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DVS-200 Configuration Guide
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Web UI Overview .............................................................................................................................. 2
Creating a live channel ...................................................................................................................... 2
Inputs ............................................................................................................................................ 3
Outputs ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Access Control ............................................................................................................................... 8
Recording ...................................................................................................................................... 8
Managing recordings ............................................................................................................... 10
General ....................................................................................................................................... 11
Transcoding and encoding options............................................................................................... 12
Applying changes............................................................................................................................. 13
Live channel list overview ................................................................................................................ 13
Creating a VOD channel ................................................................................................................... 14
General ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Stats ................................................................................................................................................ 18
Creating and managing user accounts ............................................................................................. 20
Creating and managing user groups ................................................................................................. 21
Creating channel tags ...................................................................................................................... 22
Settings ........................................................................................................................................... 24
UI Settings ................................................................................................................................... 24
Server Settings............................................................................................................................. 24
RTMP Settings ............................................................................................................................. 26
HLS Settings ................................................................................................................................. 26
Global Player Settings .................................................................................................................. 27
Socket commands / API ................................................................................................................... 28
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
DVS-200 Configuration Guide Contents Web UI Overview ..........................2 Creating a live channel ........................2 Inputs ............................3 Outputs ............................7 Access Control ..........................8 Recording ............................8 Managing recordings ....................... 10 General ............................11 Transcoding and encoding options....................12 Applying changes.......................... -
Page 2: Web Ui Overview
Web UI Overview Once you login (Defaults User: admin Password: 000000) you will be presented with the screen shown below. There are five options available: • Live – Create and manage live streaming channels • VOD – Create and manage on demand channels •... -
Page 3: Inputs
Channel Description Here you can add a brief description of the channels content, this is used by the NVD-30/35 set top boxes. Player Page title Here you can change the text that is displayed at the top of the web player’s page for this channel only. - Page 4 By default, the audio and video will be set to ‘passthrough’ in this mode no transcoding is performed, alternatively you can choose to transcode the source audio and or video. Please note that if the source is MPEG2 you must transcode the video and audio. For details of transcoding options please see the transcoding and encoding options section of this guide.
- Page 5 ‘Select No Pull URL’. Datavideo Source Here you can use an input card from Datavideo to feed the channel directly from HDMI or SDI sources. The Datavideo cards use hardware video compression and software audio compression.
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Page 7: Outputs
Outputs Push URL`s Push URL`s are optional. Here you can push the incoming stream on to one or more destinations simultaneously. We can push to destinations using RTMP or MPEG-TS protocols. RTMP Using RTMP you can push a single stream out to various streaming platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Wowza etc. -
Page 8: Access Control
Access Control Here you can restrict what IP addresses can publish or playback using RTMP. In whitelist mode, only the listed IPs can publish or playback, in blacklist mode all but the listed IPs can publish or playback. You must enter the IP address followed by its abbreviated subnet mask, for example 255.255.255.0 is a 24-bit mask so is represented as /24. - Page 9 Any channel with this checked will start and stop recording together, this can only be used in manual recording mode. Redirect to VOD if offline When enabled the DVS-200 web player will redirect to the last published VOD content if the live stream is offline. Delete recordings older than Automatically delete recordings older than a certain age.
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Page 10: Managing Recordings
Managing recordings Recordings are listed at the top of the channel settings page, a maximum of 10 files are listed per page. You have the following options: Publish Will publish the selected files, this makes them available to playback and embed (Converts the original file to HLS). -
Page 11: General
Unpublish (Delete) Will delete the published (HLS) files but not the original uploaded files. To publish a file, select its check box, ensure the option to ‘Publish’ is selected and save the channel. You will be redirected back to the main web interface and see the file is now available to play and embed. -
Page 12: Transcoding And Encoding Options
Here you can assign a channel to a tag, tags are like groups that make it easier to find channels. Tags are used by the DVS-200 web interface and the NVD-30/35 decoders in set top box mode to group channels. -
Page 13: Applying Changes
H264 Key Interval – Set the frequency of a key frame (I frame) H264 GOP Type – Select Open or Closed, if all b-frames from one GOP references only to I- and P- frames of the same GOP then it is commonly called a closed GOP (all frames can be decoded without the need of another GOP). -
Page 14: Creating A Vod Channel
The RTMP URL is used to configure your encoder, for most encoders the part after the last / should be used as the stream key. This URL can be decoded by Datavideo NVD decoders with low latency. The HLS URL can also be decoded by Datavideo NVD decoders, HLS will perform better over poor internet connections but latency will be considerably higher. -
Page 15: General
Here you can assign a channel to a tag, tags are like groups that make it easier to find channels. Tags are used by the DVS-200 web interface and the NVD-30/35 decoders in set top box mode to group channels. - Page 16 Click ‘Browse’ and select the video file to upload, save the channel to start the upload. Once the upload is complete the page will refresh, you will see the screen below.
- Page 17 You have the following options: Publish Will publish the selected files, this makes them available to playback and embed (Converts the original file to HLS). Delete Will delete the selected files but won’t delete the published (HLS) files. Unpublish (Delete) Will delete the published (HLS) files but not the original uploaded files.
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Page 18: Stats
Disk Free – Shows the amount of free disk space on the drive that is being used for media storage. By default, this will be the drive DVS-200 is installed on, the media directory can be changed under global settings. - Page 19 Channel Statistics Shows channel specific statistics. • Stream – Displays the stream name • Video codec – Displays the video codec used, usually H264 • Width – Displays the video width (if supported by the encoder) • Height - Displays the video height (if supported by the encoder) •...
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Page 20: Creating And Managing User Accounts
Creating and managing user accounts To create a new user account click ‘Create New User’, you will see the screen below. User Here you must choose a logon name for the user. The name can contain uppercase and lowercase characters but no white space. Login Role •... -
Page 21: Creating And Managing User Groups
User groups can be used to make managing users easy, you can manually create users and groups within the DVS-200 or you can link DVS-200 to active directory. For active directory setup instructions please see the Settings section of this guide. To manually create a user group simply click the Create New Group link, enter a group name and add its members. -
Page 22: Creating Channel Tags
Once created you can add a group to any channels Visibility Level. Creating channel tags Tags are like groups that make it easier to find channels. Tags are used by the DVS-200 web interface and the NVD-30/35 decoders in set top box mode to group channels. - Page 23 Once created you can assign any live or VOD channel to a tag. Once your assign channels tags you can quickly find all channels with that tag using the dropdown menu on the DVS-200 web interface.
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Page 24: Settings
Settings UI Settings Custom UI Title Here you can change the title of the DVS-200 web page, the default is ‘dv Stream Server’. Upload Custom UI logo Upload a custom logo to replace the default Datavideo logo Server Settings Max VOD file upload size Set the maximum allowed file size for uploads Media storage directory (HLS &... - Page 25 5. Save the settings, click the prompt to reload the service at the top of the page. 6. You will now have option to map your AD groups to the DVS-200 Admin, Power User, Viewer Plus and Contributor groups. Any AD user not in these groups will automatically receive...
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Page 26: Rtmp Settings
Please Note: Active directory users and groups are cached local and updated periodically, changes to AD user or Groups may take 15 minutes to take effect. RTMP Settings RTMP Port The default port of 1935 should generally not be changed, for advanced users only. Always start on key frame When enabled clients that connect to the RTMP stream will always start playback on a key frame, this may increase delay. -
Page 27: Global Player Settings
HLS Playlist Length This setting defines how many .TS chunks are stored on the server, longer playlists lengths means live streams can be paused for longer. HLS AV Sync Interval Sets the HLS timestamp synchronization threshold. This feature prevents crackling noises after conversion from low-resolution RTMP (1KHz) to high-resolution MPEG-TS (90KHz). -
Page 28: Socket Commands / Api
Using third party applications, users can easily connect to the DVS-200 using Telnet. To establish a connection with the DVS-200 simply open a Telnet connection to the units IP address on port 23. Please Note: Socket commands are disabled by default, to enable socket commands first ensure you have purchased the optional remote control license and then check the appropriate option in the ‘Settings Tab’.