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  • Page 1 4 channel streaming encoder/recoder NVS-40...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ..................17 UICK TART UIDE 4.2 H 2.5” SSD/R HDD............19 OW TO NSTALL EMOVABLE CHAPTER 5 NVS-40 WEB CONTROL USER INTERFACE ........21 5.1 M ................. 21 ONTROL NTERFACE 5.2 S ......................21 OURCE 5.3 E ......................26 NCODER 5.3.1 Setting Steps and Important Notices for Encoder Option Setting (Take...
  • Page 3 SERVICE AND SUPPORT ..................92 Disclaimer of Product & Services The information offered in this instruction manual is intended as a guide only. At all times, Datavideo Technologies will try to give correct, complete and suitable information. However, Datavideo Technologies cannot exclude that some information in this manual, from time to time, may not be correct or may be incomplete.

  • Page 4: Fcc Compliance Statement

    AC adapter. If you are not sure of the type of power available, consult your Datavideo dealer or your local power company. 8. Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this unit where the power cord will be walked on, rolled over, or otherwise stressed.

  • Page 5: Warranty

    When the product exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need for service. Warranty Standard Warranty Datavideo equipment are guaranteed against any manufacturing defects for one  year from the date of purchase. The original purchase invoice or other documentary evidence should be supplied ...

  • Page 6: Three Year Warranty

    Camera module, PCIe Card are covered for 1 year. The three-year warranty must be registered on Datavideo's official website  or with your local Datavideo office or one of its authorized distributors within 30 days of purchase. Disposal For EU Customers only - WEEE Marking...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Product Overview

    The Datavideo NVS-40 supports SDI x 1 and HDMI x 4 video inputs (Channel 1 source can be either SDI or HDMI). The NVS-40 allows up to 4 1080P signal sources to be encoded to 8 streamings in different bitrates simultaneously. The NVS-40 records up to 4 inputs and 1 output channel video signals to hard disk or live-streams those videos to up to 10 different streaming platforms at the same time.
  • Page 8 Multi-language Web UI including English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and  Traditional Chinese (Will be Available Soon) Dual Color LED Indicator Showing the status or detections. (About LED indicator  related sections, please refer to Appendix1 and Appendix2). Supported input formats 1080p at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/50/59.94/60 fps ...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Connections And Controls

    RTSP stream and press again to stop streaming. Note: Pressing the Stream button starts the stream for that device only and this stream button is used when you want to stream directly through the NVS-40 device rather than by the NVS-40 Web UI.
  • Page 10 Press the Record button to start recording your input source to the 2.5” SSD or HDD inserted into the front panel of the NVS-40. Press the Record button again to stop the recording. Note: Pressing the Record button starts recording for that device only...
  • Page 11 SDI LED The SDI LED indicates the status of the first input channel. The first input channel of the NVS-40 allows either SDI or HDMI source. If the input for the first channel is SDI source, this SDI LED will be lit.
  • Page 12 Note: The USB port on the front panel of the NVS-40 is used for firmware update. The backup recording of the NVS-40 will be saved in the HDD or SSD inserted into the right side of the front panel. 2.5” SSD/HDD 2.5”...
  • Page 13 indicator shows Lock/Unlock status of the SSD/HDD enclosure. When the SATA interface is connected correctly Lock/Unlock switch is pushed to the lock side, the SSD/HDD LED indicator will be lit. Green LED is On: The installation is finished/The SSD/HDD is ready Green LED is Blinking: In the recording LED is Off: SSD/HDD is removed/Error...

  • Page 14: Rear Panel

    Connect an SDI or HDMI video source to this SDI/HDMI video input interface. Note: The video input source for the NVS-40 Channel 1 video input can be either SDI or HDMI source. However, the HDMI video input source is the only format that can be accepted by the video inputs of Channel 2, Channel 3 and Channel 4.
  • Page 15 Ethernet network through a standard RJ-45 Ethernet cable. DC IN 12V Power Connector Power the NVS-40 device by connecting the device to an AC outlet through a power cord and a power adapter. To power off the NVS-40, simply disconnect the device from the power source and any logged errors will be cleared.

  • Page 16: Chapter 3 System Diagram

    Chapter 3 System Diagram...

  • Page 17: Chapter 4 Quick Start Guide-Connection And Setting

    Before you start to use the NVS-40, it is very important that you have to connect all necessary cables and to complete the network and HDD settings. Due to the fact that the NVS-40 can only be controlled by the Web UI, the Web UI must be set after all hardware connections and settings are done.
  • Page 18 Step. 11. After the connected NVS-40 IP address is shown, please enter the IP address into the address bar of the web browser.

  • Page 19: How To Install 2.5" Ssd/Removable Hdd

    Step 12. The NVS-40 Web Control UI will be shown and then it is ready for you to control and set the NVS-40 through the Web Control UI. Note: The 2.5” SSD/HDD must be installed in the enclosure and inserted into the HDD tray on the front panel of the NVS-40 to start recording.
  • Page 20 2. Place the SSD/HDD into the enclosure, cover the top cover back and then screw four screws for both sides as shown as the diagram. 3. After the SSD/HDD is placed back into the enclosure and the four screws are screwed, the SSD/HDD enclosure will be shown as the diagram.

  • Page 21: Chapter 5 Nvs-40 Web Control User Interface

    NVS-40 Web Control User Interface. 5.1 Main Control Interface After the IP address of the NVS-40 is detected by the IP Finder utility software, users can enter the detected IP address into the address bar of the web browser, and then the NVS-40 Web Control User Interface will be shown as follows.
  • Page 22 If the Input Source is SDI If the Input Source is HDMI...
  • Page 23 The IP Stream function allows users to use the IP Stream to be the input source and the NVS-40 can acquire the streaming video remotely. Please follow following steps for using the IP Stream to be the input source of the NVS-40.
  • Page 24 Step 2. Please click “IP Stream” from the web UI of the NVS-40 and then please paste the copied streaming address to the “Source URL” column in the IP Stream interface. After that, please press the “Apply” button. Note: If there is no special need, please set this “Source URL”...
  • Page 25 The interfaces for video and audio input sources for Channel 2 to Channel 4 are shown as following diagram. For the input source, if “Line-in” or “XLR” is selected, there is a slider for users to adjust the volume. However, this interface also allow users to select the audio source to be “SMPTE”, “EBU”...

  • Page 26: Encoder

    5.3 Encoder Users can see the Encoder control page by pressing the Encoder option on the menu bar. There are five tags including tag1, tag 2, tag 3, tag4 and PGM which are shown in the “Encoder” control page. Each tag allows users to set parameters in two Encoders including Main Encoder and Sub Encoder.
  • Page 27 For the introduction about each drop-down menu in the Encoder page, please see following table. Resolution The Resolution drop-down menu allows users to select different Encoding resolutions. Frame Rate The Frame Rate drop-down menu allows users to select different Frame Rates.
  • Page 28 Users can select different GOP from this drop-down menu. Video Bitrate (bps) Users can select different Video Bitrate settings from this drop-down menu. Audio Bitrate (bps) Users can select different Audio Bitrate Settings from this drop-down menu. Entropy Users can select different Entropy algorithm settings including CAVLC and CABAC from the drop-down menu.

  • Page 29: Setting Steps And Important Notices For Encoder Option Setting (Take Youtube As An Example)

    Example) Please follow following steps and important notices for setting related parameters of the Encoder option for the NVS-40. Step 1. Users need to go to the streaming platform/streaming media server to confirm their recommended Encoder settings. After that, please set a closest value for your NVS-40.

  • Page 30: Important Notices For Setting The Encoder (Take Facebook Platform As An Example)

     1080P：3,000 - 6,000 Kbps 720p @60fps ：2,250 - 6,000 Kbps   720p：1,500 - 4,000 Kbps  480p：500 - 2,000 Kbps  240p：300 - 700 Kbps Step 5. Set the Audio Bitrate (bps). The recommended Audio Bitrate is 128K. Step 6.
  • Page 31 The Facebook platform supports for H.264 encoded video and AAC encoded audio only. If the resolution for the video source is 1280*720P@30, it is fine to set the resolution at “Same as Input”. If the source resolution is 1280*720P@60/50, the setting for frame rate must be changed to 30 or 25.

  • Page 32: Record

    5.4 Record After pressing the Record option from the menu bar of the NVS-40 Web UI, users can see the Record option control page. There are five tags including tag 1, tag 2, tag 3, tag 4 and PGM. Each tag includes two Record settings including Main Record and Sub Record.

  • Page 33: Streaming

    5.5 Streaming After pressing the Streaming option from the menu bar of the NVS-40 Web UI, users can see the Streaming control page. There are five tags including tag 1, tag 2, tag 3, tag4 and PGM. Each tag includes two Streaming settings including Main Streaming and Sub Streaming.

  • Page 34: User Interface For Different Streaming Formats

    “Start Stream” or “Stop Stream” button to start or stop the streaming. 5.5.1 User Interface for Different Streaming Formats The streaming option of the NVS-40 Web UI provides different streaming formats for users including RTMP, RTSP, TS and HLS. The user interfaces of different streaming formats are shown as following diagrams.
  • Page 35 RTSP...
  • Page 37 For the introduction for each drop-down menu of the Streaming page, please see following table. Encoder Source Users can select Main Encoder, Sub Encoder and Disable from the Encoder Source drop- down menu. Stream Type Users can select stream protocols including RTSP, RTMP, TS and HLS from this drop-down menu.
  • Page 38 Stream button to start or stop the live- streaming. Account and Password These two blanks allow users to enter the Account and Password of the RTSP streaming. The default account and password are shown as following. Account: root Password: root RTSP Port and RTSP HTTP Port These two blanks will...

  • Page 39: Streaming-Rtsp (Use Rtsp Protocol)

    WAN port of a router. 2. Please use another RJ-45 Ethernet cable to connect one end to the LAN port on the rear panel of the NVS-40 and then connect another end to one of the LAN port of the router.
  • Page 40 9. Please press the “Start Stream” button and then the RTSP streaming address will be generated. 10. Please download the VLC media player from https://www.videolan.org and then install the software. 11. Please open the VLC and then click “Media” drop-down menu and then click “Open Network Stream”.

  • Page 41: Streaming-Ts (Use Ts Protocol)

    WAN port of a router. 2. Please use another RJ-45 Ethernet cable to connect one end to the LAN port on the rear panel of the NVS-40 and then connect another end to one of the LAN port of the router.
  • Page 42 5. Please enter NVS-40’s IP address into the address bar of the web browser to open the web control interface of the NVS-40. 6. Please click the Streaming option from the web control interface to open the streaming control interface.
  • Page 43 11. Please download VLC media player from https://www.videolan.org and then please install the software. 12. Please open the VLC and then click “Media” drop-down menu and then click “Open Network Stream”.

  • Page 44: Streaming-Rtmp (Use Rtmp Protocol) (Take Youtube As An Example)

    WAN port of a router. 2. Please use another RJ-45 Ethernet cable to connect one end to the LAN port on the rear panel of the NVS-40 and then connect another end to one of the LAN port of the router.
  • Page 45 Youtube page. 6. Please open Datavideo IP Finder software and then please press the Scan button to find the IP address of the NVS-40. (Please refer to Chapter 4. Quick Start Guide- Connection and Setting) 7. Please enter NVS-40’s IP address into the address bar of the web browser to open the web control interface of the NVS-40.

  • Page 46: Streaming-Rtmp (Use Rtmp Protocol) (Take Facebook As An Example)

    WAN port of a router. 2. Please use another RJ-45 Ethernet cable to connect one end to the LAN port on the rear panel of the NVS-40 and then connect another end to one of the LAN port of the router.
  • Page 47 5. The following screen will be shown, please check “Use a persistent stream key” and then please copy “Server URL” and “Persistent Stream Key”. Finally, please paste them into the “RTMP URL” column in the Streaming option of the NVS-40 web-based control interface.
  • Page 48 6. The format for pasting into the RTMP URL column is shown as following. Server URL/Persistent Stream Key After the Server URL and the Persistent Stream Key are pasted into the column, please press the “Start Stream” button. Note: Please use 「/」 to combine the Server URL and the Persistent Stream Key together.

  • Page 49: Streaming -Hls (Use Hls Protocol)

    HLS from the Stream Type drop-down menu. After that, please press the “Start Stream” button. 2. NVS-40 will generate a stream address with .m3u8 file extension. 3. Please play the .m3u8 stream address by following ways. For iPhone, iPad and MacBook：Please open the .m3u8 steam address by Safari ...
  • Page 50 1. Please download VLC media player from https://www.videolan.org and then please install the software. 2. Please open the VLC and then click “Media” drop-down menu and then click “Open Network Stream”.
  • Page 51 3. Please enter the streaming address that is generated by the NVS-40 into the “Please enter a network URL” column and then please press the Play button for playing the streaming.
  • Page 52 5.6 CG After pressing the CG option on the web control interface, users can see the CG option control page. There are five tags including tag 1, tag 2, tag 3, tag 4 and PGM for users to set different CG parameters for Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3, Channel 4 and PGM.
  • Page 53 Text If users select text to be the CG source, users can enter their desired texts into this column. Location-X/Location-Y Users can determine the X-axis and Y-axis of the CG source. (Text/Picture) Width and Height Users can enter different values to determine the Width and Height of the CG source.

  • Page 54: How The Location X & Location Y Values Affect Cg Source

    Text Size Please enter different figure to change the text size. File Path If users select a picture to be the CG source, please press the Browse button to select your desired picture from the hard disk of your PC or laptop. 5.6.1 How the Location X &...
  • Page 55 You are my Friend Example：Location-X＝900，Location-Y＝500...
  • Page 56 2. Picture： Users can adjust the Location-X and Location-Y value to change the position of the inserted picture on the screen. Location-X: For the Location-X, the more the value, the more the picture will be moved from the left side to the right side. Location-Y: For the Location-Y, the more the value, the more the picture will be moved from the up side to the down side.

  • Page 58: Pgm

    5.7 PGM After pressing the PGM option on the menu bar of the web UI, users can see the control page 0f the PGM option. The PGM option provides five modes for displaying the PGM screen including Quad View, Full Screen, POP, PBP and PIP. The main interface of the PGM option is shown as following diagram.
  • Page 59 1. Quad View: Please press the “Quad View” icon and then please press the “Apply” button for applying the setting. 2. Full Screen: Please press the “Full Screen” icon and then please select the channel that is desired to be shown in Full Screen mode. After that, please press the “Apply” button for applying the setting.
  • Page 60 3. POP (Picture Outside Picture): Please press the POP icon and then please select the channels that are desired to be shown in POP mode. After that, please press the “Apply” button for applying the setting. 4. PBP (Picture By Picture): Please press the PBP icon and then please select the two channels that are desired to be shown in the PBP mode.
  • Page 61 5. PIP (Picture in Picture): Please press the PIP icon and then please select the two channels that are desired to be shown in the PIP mode. After that, please press the “Apply” button for applying the setting.
  • Page 62 5.7.1 Scale There is a “Scale” drop down menu including “Stretch”, “Fit” and “Full” in the PGM user interface for users to apply in the POP and PBP mode. Please see following paragraphs for the introduction of the three modes including “Stretch”, “Fit”...
  • Page 63 1. The PGM option is set to POP mode and the Scale drop-down menu is set to “Stretch”. 2. The PGM option is set to POP mode and the Scale drop-down menu is set to “Fit”.
  • Page 64 3. The PGM option is set to POP and the Scale drop down menu is set to “Full”. 4. The PGM option is set to PBP mode and the Scale drop-down menu is set to “Stretch”.
  • Page 65 5. The PGM option is set to PBP and the Scale drop-down menu is set to “Fit”. 6. The PGM option is set to PBP and the Scale drop-down menu is set to “Full”.
  • Page 66 Step 3. Please press the “Apply” button to confirm the selection. 5.7.3 PGM Audio Source Selection The NVS-40 provides PGM audio signals including CH1 Embedded, CH2 Embedded, CH3 Embedded, CH4 Embedded, XLR and RCA for users to select from the drop-down...

  • Page 67: Monitor

    5.8 Monitor After pressing the Monitor option on the menu bar of the web UI, users can see the control page is shown. There are four HDMI frame rate including 60FPS, 50FPS, 30FPS and 25FPS for users to select. Moreover, it allow users to adjust the output volume.

  • Page 68: System

    Update, Disk Format and System Control. The system control page is shown as following diagram. Network Setting DHCP The default Network mode for the NVS-40 is DHCP mode, if users select “Disable”, they need to enter related information manually by themselves.
  • Page 69 Static IP/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway/Primary DNS/Secondary DNS Due to that the default network mode of the NVS-40 is the DHCP mode, once the DHCP mode is set to Enable, all of the network related parameters will be set automatically. If the...
  • Page 70 SSD/HDD. System Control Please press the “Restore to Default” button to restore the NVS-40 back to factory default value. Please press the “Reboot” button to reboot the NVS-40.

  • Page 71: How To Restore The Factory Default Ip Address Of The Nvs-40

    STEAM buttons simultaneously when the NVS-40 is powering on. Please press the MODE, RECORD and STREAM buttons on the front panel of the NVS- 40 simultaneously when the NVS-40 is powering on and then the IP address of the NVS-40 will be restored to factory default value: 192.168.1.200...

  • Page 72: Status

    5.10 Status After pressing the Status option on the menu bar of the web UI, users can see the Status control page. The Status control interface provides details for following items. Input Information for Channel 1 to Channel 4  Record Status information for Channel 1 to Channel 4 and PGM ...

  • Page 73: Advanced

    5.11 Advanced The “Advanced” option allows users to stream specific video input source including CH1 input, CH2 input, CH3 input, CH4 input or PGM to up to 10 streaming platforms by 10 different encodings. Those 10 different encodings include Stream 1 Main, Stream 1 Sub, Stream 2 Main, Stream 2 Sub, Stream 3 Main, Stream 3 Sub, Stream 4 Main, Stream 4 Sub, Stream PGM Main, and Stream PGM Sub.
  • Page 74 Step 3. Please check the checkbox of your desired Encoder Source. Step 4. Please press the “Start Stream” button for starting streaming.

  • Page 75: The Reason Why Users Can Not See The Latest Web Ui And The Solutions For This Issue

    5.12 The Reason Why Users Can not See the Latest Web UI and the Solutions for this Issue Generally speaking, the reason why users can not see the latest status of the NVS-40 web UI is due to the issue of the internet browser cache. Web browsers usually provide cache for accelerating the web-browsing speed.
  • Page 76 Step 2. Please press the “Delete” button from the Browsing History. Step 3. Please press the “Delete” button in “Delete Browsing History”.
  • Page 77  How to Clear the Cache for the Chrome Web Browser Step 1: Please open the Chrome web browser, press the “Customize and Control Google Chrome” on the top-right side and then please press “Settings” from the drop-down menu. Step 2. Please press “Advanced” and then please press “Clear browsing data”.
  • Page 78 Step 3. Please press “All Time” from the “Time Range” drop-down menu and then please check the checkbox of “Cached images and files”. Finally, please press the “Clear data” button.  How to Clear the Cache for the FireFox Browser Step 1.
  • Page 79 Step 2. Please press “Privacy & Security” option. Step 3. Please press “Clear History” button from the “History” option.
  • Page 80 Step 4. Please select “Everything” from the “Clear Recent History” drop-down menu and then please check “Cache”. Finally, please press the “Clear Now” button.
  • Page 81  Forced-Clear the Cache Manually to Reload the Web pages. Please press the “Ctrl” + “F5” buttons simultaneously to force download the web pages.

  • Page 82: Chapter 6 Firmware Update

    Step 9. After the connected NVS-40 IP address is shown, please enter the IP address into the address bar of the web browser. Step 10. The NVS-40 Web Control UI will be shown and then press the System option on the menu bar.
  • Page 83 Step 11. Please press the Browse button to select the downloaded firmware. Step 12. Please press the Update button to start your firmware update.

  • Page 84: Chapter 7 Frequently Asked Questions

    Chapter 7 Frequently Asked Questions This section describes problems that you may encounter while using the NVS-40. If you have questions, please refer to related sections and follow all the suggested solutions. If problem still exists, please contact your distributor or the service center.

  • Page 85: Chapter 8 Dimensions

    Chapter 8 Dimensions All measurements in millimeters (mm)

  • Page 86: Specification

    Chapter 9 Specification Interface 3G/HD/SD-SDI x1 (BNC 75 ohm) Video Input HDMI 1.4 x4 (Channel 1 as SDI/HDMI selectable) XLR Balanced audio x2 RCA Unbalanced audio x 1 pair Audio Input SDI embedded audio HDMI embedded audio 3G/HD/SD-SDI loop-through x1 HDMI 1.4 x1(PGM) Video Output RJ-45 female x1 (10/100/1000M...
  • Page 87 Twitch  Wowza  Adobe Media Server  Web UI Language English, Simplified Chinese and Japanese Operating Temperature 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 122°F) Chassis 1U rack mount Power DC 12V 2A...

  • Page 88: Appendix 1 Led Indicator Status And Behaviors

    Appendix 1 LED indicator Status and Behaviors Please refer to following table for the LED indictor status and behaviors of the NVS- 40 and its SSD/HDD enclosure. NVS-40 Function Blinking RED GREEN Power LED System Boot- Error System Ready up/Program...

  • Page 89: Appendix 2 Nvs-40 Front Panel Buttons Behaviors

    Appendix 2 NVS-40 Front Panel Buttons Behaviors There are three buttons on the front panel of the NVS-40 including MODE, RECORD and STREAM, please refer to following table for the NVS-40 front panel buttons behaviors. Button Behavior Description LED Indicator...
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  • Page 92: Service And Support

    Mar.-13.2019 Ver:E2...

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