capabilities Most receivers that support SMPTE 2022 FEC provide packet loss recovery statistics After running for a while if the network is found to be clean consider reducing the matrix to 10 rows and 10 columns which will reduce the overhead Completing the Configuration Once the configuration information is filled in click on the Apply button to make it active If there are no errors the stream will be created and the configuration area disappears If any errors are detected they will be displayed at the top of the Apply button The following configuration related errors are flagged UDP Port Address conflict with Port X Y You have configured two IP Output streams with the same destination IP Address and UDP port on the same Ethernet interface Please review your settings Note that ports with FEC enabled will use either two or three UDP ports depending on the FEC settings these are checked as well Maximum number of streams exceeded on this port You will receive thi
24. the decoder Important Reducing the coding delay will reduce latency at the expense of video quality Use VBR if at all possible when reducing the latency and set the peak rate as high as you can afford For example if the encoder output is 1920x1080i a bit rate on the order of 10 to 12Mb s either CBR average or VBR peak is required to product a stream without artifacts with a Coding Delay of 100ms Notes on Resolution Settings Keep the following in mind when configuring resolution settings Ifthe Output Resolution setting in the Basic tab Video Configuration is set to one of the low resolutions 480270 320x240 or 320x180 the Profile and GOP Structure controls will not be selectable 5 16 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Ifthe Input Resolution setting in the Basic tab Video Configuration is set to 1920x1080p the Profile and GOP Structure controls will not be selectable VBI Ancillary Data Insertion The encoder can extract the following data types from the video input and insert them in the compressed video output Closed Captioning or Active Format Description AFD Closed Captioning The Closed Captioning controls are only displayed in the following situations e Inthe Video Configuration section of the Basic tab the Video Input Settings is set to Manual Selection and the Frame Field Rate is set to 59 94 NTSC e Inthe Video Configuration section of the Basic tab the Vid
25. this field for authentication and thus require specific names Backup Server If you have a backup RTMP server configure it here otherwise this field can be left empty The encoder will only attempt to contact the backup RTMP server if it cannot establish a connection with the primary server Backup Network Interface Select the network interface to be used when contacting the backup server The meaning of the choices is the same as the outlined in the section Primary Network Interface on page 5 28 Backup App Enter the application name in the backup server If this field is left blank the value entered for Primary App is used Backup Server URL This read only field is automatically updated as you configure the RTMP parameters It displays the full RTMP URL for the backup server Backup Stream Enter the stream name for the backup server If this field is left blank the value entered for Primary Stream is used Redundancy Switch Time sec This field is only displayed if a Backup Server is specified i e it will not be present if the Backup Server field is left blank It sets the timeout for encoder to switch servers after the RTMP connection is established if the server stops accepting data such as when the IP Output Rate goes to 0 zero Port Selection If your RTMP server is using the default TCP ports for the protocol variant select Use Default If your server is using a non standard port select Specific Port When S
26. treat the competition with respect We will cooperate with and help other friendly companies o o NoD We will go above and beyond in times of crisis f there s no one to authorize the required action in times of company or customer crisis do what you know in your heart is right You may rent helicopters if necessary MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Copyright Patents e Ross Part Number 8671DR 004 03 e Release Date June 5 2015 2015 Ross Video Limited Ross openGear and any related marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Ross Video Ltd All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies PATENTS ISSUED and PENDING All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Ross Video While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document Ross Video assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein Patent numbers US 7 034 886 US 7 508 455 US 7 602 446 US 7 802 802 B2 US 7 834 886 US 7 914 332 US 8 307 284 US 8 407 374 B2 US 8 499 019 B2 US 8 519 949 B2 US 8 743 292 B2 GB 2 419 119 B GB 2 447 380 B and other patents pending Important Regulatory and Safety Notices to Service Personnel Bef
27. video elementary stream bit rate expressed in bits second Note that the bit rate resolution is 1000bits second Transport Bit Rate This field is shown only if the encoder is set to CBR mode and the Bit Rate Selection control is set to Transport Bit Rate It determines the overall transport stream bit rate with a resolution of 1000 bits sec the encoder will calculate the appropriate video bit rate the yield the desired transport rate Note that not all transport rates are achievable in particular the encoder may not be able to achieve very low transport rates if the audio bit rates are high In these cases the actual transport rate output by the encoder will be higher than the configured value The actual transport rate is displayed in the Encoder status tab after the Apply button has been pressed At that point the actual encoder video bit rate can be found in the Encoder status tab under the Basic bottom tab Peak Video Bit Rate Average Video Bit Rate These two fields are shown only if the encoder is set to VBR mode and determine the desired average and acceptable peak bit rates for the video elementary stream The peak video bit rate must be between 1 5 and 2 times the average bit rate the user interface will enforce these limits automatically i e it will update either the average or peak to be consistent with the value being entered For both of these parameters the resolution is 1000bits sec Audio Parameters The Audio Par
28. would prefer to make the output selection by Destination Address and UDP Port set Stream Display to Stream Addresses To make the connections simply check the Connect box in front of the input you wish to use You can connect any source to as many outputs as you wish Conversely clearing the box disconnects that particular source destination pair Source Selection in the Output Ports When configuring an output ASI or IP connections can be immediately made as well in that output s configuration interface The user defined names for the Encoders and Test Packet Generators are displayed in the user interface to facilitate identification To make the connection just click on the corresponding box under Connect Note that if an encoder channel is not available either because it is not installed or because it has been configured for HTTP Live Streaming it will not show in the list Established Connections Table As connections are established either in the Connections tab or as part of the source or output configuration they are added to the Current Connections table Regardless of how they are added the connections can be managed using the functions in this table An example is depicted below MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Connections Tab 8 3 Connection Tab List of Established Connections The following columns are available in this table Source Port This column indicates the physical port of the conn
29. 0 Canada General Business Office Fax Technical Support After Hours Emergency E mail Technical Support E mail General Information Website Ross Video Incorporated P O Box 880 Ogdensburg New York USA 13669 0880 1 613 652 4886 1 613 652 4425 1 613 652 4886 1 613 349 0006 techsupport rossvideo com solutions rossvideo com http www rossvideo com Contents Introduction 1 QY CI VIEW siiiissci bssthiia Sisco i a ai ote laa ain a ainda Aisniiel aa e 1 2 ESE Tn E N GS AEEA E E EEEE EE PEE tat eatlegns essen sheet EEE 1 2 Supported Input Video Signals ranira i E E E E 1 3 Functional Block Diagrams seseessseessseseeseesesessesesstetsstesesttststesteessesessestsseeresessesessrerestesese 1 4 ASMP Streaming e r n a E Bia A AE NA i 1 4 OPT TD Protocols 5220 A R le E A et E EETA 1 4 Wer Interfaces ncen o E E E E R E E O E T O E neces 1 5 DashBoard Control System sssesesesessesessesessesreseesesetsteresterestestsresenessenesseseesesse 1 5 C rd dge Monitoring serene a BS a aR a iie 1 5 Documentation Terms and Conventions sse sesesseeesssesesstseesesseressesesstesseesesessrsessrereseesee 1 6 Before You Begin 2 Using DashBoard ari inre riirii e s E EAER R EE E EREE 2 2 Getting Started EOE PEE N EE EEES 2 3 Installation 3 Before Y 0W Begin a r e a a a Wee a E 3 2 Static Dischar pers ssh a a n E E E E ee 3 2 Unpacking reaa E E E E E ETE EEE wise eis E
30. 1 AUDIO 1 IN LFT ASI OUT 2 AUDIO 1 IN RT ENCODER 1 i SWITCH U Audio Video 2 SDI IN 2 AUDIO 2 IN LFT AUDIO 2 IN RT ETHERNET 1 SWITCH ETHERNET 2 TEST GENERATOR TEST GENERATOR Figure 1 1 Simplified Diagram ASI IP Streaming OTT Protocols For OTT Protocols all the configuration steps happen at the encoder there is no connection phase Figure 1 2 describes the overall architecture in OTT Protocols mode Audio Video 1 SDI IN 1 AUDIO 1 IN LFT AUDIO 1 IN RT Audio Video 2 SDI IN 2 AUDIO 2 IN LFT AUDIO 2 IN RT ENCODER A ii ETHERNET 1 OTT PROCESSOR ENCODER 2 SWITCH ii ETHERNET 2 Figure 1 2 Simplified Diagram OTT Protocols 1 4 Introduction MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 User Interfaces The following interfaces are available for control and monitoring of your encoder DashBoard Control System DashBoard enables you to monitor and control openGear frames and cards from a computer DashBoard communicates with cards in the openGear frame through the Network Controller card For More Information on e the menus in DashBoard refer to the section Status Menus on page 11 1 e installing and using DashBoard refer to the DashBoard User Manual Card edge Monitoring The card edge provides LEDs for monitoring the status of the input signals the output signals and communicatio
31. 12 2 Service Information Eject the card Press and hold the Bootload button while re inserting the card into the frame Release the button e The PWR OK LED will flash green while the card is waiting for a new software load Ifa new software load is not sent to the card within 60 seconds the card will attempt to restart with its last operational software load e Contact Ross Technical Support for the latest software load for your card MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Contacting Technical Support If you need support with your encoder you can contact Ross Video using the contact information provided on the back cover of this manual If you need to contact Technical Support be prepared to provide the following information e A detailed description of the problem and any actions taken to solve it e A detailed description of the environment around the encoder this includes the make and model of any encoder being used as well as the connection network IP or ASI between the encoder and other devices The Technical Support information file downloaded from the encoder itself The file contains the current configuration of the encoder and a copy of the Event Log which can also be obtained via the Admin Event Log tab This file does not contain any information that would allow remote access to the encoder To download the technical support information for your encoder 1 Select the Support tab 2 Click Sav
32. 8 and EIA 708 captions AFD extraction and insertion support Support for Dolby AC 3 pass through embedded in SDI inputs Multiplexing support each output can be configured to carry either encoder as a Single Program Transport Stream SPTS or both encoders as a Multi Program Transport Stream MPTS Fully compliant with openGear specifications 5 year transferable warranty MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Supported Input Video Signals Table 1 1 lists the supported input video signals Table 1 1 Supported Input Signals Composite Signals SDI Signals NTSC 720x480i 59 94 PAL B G 720x576i 50 1280x720p 50 1280x720p 59 94 1280x720p 60 1920x 1080p 23 98 1920x1080p 24 1920x1080i 50 1920x1080i 59 94 1920x1080i 60 MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Introduction 1 3 Functional Block Diagrams This section provides general workflow diagrams for the two operating modes ASI IP Streaming and OTT Protocols ASI IP Streaming For ASI IP streaming configuring the encoder includes the following steps 1 Configure the encoders 2 Configure the outputs ASI or IP 3 Make connections between inputs and outputs The connections between inputs and outputs can be made as part of the input or output configuration steps The encoder supports many to many connections Figure 1 1 describes the overall architecture of the encoder in the ASI IP Streaming mode Audio Video 1 SDI IN 1 ASI OUT
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34. FEC Mode is set to Column Only and between 4 and 20 if it is set to Row and Column Rows Number of rows in the FEC matrix This variable must be between 4 and 20 FEC Overhead This field is updated as configuration is entered and contains the overhead for the selected FEC configuration Note that not all parameter changes cause the overhead to change The FEC overhead is the sum of a Column overhead and a Row overhead which is zero if FEC Mode is Column Only The overhead is a function of the settings as follows Increasing the number of columns decreases the Row overhead if enabled and does not change the Column overhead Increasing the number of rows does not change the Row overhead and decreases the Column overhead Decreasing the number of rows and columns has the opposite effect as the previous items Constraints The following constraints apply to the FEC function e The number of rows must be between 4 and 20 The number of columns must be between 1 and 20 for Column Only mode or between 4 and 20 in Row and Column mode The size of the FEC matrix product of the number of rows and the number of columns must not exceed 100 MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 IP Outputs Tab 7 9 The user interface will not allow invalid configurations to be entered and will automatically make parameter adjustments as required For example e Ifyou select Row and Column and the number of columns is less
35. I This template configures both encoders to run from an HD SDI 10801 input connected to Video 1 Encoder 1 runs at full resolution Encoder 2 downscales the content to SD Encoders are routed to individual multi casts on both Ethernet ports and as an MPTS to both ASI Ports Clear Current Configuration Button The Clear Current Configuration button clears all the configured ports and streams as follows e All ASI Ports are set to manual configuration 20Mbps 188byte packets e All Encoders are stopped and configured with a default set of parameters e All IP Outputs are deleted e All Connections are removed The Test Packet Generators are disabled The button does not affect the following areas The settings in the Network tab are not changed The settings in the Admin General tab are not changed e Saved configurations are not modified in any way DashBoard will take a few seconds to reload longer if you are accessing over a wide area network but the actual configuration in the encoder is virtually instantaneous The Status column in the tab indicates the result of the operation 9 8 e Admin Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Test Packet Generator Tab The encoder includes two Test Packet Generators TPG that are capable of generating a configurable constant bit rate sequence of MPEG 2 Transport Packets with very strict timing The TPGs are considered a source input and are available to be connected to any outp
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37. With this setting the encoder will always use Main Profile for all resolutions Baseline Profile The encoder will always use Baseline Profile The GOP Structure control will not be selectable in Baseline Profile and will be set to IP Aspect Ratio The H 264 bit stream includes aspect ratio information in the VUI Parameters as part of the Sequence Parameter Set Normally the encoder will automatically set the correct aspect ratio code However in some situations it may be necessary to override this for example when scaling HD to SD Use this control to override the default aspect ratio set by the encoder In particular if the video input is 1920x 10801 and the content is being scaled to SD use either 16 11 PAL Widescreen or 40 33 NTSC Widescreen to get the correct aspect ratio GOP Structure Select between IBBP IBP and IP Selecting IBBP gives the best video quality but some low end decoders require IP If Profile is set to Baseline Profile this control will not be selectable and will be forced to IP Coding Delay This parameter controls the size of the H 264 Coded Picture Buffer CPB expressed in milliseconds This is one component of the end to end encoder decoder delay The encoder latency is 150ms plus the value of this control For example if the Coding Delay is set as its default value of 500ms the encoder latency will be 650ms Note that the overall encoder decoder latency is also a function of the latencies in
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39. able NULL packets An MPTS without NULL packets is technically illegal as per ISO IEC 13818 1 but some systems support it Ifyou are not sure about what kind of decoder will be receiving the stream enable NULL packets MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 IP Outputs Tab 7 5 7 6 IP Outputs Tab This control offers the following options Disabled NULL packets are disabled and will not be transmitted This will cause the stream to be somewhat VBR even if the encoder is set to CBR mode Enabled Automatic Rate This setting enables NULL packets but the bit rate is automatically set by the encoder to the minimum suitable value This is the recommended setting If you later reconfigure an encoder connected to this stream the rate will be automatically adjusted Enabled Manual Rate This setting allows you to specify the overall stream bit rate If you specify the bit rate it must be high enough to support the connected encoders i e it must be at least equal to the sum of the encoder Transport Rate found in each encoder Status tab Specifying a rate that is not high enough will cause the IP Output to drop packets Note that if this option is selected the IP Output will be transmitting continuously at the selected bit rate regardless of connections or the state of the encoders If there is no connection to the IP Output it will transmit only NULL packets if there are connections and the encoders are stopped i
40. ake this adjustment manually if it is relevant to you Current Time This field indicates the encoder view of what the current date and time is If your frame is not NTP synchronized this is useful to figure out how long ago did this event happen MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Clear Log Display Clicking this button clears all log views This is useful to quickly identify any new events after the encoder is set up Note that this action does not clear the logs stored in non volatile memory Note The encoder will store up to approximately 400kbytes of logs in non volatile memory When that limit is reached the oldest half of the stored logs will be deleted to make space for new logs MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Admin Tab 9 15 9 16 Admin Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Playing Video on a Web Page In This Chapter The following topics are discussed e Overview e Web Pages Served by the Encoder e Multicast Streaming e HTTP Live Streaming Direct HTTP Streaming e Using a Firewall MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Playing Video on a Web Page 10 1 Overview In general there are two ways of playing video on a web page e Using the HTML5 lt VIDEO gt tag for browsers that support it or Using a web browser plug in Using HTML 5 Unfortunately the HTMLS standard did not actually specify what type of audio video encoding and container was to be suppor
41. al Iss 03 IP Outputs Tab 7 1 Getting Started The IP Outputs have the following specifications Formats Supported e MPEG 2 Transport Packets over UDP IP e MPEG 2 Transport Packets over RTP UDP IP MPEG 2 Packets The number of MPEG 2 Transport Packets per UDP datagram is fixed at 7 Addressing Support unicast e multicast e broadcast Control over IP Header Fields Advanced control over the IP header fields available SMPTE 2022 FEC Support Each card supports one FEC session per Ethernet port 1 Previously known as Pro MPEG FEC COP3 7 2 IP Outputs Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Configuration Overview An IP output stream can be created configured and removed using this configuration area Before any streams are created the IP Outputs tab appears as depicted below Select Ethemet Port IP Outputs Tab No IP Output Stream Configured To create an IP Output stream first select the desired Ethernet port in the Add Stream drop down box Once that selection is made the IP Output Stream Configuration is displayed as depicted below ASI Outputs Bi Port IP Output Stream Configuration ET 225 1 1 1 Tm Slot 16 Port 1 Stream 1 es a e IP Outputs Tab IP Output Stream Options The tab has two areas IP Output Stream Configuration and Input Connection parameters IP Output Parameters These are the parameters specific to the IP Output configuration T
42. alog Select Restore Configuration 7 Follow the prompts and navigate to the file you wish to restore Pre Defined Templates The encoder offers five pre defined configuration templates as indicated below Preset Configurations Template List of Pre Defined Templates To load a template click the Load button next to it MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Admin Tab 9 7 Composite to Ethernet 1 2 and ASI This template configures both encoders to run from composite inputs Encoder from Video 1 Encoder 2 from Video 2 Encoders are routed to individual multi casts on both Ethernet ports and as an MPTS to both ASI Ports SD SDI to Ethernet 1 2 and ASI This template configures both encoders to run from SD SDI inputs Encoder from Video 1 Encoder 2 from Video 2 Encoders are routed to individual multi casts on both Ethernet ports and as an MPTS to both ASI Ports 720p to Ethernet 1 2 and ASI This template configures both encoders to run from HD SDI 720p inputs Encoder 1 from Video 1 Encoder 2 from Video 2 Encoders are routed to individual multi casts on both Ethernet ports and as an MPTS to both ASI Ports 1080i to Ethernet 1 2 and ASI This template configures both encoders to run from HD SDI 1080i inputs Encoder 1 from Video 1 Encoder 2 from Video 2 Encoders are routed to individual multi casts on both Ethernet ports and as an MPTS to both ASI Ports 1080i SD from Video 1 to Eth 1 2 AS
43. ameters area provides options for configuring the audio encoding features Sample Rate read only This field is for information purposes only The encoder only supports 48kHz audio sample rate Audio Source This parameter selects the audio source The options are Analog Audio directing the encoder will to use the analog right left audio channels connected to the selected rear I O panel and SDI Embedded Audio directing the encoder to extract embedded audio from the SDI input If the video Input Source refer to the section Using the Basic Tab on page 5 9 is set to Composite this parameter is grayed out and forced to Analog Audio It will be selectable only if the video MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 11 input source is one of the SDI variations or if Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected Please note that if the encoder is set to auto detect the video input and it detects a composite signal the audio selection will fall back to analog audio regardless of the Audio Source settings When SDI Embedded Audio is selected additional configuration options become available Group and Channels SDI embedded audio is typically divided into four groups denoted by Group to Group 4 each group has four mono channels 2 stereo pairs denoted by Channels 1 2 and 3 4 These controls allow the selection of the desired group and channel pair In the large majority of the cases the first stereo pair is in G
44. ance of either protocol requires a license By default this feature is licensed for each encoder licenses to run RTMP The HLS protocol does not require AAC LC but may mobile Note RTMP only supports AAC LC audio the encoder must have AAC LC devices that support HLS only work with AAC LC FEC SMPTE 2022 License The FEC 8671 license feature enables Forward Error Correction FEC for the encoder This is not a counted feature if FEC is enabled the corresponding number is 1 if it is disabled the corresponding number is 0 The Used Licenses field will be set to 1 if there is at least one FEC instance in use 1080p Processing License HDP 8671 HDP 8672 The HDP 8671 HDP 8672 license feature enables 1080p 59 94Hz and 1080p 50Hz processing for the MSE 8671 and MDE 8672 respectively Requesting a License Key 9 12 Admin Tab If you want to request a license key from Ross Video you will need to provide the card serial number It can be found in the Product status tab and in the License Key sub tab of the Admin tab as well Once you receive the key from Ross Video enter it in the License Key field and click the Apply License Key button If the key is accepted the message License Key Installed OK is displayed If there are any problems an error message in the same location The following are the possible error messages Invalid key missing characters the key you entered is too short Double check that you
45. aneously upgrade all of your encoder cards over multiple frames if you wish For More Information on e installing and using DashBoard refer to the DashBoard User Manual Note that uploading firmware to the encoder does not affect its operation in any way and does not introduce any glitches in the inputs outputs except when running RTMP at high bit rate If you are running RTMP at high bit rate uploading firmware to the encoder may cause momentary stream interruptions ASI Outputs IP Outputs Connections ZIED Admin Firmware Tab Factory Image Image 1 and Image 2 These contain version and release date information for the corresponding firmware images If no image is present this field will indicate No Image Upload Location This field contains the location where the image upload will go The encoder automatically chooses a location that will not overwrite the currently running image MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Boot Location This field indicates which image will be used in the next boot If an image is successfully uploaded through DashBoard this automatically changes to point to that image It can also be manually changed Auto Reboot After Update This field controls whether or not the encoder will automatically reboot after a successful firmware upload through DashBoard By default the encoder will not reboot after an update You can upload the firmware at any time and reboot later during a ma
46. ate and it Ethernet has achieved 100Mbps Half Duplex link Configuration with the network connection Half Duplex links are not suitable for video communication The port will operate but we recommend that this be addressed Port Link If Alarm on Link Loss is set to Yes the Card State status is yellow if there are no higher priority alarms present Half Duplex Link Yellow The port does not currently have link If Alarm on Link Loss is set to Yes the Card State will be red and the Status LED No Link Red in the front of the board will also be red If Alarm on Link Loss is set to No this indicator will still be red but the alarm will not propagate MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Status Menus 11 3 Table 11 2 Interfaces Status Tab Items Tab Title Parameters Description OK Green The port is operating correctly In the current configuration the IP outputs are attempting to transmit more than the port capacity i e the overall output data for this port exceeds the interface speed of 100Mbps or 1 Gbps Port Status The Card State will be red and the Status LED in the front of the board will also be Ethernet red In this case reduce the output bit rate TX Overflow Red Configuration either by reducing the encoder bit rates or by removing output ports If this indicator is red data is being dropped Reports the actual speed negotiated with Link Speed Mb s the
47. ate field disappears The ASI output will exactly match the rate of the connected bit streams However if the connected ports have no data or if there is no connection to the ASI port there will be no output and any connected downstream ASI device will indicate loss of sync The ASI status tab will indicate this state as well as the rear I O panel indicator LED Note that an alarm will only be raised if there is at least one connection to the ASI output Bit Rate This field is only available if the ASI Rate mode is set to Manual Enter the desired ASI output bit rate here in bits second The minimum value is 64 000 and the maximum value is 213 000 000 Apply Once the port is configured click the Apply button and the configuration takes effect MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 ASI Outputs Tab 6 3 6 4 ASI Outputs Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 IP Outputs Tab In This Chapter IP Outputs receive data from connected encoders or the test packet generators format this data for transmission over UDP IP and send it with very precise timing over the Ethernet ports Each card supports up to 4 transport stream outputs per Ethernet port The following topics are discussed e Getting Started e Configuration Overview IP Output Parameters Basic View IP Output Parameters Advanced View e SMPTE 2022 FEC Support e Active IP Outputs Table e Managing Unicast MAC Addresses MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manu
48. audio Error Red Embedded audio errors are being detected If this indicator is red audio is corrupted or has glitches The possible causes for this are e Corrupted embedded audio in the input checksum errors e Audio sampling rate mismatch e The channel is configured for Dolby Pass through and the data present in the selected Group Channel is not Dolby AC 3 SDI Standard Unlocked SD SDI HD SDI Reports the detected SDI signal This is useful to resolve SDI signal mismatch issues for example when the input signal is SD SDI and the encoder is configured for HD Closed Captions Present This field reports Closed Caption insertion If Closed Captions are enabled the encoder reports whether or not it is receiving them Note that it is possible for the encoder to be receiving closed caption data that is empty without actual captions These will be reported as Present Not Present The possible reasons are e If the caption source is EIA 608 Line 21 it means that the encoder cannot find a valid closed caption waveform on that line e If the caption source is SMPTE 334 VANC it means that the encoder is either not receiving closed caption messages or it is receiving EIA 708 messages without a caption field Encoder Passthrough 11 6 Status Menus Dolby AC 3 kb s The data in the selected group pair has been correctly identified as Dolby AC 3
49. ave Admin Tab The following tabs are displayed e General Manages a number of general card parameters provides an SNMP MIB download e Firmware Manages firmware images e Config Files The encoder has the ability to store multiple configurations and it has a number of pre set configurations as well These are managed in this tab Test Packet Generator Manages the Test Packet Generators e License Keys Contains the current licensing state of the encoder and allows for new license keys to be entered e Event Log The encoder contains a non volatile event log It can be inspected and downloaded from this tab The Admin status tabs are simplified read only versions of the corresponding Admin Configuration tabs They will not be explicitly described here 9 2 Admin Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 General Tab The General sub tab includes the following parameters ASI Outputs BEE CARD MIBS ZIP Save Admin General Tab Card Name This field defaults to MSE 8671 or MDE 8672 but can be set to any descriptive name The name provided here will also appear in the DashBoard Tree View SNMP Traps This allows SNMP traps to be enabled or disabled Note that this setting does not take effect immediately it will become active the next time the card is rebooted MIB File Download The encoder provides an up to date copy of its MIBs If you click the Save button a zip fi
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51. d Ross Video Limited factory representative Therefore any unauthorized attempt to repair this product by anyone other than an authorized Ross Video Limited factory representative will automatically void the warranty Please contact Ross Video Technical Support for more information In Case of Problems Should any problem arise with your encoder please contact the Ross Video Technical Support Department Contact information is supplied at the end of this publication A Return Material Authorization number RMA will be issued to you as well as specific shipping instructions should you wish our factory to repair your encoder If required a temporary replacement frame will be made available at a nominal charge Any shipping costs incurred will be the responsibility of you the customer All products shipped to you from Ross Video Limited will be shipped collect The Ross Video Technical Support Department will continue to provide advice on any product manufactured by Ross Video Limited beyond the warranty period without charge for the life of the equipment 12 4 Service Information MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Notes Contact Us Contact our friendly and professional support representatives for the following Name and address of your local dealer e Product information and pricing e Technical support e Upcoming trade show information Telephone odi After Hours Emergency JEPS Email Telephone G
52. ditional Audio Support If the encoder is in a configuration where additional audio channels can be offered a check box to enable them will be presented in the GUI If the box is checked additional fields will become available for configuring the additional audio channel These fields are the same as with the first audio channel Note that depending on the configuration the Audio Source selection may be grayed out After the first additional audio is enabled the encoder may offer a second additional audio channel as depicted below Audio Channel 1 ce Analog Audio 1 SDI Embedded Audio gt E Channels 1 2 P MPEG 1 Layer II Audio Bit Rate kb s Audio Channel 2 MPEG Analog Audio 2 Qs o peng e Audio Bit Rate kb s Audio Parameters Additional Audio Channel The second additional audio option will be offered in the following conditions Jna single channel encoder if the input signal type is SDI Ina dual channel encoder if the first additional audio is not being used by the other encoder channel Ina dual channel encoder if secondary audio is enabled Additional audio channels are only available if the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections tab is set to ASI IP Streaming MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 13 Secondary Audio Support A dual channel encoder can be configured to offer secondary audio support i e a second audio PID in the same program If this fu
53. down list are a function of the Video Input Settings the Input Resolution and the Frame Field Rate Note that some resolutions require additional licensing for the encoder Refer to the section Selecting an Output Resolution on page 5 7 for details 1 This will be displayed as 720x5761 if the Field Frame Rate is set to PAL 5 10 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Video Rate Mode Controls whether the video elementary stream is CBR or VBR The video bit rate setting varies according to this selection Bit Rate Selection This field is shown only if the encoder is set to CBR mode and allows the user to specify either the video bit rate or the transport bit rate The transport bit rate includes audio video tables NULL packets and various overheads In some situations such as for example RF links of fixed capacity it is more convenient to specify the transport rate i e the final bit rate in the wire and let the encoder compute the corresponding video bit rate to yield the desired transport rate In other situations such as IPTV deployments it is more convenient to simply specify the video bit rate and let the encoder compute the final transport rate Note that this control is not available in the OTT protocol modes Transport Bit Rate Video Bit Rate This field is displayed only if the encoder is set to CBR mode and the Bit Rate Selection control is set to Video Bit Rate It determines the
54. e Input Resolution Input Source and Field Frame Rate controls for the encoder to run If the input signal does not match the settings the encoder will not run e Auto Detected The encoder will auto detect the input signal and automatically configure for it if it is a supported signal The Input Resolution Input Source and Field Frame Rate controls are not displayed Input Resolution Select the resolution of the input video signal The following options are available SD 720x480i HD 1280x720p and HD 1920x10801 Input Source Select the input source type This control is available only if the Input Resolution is set to SD In this case the options will be Composite or SD SDI If the Input Resolution is set to any of the HD values this control will not be selectable and will show the appropriate type of input HD SDI for 1280x720p and 1920x10801 Field Frame Rate Select to match your source For all input resolutions the supported options always include 59 94 for NTSC based systems and 50 for PAL based systems Some resolutions have support for additional frame rates as follows e Ifyou select the 1920x1080i or 1280x720p resolutions this field will also include an option for a field rate of 60 used by same cameras e Ifyou select the 1920x1080p resolution this field will also include an option for a frame rate of 23 98 Film Output Resolution Select the desired output resolution The values in this drop
55. e audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding Copyright Controls the state of the Copyright flag in the audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 19 e Emphasis Controls the state of the Emphasis flags in the audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding The available values are None 50 15 us and ITU T J 17 Additional Audio Channels When Secondary Audio is set to Enabled or Additional Audio Channels are enabled the following changes take place e Additional sets of controls are displayed in the Encoder Advanced tab corresponding to each of the enabled audio channels Each set operates independently as described in the previous section e If Secondary Audio is set to Enabled no Advanced Audio controls are displayed in the Advanced tab for Encoder 2 Multiplexer Parameters These parameters control the details of the audio video multiplexing and the P SI tables If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections tab is set to RTMP these parameters will not be shown as RTMP does not use the Transport Stream container The following MUX Parameters are always available if the Output Protocol is not set to RTMP Mux Parameters Ea 0x20 easan 0x101 MO 0x100 AC OX110 Audio2 PID 0x111 Program Number Encoder 1 Advanced Tab MUX Parameters
56. e sent over UDP IP without any additional headers Note that RTP requires the use of even UDP port numbers when this box is checked the user interface will enforce this restriction The card will not generate RTCP packets If the RTP box is checked an additional control to enable SMPTE 2022 FEC may be displayed if a FEC session is available for configuration The card only supports one FEC session per Ethernet port once FEC is enabled on a given stream this option will not be offered for the other streams in the same port SMPTE 2022 FEC Each card supports SMPTE 2022 FEC in one stream per Ethernet interface If no streams are currently configured for SMPTE 2022 FEC the SMPTE 2022 FEC check box is displayed If it is not displayed the another stream is already using the feature Select this box to enable transmission of SMPTE 2022 FEC packets for this stream Note that SMPTE 2022 requires the use of RTP checking this box will cause the RTP box to be checked as well Refer to the section SMPTE 2022 FEC Support on page 7 9 for details on configuring support for FEC NULL Padding This setting controls whether or not NULL packets are transmitted making the stream completely CBR IP networks are inherently VBR and do not require NULL packets which carry no information However the decoders may need them The following is a good set of rules for deciding whether or not to send NULL packets e Ifall your decoders are consumer IP se
57. e to save a file called TECHSUPPORT TXT to the computer running the DashBoard client 3 E mail this file to Ross Technical Support MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Service Information 12 3 Warranty and Repair Policy The encoder is warranted to be free of any defect with respect to performance quality reliability and workmanship for a period of FIVE 5 years from the date of shipment from our factory In the event that your encoder proves to be defective in any way during this warranty period Ross Video Limited reserves the right to repair or replace this piece of equipment with a unit of equal or superior performance characteristics Should you find that this encoder has failed after your warranty period has expired we will repair your defective product should suitable replacement components be available You the owner will bear any labor and or part costs incurred in the repair or refurbishment of said equipment beyond the FIVE 5 year warranty period In no event shall Ross Video Limited be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages including loss of profits incurred by the use of this product Implied warranties are expressly limited to the duration of this warranty This User Manual provides all pertinent information for the safe installation and operation of your openGear Product Ross Video policy dictates that all repairs to the encoder are to be conducted only by an authorize
58. eam Name The configured stream name Edit Stream If you click the Edit button you can modify all the parameters for this output The configuration area will re open with the current output settings MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 IP Outputs Tab 7 11 Delete Stream If you click the Delete button the stream is deleted and removed from the table Advanced View When View is set to Advanced additional fields appear in the table The Advanced view includes all items in the Basic view plus the following Line Rate This column replaces the TS Rate column in the Advanced view It indicates the actual Ethernet line rate for the stream including the MAC IP UDP RTP and FEC overheads Null Padding The configured value of this parameter shown as No Auto or Manual TOS This parameter allows the configuration of the Type Of Service TOS byte in the IP header also known as the Differentiated Services DS field Valid values are between 0 and 255 Configuring this is only useful if the downstream router is configured to honor the field TTL This parameter allows the configuration of the Time To Live TTL byte in the IP header Valid values are between 0 and 255 If not explicitly configured it defaults to 128 This field controls how many hops the packet can traverse before it is dropped by a router The default value of 128 is suitable for virtually all applications DF This parameter allows the conf
59. eb Page on page 10 1 MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 27 Real Time Messaging Protocol The encoder can operate as an Real Time Messaging Protocol RTMP client and publish a real time live bit stream to an RTMP server RTMP clients such as the Adobe Flash Player can connect to the server and play the live stream The encoder can generally connect to the same servers as the Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder FMLE An RTMP server publishing point is defined by the following e An RTMP URL of the form rtmp t e s servername app e A stream name The first part of the URL defines the protocol as follows e rtmp standard RTMP with no security e rtmpt RTMP tunneled over HTTP e rtmpe encrypted RTMP using proprietary security e rtmps encrypted RTMP over SSL e rtmpte encrypted RTMP using proprietary security tunneled over HTTP e rtmpts encrypted RTMP over SSL tunneled over HTTP The server name field is the host name or IP address of the RTMP server to be contacted The app field is the application in the server that should receive the data being transmitted Note that depending on the service the app field may contain a complete path or even a set of parameters The RTMP configurable parameters are outlined below RTMP Protocol Select the protocol variant as discussed above Primary Server Enter the host name or IP address of the primary or single RTMP server to be
60. ection The possible values are Encoder 1 Encoder 2 TPG 1 and TPG 2 Source Name This column contains the user defined name for the source Output Port This column indicates the physical output port for the connection The possible values are Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 ASI 1 and ASI 2 Output Name If the Stream Display control at the top of the table is set to Stream Names this column will have the user defined name for the output If it is set to Stream Addresses it will have the destination IP address and UDP port for IP Outputs and the values ASI Output 1 and ASI Output 2 for the ASI ports Delete If you click the Delete button the corresponding connection will be deleted 8 4 Connections Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 MPTS Configuration Tab If two encoder channels are installed in the encoder the MPTS Configuration tab is available This tab contains information specific to multiplexing the two encoders into one Multi Program Transport Stream MPTS Connections Tab MPTS Tab As indicated above the MPTS Configuration tab is divided into two distinct areas e MPTS Parameters allows the setting of two MPTS specific parameters MPTS PID Program Allocation reports on the actual PIDs and Program numbers used in the MPTS MPTS Configuration Parameters Whenever possible the MPTS uses the same parameters as configured in the individual encoders However there are two parameters that
61. ectrical or electronic device or assembly is susceptible to damage from an ESD event gt Pe B Important Safety Instructions Caution This product is intended to be a component product of the DFR 8321 series and OG3 FR series frame Refer to the DFR 8300 Series or OG3 FR Series Frame User Manuals for important safety instructions regarding the proper installation and safe operation of the frame as well as its component products Warning Certain parts of this equipment namely the power supply area still present a safety hazard with the power switch in the OFF position To avoid electrical shock disconnect all A C power cords from the chassis rear appliance connectors before servicing this area Warning Service barriers within this product are intended to protect the operator and service personnel from hazardous voltages For continued safety replace all barriers after any servicing This product contains safety critical parts which if incorrectly replaced may present a risk of fire or electrical shock Components contained with the product s power supplies and power supply area are not intended to be customer serviced and should be returned to the factory for repair To reduce the risk of fire replacement fuses must be the same time and rating Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer EMC Notices United States of America FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to com
62. eed link will not be established and the port will not recognize the connection e Ifyou select 100Mb s Full Duplex or 1Gb s Full Duplex and the corresponding streaming Ethernet interface is connected to a switch hub or network feed that does not support the selected speed link will not be established and the port will not recognize the connection Ifthe interface speed is set to Auto Negotiate the streaming Ethernet port will allow link to be established in 100Mb s Half Duplex mode However this will be flagged as a warning in the Network status tab and in the Admin Event Log tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Network Tab 4 3 DNS Tab The DNS tab is used to optionally configure DNS servers ASI Outputs IP Outputs Network Tab DNS Tab The DNS tab allows manual configuration of up to two DNS servers They do not need to be in the same subnetwork as the streaming ports as long as at least one default gateway is configured DNS is only used in conjunction with the RTMP output functionality If you are not using RTMP there is no need to configure DNS servers DNS server configuration takes effect immediately as soon as the information is entered For More Information on e the network status tabs refer to the section Network Status Tabs on page 11 3 4 4 Network Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup In This Chapter Each Encoder tab is divided into the following sub
63. eed at the capacity limits if you need to scale please use a remote server Ifyou are streaming to Apple devices such as an iPhone iPad or iPod you must also select the following Audio Encoding Select AAC LC Output Resolution If you are streaming to older Apple devices select one of the resolutions ending in 15p e g 320x240 15p If your input is PAL these resolutions will be shown ending in 12 5p Newer devices may be able to support higher resolutions 5 26 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Direct HTTP Streaming Direct HTTP Streaming is an output mode whereby clients open a standard HTTP connection to the encoder and issue a standard HTTP GET request The encoder will send the appropriate HTTP response followed by the encoder bit stream the bit stream will be transmitted for as long as the client maintains the connection Since HTTP runs on top of the TCP protocol it is possible for the encoder to deliver content over the Internet using this mode However it has the following limitations The encoder has to send one independent copy of the bit stream to each client There is a limit of 5 clients or 20Mbps per Ethernet port in this mode The TCP protocol is capable of flow control if the client is not fast enough or if the network between the encoder and the client is not fast enough the protocol will attempt to throttle the encoder which is not possible The encod
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65. eo Input Settings is set to Auto Detected The appearance of this control is also a function of the Video Input Settings Input Resolution and Input Source parameters The Closed Captioning controls are as follows e Enable CC Select this box to enable Closed Captioning insertion Closed Captions are inserted in the video elementary stream as per ATSC A 72 Both CEA 608 and CEA 708 captions are supported e CC Source This controls where the encoder extracts closed captions from This field may or may not be editable depending on the video input settings input resolution and input source The options are CEA 608 Line 21 This option can only be used for SD inputs The encoder will extract all the CEA 608 information from both fields of Line 21 if present gt SMPTE 334 VANC This option can only be used for SDI inputs The encoder will expect closed captioning information in the VANC Both CEA 608 and CEA 708 modes are supported and automatically detected Note f the Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected the encoder will comply with the CC Source if possible but may fall back to another setting depending on the input signal For example if CC Source is set to CEA 608 Line 21 and the encoder detects an HD signal it will fall back to SMPTE 334 VANC Conversely if it is set to SMPTE 334 VANC and it detects a composite signal it will fall back to CEA 608 Line 21 if that composite signal is NTSC or
66. er will buffer a small amount of bit stream in this case but if the overall performance of the client network link combination is insufficient to support the configured encoder data rate the encoder will drop transport packets Direct HTTP Streaming has one parameter Listening Port Listening Port Use this to select the TCP port to be used by the encoder to listen to HTTP connections Note that the encoder will not accept the values 22 23 80 1935 and 5253 for this parameter as these ports may be internally used by the encoder The listening ports for Encoders 1 and 2 can be set independently and can be set to the same value if desired The URL for accessing the bit stream will be http encoder ip port encoderl access to encoderl1 or http encoder ip port encoder2 access to encoder2 Where encoder_ip is the IP address of either one of the encoder Ethernet ports configured in the Network tab and port is the Listening Port configured above For example if one of the IP addresses of the encoder is set to 10 10 9 80 and the Listening Port is set to 8000 as shown above the URL for Encoder 1 will be http 10 10 9 80 8000 encoderl Please note that none of the common web browsers Windows Explorer Mozilla Firefox etc are capable of directly playing this URL what these browsers will do is download the bit stream to a file If you wish to see video playback on a web page refer to the chapter Playing Video on a W
67. erage bit rate to IP Output Rate all connected clients so it can be higher than the transport rate Reports the number of clients currently Connections connected to this encoder Reports the number of transport packets dropped over the current connections Dropped Packets Pp Once a connection terminates the dropped packet count for that connection is reset 11 8 Status Menus MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 RTMP Status If RTMP is selected in the Encoder Connections tab five indicators are added to the status tab Table 11 6 RTMP Status Items Tab Title Parameters IP Output Rate Description Reports the average bit rate transferred to the server It will be lower than the transport rate due to the lower container overhead used by RTMP It is possible for the IP Output Rate to be less than the intrinsic bit rate of the encoder for short periods of time depending on server and network conditions The encoder will buffer the bitstream and attempt to catch up in these cases If it cannot audio video bitstream data may be dropped Connected Green The encoder has established a connection with the RTMP server and is transferring data Waiting for Encoder Yellow Encoder RTMP Status The encoder is not attempting to connect to the RTMP server The reasons are e The encoding core is not running i e the encoder is not generating bit stream This can be because t
68. es and the streaming will still work as long as the firewall is configured not to remap the Direct HTTP Streaming Listening Port refer to the section Direct HTTP Streaming on page 10 6 For example if the Listening Port is configured to be 8000 the firewall must be configured to remap external port 8000 to internal port 8000 The reason for this requirement is that the plug in needs to know the listening port and that value is passed to it by the automatically generated pages from the encoder MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Playing Video on a Web Page 10 7 10 8 Playing Video on a Web Page MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Status Menus In This Chapter This chapters summarizes the read only information displayed in the Status tabs The fields in the Status tabs can vary in severity from green valid yellow caution to red alarm DashBoard reports the most severe alarm for a single field Alarm colors are noted within the tables as text set in brackets next to the menu parameter name The following topics are discussed Product Tab Network Status Tabs Encoder Status Tabs ASI Outputs Status Tab IP Outputs Status Tab Connections Status Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Status Menus 11 1 Product Tab The Product tab contains basic information about the encoder Table 11 1 Product Tab Items Tab Title Item Parameters Description Build Date Date the firmware image was b
69. evice itself Transfer Protocol This configures the protocol to be used between the encoder and the web server for uploading the files The two options are FTP and SFTP Secure FTP FTP exchanges data and password in the clear while SFTP encrypts both flows Server Address Enter the IP address of the web server here It needs to be reachable from either one of the encoder s Ethernet ports Username Enter the username to be used when uploading the files to the server Password Enter the password corresponding to the user name to be used when uploading the files Server Path Enter the absolute server path for the directory where the files should be placed It is recommended that a separate directory be created for each encoder Base File Name Enter the base file name for the files created in the server The encoder will create the following files 1 A license is required for this feature Contact Ross Video Technical Support for details 5 24 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 e basename m3u8 This is the top play list file For the example above where the base file name is Live the play list file will be Live m3u8 This file will contain a single bit rate profile It is created when the encoder starts and not changed during operation For backward compatibility with previous versions a top play list with an m3u extension and identical contents will also be created e basename_p
70. evious status 3 6 Installation MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Card Overview This section describes the buttons located on the card surface There are no other card edge controls as all configuration and setup is done using the menus in DashBoard EEEE Figure 3 3 Card edge Controls 1 Default Button This switch is used to recover the board in the unlikely case of a corrupted or broken firmware update In most cases the encoder will detect the error and automatically fall back into the factory default firmware load If it does not pull the card out press and hold this switch and push the card back into the frame while still holding the switch You can release the switch once the Status LED turns orange This action causes the card to revert to the factory default firmware Do not use this button unless advised by Ross Technical Support 2 Reset Button Pressing this push button switch causes the card to reset MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Installation 3 7 Rear Module Monitoring Features The following sections describe the rear module LEDs Refer to Figure 3 5 for LED locations SDI IN 1 LED SDI IN 2 LED ASI OUT 1 LED ASI OUT 2 LED ETHERNET 1 COM LED ETHERNET 1 LINK LED ETHERNET 2 LINK LED ETHERNET 2 COM LED BHOOO HOOD Figure 3 4 LED Locations Status LEDs Basic LED displays and descriptions are provided in Table 3 2 Table 3 1 Status LEDs Display and Descri
71. gh support Valid inputs second analog unbalanced audio SDI embedded SDI signals only Third stereo pair only available for SDI inputs gt MPEG 1 Layer II support only Valid input SDI embedded e Fourth stereo pair only available for SDI inputs gt MPEG 1 Layer II support only Valid input SDI embedded 5 6 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Selecting an Output Resolution You can set the Video Input Settings to either Manual Selection or Auto Detected This section outlines both options Manual Selection If Video Input Settings is set to Manual Selection the following resolutions are displayed in the Output Resolution menu Same as the input no scaling 3 4 scaling from the input Low resolutions 480x270 320x240 and 320x180 progressive at half and quarter frame rates HD inputs can be scaled and re interlaced if necessary to SD resolution anamorphic 720p inputs can be reduced to half frame rate typically for Internet applications as follows gt 1280x720p50 is converted to 1280x720p25 gt 1280x720p59 94 is converted to 1280x720p29 97 gt 1280x720p60 is converted to 1280x720p30 10801 720p and SD inputs can be converted to SD resolution with progressive frame rates ideal for computer displays as follows gt 1080i59 94 720p59 94 and 480159 94 are converted to 720x480p29 97 gt 1080160 and 720p60 are converted to 720x480p30 gt 1080150 and 720p50 are co
72. gured to output the same resolution as the input will stop if the input signal switches to HD e Ifthe encoder is configured with auto detection and SDI embedded audio it will fall back to analog audio if it detects a composite video signal If your input can switch between SDI and composite either use analog audio for all signals or make sure that the corresponding analog audio signal is present at the encoder unbalanced audio inputs when the video is a composite signal 5 4 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Multiple Audio Support The encoder can be licensed to offer up to two additional MPEG 1 Layer II audio channels regardless of the number of installed encoders These additional audio channels can be associated with the first or second encoder Moreover a dual channel encoder can be configured as a single channel encoder with combined audio The following combinations are supported MSE 8671 Encoders Support for 1 2 or 3 audio stereo pairs as follows e First stereo pair gt MPEG 1 Layer II AAC LC or Dolby Pass through support Valid inputs analog unbalanced audio SDI embedded SDI signals only e Second stereo pair gt MPEG 1 Layer II support only Valid inputs second analog unbalanced audio SDI embedded SDI signals only Third stereo pair only available for SDI inputs gt MPEG 1 Layer II support only Valid input SDI embedded MDE 8672 Encoders Support for 1 or 2 audio ste
73. he Apply button is pressed If you wish to discard the changes made to the user interface press the Cancel button The Apply Cancel buttons are present in all the tabs and will be grayed out until changes are made At any given point in time the currently running encoder configuration can be inspected in the Encoder status tab described the section Encoder Status Tabs on page 11 5 Using the Apply Cancel Buttons The Apply Cancel buttons are available at the bottom of the Basic Advanced and Connection tabs These are not separate buttons they are multiple instances of the same buttons repeated on each tab for convenience Thus changes made on the Basic tab can be applied or canceled on the Connection tab This allows all tabs to be updated to a new configuration then send all three tabs of changes with one button press If no changes have been made to the settings the Apply Cancel buttons are grayed out once any changes are made they become available Changes do not take effect until the Apply button is pressed If you make changes but decide not to apply them click on the Cancel button and the user interface reverts to where it was before Once you click on the Apply button the changes are implemented 5 2 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 In general most changes will cause the encoder channel to stop and start again causing a brief 2 second interruption to the stream Changes to the following paramete
74. he encoder can also be set to auto configure its input based on the detected signal e Audio Parameters parameters related to audio encoding The Basic sub tab parameters change or appear disappear in the GUI based on the device s configuration and the parameter choices made Encoder Configuration This area of the Basic tab provides generic configuration options Name All encoder encoders and outputs can be assigned a user defined name This name is used to identify the encoder later when making connections Use any descriptive name suitable for your application or accept the default Encoder State Allows you to start stop an encoder This control needs to be set to Running for normal operation MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 9 Input Connection Selects which of the two rear module inputs is to be connected to this encoder The encoder can run both encoders from the same input The default is to run Encoder 1 from Video Audio 1 and Encoder 2 from Video Audio 2 but all combinations are allowed The options presented in the Video Parameters area section may change if this selection changes e g if you switch the encoder from a Composite input to an SDI input Video Parameters The Video Parameters area provides options for setting up the video encoder features Video Input Settings Choose one of the following e Manual Selection The input signal must be correctly selected using th
75. he encoder is explicitly stopped Encoder State set to Stopped in Basic Tab General Configuration or it has no valid input The RTMP output is configured not to connect to the server Connect set to No in the RTMP configuration section Not Connected Red The encoder is running but it is unable to connect to the RTMP server because e the encoder cannot contact the server or e the RTMP parameters are incorrect e the server was specified as a host name and the encoder cannot convert that to an IP address e g no DNS or the server name is misspelled Check the Admin Event Log tab settings Server Connection MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Indicates which server Primary or Backup the encoder is currently connected or attempting to connect RTMP can be optionally configured with a primary and a backup server If the primary server cannot be contacted the encoder will attempt to connect to the backup server Status Menus 11 9 Table 11 6 RTMP Status Items Tab Title Parameters Description Video Buffer These buffers are used to temporarily store the bit stream if there is no enough network and or server bandwidth However if this situation persists the Audio Buffer buffers start to fill up These indicators report the current state of the buffers If they overflow data is dropped Ideally these buffers should be almost 0 If the buffers overflow data is drop
76. he set of parameters available for configuration depends on the View selection When View is set to Basic the suitable default values are entered for the advanced parameters MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 IP Outputs Tab 7 3 Input Selection Connection Parameters These allow a connection to be made to the output stream The Connection Parameters are common to all outputs and will be described in the chapter Connections Tab on page 8 1 7 4 IP Outputs Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 IP Output Parameters Basic View When View is set to Basic the Active IP Output parameters are available in addition to the IP Output Stream Configuration and Input Connection settings Active IP Outputs The Active IP Outputs area of the tab is located near the top of the tab Enabled This allows the output stream to be enabled or disabled If it is disabled no packet transmission takes place This feature is provided for testing purposes i e temporarily disable an output for fault finding Most users will leave the stream enabled UDP Port Selects the UDP port to transmit to Valid values are between 1 and 65535 Note that in traditional IP networks UDP ports between 1 and 1023 are reserved for administrative uses Ross Video recommends the use of UDP ports 1024 and higher The encoder however will accept any legal value Note that if the port is configured for RTP refer to the section IP Output Para
77. ideoLAN plug in versions 2 0 1 to 2 0 5 and the following web browsers e Windows Internet Explorer versions 9 0 2 9 0 13 e Mozilla Firefox versions 7 0 19 0 e Google Chrome versions 14 0 835 186 24 0 1312 57 e Apple Safari 5 1 5 1 7 Other browsers and operating systems may work as long as the VideoLAN plug in is installed 1 A number of browsers support the MP4 container format but this container does not support real time encoded video 10 2 Playing Video on a Web Page MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Web Pages Served by the Encoder The encoder automatically generates web pages that will display the video being encoded depending on the output mode of the encoder channels refer to the Encoder Connections Tab section The pages will be available for the following output protocols e ASI IP Streaming as long as IP Outputs with multicast destination IP addresses have been defined Direct HTTP Streaming e HTTP Live Streaming when configured to use the local server The web pages generated by the encoder assume that the VideoLAN plug in has been installed to provide playback services Getting Started To get started point a web browser to the IP address of the desired encoder Ethernet port http encoder_ ip The encoder will respond with a web page with the appropriate links to access the streams depending on the current configuration Note that the pages served by each Ethernet po
78. igrade at the Internal Temp back of the card Temperature in degrees centigrade of the a MDP Core Temp core processing element a The openGear frame is designed to operate in environments with up to 40 C ambient There is typically a 5 C temperature raise from the external ambient to the Ambient Temperature measured by the encoder If that measurement is at 45 C or higher action must be taken to cool down the ambient temperature 11 2 Status Menus MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Network Status Tabs The Network status tab is subdivided into the same tabs as the Network tab namely Interfaces and DNS Interfaces Tab The Interfaces tab reports the current IP configuration of each Ethernet port as well as their link state and running status Table 11 2 summarizes the read only information displayed in the Interfaces status tab Table 11 2 Interfaces Status Tab Items Tab Title Parameters Description Reports the current setting of this parameter on the Network tab IP Address HHHH HHHH Reports the current IP address for the port Alarm on Link Loss Reports the current subnet mask for the Subnet Mask HHH HEHEHEHEH port Reports the current default gateway for Default Gateway the port Reports the current setting for this praon aped parameter on the Network tab The port has established link with the Link OR Greeti network connection The port is set to Auto Negoti
79. iguration of the Do not Fragment DF bit in the IP header The encoder will never produce fragmented packets and with the UDP payload set to 7 transport packets the IP packets are guaranteed to fit inside the Ethernet MTU This control is provided for compatibility with legacy switches routers Some legacy equipment may exhibit performance problems if this bit is not set This is not an issue with current network equipment Destination MAC The destination MAC address for this IP Output For multicast destination addresses this is derived from the destination IP address using the rules from RFC 1112 For unicast destination addresses this is obtained using the ARP protocol If this entry is the word Unknown the encoder has failed to obtain a destination MAC address The IP Output is not streaming A more detailed description of the unicast MAC address algorithms used in the encoder is presented in the section Managing Unicast MAC Addresses on page 7 13 7 12 IP Outputs Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Managing Unicast MAC Addresses When the encoder is configured with a unicast destination address it needs to obtain a corresponding MAC address corresponding to either the final destination if it is in the same subnet or to the default gateway These MAC addresses are obtained using the ARP protocol The encoder uses a custom MAC address management algorithm designed specifically for MPEG operation When an IP Output
80. ination IP address in the range of 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 the encoder will generate a web page for that output in the relevant Ethernet port Note that the video will only actually play if the network between the client and the encoder supports multicast This will typically be the case if the encoder and the client are in the same subnetwork but may not work across routers unless they have multicast support enabled and will definitely not work across the Internet Figure 10 2 illustrates the relevant pages Both UDP and RTP are supported os Wid Dr BCX od see tar Grete jue gt a foo ipren joa py EE we CoO E rer 1209 P BCX G wemrnsnsen xU ROSS Ele Ede Yem Faveetes Yooh Help MDE 8642 Slot 4 Encoder 1 Eth1 R OSs Multicast Streaming MDE 8672 Slot 4 Encoder 1 Ethi Multicast Streaming Select Multxast Flow Molscast 255111 Pon 103 Preecel UDP i n em eee gt o Mulscam 225 1 1 3 Poet 1026 Preaocol RTP Metneaet 555 011 Poet 1024 Protect COP Netw Toe MOTI vwaama only the irvi program may be played Figure 10 2 Example Web Pages If you configure an MPTS stream i e both encoders routed to the same IP Output the page will be available for both encoders but the plug in will only play the first channel Encoder 1 Also the plug in will only play the first audio PID even if secondary audio is configured 10 4 Playing Video on a Web Page MSE 8671 MDE 8672 U
81. intenance window MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Admin Tab 9 5 Config Files Tab As you make configuration changes to the encoder they are automatically persisted in non volatile storage If the card is rebooted or power cycled it will come back in the same configuration In addition to automatic configuration persistence the encoder also offers the ability to save up to five complete configurations load them and even export them This can be used to quickly configure it for different scenarios or for saving configuration checkpoints as a complex configuration is built Since configurations can be exported they can be archived outside the card as well Finally the encoder also offers five pre saved configuration templates for some common scenarios The layout of the Admin Config Files tab is shown below ASI Outputs IP Outputs Slot 20 MSE 8671 Config 1 0gd Sana Slot 20 MSE 8671 Config 2 0gd ERS n Slot 20 MSE 8671 Config 4 ogd Save Slot 20 MSE 8671 Config 5 ogd Save Admin Tab Config Files Tab User Saved Configurations 9 6 Admin Tab The fields in the user saved configuration are located in the Configuration Management area of the tab Status This indicates whether there is a saved configuration on that particular slot It will contain the words Saved or Empty Name This is an optional name for the configuration It is not required but highly advisable The name can be edited
82. ion Input Source and Field Frame Rate controls are shared with Encoder 1 and apply to whatever input port is selected Changes here will be mirrored in the corresponding parameters for Encoder 1 If Video Input Settings in Encoder 1 is set to Auto Detected these controls are not displayed Encoder 2 can optionally share one or both audio channels from Encoder 1 This is accomplished by checking Include Audio Ch1 2 boxes in the Audio Insertion Controls displayed above 5 14 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Using the Advanced Configuration Tab The appearance of the Encoder Advanced Configuration tab is a function of the choices made in the Encoder Basic Configuration tab Network M ENEOEEEI Encoder 2 ASI Outputs IP Outputs v CENE Advanced Configuration tab The options in the Advanced sub tab are organized into four areas e Video Parameters these are advanced controls related to the encoding of the video e WVBI Ancillary Data Insertion controls related to Closed Captioning insertion and Active Format Description AFD insertion e Audio Parameters these are advanced controls related to the audio subsystem e MUX Parameters these are advanced controls related to audio video multiplexing and P SI tables Video Parameters The Video Parameters area provide advanced video encoding options GOP Mode Select between Open GOP default and Closed GOP Closed GOP is used fo
83. ion and the specified port is transmitting and or receiving packets When unlit these LEDs indicate the absence of a valid ethernet Off connection 3 10 Installation MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Network Tab In This Chapter The Network tab allows for configuration monitoring of the two streaming Ethernet ports and optional configuration of DNS servers The Network tab is further divided into two sub tabs Interfaces and DNS This chapter discusses both sub tabs and the status tab The following topics are discussed e Interfaces Tab e DNS Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Network Tab 4 1 Interfaces Tab The Interfaces tab is used to set the individual parameters for each of the streaming Ethernet ports The encoder ethernet interfaces support two manual modes 100Mbps Full Duplex and 1Gbps Full Duplex Note Support for 10Mbps and Half Duplex modes are disabled as these are unsuitable for MPEG transport over IP applications ASI Outputs IP Outputs Network Tab Interfaces Tab Alarm on Link Loss Choose one of the following e Yes Encoder raises an alarm if this Ethernet interface loses link The Card State indicator in DashBoard and the front Status LED will both be red It is recommended to enable the alarm for ports that are in use e No Encoder will still report loss of link in the status tab but no alarm will be raised It is recommended to di
84. its bit rate is reported here Unknown Format Data is present in the selected group pair but it is not Dolby AC 3 Not Present There is no data in the selected group pair MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Table 11 3 Encoder Status Tab Items Tab Title Parameters Description If AFD insertion is enabled the encoder reports it is receiving them and what AFD code is being inserted where is the current AFD code being inserted e If AFD Source is set to Manual AFD Selection this field will report the selected manual code e If the input is SDI the encoder reports the detected type of SDI signal Not Present No AFD is being received Status This indicates the overall transport rate including NULL packets coming out of the encoder subsystem If you are connecting this encoder to an IP Output or ASI port in manual rate mode the configured bit rate must be at Transport Rate spo least this value If you are connecting this encoder to an IP Output with padding disabled the actual rate will be lower than this value as the NULL packets will be stripped from it a This indicator flags whether or not embedded audio is actually present on the selected Group Channel combination The actual indicators displayed depends on the individual settings of each audio channel The actual indicators displayed de pends on the individual settings of each audio channel The status
85. its description in the PMT Choose one of the following Undefined no further information This is the most common setting Clean Effects indicates that the audio has no language Hearing Impaired indicates that the audio is prepared for the hearing impaired Visual Impaired Commentary indicates that the audio is prepared for the visually impaired viewer If the Audio Encoding setting in the Basic tab Audio Configuration is set to Dolby Pass through another parameter becomes available in the PMT Information section The Dolby PMT Type parameter controls how Dolby AC 3 audio is signaled in the PMT Choose one of the following e DVB Dolby Audio is signaled as per ETSI TS 101 154 Appendix C stream_type 0x06 with the AC 3 Descriptor from EN 300 468 annex D e ATSC Dolby Audio is signaled as per ATSC A 53 Part 3 stream_type 0x81 This option is not implemented If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections tab is set to RTMP the PMT Information fields will not be displayed as RTMP does not use the Transport Stream container Audio Encoder Specific Configuration The appearance of this control depends on the Audio Encoding setting in the Basic tab Audio Configuration Choose one of the following e CRC Enables Disables CRC insertion in the audio elementary stream This is normally left disabled CRC off e Original Copy Controls the state of the Original Copy flag in th
86. lay and Description When lit green this LED indicates that power is received from the openGear frame When off this LED indicates the absence of power or insufficient voltage Verify the power status of the openGear frame When lit green this LED indicates the encoder is operating without errors When lit red this LED indicates that the encoder is experiencing STATUS at least one critical alarm When inserting an encoder in the frame this LED will be red until the board starts operation At that point it will turn green if there is no active alarm or stay red if there is at least one alarm VID These LEDs report the same information as the SDI IN LEDs on the rear module ASI These LEDs report the same information as the ASI OUT LEDs on the rear module MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Installation 3 9 Table 3 2 Status LEDs Display and Description When not flashing these LEDs indicate the encoder is stopped either by explicit configuration or by lack of input or if it is in one of the Web streaming modes HTTP Live Streaming or Direct HTTP Streaming When flashing these LEDs indicate the corresponding encoder is Pee running with output available for routing to ASI UDP or RTP When lit green these LEDs indicate a valid ethernet connection and but there is no communication activity occurring When flashing green these LEDs indicate a valid ethernet Flashing Green connect
87. le for your encoder installing the card in the frame cabling details and how to upgrade the software on your card s The following topics are discussed e Before You Begin e Installing the Encoder e Cabling e Card Overview e Rear Module Monitoring Features e Card edge Monitoring Features MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Installation 3 1 Before You Begin Before proceeding with the instructions in this chapter ensure that your openGear frame is properly installed according to the instructions in the manual that accompanied your frame Static Discharge Throughout this chapter please heed the following cautionary note A ESD Susceptibility Static discharge can cause serious damage to sensitive semiconductor devices Avoid handling circuit boards in high static environments such as carpeted areas and when synthetic fiber clothing is worn Always exercise proper grounding precautions when working on circuit boards and related equipment Unpacking Unpack each card you received from the shipping container and ensure that all items are included If any items are missing or damaged contact your sales representative or Ross Video directly 3 2 Installation MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Installing the Encoder The procedure for installing the rear module and card in your openGear frame The encoder can be installed in the DFR 8321 series frames and the OG3 FR series frames using the supported rear m
88. le with the relevant MIBs will be downloaded to your computer This zip file contains the card MIBs as well as the Ross Video and openGear MIBs required to compile the card MIBs 1 SNMP is an optional feature in the Network Controller card that is installed in the openGear frame The encoder SNMP functions are only available if SNMP is licensed in the Network Controller card MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Admin Tab 9 3 Firmware Tab 9 4 Admin Tab The card can hold up to three distinct firmware images a Factory image and two upgrade images called Image and Image 2 The Factory image can never be overwritten and will always be available as a fall back in case of problems or failed updates Image 1 and Image 2 can be updated at will Since the card offers two upgrade images it is always possible to fall back to the previous image if there are any problems with the current one The card will also automatically fall back to the factory image if it detects a corrupted firmware image Finally the push buttons on the front of the card allow for a forced override to the factory image as described in the section Card Overview on page 3 7 The encoder firmware is updated in the same fashion as with any standard openGear card Once you obtained the upgrade image from Ross Video place it anywhere in your computer and click the Upload button A dialog box allows you to select the upgrade file Note that you can simult
89. m3u8 This is the current play list file for the encoder profile It is updated every time a new segment is created e basename_XXXX ts These will be the bit stream encoded files where XXXX is an increasing count For example the encoder will create files named live 1 ts live 2 ts live 3 ts live 4 ts and so on At any given point in time there will be five or six consecutive files in the configured directory if the encoder is configured to remove older files Segment sec Number of seconds per segment This defines the approximate size in seconds for the above bit stream encoded files The valid range is from 1 to 20 seconds Note that the clients will experience latency approximately equal to the segment size times the number of segments The recommended value is 10 seconds Setting the segment size to less than 3 seconds may cause performance issues with the FTP SFTP server especially Microsoft Windows servers running FileZilla the result will be a non zero count of dropped segments Number of Segments This defines the number of bit stream segments advertised in the play list The minimum number as per the HLS specification is 3 Some set top boxes require 4 segments Apple devices work well with three segments Extra Server Compatibility Check this box if the encoder has problems renaming files in the server This is typically required for Microsoft Windows FTP servers Linux based servers do not need this
90. meters Advanced View on page 7 7 the UDP port must be an even number and the encoder user interface will enforce this restriction odd numbers will be automatically rounded up Destination Address Selects the IP address to transmit to Any unicast or multicast address can be entered here with the exception of the loop back range 127 0 0 0 to 127 255 255 255 The encoder will also accept the broadcast IP address of 255 255 255 255 and will transmit the packets as Ethernet broadcasts Use of broadcasts however is strongly discouraged Stream Name All encoder input and output ports can be assigned a user defined name This name is used to identify the stream later when making connections Use any descriptive name suitable for your application or accept the default NULL Padding This setting controls whether or not NULL packets are transmitted making the stream completely CBR IP networks are inherently VBR and do not require NULL packets which carry no information However the decoders may need them The following is a good set of rules for deciding whether or not to send NULL packets e Ifall your decoders are consumer IP set top boxes or PCs running software decoders NULL packets can be disabled If your decoders include professional IRDs NULL packets must be enabled The great majority of professional IRDs will not work without them Ifyou are generating an MPTS routing both encoders to the stream en
91. move the wax sheet before affixing the label Affix the supplied Rear Module Label to the BNC area of the Rear Module Ensure proper frame cooling and ventilation by having all rear frame slots covered with rear modules or blank metal plates To install the card in the openGear frame 1 Locate the Rear Module you installed in the procedure To install the rear module in the openGear frame on page 3 3 2 Hold the card by the edges and carefully align the card edges with the slots in the frame 3 Fully insert the card into the frame until the rear connection plugs are properly seated on the midplane and rear modules 3 4 Installation MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Cabling Each rear module occupies two slots and accommodates one card 8320AR 063 and 8320AR 064 Rear Modules These rear modules each provide two software configurable Composite SDI video inputs on BNC connectors two ASI output ports on BNC connectors four unbalanced analog audio inputs on RCA connectors and two 100 1000 Mb s Ethernet ports on RJ45 connectors Refer to Figure 3 2 for cabling designations SDI CVBS IN 1 ASI OUT 1 AUDIO 1 IN LEFT AUDIO 2 IN LEFT AUDIO 2 IN RIGHT AUDIO 1 IN RIGHT ETHERNET 1 ETHERNET 2 Figure 3 2 Cabling 8320AR 063 and 8320AR 064 Rear Modules MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Installation 3 5 Software Upgrades The encoder can be upgraded in the field via the Network Controller card in yo
92. n activity For More Information on the card edge LEDs refer to the section Card edge Monitoring Features on page 3 9 MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Introduction 1 5 Documentation Terms and Conventions The following terms and conventions are used throughout this manual Terms The following terms are used Board and Card both refer to the MSE 8671 and MDE 8672 including all components and switches CBR refers to constant bit rate CDN refers to content distribution network DashBoard refers to the DashBoard Control System DF refers to Do not Fragment DFR 8321 series refers to the DFR 8321 series frames and all available options unless otherwise indicated DS refers to Differentiated Services Encoder refers to the MSE 8671 and the MDE 8672 unless otherwise noted MIB refers to management information base MPTS refers to Multi Program Transport Stream openGear frame refers to the DFR 8321 series and OG3 FR series frames and all available options unless otherwise indicated OG3 FR series refers to the OG3 FR series frames and all available options unless otherwise indicated Operator and User both refer to the person who uses the encoder PCR refers to program clock reference PID refers to packet identifier RTMP refers to Real Time Messaging Protocol Stream refers to a trans
93. n encoder it is not running If this is an output it normally means that the output is either unable to send e g an Error Red IP output configured for unicast but unable to find the destination MAC address or dropping packets e g an oversubscribed ASI or IP output in manual rate mode ASI Outputs with Automatic Rate will be in this state if they do not have data to transmit MPTS Tab The MPTS status tab has the exact same information as the MPTS subt tab of the Configuration tab PIDs are displayed in Decimal or Hexadecimal depending on the setting in the Configuration tab For More Information on e the configuration options and read only information displayed in the MPTS sub tab refer to the section MPTS Configuration Tab on page 8 5 MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Status Menus 11 13 11 14 Status Menus MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Service Information In This Chapter This chapter contains the following sections Troubleshooting Checklist Contacting Technical Support Warranty and Repair Policy MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Service Information 12 1 Troubleshooting Checklist Routine maintenance to this openGear product is not required In the event of problems with your card the following basic troubleshooting checklist may help identify the source of the problem If the frame still does not appear to be working properly after checking all possible
94. nction is available it will be available in the audio section of Encoder 1 Secondary audio support is only available if the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections tab is set to ASI IP Streaming When Secondary Audio is set to Enabled the Encoder 1 Audio Configuration section will update The individual controls work in the same manner as discussed before Each audio channel can be independently configured As before the SDI Embedded Audio option will only be available if the Encoder 1 input selection is one of the SDI variants The only input restriction is that when using Analog Audio the signal connected to Video Audio 1 will be the first audio channel and the signal connected to Video Audio 2 will be the second audio channel Secondary audio support can be combined with the two additional audio channels to create one program with up to 4 audio services i e up to 4 audio PIDs Support for secondary audio requires that both encoder channels in the board be tied together Then the Secondary Audio control depicted above is set to Enabled Encoder 2 will be slaved to Encoder 1 The operation is as follows The Encoder State Input Selection Video Input Settings Output Resolution and Coding Delay in the Advanced tab controls are slaved to the corresponding controls in Encoder 1 They will reflect the state of their Encoder 1 counterparts e If Video Input Settings in Encoder 1 is set to Manual Selection the Input Resolut
95. nverted to 720x576p25 The conversions from HD resolutions are done using anamorphic scaling 1080i 720p and SD inputs can be scaled to 640x360 with progressive frame rates as follows gt 1080i59 94 and 480159 94 are converted to 640x360p29 97 720p59 94 is converted to 640x360p59 94 gt 1080150 and 576150 are converted to 640x360p25 gt 720p50 is converted to 640x360p50 HD 1080i inputs can be scaled to 1280x720p at the same incoming frame rate e g 10801 59 94 will be scaled to 720p 29 94 10801 50 will be scaled to 720p 25 HD 1080i inputs can be scaled to 1 4 resolution 960x540 with the same incoming frame rate SD inputs can be horizontally cropped to 704 pixels or horizontally scaled to 640 pixels SD inputs can be horizontally scaled to 640 or 528 pixels and converted to progressive frame rates 29 97p for NTSC inputs 25p for PAL inputs 1 By default SD signals have a 4 3 aspect ratio unless they are derived from an HD source with anamorphic scaling The 640x360 resolution is intended for 16 9 content Scaling SD to 640x360 should only be done if the SD signal is anamor phic to start with otherwise the resulting encoded signal will have an incorrect aspect ratio MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 7 Auto Detected If Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected the following options are displayed in the Output Resolution menu Same as Input the encoder will produce a signal
96. odule the encoder in an openGear frame that includes an MFC 8322 N series or an MFC OG3 N series Network Controller Card Important The encoder is incompatible with the MFC 8322 S You must install Supported Rear Modules The MSE 8671 supports the 8320AR 063 rear module The MDE 8672 supports the 8320AR 064 rear module Installing a Card You must first install the rear module in the openGear frame and then install the card in the appropriate slot within the frame This section outlines how to perform both tasks To install the rear module in the openGear frame 1 Refer to the frame manual to ensure that the frame is properly installed 2 On the rear of the frame locate the card frame slot 3 Remove the Blank Plate from the rear of the slot you have chosen for card installation 4 As shown in Figure 3 1 seat the bottom of the rear module in the seating slot at the base of the frame s back plane Screw Hole Module Seating Slots Figure 3 1 Rear Module Installation in an OG3 FR Series Frame Cards not shown 5 Align the top hole of the rear module with the screw hole on the top edge of the frame back plane 6 Using a Phillips screwdriver and the supplied screw fasten the rear module to the back plane Do not over tighten MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Installation 3 3 7 Verify whether your Rear Module Label is self adhesive by checking the back of the label for a thin wax sheet You must re
97. of each audio channel is displayed c This field is only displayed if Dolby Pass through is configured This indicator contains the status of the Dolby AC 3 Pass through function Notes on the Video Detected Field If there is any recognizable video signal at the encoder video input this field will indicate what type of signal the encoder is detecting This detection is independent of the video input settings and is intended to aid the operator in making the correct selection For the detected video signals the encoder will provide further information on the type of signal as follows For Composite signals the encoder will further report the encoding system as follows e Systems with 59 94 fields sec NTSC e Systems with 50 fields sec PAL B G For SDI signals the encoder will indicate additional information as follows e For Standard Definition and High Definition signals this field will report resolution frame field rate and whether the signal is progressive or interlaced Examples SDI 1920x1080159 94 and SDI 1280x720p50 e For High Definition signals whose resolution is not 1920x1080 or 1280x720 the encoder will report the input as SDI unknown Encoding of such signals is not supported by the MSE 8671 or MDE 8672 MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Status Menus 11 7 HTTP Live Streaming Status If HTTP Live Streaming is selected in the Encoder Connections tab four more indicators are added to the Encode
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99. ore using this product and nay associated equipment refer to the Important Safety Instructions listed below to avoid personnel injury and to prevent product damage Product may require specific equipment and or installation procedures to be carried out to satisfy certain regulatory compliance requirements Notices have been included in this publication to call attention to these specific requirements Symbol Meanings This symbol on the equipment refers you to important operating and maintenance servicing instructions within the Product Manual Documentation Failure to heed this information may present a major risk of damage to persons or equipment Warning The symbol with the word Warning within the equipment manual indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in death or serious injury Caution The symbol with the word Caution within the equipment manual indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided may result in minor or moderate injury It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices Notice The symbol with the word Notice within the equipment manual indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided may result in major or minor equipment damage or a situation which could place the equipment in a non compliant operating state ESD Susceptibility This symbol is used to alert the user that an el
100. outine maintenance to this openGear product is not required This product contains no user serviceable parts If the module does not appear to be working properly please contact Technical Support using the numbers listed under the Contact Us section on the last page of this manual All openGear products are covered by a generous 5 year warranty and will be repaired without charge for materials or labor within this period See the Warranty and Repair Policy section in this manual for details Environmental Information The equipment that you purchased required the extraction and use of natural resources for its production It may contain hazardous substances that could impact health and the environment To avoid the potential release of those substances into the environment and to diminish the need for the extraction of natural resources Ross Video encourages you to use the appropriate take back systems These systems will reuse or recycle most of the materials from your end of life equipment in an environmentally friendly and health conscious manner The crossed out wheelie bin symbol invites you to use these systems If you need more information on the collection re use and recycling systems please contact your local or regional waste administration You can also contact Ross Video for more information on the environmental performance of our products Company Address Ross Video Limited ROSS Iroquois Ontario KOE 1K
101. ow Audio Parameters Audio Channel 1 Emphasis Encoder 1 Tab Advanced Tab Audio Parameters Analog Audio Parameters These parameters are only displayed if the Audio Source in the Basic tab Audio Configuration is set to Analog Audio Choose one of the following 5 18 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 e Audio Gain L dB Audio Gain R dB These controls allow an independent gain adjustment for the left right audio channels from 18 0 dB to 18 0 dB in steps of 0 5 dB e Audio Mute L Audio Mute R These controls allow muting of the left right audio channels A V Sync Adjustment This parameter can be used to provide a small amount of A V sync adjustment for cases where the A V sync in the input signal to the encoder is not correct If in the input signal audio is behind the video you can use this parameter to compensate for up to 100 milliseconds Note that it is only available for MPEG 1 Layer II and AAC LC encoding it will not be displayed for Dolby Pass through Use the Audio Delay ms field to compensate for up to 100 milliseconds of audio delay in the input signal This setting will advance the audio in relation to the video by the amount configured PMT Information The PMT Information section has the following parameters e Audio Type determines the audio type in the PMT audio descriptor This setting has no actual impact on how the audio is encoded it only affects
102. pdate the Tree View Consult the MFC OG3 Series User Manual and DashBoard User Manual should the Tree View not display the card To access a card in DashBoard 1 From the Tree View expand the node for the openGear frame your cards are installed in A list of cards installed in the frame is now displayed In the example below the node for Frame 6 is expanded to show a list of cards including an MSE 8671 2 Double click the node for a card to display its menus in the Device View of DashBoard right side of the DashBoard window Example of an Encoder in DashBoard 2 2 Before You Begin MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Getting Started You configure your encoder using the free DashBoard application which is available from our website The DashBoard user manual can also be downloaded from our website The encoder user interface is depicted below It is divided into a status panel on the left and a configuration panel on the right Each panel has multiple tabs corresponding to the various functions in the card Note that the Card State alarm indicator is also reflected in the green red Status LED in the front of the board The Status LED will be green when Card State is green or yellow and will be red when Card State is red ASI Outputs IP Outputs oni Product Network MUNERCOUEETIND Transport Bit Rate 10000000 Example of Encoder Interface in DashBoard The following tabs are available Product This
103. pecific Port is selected an additional field is displayed Port This field is only displayed if Port Selection is set to Specific Port Configure a non standard TCP port here Authentication Some RTMP servers require username password authentication for access If your server does not require authentication select No otherwise select Yes MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 29 If you select Yes additional fields are displayed Notes Username Enter the username to be used for authentication Password Enter the password to be used for authentication App Enter the application name in the server as discussed above Consult your CDN or server documentation to find out what should be entered in this field Server URL This field is automatically updated as you configure the RTMP parameters It displays the full RTMP URL for the primary server The backup server URL is similar Stream Enter the stream name Consult your server documentation or CDN to find out what should be entered here Some servers allow arbitrary stream names while others use this field for authentication and thus require specific names Connect This parameter controls whether or not the encoder should actually establish a connection with the server If you set this parameter to No the encoder will run but no data will be transmitted This is useful to pre configure a session and turn it on later when it comes
104. ped The encoder will drop entire access units an audio block or a video frame This Dropped Packets indicator has a count of the number of access units dropped for the current connection This count resets when a new connection is established a It will be lower than the transport rate due to the lower container overhead used by RTMP It is possible for the IP Output Rate to be less than the intrinsic bit rate of the encoder for short periods of time depending on server and network condi tions The encoder will buffer the bit stream and attempt to catch up in these cases If it cannot audio video bit stream data may be dropped 11 10 Status Menus MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 ASI Outputs Status Tab The ASI Outputs status tab for the ASI Ports provides a quick visual summary status for the ports Table 11 7 ASI Ports Status Items Tab Title Parameters Description The port is operating normally in transmit TX OK Green mode ASI Output The connected bit rate is excessive The DashBoard Card State will be red and the Status LED in the front of the board will also be red To correct this problem either reduce the connected bit rate or increase ASI Output the ASI output bit rate or configure the SUIA Ei ii port in Automatic mode If this alarm is active data is being dropped TX Overflow Red The port is in automatic bit rate and there is no data rate coming to it Any downstream
105. ply with the limits for a class A Digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at their own expense AN Notice Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by Ross Video Limited could void the user s authority to operate this equipment CANADA This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appariel numerique de la classe A est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada EUROPE This equipment is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of CE Directive 93 68 EEC INTERNATIONAL This equipment has been tested to CISPR 22 1997 along with amendments A1 2000 and A2 2002 and found to comply with the limits for a Class A Digital device AN Notice This is a Class A product In domestic environments this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may have to take adequate measures Maintenance User Serviceable Parts R
106. port stream present at the port System and Video system both refer to the mix of interconnected production and terminal equipment in which the card operates TOS refers to Type Of Service TPG refers to Test Packet Generator TTL refers to Time To Live UDP refers to user datagram protocol Conventions The following conventions are used 1 6 Introduction The Operating Tips and Note boxes are used to provide additional user information MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Before You Begin In This Chapter This chapter provides a general overview of the user controls available on your encoder The following topics are discussed e Using DashBoard e Getting Started MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Before You Begin 2 1 Using DashBoard Before proceeding ensure that the DashBoard Control System is installed on a PC connected to your facility network The DashBoard software and user manual area available from the Ross Video website For More Information on e installing DashBoard refer to the DashBoard User Manual To launch DashBoard 1 Ensure that you are running DashBoard software version 6 2 0 or higher 2 Launch DashBoard by double clicking its icon on your desktop 3 Ensure that the openGear frame with your encoder card s is displayed in the Tree View located on the left side of the DashBoard window It may take 30 seconds or more to u
107. ption When flashing green approximately once per second this LED indicates the video input is locked to an SD SDI video signal Flashing Green When flashing green approximately twice per second this LED SDI IN indicates the video input is locked to an HD SDI video signal When unlit this LED indicates there is no video signal detected or the input is not configured When flashing green this LED indicates the specified ASI Blane Carget output is configured and enabled ASI OUT oa a n F When unlit this LED indicates the specified ASI output is on disabled ETHERNET When lit green this LED indicates a valid link LINK When unlit this LED indicates an invalid or unavailable link Flashing Yellow When flashing yellow this LED indicates the specified port is ETHERNET 8 currently transmitting and or receiving COM oft When unlit this LED indicates no activity is occurring on the specified port 3 8 Installation MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Card edge Monitoring Features The following sections describe the card edge LEDs Refer to Figure 3 5 for LED locations PWR OK LED STATUS LED VID 1 LED VID 2 LED ASI 1 LED ASI 2 LED ENC 1 LED ENC 2 LED ETH 1 LED ETH 2 LED Default Button Reset Button Figure 3 5 LED Locations Status LEDs Basic LED displays and descriptions are provided in Table 3 2 Table 3 2 Status LEDs LED Color Disp
108. r Status tab Table 11 4 HTTP Live Streaming Status Items Tab Title Parameters Description Reports the average transfer rate into the IP Output Rate bits second server averaged over the last segment Reports the number of bit stream Segments Transferred 8 segments successfully transferred so far HTTP Dropped S omicnts Reports the number of segments dropped HTTP Transfer Reports the number of errors encountered Errors while transferring segments HTTP Dropped Segments A segment will be dropped if the previous segment has not been completely transferred when it becomes ready A non zero count here indicates that there is a performance problem between the encoder and the server either in the network not enough bandwidth or in the server not enough CPU power disk bandwidth If the segment size is small 3 seconds or less increasing the segment size may improve the situation HTTP Transfer Errors These may be network errors or may be configuration errors The exact error description will be shown in the configuration area in the area on top of the Apply button One example is where the server is not responding due to an incorrect IP address Direct HTP Streaming Status If Direct HTTP Streaming is selected in the Encoder Connections tab three indicators are added to the status area Table 11 5 Direct HTP Streaming Status Items Tab Title Parameters Description Reports the aggregate av
109. r some storage applications and is also required by some content distribution networks CDN such as the YouTube video community there is a very small negative impact in video quality if Closed GOP is selected For some output protocols HLS and RTMP this control becomes read only and is forced to Closed GOP Level Selects the H 264 level signaled in the bit stream The default setting is Auto Select whereby the encoder will signal the minimum required level based on the current settings If for some reason a different higher level is desired it can be selected here Note that the encoder will not honor a level selection that is lower than the legal minimum for the current settings It is typically not necessary to change the level from Auto Select MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 15 Profile Note As the profile is lowered there will be video quality degradation In other words for a given resolution and bit rate the video quality for High Profile will be better than Main Profile and Main Profile will be better than Baseline Profile Whether the quality difference is noticeable will depend on the resolution and specific video content Choose one of the following e Auto Select With this setting the encoder will use High Profile for HD and Main Profile for SD High Profile With this setting the encoder will always use High Profile for all resolutions e Main Profile
110. reo pairs per encoder channel as follows e First stereo pair gt MPEG 1 Layer II AAC LC or Dolby Pass through support Valid inputs analog unbalanced audio SDI embedded SDI signals only e Second stereo pair only available for SDI inputs gt MPEG 1 Layer II support only Valid input SDI embedded Dual channel encoders can be configured to have one encoder channel with 3 audio stereo pairs and another encoder channel with 1 audio stereo pair as follows e Encoder with 1 stereo pair gt MPEG 1 Layer II AAC LC or Dolby Pass through support gt Valid inputs analog unbalanced audio SDI embedded SDI signals only Encoder with 3 stereo pairs gt First stereo pair MPEG 1 Layer II AAC LC or Dolby Pass through support Valid inputs analog unbalanced audio SDI embedded SDI signals only gt Second stereo pair only available for SDI inputs MPEG 1 Layer II support only Valid input SDI embedded gt Third stereo pair only available for SDI inputs MPEG 1 Layer II support only Valid input SDI embedded Dual channel encoders with combined audio support for up to 4 audio stereo pairs per board as follows e First stereo pair MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 5 gt MPEG 1 Layer II AAC LC or Dolby Pass through support gt Valid inputs analog unbalanced audio SDI embedded SDI signals only e Second stereo pair gt MPEG 1 Layer II AAC LC or Dolby Pass throu
111. rk over the Internet as long as the path from the encoder to the client has sufficient bandwidth Direct HTTP Streaming is always available on both Ethernet ports Oos Wid O ROXIO utaa tar a tawoso i j gt te y ipea Ja pe vonr ROSS E apn P Box g mocer snsen fie de Yew Faveetes Toot Help a MDE 8642 Slot 4 Encoder 1 Web Streaming ROSS MDE 8672 Slot 4 Ethl Web Streaming Click bere to see any HLS channels configured i this device Select encoder channet E Eocodwl inn nnnnnnnng TEELE Encoder 2 not avaiable Figure 10 4 Example of Direct HTTP Streaming Pages If the card is required to support clients on remote networks make sure that a Default Gateway is entered in the corresponding Ethernet port configuration refer to the chapter Network Tab on page 4 1 for details When replying to a request the card will always use the Ethernet port where it received the request from 10 6 Playing Video on a Web Page MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Using a Firewall Since both Direct HTTP Streaming and HTTP Live Streaming work over the Internet in some situations it may be desirable to do so for example to allow for remote monitoring Ross Video believes it is safe to connect the encoder Ethernet ports directly to the Internet with a public IP address however this may not be desirable It is possible to place a port forwarding firewall between the encoder and the Internet the web pag
112. roup 1 Channels 1 2 the second stereo pair is in Group 1 Channels 3 4 and so on Selection has one additional choice labeled Custom DID This allows the encoder to use a non standard embedded audio DID this quite uncommon If Custom DID is selected a new configuration option becomes available where the DID value can be entered Group DID Enter the desired Group DID in hexadecimal Note that the entry will be immediately validated and rejected if invalid As a reference Table 5 2 contains the standard DIDs built into the system for Groups to 4 Table 5 2 Standard DIDs for Groups 1 4 SD SDI DID HD SDI DID Ox2FF Ox2E7 0x1 FD 0x1E6 0x1FB 0x1E5 0x2F9 0x2E4 Language Code This parameter represents the 3 letter ISO 639 2 language code for the audio to be placed in the audio language descriptor in the PMT If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections tab is set to RTMP this field will not be displayed as RTMP does not use the transport stream container Audio Encoding This parameter selects the audio encoding algorithm The available choices depend on the Audio Source selection For Analog Audio the choices are MPEG 1 Layer II and AAC LC For SDI Embedded Audio the Dolby Pass through option is offered in addition to the previous choices Note that AAC LC requires additional licensing If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections tab is set to RTMP this field is forced to AAC LC and becomes not
113. rs are implemented on the fly without stopping the encoder Table 5 1 Applying Changes Menu Item Parameter Audio Source Audio Configuration Language Code VBI Ancillary Data Insertion Any CC AFD configurations Audio Gain L R Analog Audio Parameters Audio Mute L R Audio Type and Dolby PMT Type Advanced Tab Transport Stream ID Mux Parameters Enable SDT and all the SDT parameters PMT Information ASI IP Streaming Any connections made Secondary Audio PID changes in Encoder 1 when Secondary Audio is enabled MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 3 Video Input Auto Detection The encoder can be set to auto detect the video input signal and self configure for the incoming resolution and frame rate This feature allows the encoder to operate in situations where the video signal can change over time for example at the output of a video router The encoder is also capable of automatically recognizing whether a signal is SDI or composite and the video standard for composite signals The following points should be considered when using video input auto detection e The available output scaling options are limited since some options are specific to some input resolutions e Ifthe encoder is not licensed for a given configuration it will stop encoding if the input video signal switches to a value that requires this configuration For example an SD encoder confi
114. rt may be different for example if the encoders are set to ASI IP streaming and no IP Outputs are defined for a given Ethernet port the web page served from it will indicate that there are no streams available The following are examples of how these web pages look like depending on the encoder settings re wees OOS re wees OOS el S nttpy0409 P BS X e MDE 8672 Slot 4 Eth l el DE http 10109 P BS X e MDE 8672 Slot 4 Eth File Edit View Favorites Tools Help File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ROSS ROSS MDE 8672 Slot 4 Eth1 Web Streaming MDE 8672 Slot 4 Eth1 Web Streaming Click here to see any HLS channels configured in this device Click here to see any HLS channels configured in this device No encoder channels are currently configured for Web streaming Select encoder channel e Encoder 1 e Encoder 2 not available vy wees Oaks el S http A0109 O BOX e MDE 8672 Slot 4 Eth im File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ROSS MDE 8672 Slot 4 Eth1 Web Streaming Click here to see any HLS channels configured in this device Select encoder channel e Encoder 1 e Encoder 2 Figure 10 1 Example Web Pages MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Playing Video on a Web Page 10 3 Multicast Streaming If an encoder is connected to IP Output ports configured for multicast streaming i e with a dest
115. s as described later in this manual e HTTP Live Streaming the output of the encoder is directed to a web server which can be the internal server in the encoder or an external server which in turn serves it to web clients using HTTP Live Streaming If this option is selected the encoder output is not available to ASI and IP Output ports and the video bit rate is limited to 15Mbps Moreover the GOP Mode parameter in the Advanced tab Video Parameters will be forced to Closed GOP This output option is not available if Secondary Audio is enabled Direct HTTP Streaming the output of the encoder is available to clients over a standard HTTP connection Clients will open an HTTP connection to the encoder send a standard HTTP GET request and receive the bit stream for as long as they keep the connection open This output option is not available if Secondary Audio is enabled e RTMP the encoder will operate as an RTMP client connect to a specified RTMP server and publish the stream similar to the Adobe Flash Live Media Encoder FMLE This output option is not available if Secondary Audio is enabled If this is selected the GOP Mode parameter in the Advanced tab Video Parameters will be forced to Closed GOP ASI IP Streaming If this option is selected the standard Output Selection Connection Parameters are presented These connection parameters are common to all data sources and are described in the section Destina
116. s message if you attempt to create more than 4 IP outputs on a given Ethernet port No SMPTE 2022 FEC License Available The SMPTE 2022 function requires licensing Please contact Ross Video to obtain a license 7 10 IP Outputs Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Active IP Outputs Table Once the output is created it is added to the Active IP Outputs table which has Basic and Advanced views This table provides a summary of the configuration and status of the output stream An example of this table in the Basic view is depicted below Seam ES a G Co a Ca Go Example of an Active IP Outputs Table Basic View The Basic view includes the following fields Enabled The configured value of this parameter TS Bit Rate This column provides the current bit rate of the output transport stream This does not include UDP and IP overhead nor RTP FEC overhead UDP Port The configured value of this parameter Destination Address The configured value of this parameter RTP The configured value of this parameter FEC Summary of the FEC configuration If FEC is disabled this field will indicate it as Off If FEC is enabled this field will indicate the FEC matrix size as Columns x Rows and the protection mode as C for Column Only or R C for Row and Column In the example above Stream 1 1 has Column Only FEC with 1 Column and 4 Rows and Stream 2 1 has Row and Column FEC with 4 Columns and 10 Rows Str
117. sable the alarm only if you do not plan to connect the port to a network IP Address Sets the IP address of the specified port Subnet Mask Sets the subnet mask of the specified port Default Gateway Sets the default gateway for the specified port Use 0 0 0 0 if no gateway is available Interface Speed Choose one of the following e Auto Negotiate The specified port auto negotiates the speed 4 2 Network Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 e 100Mb s Full Duplex Forces the port to 100Mbps Full Duplex mode The port still performs auto negotiation but it will only display this mode e 1Gb s Full Duplex Restricts the operation to 1Gbps Full Duplex mode The port still performs auto negotiation but it will only display this mode Interface Settings Choose one of the following e Apply Select if you have made changes to the fields in the Interfaces tab Notice that the buttons are grayed out if no changes are made Once the Apply button is selected a status message displays just below the Cancel button e Cancel Reverts the fields back to the last saved values Notes Keep the following in mind when configuring the streaming ports The encoder checks the consistency of the data entered and rejects invalid combinations e g combinations where the gateway is outside the interface subnet Ifthe encoder streaming Ethernet interfaces are connected to a 10Mbps switch hub or network f
118. sed in the play list The minimum number as per the HLS specification is 3 Some set top boxes require 4 segments Apple devices work well with 3 segments Program Name This program name is placed in the play list file Whether or not it is shown depends on the client This is an optional parameter If entered it will be shown as part of the encoder link in the web page generated by the encoder In local server mode the access URLs for the content are http xxx xxx xxx xxx HLS encoderl m3u8 http xxx xxx xxx xxx HLS encoder2 m3u8 where xxx xxx xxx xxx is the IP Address of the encoder Ethernet port In the encoder openGear version HLS streams are available through both streaming Ethernet ports Note that if you use a browser to go to the encoder IP address i just go to http xxx xxx xxx xxx there will be a link for the HLS page HLS Implementation Notes Keep the following in mind when implementing HLS e When HTTP Live Streaming is selected the GOP Mode control is set to Closed GOP and is not selectable This is done to ensure that each segment is self contained e The maximum video bit rate allowed in HLS mode is 15Mbps The maximum aggregate performance of the built in HLS server in the encoder is between 20 and 30Mbps total bit rate to all clients and is somewhat dependent on network conditions The built in server is intended to serve only a small handful of clients and performance is not guarant
119. ser Manual Iss 03 HTTP Live Streaming All the web pages accessible from the Ethernet ports of the encoder include a link for the built in HTTP Live Streaming server page 2 fel S E hitp 0109 P BS X le MDE 8672 Slot 4 Eth File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ROSS MDE 8672 Slot 4 Eth1l Web Streaming No encoder channels are currently configured for Web streaming Figure 10 3 Example of a HTTP Live Streaming Server Page If the IP address of the port being accessed is xxx xxx xxx xxx the available local HLS channels can also be accessed through this direct link http xxx xxx xxx xxx HLS The page accessed through this link will display a list of available local HLS channels with the value configured for Program Name as the label Note HLS channels configured for remote servers will not be listed in this page as the encoder has no way of knowing the actual link to these channels Clicking on the link will cause the content to play For Apple devices this will launch the built in media player for PCs running Windows and possibly Linux if the VLC plug in is installed the video will play in the web page MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Playing Video on a Web Page 10 5 Direct HTTP Streaming If an encoder channel is configured for Direct HTTP Streaming the selection happens as depicted in Figure 10 4 Unlike multicast Direct HTTP Streaming will wo
120. switch for the port If the port has no link the value reported here is zero 0 Reports the MAC address of the Ethernet port MAC Address 11 4 Status Menus MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Status Tabs Each Encoder Status tab provides a summary of the current status of the specified encoder The variables displayed in this tab vary according to the encoder configuration The Basic Advanced and Connections tabs are direct equivalents of their configuration counterparts They present the current value of each of the configuration parameters When the Apply Cancel buttons are grayed out the contents of these tabs exactly match their configuration counterparts When the Apply Cancel buttons are active configuration parameters may have been changed The current running encoder configuration can still be inspected in the status tabs prior to clicking on the Apply button Table 11 3 Encoder Status Tab Items Tab Title Encoder Status Parameters OK Green Description The encoder is running normally Stopped Yellow The encoder has been manually stopped refer to the section Using the Basic Tab on page 5 9 Error Red The encoder should be running but it is not This status will be briefly shown when the encoder is starting The possible causes for this are The encoder has no input check the corresponding Encoder Video Status field e There is a mismatch
121. t top boxes or PCs running software decoders NULL packets can be disabled MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 IP Outputs Tab 7 7 7 8 IP Outputs Tab If your decoders include professional IRDs NULL packets must be enabled The great majority of professional IRDs will not work without them If you are generating an MPTS routing both encoders to the stream enable NULL packets An MPTS without NULL packets is technically illegal as per ISO IEC 13818 1 but some systems support it If you are not sure about what kind of decoder will be receiving the stream enable NULL packets This control offers the following options Disabled NULL packets are disabled and will not be transmitted This will cause the stream to be somewhat VBR even if the encoder is set to CBR mode Enabled Automatic Rate This setting enables NULL packets but the bit rate is automatically set by the encoder to the minimum suitable value This is the recommended setting If you later reconfigure an encoder connected to this stream the rate will be automatically adjusted Enabled Manual Rate This setting allows you to specify the overall stream bit rate If you specify the bit rate it must be high enough to support the connected encoders i e it must be at least equal to the sum of the encoder Transport Rate found in each encoder Status tab Specifying a rate that is not high enough will cause the IP Output to drop packets Note that if
122. t will transmit NULL packets plus P SI tables MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 IP Output Parameters Advanced View If the Advanced View is selected four more parameters are available for configuration TOS This parameter allows the configuration of the Type Of Service TOS byte in the IP header also known as the Differentiated Services DS field Valid values are between 0 and 255 Configuring this is only useful if the downstream router is configured to honor the field TTL This parameter allows the configuration of the Time To Live TTL byte in the IP header Valid values are between 0 and 255 If not explicitly configured it defaults to 128 This field controls how many hops the packet can traverse before it is dropped by a router The default value of 128 is suitable for virtually all applications DF Bit This parameter allows the configuration of the Do not Fragment DF bit in the IP header The encoder will never produce fragmented packets and with the UDP payload set to 7 transport packets the IP packets are guaranteed to fit inside the Ethernet MTU This control is provided for compatibility with legacy switches routers Some legacy equipment may exhibit performance problems if this bit is not set This is not an issue with current network equipment RTP If this box is checked the card will include Real Time Protocol RTP headers in the output flow If it is not checked the transport stream will b
123. ted Therefore even though the current versions of all major browsers support the lt VIDEO gt tag there is no single format that will work on all browsers Moreover since the encoder is an encoder designed primarily for the broadcast market it uses the transport stream container which is not supported natively by any browser Therefore it is not possible to use the HTMLS lt VIDEO gt tag with content generated by the encoder Using a Web browser Plug in In order to play the bit stream coming from the encoder in a web page a plug in with the appropriate audio video and container support must be installed in the web browser The open source VideoLAN player includes appropriate plug ins that will work with the bit stream coming from the encoder card There are two types of plug ins e Windows ActiveX controls used by Windows Internet Explorer e Mozilla Netscape style plug ins used by most other browsers Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome Apple Safari When installing the VideoLAN player make sure to select the appropriate plug ins for the browsers you intend to use If multiple browser support is required both types of plug ins can be selected but at least one Mozilla style browser must be already installed We recommend VideoLAN version 2 0 1 or later Earlier versions did not support HTTP Live Streaming Web Browser Support The web pages generated by the encoder are known to work with the V
124. that has the same resolution and frame rate as the input no scaling e Scale 3 4 Horizontal the encoder will scale down the image horizontally by 3 4 The frame rate will not be changed e Scale to 640x360p the encoder will scale the input video to 640x360 The frame rate will be the same as the input but interlaced inputs will be de interlaced for example 1920x1080160 will yield 640x360p30 e Scale to 480x270p Scale to 320x240p Scale to 320x180p the encoder will scale the input video to the selected resolutions Interlaced inputs will be de interlaced as described above Progressive inputs will be encoded at half frame rate 5 8 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Using the Basic Tab The Encoder 1 and Encoder 2 tabs are used to configure monitor the individual encoder channels The parameters in these two tabs are exactly the same For More Information on e on the supported input video signals refer to the section Supported Input Video Signals on page 1 3 Network AMERITA Encoder 2 ASI Outputs IP Outputs Encoder 1 Basic Tab The Basic sub tab is divided into three general areas e Encoder Configuration generic configuration parameters Video Parameters parameters related to video encoding The encoder is capable of automatically identifying the video signal present in the selected input connection The detected signal is reported in the Encoder status tab Additionally t
125. the time to broadcast Keeping the following in mind when using RTMP 5 30 Encoder Setup The maximum aggregate RTMP performance for the encoder is 12Mbps If the unit has two encoder channels this limit applies to the sum of their video bit rates For example if one encoder channel is configured for RTMP at 8Mbps the other can only be configured for RTMP at 4Mbps or less The limit does not apply to encoder channels configured for UDP RTP ASI streaming Using one of the encrypted variants of the protocol rtmpe rtmps rtmpte or rtmpts will also have a performance impact and will reduce the maximum usable rate Performing a firmware update while the encoder is running RTMP at high bit rates may cause service interruptions to the RTMP stream If you need to update the firmware we recommend that you do so during a maintenance window Some CDNs only accept frame rates up to 30fps and required Closed GOP operation Refer to the section Using the Advanced Configuration Tab on page 5 15 for details In RTMP Mode the encoder will force Closed GOP operation as required by some CDNs Refer to the section Using the Advanced Configuration Tab on page 5 15 for details MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 ASI Outputs Tab In This Chapter The encoder has two ASI output ports that can be independently configured using the ASI Outputs tab in DashBoard This chapter discusses the functions and options in the ASI Outputs tab
126. this option is selected the IP Output will be transmitting continuously at the selected bit rate regardless of connections or the state of the encoders If there is no connection to the IP Output it will transmit only NULL packets if there are connections and the encoders are stopped it will transmit NULL packets plus P SI tables MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 SMPTE 2022 FEC Support The card supports one FEC session per Ethernet port A check box for SMPTE 2022 FEC is displayed if the feature is available Once this feature is enabled for one of the streams in a given Ethernet port the check box will no longer be displayed Once the SMPTE 2022 FEC box is checked additional parameters become available for configuration FEC Mode If you select Column Only the encoder will send a single FEC flow corresponding to the column protection data using a UDP port number corresponding to the media UDP port number plus 2 If you select Row and Column the encoder will send two FEC flows the first corresponding to the column protection data and the second corresponding to the row protection data The row protection data will be sent using a UDP port number corresponding to the media UDP port number plus 4 Note that not all receivers support Row and Column mode such receivers will only use the FEC Column data and discard the FEC Row data Columns Number of columns in the FEC matrix This variable must be between 1 and 20 if
127. tion Selection on page 8 2 HTTP Live Streaming HTTP Live Streaming is a protocol designed to deliver live streaming content to clients on the Internet using a standard unmodified Web Server and the standard HTTP protocol Figure 5 1 Video Input Source Figure 5 1 Example of a Possible HTTP Live Streaming Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 23 The highlights of the protocol are e The encoder segments the bit stream into small files of similar duration at some suitable points The encoder continuously uploads the files as they are created to a standard web server e Every time the encoder uploads a new file it also updates a special play list file in the server which informs the clients of which segments are available The encoder also takes care of deleting old files from the server The clients can connect to the web server at will they download the play list file and start playing the segments as they come e A standard unmodified web server can be used HTTP Live Streaming is supported in the encoder The content can be uploaded to an external server or served directly from the unit Uploading to an External Server When uploading to an external server the configurable parameters are as follows Server Location Choose from the following e Remote the segments are uploaded to a remote web server using FTP or SFTP e Local uses the local server in the d
128. tions Configuration Tab The Connections configuration tab is depicted below The message No Connections displays if there are no configured input output connections in the encoder If the encoder has two encoder channels installed there are two sub tabs to switch between the Connections configuration interface and the MPTS configuration status interface ME Select Input Connections Tab Single Channel To establish a connection 1 Select a source and a destination 2 Click Apply Source Selection There are four sources in the encoder e Up to two Encoder channels as described in the chapter Encoder Setup on page 5 1 e Two Test Packet Generators as described in the section Test Packet Generator Tab on page 9 9 The connection process starts by selecting one of these data sources using the Source drop down menu Once a source is selected a list of available destinations is displayed Destination Selection The list of available destinations always includes all the defined IP Output ports as well as the two ASI ports This interface is also available if you select ASI IP Streaming in the Encoder Connections tab and in the Admin Test Packet Generator tab If Stream Display is set to Stream Names the user defined names are presented This is displayed below 8 2 Connections Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 ASI Outputs IP Outputs Stream Display Set to Stream Names If you
129. to detection capability Analog unbalanced audio stereo inputs SDI embedded audio support Two internal test packet generators which can be used to generate ASI or IP test streams The following outputs are available two ASI outputs and two Ethernet outputs The Ethernet outputs support full duplex 100Mb s or 1Gb s operation Each of the encoder channels can operate in one of two modes ASI IP Streaming used in traditional broadcast applications The encoded bitstream be transmitted over ASI or IP using UDP RTP protocols with replication capability OTT Protocols used for Internet streaming These include RTMP HSL and Direct HTTP The encoder includes the following features Video Encoding support up to two channels of SD or HD H 264 encoding with a maximum resolution of 1920x1080i 60 per channel Audio Encoding support up to two channels of MPEG 1 Layer II or AAC LC and up to two additional channels of MPEG 1 Layer II Video inputs support composite SD SDI and HD SDI Audio inputs support unbalanced analog audio and SDI embedded digital audio Outputs are provided on 2 ASI ports and 2 Ethernet ports supporting 100 Mb s or 1 Gb s operation Each encoded stream can be replicated on both ASI ports or 4 times on each Ethernet port Support for UDP RTP on Ethernet Support for Over The Top OTT protocols HTTP Live Streaming RTMP Direct HTTP Support for SMPTE 2022 FEC on Ethernet Closed Captioning support both EIA 60
130. turn off CC if that composite signal is PAL Active Format Description The encoder can extract Active Format Description AFD information from the incoming video signal and insert it in the compressed bit stream AFD information can be extracted from the following sources For SDI signals AFD information can be present in the VANC as per SMPTE 2016 3 This is the primary way of conveying AFD information on a professional video feed e For SD signals either from Composite or SD SDI sources AFD information can be synthesized from Wide Screen Signaling WSS data present in the VBI line 20 for NTSC signals line 23 for PAL signals e The encoder also has the option of inserting a user defined AFD code instead of receiving it from the video input The AFD controls are as follows MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 17 e Enable AFD Check this box to enable AFD extraction and insertion This control is always available AFD is inserted in the video elementary stream as per ATSC A 72 and ETSI TS 101 154 e AFD Source This controls where the AFD information is coming from Choose one of the following Line 20 Line 23 WSS This option causes the encoder to synthesize AFD information from WSS It is available only if the input resolution is SD or if the video input settings are auto detected It will be displayed as Line 20 for NTSC and Line 23 for PAL For PAL inputs the conversion follows
131. uilt Supplier Ross Video Ltd Product MSE 8671 or MDE 8672 Indicates the firmware revision currently running where Software Rev XX yy ZZ xx represents the Major Version yy represents the Minor Version e zz represents the Build Number Serial Number Displays the serial number of this encoder Hardware Version Indicates the board version number The encoder supports the rear module it is OE ete currently installed with The card is not connected to a rear module The card is operating normally Not Installed Yellow but it will not be useful as there are no input and output connections to it The encoder is connected to a rear module that is not supported Depending on the signals present on that module there may be a small chance of damage to the encoder Ross Video recommends that this Wrong Module Red situation be rectified immediately This alarm will cause the front status LED to turn red Refer to the section Supported Rear Modules on page 3 3 for details on which rear module is supported by your Product Rear Module encoder Indicates the type of analog audio input Analog Audio Input Unknown The rear module is not supported Indicates how long the card has been Card Uptime S P running since it was last rebooted Temperature in degrees centigrade of the Ambient Temp air intake of the card measured at the front edge of the card Temperature in degrees cent
132. ur openGear frame Note that DashBoard version 6 2 0 or higher is required for this procedure To upgrade the software on an encoder 1 Contact Ross Technical Support for the latest software version file 2 Display the Device View of the card by double clicking its status indicator in the Basic Tree View From the Device View click Upload to display the Select file for upload dialog Navigate to the bin upload file you wish to upload Click Open oO om amp If you are upgrading a single card click Finish to display the Uploading to Selected Devices dialog Proceed to step 8 7 Ifyou are upgrading multiple cards e Click Next gt to display the Select Destination menu This menu provides a list of the compatible cards based on the card selected in step 2 e Specify the card s to upload the file to by selecting the check box es for the cards you wish to upload the file to e Verify that the card s you wish to upload the file to The Error Warning fields indicate any errors such as incompatible software or card type mismatch e Click Finish to display the Uploading to Selected Devices dialog 8 Monitor the upgrade The Uploading to Selected Devices dialog enables you to monitor the upgrade process Click OK to complete the upgrade e The card s are temporarily taken off line during the re boot process The process is complete once the status indicators for the Card State and Connection fields return to their pr
133. ut The user interface for the TPGs includes a current status table which reports the current configuration of the generators To configure one of the TPGs click the Edit button on its row The following configuration parameters are displayed Config Files quliestiPacketGenertonss License Keys Admin Tab Test Packet Generator Tab The configuration interface is divided into two areas e TPG Configuration Parameters described in this section Output Selection Connection Parameters described in the section Destination Selection on page 8 2 TPG Configuration Parameters This section outlines the configuration settings available in the Test Packet Generator tab Port Name All encoder ports have a user defined name to facilitate routing Enter any suitable name Mode This field controls the type of MPEG 2 transport packets generated The options are e Disabled TPG is disabled No packets are being generated e NULL Packets TPG is generating NULL packets If you select this option the PID parameter becomes read only with the value 1 FFF e Ramp48 Packets TPG is generating packets with a Ramp48 Payload A Ramp48 Payload is composed of the bytes 0x48 0x49 0x4A OXFF Generated packets have the Payload bit set no Adaptation Field and a valid Continuity Counter field MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Admin Tab 9 9 PCR Packets TPG is generating packets
134. uts and are further described in the chapter Connections Tab on page 8 1 Port Name All encoder encoders and outputs can be assigned a user defined Port Name This name is used to identify the port later when making connections Use any descriptive name suitable for your application or accept the default Packet Size Select between 188 and 204bytes ASI Rate The following two modes are available e Manual In this mode the ASI output bit rate is set to the value entered in the Bit Rate field The ASI output will maintain this rate at all times as follows gt Ifthere is no connection to the ASI port or if the input connected to the ASI port is not active the ASI port will transmit NULL packets Ifthe connected input bit rate is lower than the rate entered in the Bit Rate field the ASI port will add NULL packets as required to pad it to the desired value PCR packets will be re stamped as required Ifthe connected input bit rate is higher than the rate entered in the Bit Rate field the ASI port will attempt to remove NULL packets from the connected bit stream in order to achieve the desired value PCR packets will be re stamped as required If there are not enough NULL packets to be deleted packets will be dropped and an alarm will be raised This alarm will be indicated in the DashBoard Card State field in the front Status LED and in the ASI status tab e Automatic If this mode is selected the Bit R
135. values allocated for video over IP EIT Schedule Flag Check this box to set the flag This flag indicates that EIT schedule information is present for this service Since the encoder does not generate EITs the correct setting of this flag is not set Only set it if you intend to mux an EIT downstream of the encoder EIT P F Flag Check this box to set the EIT present following flag for this service Since the encoder does not generate EITs the correct setting of this flag is not set Only set it if you intend to multiplex an EIT downstream of the encoder MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Encoder Setup 5 21 Free CA Mode Check this box to set the Free CA Mode flag If this flag is set it indicates that one or more components of the service are scrambled Since the encoder does not offer scrambling the correct setting of this flag is not set Only set it if you intend to scramble the program downstream from the encoder 5 22 Encoder Setup MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Using the Encoder Connections Tab The Connections tab is used to create output connections for the encoder The set of output options offered is a function of whether or not Secondary Audio and or Additional Audio are enabled Once an option is selected the appropriate configuration parameters are displayed Choose one of the following e ASI IP Streaming the output of the encoder is available for connection to ASI Outputs and IP Output
136. with a valid PCR field stamped corresponding to the packet s departure time at the configured bit rate The packets have a small payload with random data so the Continuity Counter field is valid and counting PID Controls the PID of the generated packets This field accepts both decimal and hexadecimal values prefixed with 0x Bit Rate Controls the bit rate of the generated packets The minimum value is 64 000bps and the maximum value is 213 000 000bps 9 10 Admin Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 License Keys Tab The encoder has a number of optional licensable features The License Keys tab is used to manage these features Using this tab you can verify how many licenses you have for each optional feature and how many you are currently using ASI Outputs IP Outputs C SMPTE 2022 FEC m TT m oO fo fo mem a a oem D S G sm Admin License Keys Tab The encoder has the concept of a temporary license If you want to try out a certain feature contact Ross Video You will receive free of charge a license key that enables that feature for a specific period of running time license time does not count when the card is off The License Keys tab includes a License Status table and a Configuration area as shown above The table rows are license counts and the columns correspond to different licensable features The rows are e Permanent Licenses This is the number of non e
137. xpiring licenses for each feature e Temporary Licenses This is the number of temporary licenses for each feature Once the license period expires they are removed Total Licenses This is the total number of licenses for each feature It is simply the sum of the permanent and temporary licenses e Used Licenses This is the number of licenses in use for each feature by the current card configuration If you have temporary licenses the Time Remaining field indicates how long until they expire If you do not have temporary licenses this field has the message No active temporary licenses License Status The table columns correspond to the licensable features as outlined in this section AAC LC Pairs AAC 8671 The encoder requires one AAC 8671 license per instance of AAC LC stereo encoding Note that AAC LC is required for the operation of some OTT protocols MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Admin Tab 9 11 Extra MP2 Pairs MPA 86771 One MPEG 1 Layer II license MPA 8671 is included with each encoder channel This field counts the additional licenses SD Instances HD 1080i Instances These standard licenses define the maximum output resolution for the encoder By default one license is activated for the MSE 8671 and two licenses for the MDE 8672 OTT Protocols Over The Top OTT Protocols are HTTP Live Streaming and RTMP Licenses in this column are applicable to both protocols Each inst
138. ying the bit stream for Encoder 2 only will use the configured values 3 Ifthe program number is the same for Encoder 1 and Encoder 2 the program number for Encoder 2 in the MPTS will be that of Encoder 1 plus 1 For example if both encoders are configured to be program 4 Encoder 1 will be program 4 in the MPTS and Encoder 2 will be program 5 in the MPTS Both encoders will still be program 4 in their individual SPTS 4 The MPTS will have an SDT if either Encoder 1 and or Encoder 2 have the SDT enabled If only one encoder has the SDT enabled the MPTS SDT will have only one entry for that encoder The MPTS PID Program Allocation area reports the actual PIDs and Program Numbers being used in the MPTS It also reports whether or not the individual SDTs are enabled per encoder The PID Display control determines whether PIDs are displayed in Hexadecimal or Decimal If more audio channels are enabled their respective PIDs will be displayed as well 8 6 Connections Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Admin Tab In This Chapter The following topics are discussed Admin Tab Overview General Tab Firmware Tab Config Files Tab Test Packet Generator Tab License Keys Tab Event Log Tab MSE 8671 MDE 8672 User Manual Iss 03 Admin Tab 9 1 Admin Tab Overview The Admin tab contains a number of general administrative functions each on its own tab ASI Outputs IP Outputs Connections GEE CARD MIBS ZIP S

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