BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Product Outline An (U)HD encoder & streamer for live broadcasting platforms and Video-over-IP applications. Up to 3840*2160@30fps HD resolution. Very stable operation on multicast distribution on local area networks. Suitable for Video-over-IP application through internet. 4 IP output streams at the same time with different resolutions, e.g.
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual 192.168.1.*: use an IP setting “*” in the number range 2-254 and except the units default IP. Remark: .0 is often the network router, .1 often the Gateway of the used router, .255 might be a network broadcasting address.
BlueRay Player output for i.e. Hotel – Guest Information displays in the lobby streaming to a BLANKOM UHD IPTV STB. Because it supports 1 Main-Stream encoding in max. 4K@30fps and 3 sub-streams downscaled into HD or less @30fps in parallel the same content can be deployed to several destinations (HLS, RTMP, RTSP (http), and multicasts).
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BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Video Input 1x HDMI Supports HDMI Resolution 4K@30fps 1080P/1080i/720P @50/60Hz and below Encoding Levels H.264/AVC High / Main / Baseline Profile Output TS Steam max support of 4K@30fps 1920x1080P@30fps … Resolution downscaling Video FPS...
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Appearance and description LED’s are showing the operating status located at the top of the unit P= Operating ready (BLUE), E=Ethernet connected (GREEN), S=Signal Input ready (RED). RST = RESET Button to factory defaults (press > 10 seconds)
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Preparing relevant environment for installation Connecting signal cables (HDMI/SDI depending on source interface) Connecting communication port RJ45 GbE (WEB-IF + Streaming) Connecting Power supply The LED’s should flash and if the OS is loaded, LED’s are constantly ON ...
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BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual In this status page the streams of all Main and secondary enabled streams will be shown and by simply copy and paste (to i.e. VLC-player) of the addresses an easy setup output can be controlled: copy ->...
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BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Example with 4k-Laptop output on 2 display port If there is a problem with the Input the unit will generate and output a test picture: That might be the case if the input is disconnected or out of range (4K encoder supports only 30fps) Version 1.0 –...
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Network settings: Default settings: DHCP=OFF because otherwise your router will give it an IP-address and it might change from time to time when restarting the power of the device.You ptrobably need to check your router for its actual IP address … so better to use a fixed IP.
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Here you can change your password. If you once forgot your password, you can RESET the unit by a front - switch button (press > 10 seconds better 15) and all default factory settings will come back.
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Scheduled restart interval adjustment: This can be used to address the unit to operate only in particular time setups. ADVANCED Settings = basic settings for all streams: Automatically set some issues reg. FFMPEG or VLC-known issues. Usually FFMPEG should be OK.
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BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual TS once pack should be 3 or better 7 for DVB/ASI TS conformity. TS ID can be inserted. PMT (Program Map Table) start PID for the VIDEO-PID/Audio PID etc… can be setup. Every stream or Service will get an increased PID-number.
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BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual TS – PID 8192dec zero stuffing feature can beadjusted according to your network topology. Hint: Ping your destination andsee what value is best: ping www.web.de Ping wird ausgeführt für www.g-ha-web.de [82.165.229.138] mit 32 Bytes Daten: Antwort von 82.165.229.138: Bytes=32 Zeit=23ms TTL=248...
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Y (Luminance) and C (Chroma) settings can be chosen to improve the picture quality. Quantization in an H.264 encoder is controlled by a quantization parameter, QP, that ranges from 0 to 51. QP is an index used to derive a scaling matrix. It is possible to calculate the equivalent quantizer step size (Qstep) for each value of QP.
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BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual The Unicast http stream addresses are usually the device own IP-Address (default 192.168.1.168) followed by/0.ts for Main, 1…2…3.ts for the secondary streams. HLS= IP/0.m3u8 and so on… the TS URL is always enabled if all other stream settings are disabled in factory defaults.
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BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual The unit will give a Warning if the encoing capacity exceeds 85% CPU/RAM power in the STATUS window. Very helpful is the STATUS window for your streams: as well as for the substreams… Checking stream values with a stream analyser: Of course, the Input on HDMI will cause the encoder settings capabilities.
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual processed as well. If AAC,MP2/3 is detected, it cannot encode to AC3. So its recommended to check the source than process the Audio encoding settings. You can also check the Audio codec with i.e. VLC: Audio Encoding settings Version 1.0 –...
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual After restarting the IP-Receiver (VLC): Remark: The RTSP is used by ONVIF, so the Audio Settings for ONVIF are always on according to G.711: Audio encoding settings are a gerneral issue and are working for all streams: Main – and sub- streams.
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BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual The Logo is limited to the file-mode BMP (Windows usual bitmap). The Logo can be designed as Transparent by keeping its background in the colour – 0xF1F1F1 (a slightly grey): Please keep an eye on its max resolutions and size.
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BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Upload: Select where and how: Again, that does not mean Restarting the encoder – but the Receiver of the stream to resync. So that’s all for the configuration actually. Do not expect a high professional encoder with realtime encoding capabilities because such units cost around 10K USD and more.
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Regarding Latency: Depends on used Chipset. Please do not expect a realtime encoding from this devices. The range is from 200ms up to 2 seconds (worst case). Here is an example page used with an encoder and a media server by RTMP:...
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Downscaling settings (Same as Input … down to 176x144 size) And finally the OSD Insertion actions (if you enable this). All these values have an impact on processing load and therefore the latency. Finally some useful Hints about the network streamings. IGMP is one of the important mechanism for IPTV securing overloadings of i.e.
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BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Multicast capable Switch As a we recommend is the HP (ARUVA) 2530 24G or 48G. (For Floor switches we have an own branded one and support IGMP as well) IGMP should be set to ON in the port configs.
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual General notes about Streams: Multicast streams: Multicast Address Ranges: We recommend, that the addressing of your Multicast streams should be in conjunction with this listings to avoid conflicts with other network equipment or protocols.
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual AD-HOC Block III (233.252.0.0-233.255.255.255 (233.252/14)) Unicast-Prefix-based IPv4 Multicast Addresses Scoped Multicast Ranges Relative Addresses used with Scoped Multicast Addresses Multicast (as opposed to unicast) is used to send UDP packets from 1 source to multiple destination servers.
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual Ports 0–1023 – system or well-known ports Ports 1024–49151 – user or registered ports Ports >49151 – dynamic / private ports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers Range for Ephemeral port Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) suggests the range 49152 to 65535 (2 −1) for dynamic or private ports.
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual This field identifies the receiver's port and is required. Similar to source port number, if the client is the destination host then the port number will likely be an ephemeral port number and if the destination host is the server then the port number will likely be a well-known port number.
BLANKOM IRD-6100 HD IRD User Manual for the outgoing data plus reception report information for the incoming data. If a side is not actively sending data (see Section 6.4), an RTCP RR packet is sent instead. any port (even, not odd > 1024) Note: Regarding SAP (Session Announcement Protocol) IPv4 global scope sessions use multicast addresses in the range 224.2.128.0 - 224.2.255.255 with...
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