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  • Page 1 HD Encoder HDE-(4)264B / -265B HDE-4264B User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Table of Content Product Outline ..........................3 Statement: ............................3 A few words about Network settings and VLC ................... 4 Application Example ........................... 6 Specifications: ............................. 7 Appearance and description ......................9 Installation Guide ..........................9 Accessories ............................

  • Page 3: Product Outline

    Text and pictures herein are subject to changes w/o notifications. The user manual will be updated and uploaded to www.blankom.de sometimes without special notice. This user manual is provided only as a reference guide for technicians as an example helping novices with the setup.

  • Page 4: A Few Words About Network Settings And Vlc

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Default Values The factory default administrator account: admin The factory-default user password: admin The factory default IP address: 192.168.1.168 NM 255.255.255 GW 192.168.1.1, DNS settings might vary but can be changed to local needs Set the administrator’s computer IP as: 192.168.1.* to avoid IP conflicting with the units own default IP address 192.168.1.168.
  • Page 5 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual cannot gather automatically via which of your IP addresses and maybe from different network interfaces (WIFI/GBE) it should receive the stream. This can be forced by setting your METRIC Values accordingly and/or configure appropriate routes Version 1.1 – 02-2019 Page - 5 - techn.

  • Page 6: Application Example

    Blue Ray 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 1 sub-stream downscaled into HD or less @30fps in parallel the same content can be deployed to several destinations (HLS, RTMP, RTSP/http, and multicasts).

  • Page 7: Specifications

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Specifications: INPUT  One HDMI compatible input connector (HDE-4264 = 4 Inputs)  Input Resolution 2160p (UHD Versions only), 1080p, 1080i, 720p and below  Embedded audio from HDMI signal or optional Stereo Input by 3.5mm jack OUTPUT ...
  • Page 8 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Video Input 1x HDMI connector (or 4 for the HDE-4264B) HDMI Resolution 1080P/1080i/720P @50/60Hz and below h.264(MPEG4) / h.265(HEVC) (HDE-265B can both) Encoding Levels High / Main / Baseline Profile selectable Output TS Steam stream: max support of, 1920x1080P@60fps …...

  • Page 9: Appearance And Description

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Appearance and description Front: RJ45, ext.Audio IN, LED’s, HDMI, Reset button hole Rear: Power connector + = middle pin LED’s are showing the operating status located at the front of the unit: LED: RED- POWER ON.

  • Page 10: Installation Preparation

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual  User’s Manual (usually via download PDF from Blankom.de) 1 pcs  Power Supply with 110…230VAC - 12VDC 2A with Euro plug 1 pcs Some models will have Audio- Stereo Chinch –> 3.5mm jack and/or HDMI cable in the box...

  • Page 11: Browser Configuration

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual IMPORTAND NOTE: Please connect your PC/Laptop and the Encoder(s) always to the Ethernet with a GbE auto-negotiation Switch (10/100/1000BaseT) or fixed 1GbE switches - if both devices are supporting that speed in between. Please do not use PoE Switches. Otherwise you might damage either your laptop or the encoder RJ45 port or at least get connection problems.
  • Page 12 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual In this example we have changed it to 192.168.0.168, GW 192.168.0.1 : -> APPLY and the device asks for a reboot which you should perform. After the reboot, please log in with your browser and use the new address: Remember: default user/password is admin/admin which can be changed to your needs here: Version 1.1 –...
  • Page 13 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Back to the Status page: In this status page the streams you will land in the HDMI-Main-stream info-page and the actual enabled Stream address will be shown. By simply copy and paste (to i.e. VLC-player) of the address an easy setup...
  • Page 14 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Example with Laptop player as a source output on 2 display port by HDMI Please be a little patient when changing the HDMI-Source and/or its resolution: The encoder needs some time to swing into the new content (Audio and Video). If after a source changing, the encoder doesn’t stream,...

  • Page 15: System Settings

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual The AUDIO overview just shows Stereo, Input sample rate and the running encoded bits in size total The hardware status is just informal and shows if some packets/frames where interrupted or lost. System settings: Here you can change your password. If you once forgot your password, you can RESET the unit by a front - switch button (press RST >...

  • Page 16: Scheduled Restart Interval Adjustment

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Scheduled restart interval adjustment: The devcice can also be forced to reboot periodically to swing into new in- and output circumstances -like if the network is periodically interrupted (i.e. by DSL Router or ISP disconnection over night) - you can program a scheduled task for restarting every 0…200 hours.
  • Page 17 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Therefore the Input resoultion shouldn’t be higher than that. Supported Codecs can be chosen in the Stream V(ideo)enc: h.264 or h.265 (HEVC) depending on model !!!. The encoded Video can be mirrored or flipped The bitrate control of the encoding process can be set to VBR (variable) or CBR (constant): The channel name can be changed and will be shown in the TS tabels.
  • Page 18 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual If VBR was selected, another setting appears: Min Qp / Max Qp 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.
  • Page 19 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Important: can be chosen for all of your Multicast output streams which you usually configure (Address + Port) in the Main + Secondary stream menus. Some essential hints for RTP and Multicasts can be found at the end of this manual.

  • Page 20: Dvb-Transportstream Related Settings

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual These are the packet selection for the Transport stream. 188x7 is almost the standard. In the following the different streaming modes and protocols will be described. This encoder Series supports only one selection for the Main stream and one for the 2 stream.

  • Page 21: Unicast

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual 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. Service name can be changed to your needs as well as the service provider name you choose.

  • Page 22: Multicast

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual VLC is asking… BTW: Some settings apply for both Main and secondarys and are adjusted only in the Mainstream settings, like the RTSP net-transport mode: UDP or TCP. BTW2: RTSP is used if need ONVIF (Camera syncs) as well as TTL, which should be increased.

  • Page 23: Example For Streaming To Vimeo Live By Rtmp

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual IP mode opens more demands for details instead putting all in the URL-Mode in one line. Here is an example: rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/************ Server IP: a.rtmp.youtube.com; app name: live2; URL:************* Usually you get your username/password and tokens from the server-provider.

  • Page 24: Extended Settings

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Extended Settings: This works in parallel for both streams Main and secondary. Here you set ONVIF support for the RTSP as well. Default= Off Select the source: HDMI embedded or external 3.5mm Jack. Audio bitrates for sampling can be chosen: Higher bitrates asuring higher sound quality.

  • Page 25: Preview Feature In Status Page

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual The device is giving popup hints for settings of different ranges in different modes/protocols and codecs used You’ll get a hint if the values are not corresponding: If you need ONVIF: Audio Level can be decreased or increased:...
  • Page 26 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Set it to ON and Apply. The addresses will be shown. Than Enable the Mainstream-RTSP – Stream: Change to the Preview window and you might need to refresh the page a few times to reload the browser- cache: Version 1.1 –...

  • Page 27: Inserting Logo And Text As Osd Overlay

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Inserting LOGO and Text as OSD Overlay: Both encoder streams can overlay Text in different colours and sizes as well as logo’s you design. 2 Logos can be uploaded indepentdently and will be stored in the unit: The Main osd logo has to be named logo.bmp...
  • Page 28 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Main Menu-left side: File safe under… Safe it as Bitmap. If its too big, resize it: Rename it to logo.bmp: And Upload: Version 1.1 – 02-2019 Page - 28 - techn. data are subject to change w/o notice!
  • Page 29 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Switch it on and before you might select your position counted from upper left corner: You’ll see it after a few moments in the preview window (MAIN stream only): This is position x=650pxl y= 300pxl so counted from upper left as x=0 y=0 Same rules apply for the TEXT overlay insertion: Additional: You can set an ALPHA value for the transparency setting, Font size and colour.
  • Page 30 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual If you like to place text and logo in your 2 stream, the 2 OSD logo file upload must be named to logo_ext.bmp. Please calculate different size and distances of pixels because the 2 stream has a lower resolution than full HD! The Logo is limited to the file-mode BMP (Windows usual bitmap).
  • Page 31 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual As well as Picture quality settings/filterings: And a smart encoding processing: These extra settings should be always checked in the client receiver / decoder of the stream to adjust convenient and optimal streamed picture quality. Version 1.1 – 02-2019 Page - 31 - techn.

  • Page 32: Upgrading The Firmware

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Upgrading the Firmware Failure workaround: If something happens somehow or you flashed the other wrong firmware accidently (instead HDE-265B the HDE-264B file or vice versa) and the unit is not accessible after a firmware upgrade, it has an emergency...
  • Page 33 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Please reboot: Confirm this: After reboot: Change back to the normal http-IP address: (remember to set your PC IP address accordingly) And … we are back in town: Version 1.1 – 02-2019 Page - 33 -...
  • Page 34 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Version 1.1 – 02-2019 Page - 34 - techn. data are subject to change w/o notice!

  • Page 35: Checking Stream Values

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Checking stream values with a stream analyser: Of course, the Input on HDMI will cause the encoder settings capabilities. Example: If the HDMI Input does not contain an AC3 Audio Signal, the AC3-mode can be set in some of the encoder models in the AUDIO Submenu but might not being processed.

  • Page 36: Audio Encoding Settings

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Audio Encoding settings You can change the Encoder Audio codec anytime but after restarting the IP-Receiver (VLC) you see the new codec active (Picture right above) AC3 works with HDE-264/265 only, not the ‘B’ Versions, they have only AAC and MP3 codec support.
  • Page 37 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Of course we have 2 Ethernet ports to setup: The web-IF can be reached by both ports. Please avoid collisions with existing IP addresses. The Management port has a fixed and static IP address. We recommend not to use DHCP on the DATA port.
  • Page 38 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Same applies for the 2 Streams: And for the Audio settings: and for the Version 1.1 – 02-2019 Page - 38 - techn. data are subject to change w/o notice!

  • Page 39: Onscreendisplay Settings

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual OnScreenDisplay settings: As well as for the RTMP/HLS settings: If you set this to ON: You’ll get a separate Access-address page: Version 1.1 – 02-2019 Page - 39 - techn. data are subject to change w/o notice!
  • Page 40 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Actually the Preview is not fully running here if your browser doesn’t export to VLC: This might be fixed and improved in a new firmware soon. And we update this manual accordingly. Version 1.1 – 02-2019 Page - 40 - techn.

  • Page 41: Regarding Latency

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B 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:...

  • Page 42: Finally Some Useful Hints About The Network Streamings

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Finally some useful Hints about the network streamings: We recommend to make yourself familiar with the h.264 AVC (and HEVC depending on Encoder unit) encoding methods as well as streaming itself. IGMP is one of the important mechanism for IPTV securing overloadings of i.e. STB’s by pushing too many streams to it.

  • Page 43: Encoding And Codec Parameters

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Encoding and codec parameters We recommend to check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC for basics and HEVC- specialities. Loss resilience features including:  Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) definition allowing the same video syntax to be used in many network environments. One very fundamental design concept of H.264 is to generate self-contained packets, to remove the header duplication as in MPEG-4's Header Extension Code (HEC).
  • Page 44 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual gateway discovery and group membership reporting. Multicast routers should not forward any multicast datagram with destination addresses in this range, regardless of its TTL. Available Formats HTML Plain text Registries included below  Local Network Control Block (224.0.0.0 - 224.0.0.255 (224.0.0/24)) ...

  • Page 45: Registered Port

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Registered port A registered port is a network port (a sub-address defined within the Internet Protocol, in the range 1024– 49151) assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) (or by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers...

  • Page 46: Rtp

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual This field identifies the sender's port when meaningful and should be assumed to be the port to reply to if needed. If not used, then it should be zero. If the source host is the client, the port number is likely to be an ephemeral port number.

  • Page 47: Note: Regarding Sap (Session Announcement Protocol)

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual any port (even, not odd > 6.4), an RTCP RR packet is sent instead. 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 SAP Announcements being sent to 224.2.127.254 Port 9875 (note that 224.2.127.255 is used by the obsolete...

  • Page 48: Contact

    No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation or adaptation) without the written permission from Blankom / IRENIS GmbH.
  • Page 49 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Appendix A Product Disposal Warning! Ultimate disposal of this product should be handled according to all national laws and regulations. 警告 本产品的废弃处理应根据所有国家的法律和规章进行。 警告 本產品的廢棄處理應根據所有國家的法律和規章進行。 Warnung Die Entsorgung dieses Produkts sollte gemäß allen Bestimmungen und Gesetzen des Landes erfolgen.

  • Page 50: Safety Instructions

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Safety instructions Read the safety instructions carefully before assembling or commissioning the device and ensure that you comply with them Installation  Danger: The device may only be installed and started up by competent people (see EN 60065).
  • Page 51  Warning: (For optical transmitters and their peripheral distribution devices) unplug the mains plug before dismantling the device. If you have any queries regarding repairs, please contact our company service: E-mail: info@blankom.de, contact: www.blankom.de Sale  Caution: If the device is sold, these safety instructions and the operating manual for the relevant device must be handed over to the purchaser.

  • Page 52: Sicherheitshinweise

    BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Sicherheitshinweise Sicherheitshinweise bitte vor Montage bzw. Inbetriebnahme des Gerätes sorgfältig lesen und befolgen. 1. Installation Gefahr: Das Gerät darf ausschließlich von sachverständigen Personen (siehe EN 60065), installiert und in Betrieb genommen werden. Gefahr: Das Gerät und/oder die Verteilperipherie muß vor Inbetriebnahme gemäß EN 60728-11 vorschriftsmäßig geerdet sein (Potentialausgleich) und bleiben, auch wenn das Gerät ausgebaut wird.
  • Page 53 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Bei Fragen zur Reparatur wenden Sie sich an den IRENIS-Service: E-Mail: info@blankom.de , Kontakt: www.blankom.de 6. Verkauf Vorsicht: Im Falle eines Verkaufs müssen diese Sicherheitshinweise und die Bedienungsanleitung des entsprechenden Geräts dem Käufer ausgehändigt werden. 7. Entsorgung Vorsicht: Entsorgen Sie das Gerät entsprechend den geltenden umweltrechtlichen Bestimmungen.
  • Page 54 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual  Unused subscriber ports should be closed off by 75 Ohm resistors (e.g. EMK 03).  Nicht benutzte Kaskadenausgänge sind mit 75 Ohm Widerständen inkl. DC-Blocker abzuschließen. 75 Ohm Widerstände ohne Gleichspannungssperren können das Gerät beschädigen! ...
  • Page 55 BLANKOM HDE-(4)264B/265B User Manual Ä nderungen vorbehalten / Subject to change w/o notifications Version 1.1 – 02-2019 Page - 55 - techn. data are subject to change w/o notice!

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