Kiloview N Series User Manual

Kiloview N Series User Manual

Wireless ndi video encoder

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N Series·Wireless NDI
Video Encoder
®
USER MANUAL
CO.,LTD.
Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics

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  • Page 1 N Series·Wireless NDI Video Encoder ® USER MANUAL CO.,LTD. Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics...
  • Page 2 Legal Notices Subject to the receiving of this document from Changsha Kiloview Electronics Co., Ltd.,(Hereinafter referred to “Kiloview”), the following terms are understood and agreed. Or else, please stop using this document. This document is copyright of Kiloview, all rights reserved. The document covers the proprietary information of the company.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION..............................1 1.1 A ..................................1 DVANTAGES ..................................1 1.2 P ARAMETERS 2 OPERATION GUIDANCE...............................3 3 PACKING LIST AND INTERFACE DESCRIPTION......................4 3.1 P ..................................4 ACKING LIST 3.2 I ............................... 4 NTERFACE DESCRIPTION 3.3 S ................................5 IGNAL INDICATOR 4 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION..........................
  • Page 4 7.5.3 Streaming media service..............................26 7.6 L ................................30 OCAL RECORDING 7.7 N ETWORK TORAGE (NAS).............................34 ...............................35 7.8 T MAGE IME OVERLAY 7.8.1 Overlay Image Management............................35 7.8.2 Overlay function................................36 7.9 S ..............................38 ERVICE ONFIGURATION 7.9.1 Web Service Configuration............................38 7.9.2 Onvif Service Configuration............................38 7.9.3 Telnet Service Configuration............................
  • Page 5: Product Introduction

    N Series Encoder·User Manual 1 Product introduction N series NDI video encoder is a professional device designed for NDI video production field. It compresses and encodes SDI or HDMI video source into NDI stream, transmit video via wired or WIFI for any systems, device and software on your network.
  • Page 6 N Series Encoder·User Manual Management Hot shoe Removable Battery capacity 3.7V 6800mAh(29.6Wh) Power supply/Consumption DC 12V 1A / 6.5W Size/ Weight 115*75*35mm / 380g Working temperature -20℃~45℃ Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 7: Operation Guidance

    NDI video stream directly.  Other streaming service If necessary, you can also configure the device to push video streams such as RTMP, UDP, HLS, etc.. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 8: Packing List And Interface Description

    Certificate/Warranty card 3.2 Interface description 1、SDI/HDMI input 2、Battery capacity/charge indicator 3、 Power Supply 4、SDI/HDMI indicator 5、Streaming indicator 6、Streaming switch 7、Power indicator 8、Power switch Note:5 and 6 are only for customized functions Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 9: Signal Indicator

    Power off Always on Working Push flow White Flashing Connecting status light Stop streaming WIFI status Always on Working light WIFI disconnect Always on Working Antenna gain Flashing Connecting light Disconnect Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 10: Installation And Connection

    Plug the USB to RJ45 adaptor into the USB port of the device. The network port is connected to the switch, or it can be directly connected to the computer network. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 11 N Series Encoder·User Manual Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 12: Login And Network Configuration

    Note: Due to the browser compatibility issues, it may cause the web page display abnormal, it is recommended to use Chrome and Firefox. After login, the encoding and function parameters can be set on the encoder management web page. The page is shown as below: Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 13: Log In To The Device Through The Wifi Hotspot

    IP addresses. The configured IP addresses can be used for network streaming and management of encoders. The specific configuration of the two networks is described in detail below. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 14: Ethernet

    IP address is fixed as long as the encoder does not restore the factory settings, this method is more stable. Therefore, the two methods have their own advantages, and can be selected accordingly. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 15: Wifi Network

    “Set as Shared Hot spot”of WIFI 1 to customize the shared hot spot name and shared password. You can select the wifi channel and the network card to be shared. For normal use, just click "Default WIFI" option to enter the interface that connects to WIFI. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 16 Ethernet configuration, you must delete the gateway of Ethernet, make sure only one IP address of Ethernet is used to manage the encoder. If not, it may cause that WiFi streaming is not actually used even WIFI is connected. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 17: Convenient Management Functions

    192.168.1.168. Note: When accessing the device through a convenient managed IP address, your computer must have an IP address on the same network segment. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 18: Ndi Discovery And Configuration

    N Series Encoder·User Manual 6 NDI Discovery and Configuration N series NDI video encoder is a professional video encoding device for NDI video production. It can compress SDI or HDMI video source code into NDI protocol stream and transmit video over Ethernet or WIFI network for network.
  • Page 19: Ndi Discover And Connection

    Note: After opening the selected video of the encoder by Studio Monitor, click in the lower right corner of the player to open the Web page of the encoder directly, which is convenient for the management of the encoder. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 20: Modify Ndi Device Name And Channel Name

    Click on the NDI option at the top of the menu to modify the parameters: 6.4 Modifying NDI Bit Rate On the dashboard, click SET at H.264 Main Stream to set the bit rate, which is also the bit rate of NDI stream. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 21: Parameters Configuration

    0%" means the network is good and streams can be pushed to the Internet normally. Note: If Ping public IP address is reachable, but Ping domain name is unreachable. Generally, it is because the DNS server configuration is incorrect. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 22: Basic Settings

    Users can go for some basic functions settings here. 7.3 Change WEB login password Click “Change Password”, an option box will pop up, users can modify the WEB login password, the default password is admin. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 23: Location And Time

    N Series Encoder·User Manual 7.3.1 Location and time Click “location and time”, then users can modify system time of the encoder, or just select “Synchronize from this PC”. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 24: Restore Factory Settings

    “Upgrade” to upgrade the device.The upgrade process is slow, around 30s to 1 minute, please be patient. After upgrading, kindly check whether the version information of the latest firmware is consistent with the expected status through the System Status-Software Version of the Web page. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 25: Video&Audio Adjustments

    1, but necessary in specific application.) (4) Rotation or flipping: It's the last step before encoding, you can rotate the video with 90/180/270 degrees, horizontal mirror or vertical flip. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 26: Audio Signal Source

    Above process is a pipeline from step 1 to step 4. You could choose to open, or prohibit it about each step. 7.4.3 Audio signal source Audio source “Auto selection” mode is automatically to select the embedded audio of the input video source. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 27: Encoding & Steam

    N Series Encoder·User Manual Note: N series products are without Analog Line in and doesn’t support adjust analog input gain. 7.5 Encoding & Steam 7.5.1 Audio encoding parameter setting Encoders can set audio encoding parameters. Click “Encoding &stream”, pull downward “Audio Encoding Engine”, then entering into audio parameters setting.
  • Page 28: Encoding And Stream Settings

    Video encoding parameters are adjustable. Click “Encoding &Stream”, pull downward “Encoding and stream settings” to enter below interface. We generally set parameters of “H.264 main stream”, click “Setting”. Notice: It is H.264 Main stream, the second setting, not Motion JPEG setting. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 29 “HALF” means if input video is 1920*1080P50, video framerate after encoding will be 25. This will be a good saving on the consumption of network bandwidth; customized framerate is user assigning framerate after encoding, in theory, it shouldn’t be higher than original framerate. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 30: Streaming Media Service

    Substream parameter setting refers to Main stream configuration 7.5.3 Streaming media service N series encoder currently support streaming services include: NDI stream, RTMP push, HLS service, TS-UDP push (not support RTSP pull stream currently). One code stream can run up to 8 stream services at the same time for the encoder, which means it can push the video stream to 8 different live platforms.
  • Page 31 "Enable pushing" to "Yes". Click “Save”, then RTMP will stream to YouTube. If the platform requires user name and password verification, you also need to fill in the corresponding parameters in the encoder. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 32 No need to change Multicast TTL; If using multicast, “pushing target address” needs to write a correct multicast address (224.x.x.x ~ 239.x.x.x). “Target port” is any port, but it is better not conflicted with other service port. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 33 Using HLS service, the first thing is to “add a stream service”, then click right-side SET icon of “HLS service” for setting. Below is setting interface of HLS service. Very simple, if no special requirements, no need setting, only enable service. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 34: Local Recording

    7.6 Local recording N series NDI encoders support local recording function. Encoder with TF card-slot can support TF recording and meanwhile it supports USB disk inserted into USB port of encoder for recording. The recording operation is as follows: 1) Click “Record”...
  • Page 35 And when storage space is insufficient, it will automatically overwrite the old video file to achieve redundant storage. 4)Click to check recording status and record list. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 36  When no disks inserted or NAS network storage not set, the status will be as follows , dashboard will show “Stopped” Record status shows “No valid disks”and “No records”.  After inserted disks, the encoder will start recording automatically and the dashboard shows “Recording”. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 37 TF card unrecognizable. Sometimes, due to the influence of some files or programs in the TF card, the TF card can not be recognized. You need to format the TF card once. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 38: Network Storage(Nas

    NAS manager will show “Mounted” if NAS connection has been established, and there is a RECORD file under the Mount point. If the connection is abnormal, it will be displayed as “Mounting”. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 39: Text/ Image/Time Overlay

     Transparent color index: Manually specify an index color to erase background. Set tolerance (0%~100%) to control the similar color range selection.In most cases, transparent PNG images do not need to be processed manually. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 40: Overlay Function

    “Don't rotate follow picture”, please choose yes or no .Then choose “Add overlay item” to set overlay functions for “Text”, “Time” and “Image” respectively.You can set multiple overlays at the same time Add overlay item ( text) Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 41  If the added image occupies the majority of the video screen, the actual bitrate and the set bitrate will be greatly reduced due to the low screen dynamic fluctuation.  For the image format, only JPEG and PNG supported . Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 42: Service Configuration

    7.9.2 Onvif Service Configuration Note: Since the NDI discovery function of NDI device USES similar principle of onvif, onvif discovery is not supported on N series devices currently. 7.9.3 Telnet Service Configuration Telnet service listens on port 23 for remote connection and debugging of devices. For security reasons, you can choose to close telnet services.
  • Page 43: Serial Ports And Ptz

    7.10.2 PTZ Setting The encoder can control the PTZ camera via Sony Visca、 Pelco-D、 Pelco-P protocols, you can also set the control speed. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 44: Control Panel

    “Reboot” is used to restart the device software, it will take about 3 minutes. 7.12 Logs and Debug System logs are available for download, which can be provided to technical service engineers for technical analysis. Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...
  • Page 45 N Series Encoder·User Manual Thank you for reading. Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. Service Hotline:86-731-88315979 Website :en.kiloview.com Technical support Email:support@kiloview.com WhatsApp: +86-18573195156/18573195256 Address: 188#, Middle Huanbao Rd, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan Province, China Version 1.0 © Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. All rights reserved...

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