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ENC-500™ User Guide V1.0 Information about the manual This document is designed to help users setup, configure and work with the ENC-400- HDMI™ H.264 encoder. Important features are marked by this sign.
ETTING UP THE NCODER AND AFETY NSTRUCTIONS ...................... 8 ONNECTING THE NCODER ENC-500-HDMI F ................8 RONT OMPONENTS ENC-500 USER GUIDE ........................9 ................. 9 CCESSING AND ONFIGURING NCODERS ............................. 10 OGIN ENC-500 ................ 11 RAPHICAL NTERFACE OF THE ........................... 12 TATUS 3.4.1...
User Guide V1.0 Overview The ENC-500 encoder is designed for IPTV and live streaming. It is ideal where single computer based DVI signals are distributed or published on a network or the internet. This encoder targets medical, military, control room and training applications where high resolution HDMI signals from medical instruments and cameras, radar devices, digital signage player, or any kind of PC desktop views - need to be shared, published and distributed and recorded.
ENC-500™ can be ordered only as chassis-based devices. Requirements .!. The ENC-500 require a Network support for minimum IGMPv2, if the output is a Multicast. If used in other Modes RTMP, Unicast, TCP or RTSP Server IGMP is not required.
Setting up the Encoder and Safety Instructions Read the instructions carefully and keep this user guide for future reference. Please choose a suitable location for operating the encoder(s). The ENC-500 should not be exposed to the following: Moist and dusty environments.
Connect the network cable to the network interface. Connect your HDMI source unit to one of the HDMI inputs of the ENC-500. For analogue audio, please use the 3.5’ Mini Jack connector at the front. ENC-500-HDMI Front Side Components Figure 2: ENC-500-HDMI™...
ENC-500™ User Guide V1.0 ENC-500 User Guide This chapter gives an overview about ENC-500 and demonstrates the encoder's main functions. Before proceeding please make sure, that the encoder is setup correctly and all necessary connections are established. Accessing and Configuring Encoders Open a web-browser, enter the encoder’s IP-address (default.
ENC-500™ User Guide V1.0 Login Enter the IP-address of your ENC-400™ into a browser. A login screen appears. Enter the password and click ‘Login’ or hit the ‘Enter’ Key. Figure 3: ENC-500 Login Page Default IP-address: 172.16.20.100 User admin Login password:...
ENC-500™ User Guide V1.0 Graphical User Interface of the ENC-500 The user interface is separated in the Main menu, Sub menu and the Detail area. Figure 4 ENC-500 Web Interface...
Access address Under ‘HDMI status’ and ‘2 status’ the ENC-500 display the links, which the Video client need to connect to the Transport Stream. Use this link with your preferred Video Player, e.g. X-Player or VLC. For further Information, see chapter 4.2 If DHCP is used the ‘access address’...
ENC-500™ User Guide V1.0 3.4.3 Audio parameters The Audio input parameters are displayed, channels, input sample rate and the encoded size. Figure 7: ENC-500 Audioparameters 3.4.4 Hardware status The Hardware status displayed. Figure 8: ENC-500 Hardware Status...
32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can range from 0 to 255. e.g.: 172.16.20.100 Specifies the Subnet Mask of the ENC-500. A subnet mask is a 32-bitmask used to divide an IP-address into subnet and specify the networks available Netmask: hosts.
ENC-500™ User Guide V1.0 HDMI Main and HDMI 2 The settings are related to both ‘HDMI Main’ and ‘HDMI 2 nd’ settings. The maximal Resolution on HDMI 2 is 1280x720. Figure 10: ENC-500 HDMI settings...
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CBR ‘Constant Bitrate’ Encoder change encoding quality settings output for a more constant output. ENC-500 do not support a CBR TS with added Padding bits. Specifies the interval of intra frames. Intra frames (= I-Frames) are total Key interval independently coded and are used as references frames.
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RTMP user name Specifies the RTMP Username if needed RTMP password Specifies the RTMP Password if needed RTMP app name Specifies the RTMP Application Name RTMP stream Name Specifies the RTMP stream Name Table 3: ENC-500 HDMI and HDMI 2 settings...
32000 44100 Specifies the RTSP Audio codec RTSP audio encode G711 Specifies the Audio Gain -20db -10db Audio gain Close 10db Table 4: Description of the Network settings of the ENC-500...
The Logo must be an 24 Color BMP. Black color in the logo is always transparent After selection hit upload to transfer the logo.bmp to the ENC-500 Upload Already uploaded Files are replaced After uploaded a new logo, disable/ enable the logo to load the new logo..
Specifies the Hue setting from 1-100 default is 50 Saturation Specifies the Saturation setting from 1-100 default is 50 Table 6: Description of the Color setting of the ENC-500 3.7.4 Image setting The image setting are chip internal Filtering setting and should only be used with critical HDMI Source.
In critical scenarios you should use a long password with a minimum of 8 characters. Use always a combination of small, big letters and special characters. If login is impossible due to Password issue you have to reset ENC-500 to factory defaults see chapter 4.1.
Upgrade settings Teracue's goal is customer satisfaction and constant product improvement. Please check regularly to see if the most recent firmware version is installed on your ENC-500 Please visit the IPTV Support area www.teracue.com/support Firmware versions can be downloaded from the Teracue support website listed above. Firmware versions have the name upgrade.bin...
The switch is around 10 mm behind the front cover, and you hear a small click when you press the switch. After the 10 seconds the LED switch off and the ENC-500 restart with the default settings. Figure 19: Restarting the ENC-500™ by using the restart button...
ENC-500™ User Guide V1.0 Open ENC-500-HDM Streams 4.2.1 X-Player™ Version 4.0.0.139 or higher Network Protocol Stream Mode Codec Example UDP Multicast H264 icue://<MulticastIP>:<Port> icue://239.252.20.101:4444 UDP Unicast H264 icue://<Local_PC_IP>:<Port> icue://172.16.100.1:3333 HTTP Http is not working with X-Player RTSP RTP over UDP H264 rtsp://<EncoderIP>:<Port>/rtsp name...
ENC-500™ User Guide V1.0 4.2.3 Amino 140 With Firmware ‘C Version’ V14.42 or higher Network Stream Mode Codec Example Protocol Transport Protocol TS/UDP H264 igmp://<MulticastIP>:<Port> igmp://239.252.20.101:4444 Multicast udp://<Amino_IP>:<Port> file://localhost/opera_home/html/blank.html?vid=udp://172.16.100.100:3333 TS/UDP H264 Unicast udp://127.0.0.1:<Port> file://localhost/opera_home/html/blank.html?vid=udp://127.0.0.1:3333 Http is not working with HTTP...
ENC-500™ User Guide V1.0 Output RTMP Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), also called Flash, was initially a proprietary protocol developed by Macromedia for streaming audio, video and data over the internet, between a Flash player and the server. Macromedia is now owned by Adobe.
Multi-format and multi-resolution Set Top Box for MPEG-2 SD/HD & H.264 SD/HD, composite, S-Video or component video and analog audio output MC-ROUTE-1RU 1RU appliance for live UDP, TCP, FEC-RTSP and HLS streaming and unicast/multicast bridging Table 10: ENC-500 Technical Specifications...
ENC-500™ User Guide V1.0 Appendix List of figures 1: U ENC-500 ....................... 6 IGURE NPACKING 2: ENC-500-HDMI™ ....................8 IGURE FRONT SIDE 3: ENC-500 L ......................10 IGURE OGIN 4 ENC-500 W ....................... 11 IGURE NTERFACE 5: ENC-500 A ....................12...
ENC-400-HDMI™ H.264 Encoder User Guide V1.0 Release Notes Version: v1.1.0_20161019_80_1_release First release Known Issues v1.1.0_20161019_80_1_release Some change of Encoder setting, like resolution, could result in stop of stream. To fix it please reboot the ENC-500...
ENC-400-HDMI™ H.264 Encoder User Guide V1.0 Teracue Encoder Comparison ENC-300 ENC-400 ENC-500 Streaming Encoder Comparison series series series Hardware √ √ √ HDMI version √ √ HD-SDI version √ √ Analog Video √ √ √ Analog Audio √ √ Talkback Audio √...
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ENC-400-HDMI™ H.264 Encoder User Guide V1.0 ENC-300 ENC-400 ENC-500 Streaming Encoder Comparison series series series √ √ TS over TCP √ TS over HTTP √ √ TS with Pro-MPEG FEC √ √ TS with Teracryt encryption √ TS with AES encryption √...
With the 128 bit AES Encryption the TS is complete encrypted with all PID`s, but is recognized as a Transport stream. With Teracue Tools the encrypted TS can be recorded and playout with a constant Bitrate (iCue Pump Lite), but only MC-Route is able for decrypting.
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ENC-400-HDMI™ H.264 Encoder User Guide V1.0 Term Description The ‘Digital Video Broadcasting’ is a suite of internationally accepted open standards for digital television. DVB standards are maintained by the DVB Project, an international industry consortium with more than 270 members, and are published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) mostly used are: ...
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ENC-400-HDMI™ H.264 Encoder User Guide V1.0 Term Description Specifies the interval of intra frames. Intra frames (= I-Frames) are total independently coded and are used as references frames. At the ENC-400™ the data volume of a P-Frame amounts between 5% and 20% of an I-Frame.
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Transport Stream. It is also not usable for recording. Teracrypt Best practice are Multicast Destination. You can decrypt this Stream only with Teracue: DEC-300 FW 2.10 or higher X-Player Version 4.0.0.125 or higher The ‘Time Offset Table’ and ‘Time and Date’ Table carries the UTC Time and Date information and the TOT added with the Time offset.
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ENC-400-HDMI™ H.264 Encoder User Guide V1.0 Term Description Unicast might be the standard communication between Nodes one to one. Every Web browser or Mail communication is a Unicast communication. Unicast ENC-400-HDMI™ is also able in for Unicast communication. More efficiency is the Multicast communication. Variable Bitrate will result in lower delay than CBR and save resources in Network communication and recording space.
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