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HDMI and SDI Single Board Encoder
Z3-SBE264-25(-RPS)
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DOC-USR-0093-03
Manual Version 2.36.6
Software Version 2.36.6
October 4, 2016
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- Page 1 Copyright © 2016 Z3 Technology, LLC. All rights reserved. This document contains proprietary and confidential information of Z3 Technology, LLC ("Z3"). This document may not be used, reproduced, disclosed, or disseminated to anyone without the prior written approval of an authorized representative of Z3.
- Page 2 Original Document 2.35.1a 08/26/2016 Added RPS Notes Added RTP and RTMP streaming instructions. Added Wowza 2.36.6 10/04/2016 configuration instructions. Added decode instructions. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
8.1 Connect the Encoder ....................33 8.2 Configure CH1 for RTMP Streaming ................33 8.3 Set up the Wowza Server ................... 34 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... - Page 4 13.7 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs ..............53 APPENDIX A: Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP ..............54 APPENDIX B: Troubleshooting ..................... 56 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
- Page 5 Figure 37 Changing the Password ..................46 Figure 38 Password Entry Screen ..................47 Figure 39 Wowza Performance Settings ................. 54 Figure 40 Wowza Security Settings ..................55 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 6: General Description
Figure 1 Z3-SBE264-25 Dimensions and Interfaces The Z3-SBE264-25 software is based on the Linux OS. The kit comes with all of the low-level resources such as the Linux kernel, u-boot, tool chain and starter file system pre-integrated and configured. The software bundle also contains binary applications to support multimedia encoding to file or stream. -
Page 7: Figure 2 Z3-Sbe264-25 Block Diagram
DM816x processors. This includes but is not limited to the SATA2 interface. Per specifications from Texas Instruments, only SATA2 drives are supported. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 8: Quick Start Guide
“RUNNING THE CODE YOU BUILT ON THE BOARD”, on page 40. *Note: Actual version numbers for your Z3 product may differ from those pictured in this document. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 9: Rps Package Contents
1080p60, 1080p50, 1080i30, 1080i29.97, 1080i25, 720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, 576p50, 576i25, 480p60, 480i30, and 480i29.97 HDMI: 1080p60, 1080p50, 1080i30, 1080i29.97, 1080i25, 720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, 576p50, 576i25, 480p60, 480i30, and 480i29.97 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 10: Untarring And Building The Sample Code (Rps Only)
Building can take around 30-40 minutes. You will also need to type in the sudo password a few times towards the end of the build. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 11: Figure 3 Sample Content Of Images Directory After Successful Build
The result will be similar to the following. Actual filenames, dates, and times will differ: Figure 3 Sample Content of Images Directory after Successful Build ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 12: Code Overview (Rps Only)
Z3 demo application code and scripts The Z3 demo code that comes with the Z3-SBE264-25 is run from the run.sh script in dvr- rdk/dvr_rdk/bin/ti816x . This code calls the z3_dvr_rdk_demo_mcfw_api.out binary, which initializes and runs the encoder. This binary is built from the dvr-rdk directory. The code for the binary resides in z3apps/rdk/rdk_demo. -
Page 13: Z3 Application Overview
The top-level file for the menu-driven application is . The top-level files for the command demo.c line interfaces are demo_mcsenc.c demo_mcsdec.c ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 14: Rdk Documentation
│ └── HDMITestReports ├── Trainings │ └── DVR_RDK_McFW_Link_API_Training.pdf ├── Usecases │ ├── DM810x_DVR_RDK_UseCaseGuide_4D1_8CIF_16CIF_DVR.pdf │ ├── DM810x_DVR_RDK_UseCaseGuide_Decode_Display.pdf │ ├── DM814x_DVR_RDK_UseCaseGuide_4D1_8CIF_16CIF_DVR.pdf │ ├── DM814x_DVR_RDK_UseCaseGuide_Decode_Display.pdf ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... - Page 15 ├── DM816x_FAPLL.xls ├── DM81xx_DVR_RDK_Demo_Guide.pdf ├── DM81xx_DVR_RDK_FAQs.pdf ├── DM81xx_DVR_RDK_IPC_Bits_Out_Host.pdf ├── DM81xx_DVR_RDK_Migration_Guide.pdf ├── DM81xx_DVR_RDK_Overview.pdf ├── DM81xx_DVR_RDK_PSP_Arago.pdf ├── DM81xx_DVR_RDK_SCD_DMVAL_FAQs.pdf ├── DMVAL_API_and_UsersGuide.pdf ├── DVR_RDK_ApiGuide.CHM └── SCD_TI_API_UsersGuide_v00.50.pdf ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 16: Running The Encoder
This section gives step-by-step instructions on using the Z3-SBE264-25 to encode 1080p or 1080i video from and HDMI source to a PC media player. In addition to the Z3-SBE264-25, an HD source with HDMI output and a PC with VLC media player are required. -
Page 17: Set Up The Terminal Window
After you are done, make note of the address you set. This will be important in the streaming step. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 18: Figure 5 Z3-Sbe264-25 Serial Main Menu
CONFIDENTIAL DOC-USR-0093-03 Figure 5 Z3-SBE264-25 Serial Main Menu ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 19: Configure Channel 1 For Hdmi Encode
“Start All” or “Stop All” buttons found on the bottom of all screens. *Note: HD-SDI selection in the “CH2” tab supports HD-SDI resolutions and 3G-SDI resolutions. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 20: Figure 7 Settings To Encode To Udp
“1920x1808” (d) Change Dest Address to multicast address (e) Make sure Dest Port is 5004 Figure 7 Settings to Encode to UDP ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 21: Start Encoding
Interlaced encode is signified by showing the height per field – for example, an encode of 1080i will cause a value of 540 for height. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 22: Figure 9 Status Tab
CONFIDENTIAL DOC-USR-0093-03 Figure 9 Status Tab ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 23: Run Vlc To View The Udp Stream
Press “Enter.” (18) You will now see your source video streaming to VLC: Figure 11 Example of Encoded Video Streaming to VLC (UDP) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 24: Streaming Rtp
In the “Open Media” box, type “rtsp://{IP Address}/z3-{ch #}{m}.mp4”, where {IP Address} is the IP address of the Z3-SBE264-25, {ch #} is 1 for CH1 or 2 for CH2, and {m} is added if a multicast address is being streamed. For example, if the IP address of the Z3-SBE264-25 is the default value of 192.168.81.68, encode is being done from CH1, and unicast streaming is being done, the user... -
Page 25: Figure 13 Vlc Open Network Stream Screen For Rtp
VLC version 2.1.5 or later is needed for RTSP support. (24) You should then see RTP video streaming on VLC: Figure 14 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (RTP) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 26: Changing The Bitrate Dynamically
Select the “Statistics” tab. In this tab, you can see the current video+audio bitrate: Video+Audio bitrate Figure 15 Viewing Bitrate in VLC ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 27: Figure 16 Changing The Bitrate Dynamically
In the encoder GUI, return to the CH1 tab and change the bitrate from “8000K” to “2000K”. (27) Click the “update” button: (1) Change bitrate to 2000K (2) Click update Figure 16 Changing the Bitrate Dynamically ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 28: Figure 17 Drop In Bitrate After Dynamic Bitrate Change
You should see the quality of the picture in VLC change as well as the drop in the video bitrate: Lower video+audio bitrate Figure 17 Drop in Bitrate after Dynamic Bitrate Change ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 29: Tuning For Latency
By default, this is set to 1000ms. You can lower this to as low as 200ms. To do this, go to the following: VLC → Tools → Preferences → Show Settings (ALL) → Input / Codecs → Network caching (ms) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 30: Using The "Aux Ts File" Option
This will ensure all buffered data finishes transferring to the USB drive. Figure 19 Using the Aux TS File Enable Option ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 31: Running Dhcp
The system might take a few moments to reload values. Select “z3_test” Figure 22 Setting “z3_test” as the preset configuration ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 32: Figure 23 Setting Dhcp
The value of “Local IP Address” specifies the IP address that will be used with Static IP allocation. When “Use DHCP” is checked, this value is not applicable. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 33: Streaming Rtmp
CONFIDENTIAL DOC-USR-0093-03 STREAMING RTMP This section shows how to use the Z3-SBE264-25 to take video input and stream it over RTMP . Z3 has used the Wowza Streaming Engine as an example server for RTMP streaming. *Note: VLC does not support RTMP. The test player within Wowza Streaming Engine is recommended. -
Page 34: Set Up The Wowza Server
(1) Use IP address of Wowza server + “:8088” (2) Select “Applications” (3) Select “live” (4) Select “Test Players” Figure 26 Getting to the Wowza Test Player ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 35: Figure 27 Viewing Content On Wowza
(1) Select “Adobe RTMP” tab (2) Type stream name (3) Click “Start” (4) Audio and Video start to appear Figure 27 Viewing Content on Wowza ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 36: Running The Decoder
DOC-USR-0093-03 RUNNING THE DECODER The Z3-SBE264-25 can also be configured as a decoder. To see an example of this follow the steps below. 9.1 Create a .ts File using the Encoder (12) Follow the steps in Section 7.0 to access the GUI and to stream a TS stream. -
Page 37: Figure 29 System Setup In Decoder Mode
Layout will appear in the System Setup tab. New Settings for Display Appear Figure 29 System Setup in Decoder Mode (18) Leave these settings as is. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 38: Configure And Run Decoder
Figure 30 Decoder Configuration Settings for Decode Example (20) About 5-10 seconds later, decode will start and you will see video output on the monitor. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 39: Exercising Other Features
/opt/mcsenc/mcsenc.sh source /opt/mcsdec/mcsdec.sh A separate manual for MCSENC is available upon request. Please contact your Z3 sales account manager for more information. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 40: Running The Code You Built On The Board (Rps Only)
Click “Upload and Update.” You should see a “FLASH Update now in progress” message. Once finished it will go back to the main menu. You should be able to now run using the updated image. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 41: Method 2: Running Your Code Through Tftp/Nfs
Actual directory name may be different depending on your specific release: # cd /home/z3/z3-netra-rdk # ln –s z3-netra-RDK-20160201/images images # ln –s z3-netra-RDK-20160201/filesys filesys ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 42: Figure 32 Editing U-Boot-Env-Netra-Rdk.txt
The value for tftp_root, when combined with the value of “server_args” in your /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file (see step (1b)), should point to the images link you set up in step (2c). ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 43: Figure 33 Minicom Terminal Settings
(2) Press Space to tag (3) Use <left> and <right> to select Okay (4) Press Return Figure 34 Minicom Paste File Selection ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 44: Figure 35 Example Of Successful U-Boot Configuration
NFS, and then go straight to the serial menu. If you are running into issues, see the “Troubleshooting” section in Appendix B. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 45: Other Available U-Boot Commands
Update root filesystem ramdisk run update-jffs2 Update jffs2 image (requires mtd-utils on host) run update-ubifs Update jffs2 image (requires ubi utils on host) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 46: Using The Password Feature
12.0 USING THE PASSWORD FEATURE The Z3-SBE264-25 includes the option to set a password to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the HTTP-based GUI. The steps for using it are shown below: In the System Setup tab, click on “go” next to “Set Password”: Click here Figure 36 Selecting “Set Password”... -
Page 47: Figure 38 Password Entry Screen
Use “admin” for the user name and the value you had entered before for the password: Figure 38 Password Entry Screen You can now access the HTTP-based GUI. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 48: Summary Of Options
Rename a configuration file. delete Delete a configuration file. export Export current settings to a file. import Load settings from a previously exported file. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 49: The Status Tab
“Refresh” again, and you should see an increase of around 600 for 60 frames per second content). Input Status Input Input type Resolution Capture resolution for that input Capture frames per second for that input ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 50: The Mpts Tab
Only one subchannel can be enabled. Codec DSP AACLC The codec to use for audio. ARM AACLC ARM AACLC MPEG2 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... - Page 51 (for example, for “test.h264” a companion file “test_0.aac” is created). MPTS can be used to encode one more streams to DVB-ASI out. This is not supported ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 52: The Ch2 Tab (Sdi Source Only)
Create the “CH2” tab by clicking the “+” tab. Please see CH1 values for a detailed explanation. Use the CH2 tab for encoding an SDI video source. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 53: Values Appearing At The Bottom Of All Tabs
For example, as a 1080i, D1, and CIF stream. Stop All Stop encode on all channels. Start All Start encode on all channels. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 54: Appendix A: Configuring The Wowza Server For Rtmp
“Java Garbage Collection Settings” to “Concurrent collector”. Click on “Save.”: Figure 39 Wowza Performance Settings All registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 55: Figure 40 Wowza Security Settings
Wowza. If you still run into issues, verify the Firewall on your PC with the Wowza server is turned off. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 56: Appendix B: Troubleshooting
-Is the Ethernet cable plugged in to the Z3-DM8168-APP-50 board solidly (do you see the link light)? -Does the Z3-SBE264-25 IP address and the PC IP address have the same first 2 values (or, if netmask is set to 255.255.255.0, the same first 3 values)? -Do the Z3-SBE264-25 and the PC running VLC have the same netmask? (Default value is 255.255.0.0)
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