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9990-ENC-H264-IP User Manual

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2. This process is discussed in further detail in the Dashboard User Manual chapter 5 section Restoring Configurations to Devices Pre defined Templates The 9990 ENC H264 IP offers 5 pre defined configuration templates as indicated below Template Composite to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast Load To load a template just click on the Load button next to it The pre defined templates are e Composite to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast This template configures Encoder to take a composite input on Video 1 and send over UDP IP multicast to Ethernet 1 and 2 simultaneously In a dual channel encoder the second channel will be stopped e SD SDI to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast This template configures Encoder 1 to take an SD SDI input on Video and send over UDP IP multicast to Ethernet 1 and 2 simultaneously In a dual channel encoder the second channel will be stopped 64 e 720p to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast This template configures Encoder 1 to take an HD SDI 720p input on Video 1 and send over UDP IP multicast to Ethernet 1 and 2 simultaneously In a dual channel encoder the second channel will be stopped e 10801 to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast This template configures Encoder 1 to take an HD SDI 10801 input on Video 1 and send over UDP IP multicast to Ethernet 1 and 2 simultaneously In a dual channel encoder the second channel will be stopped e 1080i SD from VID 1 to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast This template configures both encoders to run from an HD SD
3. Check the Admin Event Log Tab for more details e Server Connection 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 This field indicates which server Primary or Backup the encoder is currently connected or attempting to connect e Video Buffer Audio Buffer The encoder has separate buffers for audio and video These buffers are used to temporarily store the bitstream 1f there 1s no enough network and or server bandwidth However if this situation persists the buffers start to fill up These indicators report the current state of the buffers If they overflow data is dropped Ideally these buffers should stay empty close to 0 e Dropped Packets If the buffers overflow data is dropped The encoder will drop entire access units an audio block or a video frame This indicator has a count of the number of access units dropped for the current connection This count resets when a new connection is established 58 Admin Tab The Admin tab contains a number of general administrative functions each on its own tab The general layout 1s shown below Encoder 2 Admin Control Support Network Encoder 1 Card Name 9990 ENC H264 1P Enabled SNMP Traps Disabled MIB File Download CARD MIBS ZIP Save General Firmware Contig Files Event Log The Admin tabs are e General Manages a number
4. HTTP Live Streaming RTMP Direct HTTP Closed Captioning support both ELA 608 and EIA 708 captions e AFD extraction and insertion support e Support for pre compressed Dolby AC 3 pass through embedded in SDI inputs Typical application scenarios for the 9990 ENC H264 IP are Video Distribution over IP backbones IPTV headends Monitoring High Quality OTT generation Product Overview The 9990 ENC H264 IP supports up to two H 264 SD HD encoders each with one stereo pair of audio encoding The encoded transport stream can be routed and replicated to both Ethernet ports The following inputs are available e Software configurable Composite or SDI video inputs with auto detection capability e SDI video inputs support SD SDI HD SDI and 3G SDI with auto detection capability e Analog unbalanced audio stereo inputs e SDI embedded audio support The following outputs are available e Two Ethernet outputs supporting full duplex 100 Mb s and 1 Gb s operation A block diagram of the encoder is shown below Inputs Outputs Composite SDI L AN F13 ETH1 Unbalanced L1 4 Audio i L Composite SDl AN Unbalanced WJ 2 Audio pus O N N o O rm A O Q O EN O pus A 9990 ENC H264 IP Indicators and Switches The 9990 ENC H264 IP card can be installed in 20 slot openGear compatible frames Prior to installing the card first install the corresponding rear panel I O module Note that the re
5. If the frame 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 Cobalt Digital Inc 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 Cobalt Digital Inc 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 wheeled bin symbol invites you to use these systems If you need more information on the collection reuse and recycling systems please contact your local or regional waste administration You can also contact Cobalt Digital Inc for more information on the environmental performances of our products pA Contents Sont P PITRT 5 TEE OCCHI CO ooo too temm oes casein ecm ro eaen HMM VERE E EI NE 7 POOT OVT O W
6. available Ethernet 1 Output Configuration Enabled M UDP Port 2001 7 Destination Address 225 1 1 1 TTL The configuration parameters are as follows e UDP Port selects the UDP port to transmit to Valid values are between and 65535 Note that in traditional IP networks UDP ports between 1 and 1023 are reserved for administrative uses It is recommended to use UDP ports 1024 and higher The 9990 ENC H264 IP however will accept any legal value e Destination Address selects the IP address to transmit to Any valid unicast or multicast address can be entered here with the exception of the loopback range 127 0 0 0 to 127 255 255 255 The 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 e 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 e TTL This parameter allows the configuration of the Time To Live TTL byte in the IP header Valid values are between 1 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 1s suitable for virtually all
7. e SDI Standard this indicator reports the detected SDI signal Possible values are unlocked SD SDI HD SDI and 3G SDI 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 53 If the input is SDI and the Audio Source parameter in Basic Tab Audio Configuration is set to SDI Embedded Audio two more indicators are shown Encoder 1 Status Encoder 1 Video Status Video Detected Encoder 1 Audio Encoder 1 Audio Status e Encoder 1 2 Embedded Audio This indicator flags whether or not embedded audio is actually present on the selected Group Channel combination see Basic Tab Audio Configuration The following values are presented o Present Embedded audio is present in the selected Group Combination o O Not Present The SDI input has no lock it is not possible to determine whether embedded audio is present or not o Not Present Embedded audio is not present in the selected Group Channel combination Check the source settings or select a different Group Channel combination e Encoder 1 2 Audio Status This indicator flags any errors in the embedded audio and will have the following values o QO OK No errors detected o O Not Present Embedded audio is not present errors cannot be detected This status will be issued when there 1s no SDI lock or when there 1s no embedded audio o Error Embedded audio errors are b
8. o Same as the input no scaling o scaling from the input Support for other standard frame rates such as 30 60 24 etc may be available Please contact us if you require one of these rates 24 O Low resolutions 480x270 320x240 and 320x180 progressive at half and quarter frame rates not available for 1080p inputs HD inputs can be scaled and re interlaced if necessary to SD resolution anamorphic not available for 1080p inputs 720p inputs can be reduced to half frame rate typically for Internet applications as follows 280x720p50 is converted to 1280x720p25 1280x720p59 94 is converted to 1280x720p29 97 280x720p00 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 080159 94 720p59 94 and 480159 94 are converted to 720x480p29 97 1080160 and 720p60 are converted to 720x480p30 1080150 and 720p50 are converted 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 1080159 94 and 480159 94 are converted to 640x360p29 97 720p59 94 is converted to 640x360p59 94 1080150 and 576150 are converted to 640x360p25 720p50 is converted to 640x360p50 HD 10801 inputs can be scaled to 1280x720p at the same incoming frame rate e g 1080159 94 will be scaled to 720p
9. the oldest half of the stored logs will be deleted to make space for new logs 68 Support Tab If you need to contact Technical Support please be prepared to provide the following information 1 A detailed description of the problem and any actions taken to solve it 2 A detailed description of the environment around the encoder This includes the make and model of any decoders being used as well as the connection network IP or ASI between the encoder and the decoders 3 The Technical Support information from the encoder itself This is downloaded from the Support tab Select the Support Tab and click on the Save button next to Support Info Download This will create a file called TECHSUPPORT TXT in the computer running DashBoard The TECHSUPPORT TXT file contains the following information e The current configuration of the unit e Acopy 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 unit However if you are using RTMP or HLS this file will contain any access credentials usernames passwords configured in the unit Passwords will be encrypted 69 Playing Video on a Web Page In general there are two ways of playing video on a web page e Using a web browser plugin or e Using the HTML5 VIDEO tag for browsers that support it Unfortunately the HTMLS standard did not actually specify what t
10. 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 o 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 Video input Settings 9 Manual Selection Mito Detected Video Input Settings Manual Selection Auto Detected input Resolution SD 720x480i v Output Resolution Same as Input Ue Composite vw Video Rate Mode CBR VBR Frame Field Rate 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL Output Resolution Output 720x480i M Video Rate Mode CBR VBR The following table lists the supported input video signals NTSC 720x480159 94 NTSC 4 43 720x5776150 PAL B D G H I N 1280x720p50 PAL M 1280x720p59 94 PAL Nc 1280x720p60 SECAM 1920x1080p23 98 1920x1080p24 1920x1080i50 1920x1080159 94 1920x1080i60 1920x1080p50 1920x1080p59 94 1920x1080p60 23 If Video Input Settings is set to Manual Selection the Input Resolution Input Source and Field Frame Rate parameters are displayed and must be set to match the incoming video signal e Input Resolution Select the resolution of the input video signal The following four choices are available o SD 720x4801 this will be presented as 720x5761 if Field Frame Rate is set to PAL o HD 1280x720p o HD 1920x1080i o HD 1920x1080p e Inp
11. LJ ETH2 ETH1 B The 9990 ENC H264 IP board has other LEDs that may or may not be illuminated They are intended for engineering debug only Front Switches The 9990 ENC H264 IP board has two pushbutton type switches in the front just below the LEDs as depicted below Their operation is as follows e Default IP Switch This switch is used to recover the board in the unlikely case of a corrupted or broken firmware update In most cases the 9990 ENC H264 IP will detect the error and automatically fall back into the factory default firmware load If 1t does not pull the card out press and hold this switch and push the card back into the frame while 11 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 e Reset Switch Pressing this pushbutton switch causes the card to reset op Corner B U OOO B BU BOG B Default IP Reset 9990 ENC H264 IP Operation and Management The 9990 ENC H264 IP is configured using the free Dashboard application which is available for Windows Apple OS X and Linux Dashboard can be downloaded from this link http www opengear tv dashboard software The 9990 ENC H264 IP user interface is depicted below It 1s divided into a statistics panel on the left and a configuration panel on the right Each panel has multiple tabs corresponding to the various functions in the unit
12. Mode OpenGOP Closed GOP Level Auto Select v Profile Auto Select v Aspect Ratio Auto v GOP Structure IBBP IBP QC IP Coding Delay ms 500 gt GOP Mode Select between Open GOP and Closed GOP The normal setting is Open GOP Closed GOP is used for some storage applications and is also required by some CDNs such as YouTube 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 bitstream 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 Profile This control has four options o Auto Select With this setting the encoder will use High Profile for HD and Main Profile for SD o High Profile With this setting the encoder will always use High Profile for all resolutions o Main Profile With this setting the encoder will always use Main Profile for all resolutions o Baseline Profile With this setting the encoder will always use Baseline Profile The GOP Structure control will not be selectable i
13. None 50 15 us and ITU T J 17 Advanced Tab Mux Parameters These parameters control the details of the audio video multiplexing and the P SI tables If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Output 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 PMTPID 0x20 PCRPID 0x10 Video PID Qx100 Audio PID Ox110 Program Number 1 Transport Stream ID 1 Generate SDT e 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 Ox or in decimal Valid values are from 0x20 32 to Ox IFFE 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 37 user interface will not accept an invalid entry at any time it will immediately revert to the previous value Program Number Enter the desired program number for this encoder channel Valid program numbers go from 1 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 Ox or in decimal Generate SDT This box is always shown but is not selectable for the HTT
14. 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 1s red The following tabs are available e Product this tab provides general information on the unit including firmware version uptime temperatures and other parameters It appears only on the Statistics panel 12 e Network this tab is used to configure the IP addresses and network information for the Ethernet ports The statistics side of the panel includes some additional information such as link state e Encoder 1 Encoder 2 these tabs are used to configure the two encoder channels e 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 n Encoder 2 Admin Conmral Suppor Reflected in the Network m Gardsiate _ OR front Status Connection ONLINE LED Ethernet 1 Configuration AlarmonLinkLoss 2 Yes No IP Address 132 158 1 217 Subnet Mask 2552552550 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 Build Date Interface Speed Auto Megotiate w Supplier Interface Settings Apply Product Software Rev 32 Serial Number Ethernet 2 Configuration Hardware Version Alarm on Link Loss ves No Rear Module IP Address 10101030 Analog Audio Input
15. Unbalsnce Subnet Mask 2552552550 Card Uptime 6 minutes Default Gateway aT Ambient Temp 31 50 Interface Speed Au Megollate w Internal Temp 43 38 Interface Settings Apply MDP Core Temp 61 31 Cancel Statistics Panel Confiquration Panel Interfaces DNS d 13 Product Tab The Product Tab contains basic information about the 9990 ENC H264 IP Admin Encoder 1 Control Encoder 72 Product Build Date Supplier Product Software Rew Serial Number Hardware Version Rear Module Analog Audio Input Card Uptime Ambient Temp Internal Temp MDP Core Temp The following information is available Supplier Cobalt Digital Inc Product 9990 ENC H264 IP Network Jul 18 2045 22 07 29 Cobalt Digital Inc ne i ac83f0001454 c I nbbalanced 12 minutes Un LUN ih hd Cr cea Build Date Date the firmware image was built Software revision This indicates the firmware revision currently running The format is Major Version e Minor Version e Build Number e Serial Number This is the serial number of this particular 9990 ENC H264 IP unit m n e Hardware Version This indicates the board version number Balanced audio support is available for version 4 and later All other functionality is the same across hardware versions e Rear Module This indicates the status of the Rear I O Module It can have one of the following states o Q OK The Rear Module
16. applications e DF Bit This parameter allows the configuration of the Do not Fragment DF bit in the IP header The 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 1s not set This 1s not an issue with current network equipment 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 The highlights of the protocol are 4 e The encoder segments the bitstream into small files of similar duration at some suitable points e 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 playlist file in the server which informs the clients of which segments are available e The encoder also takes care of deleting old files from the server e The clients can connect to the web server at will they download the playlist file and start playing the segments as they come e Astandard unmodified web server can be used A typical use case is depicted below 3b Server IPSTB IPSTB E Location 1 Location 2 Location N HTTP Live St
17. following data types from the video input and insert them in the compressed video output 3 e Closed Captioning e Active Format Description AFD Closed Captioning The Closed Captioning controls are only displayed in the following situations e Inthe Basic Tab Video Configuration Video Input Settings is set to Manual Selection and Frame Field Rate is set to 59 94 NTSC e Inthe Basic Tab Video Configuration Video 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 as depicted below The Closed Captioning controls are as follows e Enable CC check 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 As depicted below this field may or may not be editable depending on the video input settings input resolution and input source The options are o 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 o 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 that
18. of general device parameters provides an SNMP MIB download e Firmware Manages firmware images e Config Files The 9990 ENC H264 IP has the ability to store multiple configurations and it has a number of pre set configurations as well These are managed in this tab e Event Log The 9990 ENC H264 IP contains a non volatile event log It can be inspected and downloaded from this tab The Admin Statistics tabs are simplified read only versions of the corresponding Admin Configuration tabs They will not be explicitly described here Admin General Tab The Admin General Tab includes the following parameters 59 e Card Name This field defaults to 9990 ENC H264 IP but can be set to any descriptive name The name provided here will also appear in the Dashboard M Tree View e SNMP Traps This allows SNMP traps to be enabled or disabled Note that this setting does not take effect immediately 1t will become active the next time the unit is rebooted e MIB File Download The 9990 ENC H264 IP provides an up to date copy of its MIBs If you click on the Save button a zip file with the relevant MIBs will be downloaded to your computer This zip file contains the device MIBs as well as the Ross Video and openGear MIBs required to compile the device MIBs The Admin General Tab is depicted below Enabled SNMP Traps MIB File Download CARD MIBS ZIP Save Admin Firmware Tab The 9990 ENC H264 IP can hold up to thre
19. 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 1 e it will update either the average or peak to be consistent with the value being entered For both of these parameters the resolution 1s 1000 bits sec Basic Tab Audio Configuration e 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 see Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to Composite this parameter is grayed out and forced to Analog Audio It will be selectable only if the video 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 as shown below Audio Source Analog Audio SDI Embedded Audio Group Group 1 y Channels Channels 1 2 v e Group Channels SDI embedded audio is typically divided into four groups denoted by Group to Group 4 each group has four mono ch
20. stream Changes to the following parameters are implemented on the fly without stopping the encoder Audio Source in Basic Tab Audio Configuration Language Code in Basic Tab Audio Configuration Any CC AFD configurations made in Advanced Tab VBI Ancillary Data Insertion Audio Gain L R in Analog Audio Parameters Audio Mute L R in Analog Audio Parameters Audio Type and Dolby PMT Type in PMT Information 50 Encoder Statistics Tab The Encoder Statistics Tab is divided into four lower tabs as indicated below Status Advanced Output The Basic Advanced and Output 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 statistics tabs prior to clicking on the Apply button The Status Tab provides a summary of the current status of the encoder It is divided into two areas the Encoder Status area and the Output Status area The Encoder Status area reflects the current status of the encoding subsystem and the Output Status area reflects the status of the network output subsystem Both areas change depending on the individual subsystem settings Encoder S
21. the desired 9990 ENC H264 IP Ethernet port http encoder ip The 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 port 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 next page shows a few examples of how these web pages look like depending on the encoder settings 71 IF 4 Ethi Wieb Streaming x E E gt 101090 QI Q Search gt Eth1 Web Streaming nels configured in this device No encoder channels are currently configured for Web stre Ethl Web Streaming X 4 E gt 10235 v Search Eth Web Streaming Click here to see any HLS channels configured in this device Select encoder channel Encoder Encoder 2 not available i Ethl Web Streaming X gt 1010920 Q Q Search Eth1 Web Streaming Click here to see any HLS channels configured in this device Select encoder channel Encoder 1 Encoder 2 72 Multicast Streaming If an encoder is set for UDP IP Streaming with multicast destination addresses 1 e with a destination IP address in the range of 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 the 9990 ENC H264 IP will generate a web page for that output in the
22. will indicate the following conditions o OK The UDP Output is operating normally either streaming or ready to stream o No Response The UDP Output is configured for unicast operation but it does not have a destination MAC address The Dashboard Card State and the Status LED will be red o O No Response The UDP Output is configured for unicast operation and the destination stopped responding to ARP The IP Output is using an old cached MAC J address The Dashboard Card State will be yellow but packets are being transmitted o O Disabled The UDP Output has been disabled by unchecking the Enabled box in the UDP IP Streaming section of the Encoder Output Tab If HTTP Live Streaming is selected the following indicators are shown IP Output Rate 2 367 837 Segments Transferred 16 HTTP Dropped Segments fo HTTP Transfer Errors n e IP Output Rate this indicator reports the average transfer rate into the server in bits second averaged over the last segment e Segments Transferred this indicator reports the number of bitstream segments successfully transferred so far e HTTP Dropped Segments this indicator reports the number of segments dropped 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 bandwid
23. 29 94 1080150 will be scaled to 720p25 HD 10801 inputs can be scaled to 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 If Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected the following options are offered in this parameter O O Same as Input the encoder will produce a signal that has the same resolution and frame rate as the input no scaling Scale 3 4 Horizontal the encoder will scale down the image horizontally by 3 4 The frame rate will not be changed 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 19201080160 will yield 640x360p30 This resolution is not available for 1920x1080p inputs at any frame rates the encoder will fall back to 3 4 horizontal scaling in this case 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 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 conten
24. 54 Appendix C stream type 0x06 with the AC 3 Descriptor from EN 300 468 annex D o ATSC Dolby Audio is signaled as per ATSC A 53 Part 3 stream type 0x81 However the 9990 ENC H264 IP is currently unable to generate the ATSC AC 3 Descriptor please contact Product Support if this is an issue in your network If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Output 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 36 CRE CRC Of CRC On CRC CRC Off CRC On OriginaliCopy 9 Copy Original Original Copy Copy Original AAC LC Configuration Copyright NotProtected gt Protected Emphasis Mone al MPEG 1 Layer II Configuration The parameters are 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 the audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding e Copyright Controls the state of the Copyright flag in the audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding 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
25. 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 The 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 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 AFD Source This controls where the AFD information is coming from The options are o Line 20 WSS Line 23 WSS This option causes the encoder to synthesize AFD information from WSS Itis 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 ETSI TS 101 154 Appendix B 4 o 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 o 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 A
26. Cobalt Digital Inc 9990 ENC H264 IP Dual Channel Encoder with Streaming IP Output Product Manual Version 2 4 openkear M SOBA 9990 ENC H264 OM Version 2 4 9990 ENC H264 IP Dual Channel Encoder with Streaming IP Output Product Manual Cobalt Digital Inc Part Number 9990 ENC H264 OM Document Version 2 4 Printed in the United States Last Author CGG Printing Date 8 24 2015 The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice or obligation Copyright 2015 Cobalt Digital Inc All rights reserved Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Cobalt Digital Inc Reproduction or reverse engineering of copyrighted software is prohibited Notice The material in this manual is furnished for informational use only It is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as commitment by Cobalt Digital Inc Cobalt Digital Inc assumes no responsibility or liability for errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual Trademarks openear ov is a registered trademark of Ross Video Limited COBALT is a registered trademark of Cobalt Digital Inc e DashBoard Control System is a trademark of Ross Video Limited All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respe
27. FD Selection It corresponds to the codes listed in SMPTE 2016 1 Table 1 Enable AFD MZ AFD Source f Line 20W55 Nf Manual AFD Selection Enable AFD MZ AFD Source Line 20 WS53 a oD SDI SMPTE 201 6 3 VANC Auto Detected Manual AFD Selection Composite VBI Ancillary Data Ipsertion EnableCC Enable AFD lt Enable AFD 7 AFD Source SMPTE 2015 3 VANC d H D SaMPTE 2015 3 VANC Manual AFD Selection Enable AFD M AFD Source Manual AFO Selection Nf AFD Code 1000 Full Frame 15 8 wf Bn Undefined 0010 Full Frame 15 8 0011 Pillarbax 14 8 Center 0100 Letterbox mare than 16 9 Center 1000 Full Frame 15 8 1001 Pillarhax 4 3 Center 1010 Full Frame 16 9 Protected 1011 Pillarbox 14 8 Center Note that if Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected the encoder will comply with the AFD 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 3 VANC and it detects a composite signal it will fall back to Line 20 23 WSS and automatically use the correct line number based on the input signal Manual AFD Selection is always honored 34 Advanced Tab Audio Parameters The Audio Parameters are divided into three subgroups some of which vary and may not be present a
28. I 10801 input connected to Video 1 Encoder 1 runs at full resolution Encoder 2 downscales the content to SD Encoders are routed to individual multicasts on both Ethernet ports Clear Current Configuration Button The Clear Current Configuration button clears all the configured parameters and brings them to their factory defaults The encoders will be stopped configured with a default set of parameters and set to disabled UDP IP outputs The button does not affect the following areas e The settings in the Network tab are not changed e 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 9990 ENC H264 IP is virtually instantaneous The Status Message Area will indicate the result of the operation Admin Event Log Tab The 9990 ENC H264 IP includes an Event Log in non volatile storage This event log can be used for fault finding and to check for error conditions The following information is included in each 9990 ENC H264 IP event in the log e Date The calendar date in which the event occurred e Time The time at which the event occurred e Severity The severity of the event The 9990 ENC H264 IP defines three severity levels o Error These are events that affect the operation of the device For example an encoder losing video input An e
29. Location Select Local to use the local server in the device itself e Segment sec Number of seconds per segment This defines the approximate size in seconds for the above bitstream 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 44 encoder server at higher bit rates the segment size will be limited The 9990 ENC H264 IP has 20 Mbytes of storage per encoder Number of Segments This defines the number of bitstream segments advertised in the playlist The minimum number as per the HLS specification is 3 Some set top boxes require 4 segments Apple devices iPads iPods etc work well with 3 segments Program Name This program name is placed in the playlist 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 9990 ENC H264 IP In local server mode the access URLs for the content are http xxx xxx xxx xxx HLS encoder1 m3u8 http xxx xxx xxx xxx HLS encoder2 m3u8 where xxx xxx xxx xxx is the IP Address of the 9990 ENC H264 IP Ethernet port In the 9990 ENC H264 IP openGear version HLS streams are available through both streaming Ethernet ports Also note that if you use a browser to go to the encoder IP address 1 e just go t
30. P 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 1s checked as depicted below Generate SDT M Service Name Slot 5 Encoder 1 Provider Name MVN Advanced SDT Config 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 9990 ENC H264 IP is installed and Y is 1 or 2 for Encoder 1 or Encoder 2 Provider Name Enter the desired SDT service provider name The default is MVN 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 as shown below Generate SDT 7 Service Name Slot 5 Encoder 1 Provider Name MiM Advanced SDT Config 7 Running Status running wh Service Type advanced codec SD digital television service v Original Network ID UxF FO EIT Schedule Flag EIT PF Flag Free CA Mode 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 38 e 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 televi
31. ambient to the Ambient Temperature measured by the 9990 ENC H264 IP If that measurement is at 45 C or higher action must be taken to cool down the ambient temperature 15 Network Tab The Network Tab allows for configuration monitoring of the two streaming Ethernet ports and optional configuration of DNS servers Network Configuration Tab The Network Configuration Tab is further divided into the following tabs e The Interfaces tab is used to set the individual parameters for each of the streaming Ethernet ports e The DNS tab is used to optionally configure DNS servers Interfaces DNS y Configuration Tabs Network Configuration Interfaces Tab This tab allows the configuration of the individual streaming ports Ethernet 1 Configuration Alarm on Link Loss Yes C No IP Address 10 10 9 116 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 Interface Speed Auto Negotiate bal Interface Settings Apply Cancel The following parameters can be configured e Alarm on Link Loss If set to Yes the unit will raise an alarm if this Ethernet interface loses link The Card State indicator in Dashboard and the front Status LED will both be red If set to No the unit will still report loss of link in the Statistics page but no alarm will be raised It is recommended turning on the alarm for ports that are in use only turn it off 1f you do not plan to connect that port to a network e IP Address En
32. annels 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 Group 1 Channels 1 2 the second stereo pair is in Group 1 Channels 3 4 and so on The Group 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 Audio Source Analog Audio SDI Embedded Audio Group Custom DID v Group DID 0x2FF Channels Channels 1 2 v e Group DID Enter the desired Group DID in hexadecimal Note that the entry will be immediately validated and rejected if invalid As a reference the table below contains the standard DIDs built into the system for Groups 1 to 4 21 SD SDI DID HD SDI DID Ox2FF Ox2E7 Ox1FD Ox 1E6 Ox 1FB 0x1E5 0x2F9 0x2E4 e 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 For a complete list of the language codes see this URL http www loc gov standards iso639 2 php code list php If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Output Tab is set to RTMP this field will not be displayed as RTMP does not use the transport stream container e Audio Encoding This parameter selects the audio encoding algo
33. ar I O panel for 20 slot frames is different from the panel for older 10 slot frames Rear I O Panel Indicators There are two rear I O panels available for the 9990 ENC H264 IP encoder to support different analog audio inputs e Unbalanced Audio I O Panel e Balanced Audio I O Panel All 9990 ENC H264 IP I O panels have two software configurable Composite SDI video inputs on standard BNC connectors and two 100 1000 Mb s Ethernet ports on standard RJ 45 connectors There also two unused BNC ports The unbalanced audio I O panel includes four RCA connectors and the balanced audio I O panel includes four terminal blocks The panels are depicted in the next page Each of the video inputs has a green indicator LED with the following states e LED off no video signal detected or input not configured e LED flashing video input locked to the video signal o LED flashing about once per second input video is SD o LED flashing about twice per second input video is HD SDI o LED flashing about 4 times per second input video is 3G SDI 1080p60 Each of the Gigabit Ethernet ports has two indicator LEDs with the following states e Green LED o Off No link o On Link e Yellow LED o Off No activity transmit and or receive o Flashing Port is currently transmitting and or receiving Unused Ports Balanced Audio Unbalanced Audio Note that the balanced audio rear I O panel is only supported boards with hardware version 4 and
34. aximum usable rate e 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 e Some CDNs such as YouTube for example only accept frame rates up to 30 fps and prefer progressive content The device can convert any input signal to progressive at a lower bit rate see the Basic Tab Video Configuration section e In RTMP Mode the device will force Closed GOP operation see the Advanced Tab Video Parameters section as required by some CDNs The Apply Cancel Buttons The Apply Cancel buttons are available at the bottom of the Basic Advanced and Connection screens These are not separate buttons they are multiple instances of the same buttons repeated on each screen for convenience 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 Apply Apply Cancel Cancel No changes to Apply Configuration Changed In general most changes will cause the encoder channel to stop and start again causing a brief 2 second interruption to the
35. ccording to the selections made in the various audio configuration sections in the Encoder Basic Configuration Tab and the installed rear I O panel A sample of the Audio Parameters section 1s depicted below Audio Parameters Balanced Audio Level SMPTE EBU Audio Gain L dB 00 Analog Audio Audio Gain R dB Parameters Audio Mute L Audio Mute R A V Sync Adjustment PMT Information CRC On ee m Audio Encoder Copyright NotProtected Protected Specific Configuration Emphasis Nona Sy Analog Audio Parameters These parameters are only displayed if Audio Source in Basic Tab Audio Configuration is set to Analog Audio The parameters are e Balanced Audio Level This control is only displayed if the encoder is equipped with a balanced audio rear I O panel It selects the nominal signal level as follows o SMPTE Nominal level according to SMPTE RP155 typically used in North America o EBU Nominal level according to EBU R68 typically used in Europe The EBU level is 6 dB higher than the SMPTE level 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 35 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 sy
36. 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 Primary Network Interface described above 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 informational field 1s 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 1s left blank the value entered for Primary Stream is used Redundancy Switch Time sec This field 1s only displayed if a Backup Server is specified 1 e it will not be present if Backup Server is left blank It sets the timeout for encoder to switch servers after the RTMP connection is established if the server stops accepting data 1 e when the IP Output Rate goes to 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 Specific Port is selected an additional field is displayed Common Parameters Port Selection Use Default Specific Port Port 1935 Authentica
37. ctive owners Important Regulatory and Safety Notices Before using this product and any associated equipment refer to the Important Safety Instructions listed below to avoid personnel injury and to prevent product damage Products 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 or injury 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 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 N Notice 7he symbol with the word Notice within the equipment manual indicates a ry ESD Susceptibility This symbol is used to ale
38. d Delete E Config 4 ngd Delete Configsogd OK Composite to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast User Saved Configurations OK SD SDIto Eth 1 and 2 Mullicast fok r2 p to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast Lea Pre Defined Templates ok 1080ito Eth 1 and 2 Multicast OK 1080i ED from VID1 to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast Clear Current Configuration Status Message Areas 62 User Saved Configurations The fields 1n the user saved configuration are 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 at any time even when there 1s no saved configuration Config Load Button If you click on this button the corresponding configuration is loaded in the 9990 ENC H204 IP It will replace the currently running configuration Dashboard will take a few seconds to reload longer if you are accessing over a wide area network but the actual configuration in the 9990 ENC H264 IP is virtually instantaneous The Status Message Area will indicate the result of the operation Config Delete Button If you click on this button the corresponding configuration and its description are deleted Config Save Button If you click on this button the current configuration is saved on the corresponding slot possibly replacing the configuration saved ther
39. d not to remap the Direct HTTP Streaming Listening Port see the Direct HTTP Streaming configuration section 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 plugin needs to know the listening port and that value 1s passed to it by the automatically generated pages from the 9990 ENC H264 IP 74 Web Browser Support The web pages generated by the 9990 ENC H264 IP are known to work with the VideoLAN plugin versions 2 0 1 to 2 0 5 and the following web browsers Windows Internet Explorer versions 9 0 2 9 0 13 Mozilla Firefox versions 7 0 39 0 Google Chrome versions 14 0 835 186 24 0 1312 57 Apple Safari 5 1 5 1 7 Other browsers and operating systems may work as long as the VideoLAN plugin is installed 75
40. e distinct firmware images a Factory image and two upgrade images called Image 1 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 and Image 2 can be updated at will Since the unit 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 unit 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 unit allow for a forced override to the factory image as described in the Front Switches section 9990 ENC H264 IP firmware is updated in the same fashion as with any standard openGear unit Once you obtained the upgrade image from Cobalt place it anywhere in your computer and click on the Upload button as shown below A dialog box allows you to select the upgrade file Note that you can simultaneously upgrade all of your 9990 ENC H264 IP units over multiple chassis if you wish For more detail consult the Dashboard User Manual chapter 6 section Upgrading Device Software The Dashboard manual can be downloaded from http www opengear tv dashboard software SNMP is an optional feature in the openGear frame controller The 9990 ENC H264 IP SNMP functions are only available if SNMP is licensed in the frame controller 60 Note that uploading firmware to the 9990 ENC H264 IP doe
41. e if it 1s not empty Download Config If you click on the Save button the corresponding file is downloaded to your computer This feature is provided to allow configuration backups If you save a configuration to your computer and later wish to restore it to the 9990 ENC H264 IP use the following procedure 1 On Dashboard open the user interface for the frame controller slot 0 Select the Data Safe tab in the configuration area 3 Uncheck the Disable checkbox corresponding to the card you wish to restore the configuration This step is depicted below select here Setup Network Data Safe Data Safe Data All card parameters have been stored for the following cards Slot 1 1 Update Slot Slot 2 2 lt Update Slot mi Slot 3 3 2 Update Slot F Siot4 4 99 9 ENC 0 9 9 Done Update Sioi i Uncheck this 63 4 On the Dashboard Tree View right click on the card and select Restore Configuration Follow the prompts and navigate to the file you wish to restore You can also use this process to copy the configuration from one running encoder to another even if the encoders are on different frames or are of different types e g it is possible to copy configuration between openGear 9990 ENC H264 This process is illustrated below 1k Basic Tree View XxX E Standalone Encoder Slat ITV IP3B5 c WIE xB El ienr Standalone Encoder Slot 0 ITV IP360c
42. eceiving them Encoder 1 Status Encoder 1 Video Status e Closed Captions This reports Closed Caption insertion This field will report Present or Not Present If Closed Captions are reported as Not Present the possible reasons are o If the caption source is EIA 608 Line 21 it means that the encoder cannot find a valid closed caption waveform on that line 52 o 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 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 If AFD insertion is enabled the encoder reports whether or not it is receiving them and what AFD code is being inserted encoert sas Q X Encoder 1 Video Status Video Detected Composite NTSC Closed Captions um e AFD This reports AFD insertion This field will report either Not Present if no AFD is being received or Code X XXX if AFD is being received XXXX is the current AFD code being inserted If AFD Source is set to Manual AFD Selection this field will report the selected manual code If the input is SDI the encoder reports the detected type of SDI signal Encoder stas OK Encoder 1 Video status Quei Video Detected SDI 1920x1080i 59 94 so standard TransportRate 5942000
43. ed We recommend VideoLAN version 2 0 1 or later Earlier versions had stability problems with the Mozilla plugin and did not support HTTP Live Streaming A number of browsers support the MP4 container format but this container does not support real time encoded video 70 VLC media player 2 0 1 Setup Choose Components Choose which features of VLC media player 2 0 1 you want to install Check the components you want to install and uncheck the components you don t want to install Click Next to continue Firefox Select the f install tn select the type of install Chrome Or select the optional Su ort components you wish to PP install Discs Playback Internet Description Explorer Support Space required 30 1MB ee Ie Gee Web Pages Served by the 9990 ENC H264 IP The 9990 ENC H264 IP automatically generates web pages that will display the video being encoded depending on the output mode of the encoder channels please refer to the Encoder Output Tab section The pages will be available for the following output protocols e UDP IP Streaming as long as IP Outputs with multicast destination IP addresses have been defined e Direct HTTP Streaming e HTTP Live Streaming when configured to use the local server The web pages generated by the 9990 ENC H264 IP assume that the VideoLAN plugin has been installed to provide playback services To get started simply point a web browser to the IP address of
44. eing detected If this indicator is red audio 1s corrupted or glitching The possible causes for this are Corrupted embedded audio in the input checksum errors Audio sampling rate mismatch The channel is configured for Dolby Passthrough and the data present in the selected Group Channel is not Dolby AC 3 54 If Dolby Passthrough is configured one additional indicator 1s shown encoder sans OK Encoder a video sians lacked SS Video Detected SD 1920x1080159 94 Encoder 1 Embedded Audio Present Encoder 1 audio sans OK e Encoder 1 2 Passthrough This indicator contains the status of the Dolby AC 3 Passthrough function It may contain the following values o Dolby AC 3 xxx kb s this means that the data in the selected group pair has been correctly identified as Dolby AC 3 its bit rate 1s reported here o Unknown Format this means that data 1s present in the selected group pair but itis not Dolby AC 3 o Not Present this means that there 1s no data in the selected group pair Output Status The parameters shown in the Output Status area depend on the Output Protocol selection in the Encoder Output Tab If UDP IP Streaming is selected the following indicators are shown IP Output Rate 3 438 000 Eth1 Out Status oK Eth2 Out Status Disabled e IP Output Rate this indicator reports the approximate payload bit rate on each of the enabled Ethernet outputs e Eth1 2 Out Status this field
45. enGear Frame NTP Server 192 168 129 10 Configure Addressing Mode Static IP Address 192 158 129 21 Subnet Mask 2552552550 Default Gateway 192 168 129 1 Apply Cancel If your frame controller has access to the Internet you can point it to one of the public NTP servers for your region You can find more details on this link http psp2 ntp org bin view Servers WebHome The full Admin Event Log tab is displayed below 66 Log Download LogView All C Error C Warning C Info Time Zone Saved configuration 1 Configured address 10 10 93 30 mask 255 255 255 0 gateway 0 0 0 0 video input locked iden Input lacked Persistent configuration restored Started serial ach 30001 454 ver 2 3 2 Control Process Manually Terminated MID1 encz overrun cleared VID1 ant overrun detected Current Time Sun lul 18 11 00 2015 Clear Log Display Time starts at 0170172010 00 00 GMT unless Note s djusted by NTP The fields are 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 on the Save button The log will be in CSV format and it can be opened by any utility that can read text file
46. eoe Toe vo od ew tnetis iias 22 Basic Tab Video Configuration zccoccdosoc iusta teet RRRE Ue Cua ese taba sanonnan inona caisson 23 Basie Tab JAUdID C ODESUE AUTO ear assent tedus EOE 27 Encoder Advanced Configuration Tab eeeesssssssssssseeeeeeeeee eene enne enne 2 Advanced Tab Video Parameter nsss ara ien 29 Advanced Tab VBI Ancillary Data Insertion eeeeeessseeeeeeennnneeren 3l Advanced Tab Audio Parameters scission pe 3 EUR ru M FRRORDDUSUNSN Sa OREEEFnaU E DU ces deb 33 Advanced Tab Mux Parameters eeeesssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee nennen eene seen nnn nennen 37 Encoder Brei 39 ME SU QUII sree pce cee E ST E T E E 40 is EE Ty Ds TT 4 Ue TD Tie DIM TOT 45 uu 47 The Apply Cancel DULEONS 2 et ect sa sae Neen crassa ap deen saa dane R 50 Encoder AUIS TICS A e tenccnccnnsncnuesoiecbe dunes tenes oa basate cue ouasbuoeaieiaar viguen osenesaapedeetasaumuterencesenote 51 ETC OCCT CAL LS aeonose eti E E E snouts UEM E EE 51 OO S REO Tm 55 A L ss E A A E Gomes atniaaeeseestatiae 59 A Ere MC TA a TERRE E E E DU 59 Admin TIGA ANS Ta Dee E E 60 f verni og CON SIS eso E E E E E E E ced 62 WS Cha Ve Cl OIRO TAM ONS A T E E AEA 63 PPE GC TANG Ch WS TNA CS 00 920 05 0805 2 000 0005059000 bas raton denen swecasenesceatatuechasouendeaseceecengdeoesenueten dee 64 Clear Current Config
47. f the primary or single RTMP server to be 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 Network Configuration DNS Tab e Primary Network Interface Select the network interface to be used when contacting the primary server The settings are o Any use the best network interface to connect to the server o Ethernet 1 preferably 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 o Ethernet 2 preferably 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 e Primary App Enter the application name in the primary server as discussed above Consult your CDN or server documentation to find out what should be entered in this field e Primary Server URL This informational field 1s automatically updated as you configure the RTMP parameters It displays the full RTMP URL for the primary server e Primary Stream Enter the stream name for the primary server 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 Backup Server If you have a backup RTMP server
48. higher The hardware version is available in the Product Tab in DashBoard Front Indicators A similar set of indicators exist 1n the front of the board These are visible when the frame front door is opened The indicator layout 1s depicted below The LED indicators are as follows e Status LED indicates the overall status of the board o Green no active alarm o Red at least one critical alarm present When inserting a board 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 e Power OK LED indicates that the power received from the frame is OK o Green power OK o Off no power or insufficient voltage check the frame power status 10 e VID 1 and VID 2 LEDs these behave exactly the same as the corresponding rear I O panel indicators e ENCI and ENC2 LEDs these LEDs flash if the corresponding encoder is running with output available for routing to ASI UDP or RTP They will not flash if 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 e ETH1 and ETH2 LEDs these indicate the status of the corresponding Ethernet connection o Off no link o On link OK no activity o Blinking link OK port is transmitting and or receiving packets Top Corner Status Power OK E VID 2 VID 1
49. his selection Bit Rate Selection Video Bit Rate Transport Bit Rate Video Bit Rate 2000000 7 Bit Rate Selection Video Bit Rate 9 Transport Bit Rate TransportBitRate 2000000 Video Bit Rate This field is shown only if the encoder is set to CBR mode and the Bit Rate Selection control is set to Video Bit Rate It determines the video elementary stream bit rate expressed in bits second Note that the bit rate resolution 1s 1000 bits second Transport Bit Rate This field 1s 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 Please note that 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 Statistics Tab after the Apply button has been pressed At that point the actual encoder video bit rate can be found in the Encoder Statistics 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 26
50. if 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 turn off CC 1f that composite signal 1s PAL 32 Enable CC VBUAncillary Data Insertion Closed Captioning Disabled Enable CC 7 CC Source CEA 606 Line 21 VBUAncillary Data Insertion Input Source Composite Input Resolution SD Active Format Description The 9990 ENC H264 IP can extract Active Format Description AFD information from the incoming video signal and insert it in the compressed bitstream AFD information can be extracted from the following sources VBUAncillary Data Insertion CC Source CEA 606 Line 21 CEA4 608 Line 21 SMPTE 334 VANC Input Source SD SDI Input Resolution SD or Video Input Settings Auto Detected VBUAncillary Data Insertion CC Source SMPTE 334 VANC Input Source HD SDI or 3G SDI Input Resolution HD 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 For SD signals either from Composite or SD SDI sources
51. irectory 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 o basename m3u8 This is the top playlist file For the example above where the base file name is live the playlist 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 playlist with a m3u extension and identical contents will also be created o basename p m3uS This is the current playlist file for the encoder profile It is updated every time a new segment is created 43 o basename XXXX ts These will be the bitstream encoded files XXXX is an increasing count For the example above the encoder will create files named live 1l ts live 2 ts live 3 ts live 4 ts andsoon 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 e Segment sec Number of seconds per segment This defines the approximate size in seconds for the above bitstream 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
52. is the correct module for the 9990 ENC H264 IP o Q Not Installed The 9990 ENC H264 IP is not connected to a rear module The card is operating normally but it will not be useful as there are no input and output connections to it o Wrong Module The 9990 ENC H264 IP is connected to a rear module that was not designed for it either from another openGear vendor or for a different card Depending on the signals present on that module there may be a small chance of damage to the 9990 ENC H264 IP it is recommended that this situation be rectified immediately This alarm will cause the front status LED to turn red A card with hardware version 3 or lower will show this alarm for the balanced audio rear I O panel e Analog Audio Input This indicates the type of analog audio input balanced or unbalanced This field will have an indication of unknown for unrecognized unsupported rear I O panels e Card Uptime Indicates how long the unit has been running since it was last rebooted e Ambient Temperature Temperature in degrees centigrade of the air intake of the unit measured at the front edge of the unit e Internal Temperature Temperature in degrees centigrade at the back of the unit e MDP Core Temperature Temperature in degrees centigrade of the core MediaStorm processing element 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
53. n Baseline Profile and will be set to IP Note that 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 1s noticeable will depend on the resolution bit rate and specific video content Aspect Ratio The H 264 bitstream includes aspect ratio information in the VUI Parameters 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 30 e 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 e Coding Delay This parameter controls the size of the H 264 Coded Picture Buffer CPB expressed in milliseconds This 1s one component of the end to end encoder decoder delay The unit latency is 150 milliseconds plus the value of this control For exam
54. nc 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 Passthrough e Audio Delay ms Use this 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 its description in the PMT The choices are o Undefined no further information This 1s the most common setting o Clean Effects indicates that the audio has no language o Hearing Impaired indicates that the audio is prepared for the hearing impaired O 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 Passthrough another parameter becomes available in the PMT Information section Audio Type Undefined v Dolby PMT Type DVB Arsc e Dolby PMT Type this parameter controls how Dolby AC 3 audio is signaled in the PMT The two choices are o DVB Dolby Audio is signaled as per ETSI TS 101 1
55. nce the 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 9990 ENC H264 IP e 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 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 9990 ENC H264 IP Encoder Output Tab The Encoder Output Tab is used to configure the network protocol used to transmit the encoded video Output Protocol Select Protocol d UDRP Streaming HTTP Live Streaming Direct HTTP Streaming RTMP 39 The options are e UDP IP Streaming the output of the encoder will be transmitted over UDP IP unicast or multicast This option is typically used for IPTV or corporate applications The encoder output can be replicated on both Ethernet streaming ports 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 1s selected the encoder output is not available to ASI and IP Output ports and the video bit rate is limited to 15 Mb s Moreover the GOP Mode parameter in the Advanced Tab Video Parameters will be forced to Closed GOP e Direc
56. ncrypted RTMP over SSL e rtmpte encrypted RTMP using proprietary security tunneled over HTTP e rtmpts encrypted RTMP over SSL tunneled over HTTP The servername 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 encoder can be configured with primary backup RTMP servers If 1t cannot connect to the primary server it will automatically try the backup The RTMP configurable parameters are 47 Output Protocol RTMP v RTMP Protocol rtmp v Primary Server server domain com Primary Network Interface Any Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Primary App lapp parameters Primary Server URL rtmp server domain com app parameters Primary Stream livestream Backup Server Backup Server backup domain com Backup Network Interface Any Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Backup App backup app backup parameters Backup Server URL rtmp backup domain com backup app backup parameters Backup Stream backup livestream Common Parameters Redundancy Switch Time sec 10 Port Selection Use Default Specific Port Authentication Yes Q No Connect Yes No e RTMP Protocol Select the protocol variant as discussed above e Primary Server Enter the host name or IP address o
57. ntent to play For Apple devices iPods iPads iPhones etc this will launch the built in media player for PCs running Windows and possibly Linux if the VLC plugin is installed the video will play in the web page Direct HTTP Streaming If an encoder channel is configured for Direct HTTP Streaming the selection happens as depicted below Unlike multicast Direct HTTP Streaming will work 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 If the 9990 ENC H264 IP is required to support clients on remote networks make sure that a Default Gateway is entered in the corresponding Ethernet port configuration see the Network Configuration Tab section When replying to a request the 9990 ENC H264 IP will always use the Ethernet port where it received the request from Using a Firewall between the 9990 ENC H264 IP and the Internet 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 It 1s assumed to be safe to connect the 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 9990 ENC H264 IP and the Internet the web pages and the streaming will still work as long as the firewall is configure
58. o http xxx xxx xxx xxx there will be a link for the HLS page HLS Implementation Notes 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 The maximum video bit rate allowed in HLS mode is 15 Mb s The maximum aggregate performance of the built in HLS server in the 9990 ENC H264 IP is between 20 and 30 Mb s 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 guaranteed at the capacity limits if you need to scale please use a remote server If you are streaming to Apple devices such as iPhones iPads or iPods you must also select the following e Audio Encoding Select AAC LC e 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 Direct HTTP Streaming Direct HTTP Streaming is an output mode whereby clients open a standard HTTP connection to the 9990 ENC H264 IP and issue a standard HTTP GET request The 9990 ENC H264 IP will send the appropriate HTTP response followed by the encoder bitstream the bitstream will be transmitted for as long as the client maintains the connection Since HTTP run
59. on is independent of the video input settings and 1s intended to aid the operator in making the correct selection If a video signal is detected the text in this field will either start with the word Composite if an analog composite video signal is detected or SDI if a digital SDI signal is detected If no recognizable video signal is detected this field will indicate No signal For the detected video signals the encoder will provide further information on the type of signal as follows o For Composite signals the encoder will further report the encoding system as follows Systems with 59 94 fields sec NTSC NTSC 4 43 PAL M Systems with 50 fields sec PAL B D G H I N PAL Nc SECAM o For SDI signals the encoder will indicate additional information as follows For Standard Definition and High Definition signals this field will report resolution frame field rate and whether the signal is progressive or interlaced Examples e SDI 1920x1080159 94 e SDI 1280x720p50 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 device e Transport Rate This indicates the overall transport rate including NULL packets which are not actually transmitted coming out of the encoder subsystem The actual rate will be lower than this by about 5 If Closed Captions are enabled the encoder reports whether or not it 1s r
60. pear disappear in the GUI based on the device s configuration and the parameter choices made Basic Tab General Configuration e Name All 9990 ENC H264 IP encoders and outputs can be assigned a user defined name Use any descriptive name suitable for your application or accept the default e Encoder State This control allows you to start stop an encoder This control needs to be set to Running for normal operation e Input Connection This control selects which of the two rear I O panel inputs is to be connected to this encoder The 9990 ENC H264 IP can run both encoders from the same 27 input The default is to run Encoder from Video Audio and Encoder 2 from Video Audio 2 but all combinations are allowed Note that the parameters presented in the Video Configuration section may change if this selection changes for example if you switch the encoder from a Composite input to an SDI input Basic Tab Video Configuration The 9990 ENC H264 IP is capable of automatically identifying the video signal present in the selected input connection The detected signal is reported in the Encoder Statistics Tab Additionally the encoder can also be set to auto configure its input based on the detected signal e Video Input Settings This parameter selects whether or not the encoder will auto configure based on the detected video input signal o Manual Selection The input signal must be correctly selected using the Input Resolution
61. ple if the Coding Delay is set at its default of 500 milliseconds the latency will be 650 milliseconds Note that the overall encoder decoder latency is also a function of the latencies in the decoder Please note that 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 1920x10801 a bit rate on the order of 10 to 12 Mb s either CBR average or VBR peak is required to produce a stream without artifacts with a Coding Delay of 100 milliseconds Note that if the Output Resolution setting in the Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to one of the low resolutions 480x270 320x240 or 320x180 the Profile and GOP Structure controls will not be selectable this section will appear as follows Video Parameters GOP Mode OpenGOP Closed GOP Auto Select Baseline Profile Aspect Ratio Auto v GOP Structure IBBP IBP Q Ip un Coding Delay ms 3 Also note that if the Input Resolution setting in the Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to 1920x1080p the Profile and GOP Structure controls will not be selectable this section will appear as follows Video Parameters GOP Mode Open GOP Closed GOP Profile Auto Select GOP Structure IBBP IBP IP Advanced Tab VBI Ancillary Data Insertion The 9990 ENC H264 IP can extract the
62. r ip port encoder2 access to encoder2 Where encoder ip is the IP address of either one of the 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 encoder1 Please note that none of the common web browsers Explorer Firefox etc are capable of directly playing this URL what these browsers will do is download the bitstream to a file If you wish to see video playback on a web page please review the Playing Video on a Web Page section later in this document gt The 9990 ENC H264 IP has an internal Web Server running on port 80 46 RTMP The 9990 ENC H264 IP can operate as an RTMP client and publish a real time live bitstream to an RTMP server RTMP clients such as the Adobe Flash Player can connect to the server and play the live stream The 9990 ENC H264 IP can generally connect to the same servers as the Adobe Flash Live Media Encoder FMLE An RTMP server publishing point is defined by the following e An RTMP URL of the form rtmp t el s servername app e Astream 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 e
63. reaming is supported in the 9990 ENC H264 IP The content can be uploaded to an external server or served directly from the unit 42 When uploading to an external server the configurable parameters are Output Protocol HTTP Live Streaming v Server Location Q Remote Local Transfer Protocol FIP SFTP Server Address 10 10 9 48 Username encoder Password eeeeeee Server Path varlwwwihtml Base File Name live E Segment se AS Number of Segments 3 C 4 Extra Server Compatibility i Keep Segments on Server Program Name Encoder 1 Program Server Location Select Remote to have the segments uploaded to a remote web server using FTP or SFTP select Local to use the local server in the device itself Transfer Protocol This configures the protocol to be used between the 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 d
64. 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 The relevant pages are shown below Both UDP and RTP are supported Encoder 1 Ethl eb 10 105 30 encoderl Encoder 1 Eth1 e Multicast Streaming ML Select Multicast Flow e Multicast 225 1 1 1 Port 2001 Protocol UDP Encoder 1 Eth Multicast Streaming Multicast 225 1 1 1 Port 2001 Protocol UDP Note For MPTS streams only the first program may be played HTTP Live Streaming All the web pages accessible from the Ethernet ports of the 9990 ENC H264 IP include a link for the built in HTTP Live Streaming server page 73 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 that HLS channels configured for remote servers will not be listed in this page as the 9990 ENC H264 IP has no way of knowing the actual link to these channels Clicking on the link will cause the co
65. rithm 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 Passthrough option is offered in addition to the previous choices Note that AAC LC requires additional licensing The two variants for this control are depicted below Audio Source Analog Audio SDI Embedded Audio Group Group 1 tyr Audio Source Analog Audio SDI Embedded Audio Channels Channels 1 2 v anguage Code eng MPEG 1 Layer Il MPEG 1 Layer Il Dolby Passthrough If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Output Tab is set to RTMP this field is forced to AAC LC and becomes not editable The reason is that the RTMP protocol has no support for MPEG 1 Layer II audio at 48 kHz sampling It also has no support for Dolby e Mode The available choices for this parameter depend on the Audio Encoding selection as follows o 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 o 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 o Dolby Passthrough This parameter is not displayed 28 e 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 ra
66. rk connection Half Duplex links are not considered suitable for video communication The port will operate but we recommend that this be addressed If Alarm on Link Loss 1s set to Yes the Dashboard Card State will be yellow if there are no higher priority alarms present o OQ No Link The port does not currently have link If Alarm on Link Loss is set to Yes the Dashboard M Card State will be red and the Status LED 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 e Port 1 2 Status This indicator is the port overrun status It has the following states o WOK The port is operating normally o OTX Overflow In the current configuration the IP outputs are attempting to transmit more than the port capacity 1 e the overall output data for this port exceeds the interface speed of 100 Mb s or Gb s The Dashboard Card State will be red and the Status LED in the front of the board will also be red In this case reduce the output bit rate either by reducing the encoder bit rates or by removing output ports If this indicator is red data is being dropped e Link Speed Mb s This parameter reports the actual speed negotiated with the switch for the port If the port has no link the value reported here is zero e MAC Address This reports the MAC address of the Ethernet port Network Statistics DNS Tab The Network Statistics DNS Tab report
67. rror will impact service until addressed o Warning These are events that may produce visible glitches but they do not have a continuous service impact One example is the ARP renewal failure o 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 e Subsystem The subsystem affected by the event This may be a port a stream or the device itself 65 e Event This is a textual description of the event Some events are self explanatory and some are intended for product support Please contact Product Support if you need clarification on any event logged by this device The 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 9990 ENC H264 IP will initialize its internal time of day clock to January 1 2010 GMT If the frame controller is NTP synchronized the 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 screen on Dashboard select the Network Tab and enter the IP address of an available NTP server Data Safe Select This Frame Name Op
68. rt the user that an electrical or electronic device or assembly is susceptible to damage from an ESD event Important Safety Instructions N Caution This product is intended to be a component product of an 8300 series frame Refer to the frame User Manual for important safety instructions regarding the proper installation and safe operation of the frame as well as its component products N 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 cards 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 Maintenance User Serviceable Parts Routine maintenance to this Cobalt Digital Inc product is not required This product contains no user serviceable parts
69. s ideally you should use a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel or similar so it is presented in tabular format 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 your time zone using this drop down menu Note that the 9990 ENC H204 IP 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 make this adjustment manually if it is relevant to you 67 e Current Time This field indicates the 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 e Clear Log Display If you click on this button it clears all log views This is useful to quickly identify any new events after the unit has been set up Note that this action does not clear the logs stored in non volatile memory The 9990 ENC H264 IP will store up to about 400 kbytes of logs in non volatile memory When that limit 1s reached
70. s 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 9990 ENC H264 IP may cause momentary stream interruptions Encoder Z Control Support Encoder 1 Encoder 7 Contral iau Build Date Jul 18 201 5102838 E Factorylmage version 2 3 1 issued Fri Jun 12 23 19 01 2015 Image 1 version 2 3 2 issued Sun Jul 18 05 08 08 2015 Image 2 version 2 3 1 issued Fri Jun 12 23 19 01 2015 Product Upload Location Image 2 Boot Location Image Supplier SottwareRev 232 Auto Reboot After Update Maria image Selection image 1 2 32 v Serial Number Hardware Version Rear Module Analog Audio Input Card Uptime Ambient Temp 3244 Internal Temp MDP Core Temp Firmware Config Files Event Log Click here to start firmware update The fields in the Firmware Image Management tab are e 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 e Upload Location This field contains the location where the image upload will go The 9990 ENC H264 IP automatically chooses a location that will not overwrite the currently running image e Boot Location This field indicates which image will be used in the next boot If an image i
71. s on top of the 45 TCP protocol it is possible for the 9990 ENC H264 IP to deliver content over the Internet using this mode However it has the following limitations e The 9990 ENC H264 IP has to send one independent copy of the bitstream to each client There is a limit of 5 clients or 20 Mb s per Ethernet port in this mode e The TCP protocol is capable of flow control if the client is not fast enough or if the network between the 9990 ENC H264 IP and the client is not fast enough the protocol will attempt to throttle the encoder which is not possible The 9990 ENC H264 IP will buffer a small amount of bitstream in this case but if the overall performance of the client network link combination 1s insufficient to support the configured encoder data rate the 9990 ENC H264 IP will drop transport packets Direct HTTP Streaming has one single parameter Output Protocol Direct HTTP Streaming W Listening Port 80002 e Listening Port Use this to select the TCP port to be used by the 9990 ENC H264 IP to listen to HTTP connections Please note that the 9990 ENC H264 IP will not accept the values 22 23 80 1935 and 5253 for this parameter as these ports may be internally used by the 9990 ENC H204 IP 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 bitstream will be http encoder ip port encoder1 access to encoder Or http encode
72. s successfully uploaded through Dashboard this automatically changes to point to that image It can also be manually changed 61 e Auto Reboot After Update This field controls whether or not the 9990 ENC H264 IP will automatically reboot after a successful firmware upload through Dashboard By default the 9990 ENC H264 IP will not reboot after an update You can upload the firmware at any time and reboot later during a maintenance window Admin Config Files Tab As you make configuration changes to the 9990 ENC H264 IP they are automatically persisted in non volatile storage If the unit is rebooted or power cycled it will come back in the same configuration In addition to automatic configuration persistency the 9990 ENC H264 IP also offers the ability to save up to 5 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 unit as well Finally the 9990 ENC H204 IP also offers 5 pre saved configuration templates for some common scenarios The layout of the Admin Config Files tab is shown below Configuration Managemen ame Config Download Config Saved anual Example Load Delete Config 1 ogd Saved IPTV Distribution Lead Delete enfiglngd Load Delete Config3 ogd Loa
73. s the current DNS configuration DNS Servers DNS Server 1 192 168 43 1 DNS Server 2 0 0 0 0 DNS functionality is only used for RTMP output 19 Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Tabs The Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Tabs are used to configure monitor the individual encoder channels The parameters in these two tabs are exactly the same The 9990 ENC H264 IP can be configured with one or two encoder channels at the time the unit is ordered factory installed If an encoder channel is not installed both its configuration and statistics windows will be empty as shown below Network Connections Admin Card state OK ASI Outputs IP Outputs Encoder 1 Encoder Slot 5 9990 ENC H264 1P Connection ONLINE Product Network Connections Admin ASI Outputs IP Outputs Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Encoder Channel Hot Installed Encoder Configuration Tab The Encoder Configuration Tab is further divided into the following tabs e Basic Tab contains the more important configuration parameters which all users are likely to change 20 e Advanced Tab contains the advanced configuration parameters which do not necessarily need to be changed e Output Tab configures the encoder output protocol Basic Configuration Tabs 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 screens do no
74. server especially Windows servers running FileZilla the result will be a non zero count of dropped segments e Number of Segments This defines the number of bitstream segments advertised in the playlist The minimum number as per the HLS specification is 3 Some set top boxes require 4 segments Apple devices iPads iPods etc work well with 3 segments e Extra Server Compatibility Check this box if the encoder has problems renaming files in the server This is typically required for Windows FTP servers Linux based servers do not need this It is recommended checking this box only if your server requires it e Keep Segments on Server Normally when a segment falls out of the playlist file it 1s automatically deleted by the encoder If you check this box the bitstream is left in the server Clients will still start playing from the first segment in the playlist e Program Name This program name is placed in the playlist file Whether or not it is shown depends on the client This 1s an optional parameter Using the settings above if the directory var www TV is published on server www example comas http www example com TV the URL for the video will be http www example com TV live m3u8 When using the built in server in the 9990 ENC H264 IP the options are Output Protocol HTTP Live Streaming v ServerLocation Remote Local Segment sec ee E Number of Segments 3 OC a4 Program Name Encoder 1 Program e Server
75. 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 Encoder Basic Configuration Tab The Encoder Basic Configuration Tab shown below is divided into three general areas e General Configuration generic configuration parameters e Video Configuration parameters related to video encoding e Audio Configuration parameters related to audio encoding 21 Encoder 1 Configuration Name Encoder 1 neral Encoder State Stopped C Running Genera Configuration Input Connection Video Audio 1 Mideo Audio 2 Video Parameters Video Input Settings e Manual Selection Auto Detected Input Resolution HD 1920x1080i Input Source Frame Field Rate e 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL C 60 Video Output Resolution Outputig20x1080i i Configuration Video Rate Mode CBR VBR Bit Rate Selection Video Bit Rate Transport Bit Rate Video Bit Rate anggop gt Audio Parameters Sample Rate Audio Source Analog Audio SDI Embedded Audio Language Code eng Audio Audio Encoding MPEG 1 Layer I Configuration Mode Stereo Audio Bit Rate kb s 192 Apply Apply Cancel Configuration Changes Cancel Note that the basic configuration tab may look different from what is depicted above as the parameters may change or ap
76. sion 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 as show below Service Type custom setting wi Custom Service Type 0x16 Original Network ID OxFFOA e Custom Service Type Enter the service type This field accepts both hexadecimal prefixed by Ox and decimal values The valid range is from 0 0x00 to 255 OxFF e Original Network ID This field contains the Network ID code from which this program originated This field accepts both hexadecimal prefixed by Ox and decimal values Valid values are from 0 0x0000 to 65535 OXFFFF The default value for this field is OxFFOI which is in the range of values allocated for video over IP The complete set of registered Network IDs can be downloaded from this URL http www dvbservices com identifiers export original network id e EIT Schedule Flag Check this box to set the flag This flag indicates that EIT schedule information is present for this service Since the 9990 ENC H264 IP does not generate EITs the correct setting of this flag 1s not set Only set it if you intend to mux an EIT downstream of the 9990 ENC H264 IP e EIT P F Flag Check this box to set the EIT present following flag for this service Si
77. t Scaling SD to 640x360 should only be done if the SD signal is anamorphic to start with otherwise the resulting encoded signal will have an incorrect aspect ratio 25 rate This resolution is not available for 1920x1080p inputs at any frame rates the encoder will fall back to 3 4 horizontal scaling in this case Video Rate Mode This controls whether the video elementary stream is CBR or VBR The video bit rate setting varies according to this selection as shown below Video Rate Mode CBR VBR Video Rate Mode CBR Q VER Bit Rate Selection Video Bit Rate Transport Bit Rate Peak Video Rate 4000000 Video BitRate 2000000 Average Video Rate 2000000 7 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 1 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 The controls displayed vary according to t
78. t 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 bitstream for as long as they keep the connection open 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 If this is selected the GOP Mode parameter in the Advanced Tab Video Parameters will be forced to Closed GOP Once an option is selected the appropriate configuration parameters are displayed UDP IP Streaming When UDP IP Streaming is selected the following configuration parameters are displayed UDF stream optimized for consumer PT devices Ethernet 1 Output Configuration Enabled Ethernet 2 Output Configuration Enabled The UDP streams from the device are optimized for playback on consumer IPTV devices In order to save network bandwidth these streams do not include NULL packets and may not be playable in professional IRDs If compatibility with professional IRDs is desired the Cobalt 9223 professional encoder should be used instead The encoder output can be transmitted using either one of the two streaming Ethernet ports or on both simultaneously In order to transmit on a given Ethernet port check the corresponding Enabled box Once the box is checked the following configuration parameters become
79. t take effect until the 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 Statistics Tab described later in this document Video Input Auto Detection The 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 switch The 9990 ENC H264 IP is even 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 If the 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 configured to output the same resolution as the input will stop if the input signal switches to HD e If the encoder is configured with auto detection and SDI embedded audio it will fall back to analog audio if it detects a composite video
80. tatus Encoder 1 Status Encoder 1 Video Status Lockea Encoder Subsystem Video Detected Co V Status Transport Rate Network Output Status Encoder Status The variables displayed in the Encoder Status area vary according to the encoder configuration but the following four basic parameters are always displayed e Encoder 1 2 Status This gives the overall encoder status Its values are o QO OK The encoder is running normally o O Stopped The encoder has been manually stopped see Encoder State in Basic Tab General Configuration o Error 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 Encoder 1 2 Video Status There is a mismatch between the video input signal and the encoder configuration For example the input is 10801 and the encoder is configured for 720p 51 e Encoder 1 2 Video Status This indicates whether or not the selected video input front end is locked This status is also reflected in the rear I O panel LED next to the video input The possible values are o Locked The selected video input front end is locked o Unlocked The selected video input front end is unlocked e Video Detected If there is any recognizable video signal at the encoder video input this field will indicate what type of signal the encoder 1s detecting This detecti
81. ter the desired IP address for this Ethernet port e Subnet Mask Enter the desired subnet mask for this Ethernet port e Default Gateway Enter the desired default gateway for this Ethernet port or 0 0 0 0 if no gateway is available e Interface Settings If you make any changes to the IP Address Subnet Mask and or Default Encoder fields the Apply and Cancel buttons become active The changes only take effect when you press the Apply button Pressing the Cancel button reverts the 16 fields back to their original values Note that the 9990 ENC H264 IP will check the consistency of the data entered and will reject invalid combinations 1 e combinations where the gateway is outside the interface subnet Once the Apply button is pressed a status message appears just below the Cancel button as follows Interface Settings Apply Interface configured successfully Interface Settings Cancel Error Gateway inconsistent with Interface Address Mask Interface speed Configures the speed of the interface The 9990 ENC H264 IP streaming Ethernet interfaces only support two manual modes 100 Mb s Full Duplex and 1 Gb s Full Duplex o Auto Negotiate The Ethernet port will auto negotiate the speed o 100 Mb s Full Duplex Force the port to 100Mb s Full Duplex mode Note that the port will still perform auto negotiation but it will only advertise this mode o 1Gb s Full Duplex restrict the operation to 1Gb s Full Duplex mode Note
82. tes the values in the list are also a function of the Mode Setting For AAC LC the range is 112 to 512 kb s for Stereo and Dual Mono and 56 to 256 kb s for Mono This parameter is not displayed for Dolby Passthrough as the 9990 ENC H264 IP will automatically detect the incoming audio bit rate e Peak Audio Bit Rate This parameter is only displayed for AAC LC It must be set at least 1 kb s higher than the Audio Bit Rate The maximum value is 288 kb s for Mono and 576 kb s for Stereo and Dual Mono Audio Encoding AAC LC v Mode Stereo w AudioBitRate kbis 128 Peak Audio Rate kb s 1297 e Sample Rate This field is for information purposes only The 9990 ENC H264 IP only supports 48 kHz audio sample rate Encoder Advanced Configuration Tab The appearance of the Encoder Advanced Configuration Tab is a function of the choices made on the Encoder Basic Configuration Tab The Advanced Configuration Tab is divided into four major areas e Video Parameters these are advanced controls related to the encoding of the video e VBl Ancillary Data Insertion controls related to Closed Captioning 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 Advanced Tab Video Parameters The Video Parameters section 1s shown below 20 Video Parameters GOP
83. th 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 e HTTP Transfer Errors this indicator reports the number of errors encountered while transferring segments 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 shown below where the server is not responding incorrect IP address Output Protocol Select Protocol wt HTTP Streamer couldn t connect to host Apply Cancel 56 If Direct HTTP Streaming is selected in the Encoder Output Tab the following indicators are shown IP Output Rate 4 857 984 Connections 2 Dropped Packets 0 e P Output Rate This indicator reports the aggregate average bit rate to all connected clients so it can be higher than the transport rate e Connections This indicator reports the number of clients currently connected to this encoder e Dropped Packets This indicator reports the number of transport packets dropped over the current connections Once a connection terminates the dropped packet count for that connection is reset If RTMP is selected in the Encoder Output Tab the following indicators are shown Encoder 1 RTMP Status Connected Server Connection Primary sid Video Buffer 0 Dropped Packets n e P Output Rate
84. that the port will still perform auto negotiation but it will only advertise this mode Notes o If the 9990 ENC H264 IP streaming Ethernet interfaces are connected to a 10 Mb s switch hub or network feed link will not be established and the port will not recognize the connection o If you select 100 Mb s Full Duplex or 1 Gb 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 o If the interface speed is set to Auto Negotiate the streaming Ethernet port will allow link to be established in 100 Mb s Half Duplex mode However this will be flagged as a warning in the Network Statistics Interface Tab and in the Admin Event Log Tab Network Configuration 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 support for 10 Mb s modes has been disabled as these are unsuitable for MPEG transport over IP applications Moreover any modern switch supports at least 100 Mb s Full Duplex 17 DNS Servers DNS Server 1 192 168 43 1 DHS Server 2 0 0 0 0 DNS functionality is only
85. this field 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 e Encoder RTMP Status This indicator reports the state of the RTMP connection to the server The possible states are o O Connected The encoder has established a connection with the RTMP server and is transferring data o O Waiting for Encoder The encoder is not attempting to connect to the RTMP server The reasons are The encoding core is not running 1 e the encoder is not generating bitstream This can be because the encoder 1s explicitly stopped Encoder State set to Stopped in Basic Tab General Configuration or it has no valid input 57 The RTMP output is configured not to connect to the server Connect set to No in the RTMP configuration section o Not Connected The encoder is running but it is unable to connect to the RTMP server Possible reasons are The encoder cannot contact the server The RTMP parameters are incorrect The server was specified as a host name and the encoder cannot convert that to an IP address 1 e no DNS or server name misspelled
86. tion Yes Q No 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 If you select Yes additional fields are presented Port Selection Use Default Specific Port Authentication 9 Yes No Username streamer Password eeeeee Connect Yes No Username Enter the username to be used for authentication Password Enter the password to be used for authentication 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 49 data will be transmitted This is useful to pre configure a session and turn it on later when it comes the time to broadcast Notes e The maximum aggregate RTMP performance for the 9990 ENC H264 IP is 12 Mb s 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 8 Mb s the other can only be configured for RTMP at 4 Mb s or less The limit does not apply to encoder channels configured for UDP RTP ASI streaming e Using one of the encrypted variants of the protocol rtmpe rtmps rtmpte or rtmpts will also have a performance impact and will reduce the m
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88. used for RTMF output DNS server configuration takes effect immediately as soon as the information is entered If the device has access to the Internet and your network does not have suitable DNS servers we recommend the public Google DNS servers at 8 8 8 8 and 8 8 4 4 Network Statistics Tab The Network Statistics Tab is subdivided into the same tabs as the Network Configuration Tab namely Interfaces and DNS Network Statistics Interface Tab The Interface Tab reports the current IP configuration of each Ethernet port as well as their link state and running status Ethernet 1 Configuration Alarm on Link Loss IP Address 10 10 9 116 Subnet Mask 2552552550 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 Interface Speed Auto Negotiate Portiin porta stats Link Speed Mb s MAC Address ac 83 f0 00 10 1a The following parameters are reported in the Network Statistics tab Alarm on Link Loss Reports the current setting of this parameter IP Address Reports the current IP Address for the port Subnet Mask Reports the current Subnet Mask for the port Default Gateway Reports the current Default Gateway for the port Interface Speed Reports the current setting for this parameter Port 1 2 Link This indicator has the following states o Q Link OK The port has established link with the network connection 18 o O Half Duplex Link The port is set to Auto Negotiate and it has achieved 100 Mb s Half Duplex link with the netwo
89. ut 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 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 and 3G SDI for 1920x1080p e 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 o If you select the 1920x10801 or 1280x720p resolutions this field will also include an option for a field rate of 60 used by same cameras Input Resolution HD 1920x1050i Input Source HD SDI Frame Field Rate 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL 60 o If you select the 1920x1080p resolution this field will also include an option for a frame rate of 23 98 Film Input Resolution HD 1920x1080p w Input Source HD SDI FramelField Rate 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL 23 98 Film e Output Resolution Select the desired output resolution The values in this drop down list are a function of the Video Input Settings the Input Resolution and the Frame Field Rate Also please note that some resolutions require additional licensing for the encoder If Video Input Settings is set to Manual Selection the following resolutions are offered
90. ype of audio video encoding and container was to be supported Therefore even though the current versions of all major browsers support the VIDEO tag there is no single format that will work on all browsers Moreover since the 9990 ENC H264 IP 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 HTMLS5 VIDEO tag with content generated by the 9990 ENC H264 IP In order to play the bitstream coming from the 9990 ENC H264 IP in a web page a plugin with the appropriate audio video and container support must be installed in the web browser The Open Source VideoLAN player includes appropriate plugins that will work with the bitstream coming from the 9990 ENC H264 IP The VideoLAN player can be downloaded from http www videolan org vlc There are two types of plugins e ActiveX controls used by Internet Explorer e Mozilla Netscape style plugins used by most other browsers Firefox Chrome Safari When installing the VideoLAN player make sure to select the appropriate plugins for the browsers you intend to use The figure below indicates the choices to be made during the VideoLAN installation in order to get the plugins installed on a Windows PC If multiple browser support is required both types of plugins can be selected but at least one Mozilla style browser must be already install

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