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ZowieTek LiveV400 Series User Manual

High definition bonding live video streaming encoder
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Bonding Live Video Streaming Encoder
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LiveV400 Series
K1.2.0
2021-10-25
30501-0XX
High Definition

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  • Page 1 High Definition Bonding Live Video Streaming Encoder User Manual LiveV400 Series Revision K1.2.0 Release 2021-10-25 Product 30501-0XX...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 General ........................1 1.1 Overview ............................1 1.2 Feature ............................2 Chapter 2 Quick Start Guide-Connection ..................3 2.1 What’s in the Box ..........................3 2.2 Connections and Controls ....................... 4 2.2.1 Physical Connections......................5 2.3 Screen Display ..........................6 2.4 Menu/Setting ..........................
  • Page 3 4.12 Authority ............................. 49 4.13 Upgrade ............................50 4.14 Wallet ............................50 Specification ........................... 51...
  • Page 4 Warnings and Precautions 1. Read all of these warnings and save them for later reference. 2. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on this unit. 3. Unplug this unit from the Power Adapter before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners.
  • Page 5 Disposal For EU Customers only - WEEE Marking This symbol on the product or its packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 General

    General Chapter 1 General 1.1 Overview Thank you for purchasing LiveV400 – HD Live Streaming Encoder. The LiveV400 is a portable standalone, hardware-based video streaming encoder that can be mounted on top of the cameras or carried on a backpack. LiveV4X0 can encode and transmit video of camcorder or camera via 5G, 4G, WIFI or LAN to the cloud server in real-time for live broadcasting.

  • Page 7: Feature

    General 1.2 Feature touchable LCD for in field setting and video monitoring 4.3ʺ  Up to 8 network links, include 3 built-in + 3 side USB 4G/LTE, Built-in WIFI and 1 Giga-Bit  Ethernet port At the same time LAN/WIFI/5G 8-way aggregation improves the bandwidth and stability of ...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Quick Start Guide-Connection

    Quick Start Guide Chapter 2 Quick Start Guide-Connection 2.1 What’s in the Box Encoder includes:  LiveV400 unit  USB TYPE C Travel Charge  Type C cable  4 x 5G Antenna and 2 x 4G Antenna for LiveV400 (5G version); 3 x 4G Antenna for LiveV400 (4G version) ...

  • Page 9: Connections And Controls

    Quick Start Guide 2.2 Connections and Controls LiveV400 (5G version) TOP...

  • Page 10: Physical Connections

    Quick Start Guide LiveV400 (4G version) TOP 2.2.1 Physical Connections Label Name Icon Description Audio In Stereo audio input. SDI Input Connect up to SDI signal. SDI Loop Out Connect a SDI cable from this connector to a monitor or projector.

  • Page 11: Screen Display

    Quick Start Guide SIM card slot Built-in 5G, Plug the NANO SIM card in here. SIM card slot Built-in 4G, Plug the NANO SIM card in here. NOTE: LiveV400 has an internal rechargeable battery, so please keep it turning off and charging until fully charged when users first use it.

  • Page 12: Menu/Setting

    Quick Start Guide HDMI Display ON Display when the LAN connection is successful Display uplink speed of LAN when the encoder using LAN as streaming network；Otherwise“0kb” is displayed Display the WIFI SSID when the WIFI connection is successful Display 0 kb when the WIFI is not involved in streaming Display the Operator when the Built-in 5G/4G connection is successful...
  • Page 13 Quick Start Guide 1. Network  The default Network mode of the encoder is DHCP mode. Once the DHCP mode is selected to “open”, all of these network parameters will be set automatically. In addition, user can also fill in network parameters.
  • Page 14 Quick Start Guide Mobile  Turn on/off Mobile Reset, recognizing display connection status and its IMEI. 2. Live Live  Live: Button for Start/Stop streaming. Bonding: Turn on/off network bonding mode. URL: Combination of RTMP URL and Stream Key, equivalent to RTMP Address. Network select: User can select LAN, WIFI, 4G, 4G-1, 4G-2, Side 4G-1, Side 4G-2 or Auto as the streaming network.
  • Page 15 Quick Start Guide 3. Audio Audio  Turn on/off audio output. Audio loop out, it can connect to earphone to monitor. Source  LINE IN: Use the analog stereo input as the audio source. HDMI: Use the embedded digital stereo audio of HDMI input as the audio source. SDI: Use the embedded digital stereo audio of SDI input as the audio source.
  • Page 16 Quick Start Guide 4. Video Bit rate(kbps)  The bitrate range of LiveV400 is 100 kbps~2,0000kbps. I Frame interval  The range of I frame interval is 5~200. The default is recommended 40. Bitrate control  CBR: Constant Bit Rate. VBR: variable Bit Rate.
  • Page 17 Quick Start Guide 5. Record Turn on/off, insert the TF card to record. 6. QR Code Please scan by mobile browser or camera app, tap the notification to open the link. Click the “Create account” , if you don’t have account. 7.
  • Page 18 Quick Start Guide Software Update  Display current Software version and support users upgrade software while the network was connected. Language  Language can be chosen from English or Chinese (simplified).
  • Page 19 Quick Start Guide Silent fan  Turn on, the fan will be stopped; turn off, the fan will be open. Note: In the silent fan mode, the encoder will stop charging the battery. Output  HDMI Output turns on/off to connect the HDMI monitor to watch the preview video.
  • Page 20 Quick Start Guide Restart & Reset  Restart: Restart the device. Restore: Restore the device to factory default status. 2.5 Quick Start Guide Please follow the following steps for a quick connection guidance of the encoder. Step1. Make the Power Adapter plugged. Step2.
  • Page 21 Quick Start Guide mode: Connect RJ-45 Ethernet cable from the LAN port to the router. WIFI mode: Complete WIFI connection setting, see WIFI connection setting for the detail. Built-in 4G: Plug SIM card and connect antenna to encoder, device will connect to 5G/4G net automatically.

  • Page 22: Chapter 3 Web Control User Interface

    Web Control User Interface Setting Chapter 3 Web Control User Interface After connecting the encoder, follow the steps of the quick start guide in the previous chapter, users can control the encoder Web Control User Interface now by PC or Phone. Please refer to the following chapters for details of the setting and control of the encoder.

  • Page 23: Signal Input

    Web Control User Interface Setting After clicking the “Rename” option, the “Rename” window show as follows, users can enter a new user friend device name and click the “confirm” button to apply and save the setting. 3.3 Signal Input After clicking the “Signal Input” button on the left column of the web page, user can see information about the current detected input signal from “HDMI”, “SDI”...

  • Page 24: Network Setting

    Web Control User Interface Setting 3.4 Network Setting After clicking the “Network Setting” option on the left column of the web control UI, users can see the Network Setting option control page. This page provides details for the following items. 3.4.1 LAN LAN - This page provides users to set LAN network relevant parameters.
  • Page 25 Web Control User Interface Setting If connect success, the information about the WIFI will be updated after clicked “refresh” button. 3.4.3 5G/4G Built-in 5G/4G - This page provides users to choose whether to enable built-in 5G/4G network. The default 5G/4G option is selected to be enabled.
  • Page 26 Web Control User Interface Setting APN setting：After clicking the pen icon in the red mark box on the picture above, turn off “APN Auto” and fill in “APN”. Please ask your network operator or search online to find the APN of your 4G LTE network. When the APN setting is changed, don’t forget to restart the device to take effect.

  • Page 27: Side Usb 4G

    Web Control User Interface Setting 3.4.4 Side USB 4G Side USB 4G – This Page contains information about Side USB 4G, including Signal Level, Mobile Status, Internet and network related parameters. Once encoder connects with USB 4G Dongle, device will connect to 4G net automatically.
  • Page 28 Web Control User Interface Setting When the installation is complete. The USB dongle web management page is displayed and the USB dongle connects to the network automatically if the correct APN is set. After installing the program, it will create a shortcut on the user device If the computer does not start the USB dongle installation automatically, find the AutoRun.exe file in the USB dongle root directory, and double-lick the file to run it.

  • Page 29: Audio Param

    Web Control User Interface Setting 3.5 Audio Param After clicking the “Audio Param” option on the left column of the web control UI, users can see the Audio control page. The Audio control page provides user to turn on/off audio and configure audio parameters. The user can turn on/off audio output by the “Audio Status”...

  • Page 30: Video Encoder

    Web Control User Interface Setting Audio Type to choose from when the audio is turned on. At last, don’t forget to click “Confirm” to apply the setting. Audio Type Select an audio input source from the available signal input connections. This is the audio that will be recorded and/or passed through.
  • Page 31 Web Control User Interface Setting Frame Interval”, “Bit Rate Control” and “Resolution”. Bit Rate (kbps) The range of bit rate is 100 kbps~ 20,000 kbps. The default value is 2,000 kbps. 2,000 kbps is the best economic setting for the trade-off between image quality and bit rate NOTE: Once the video goes live, the real bitrate of video streaming is shown on the top-right of LCD.

  • Page 32: Rtmp Param

    Web Control User Interface Setting 360P (Standard)  The default value is 1080P (FHD) . 3.7 RTMP Param After clicking the “RTMP Param” option on the left column of the web control UI. User can configure streaming parameter that include “Enable”, “Connection Status”, “Model”, “Streaming Network” and “RTMP Address”...
  • Page 33 Web Control User Interface Setting External 4G: encoder is using an external 4G network to stream, like USB 4G dongle.  RTMP Address Step1. Please login your video streaming provider account. Step2. Find RTMP URL or server URL usually in ingestion area Step3.
  • Page 34 Web Control User Interface Setting Press Confirm to save the setting into encoder and it will work instantly.  Now, configuration finished. Press to start live streaming.  NOTE: YouTube requires audio in the video stream, make sure audio is correctly set in the Video & Audio Input section of encoder.
  • Page 35 Web Control User Interface Setting Copy and paste the server URL and stream key or persistent stream key into the RTMP settings of  encoder. Now, configuration finished. Press to start live streaming.  Twitch Log in Twitch.tv account and go to Creator Dashboard. ...
  • Page 36 Web Control User Interface Setting Go to channel, the stream key can be found instantly.  The URL+ Stream Key of twitch looks like: rtmp://server/{stream_key} You can find best server in your area at twitch.tv, https://stream.twitch.tv/ingests/. Here is an example: rtmp://live-sfo.twitch.tv/app/ live_251710147_zYbWSqHinDb2OFgsBkt3yv9WbmL8SV Copy and paste the server URL and stream key or persistent stream key into the RTMP settings of ...

  • Page 37: Osd

    Web Control User Interface Setting Now, configuration finished. Press to start live streaming. A preview screen will appear on  twitch.tv Live page under Dashboard or https://www.twitch.tv/username/dashboard/live Twitter (Media Studio) https://media.twitter.com/en/articles/products/2018/media-studio/producer Livestream.com(Now Vimeo) https://help.livestream.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002069647-Finding-the-RTMP-URL-and-Stream-Key-for-My-Event 3.8 OSD By clicking the “OSD” option on the left column of the web control UI, users can see the OSD option control page.
  • Page 38 Web Control User Interface Setting : click to change OSD Image size, the range of image length and width is 32Pixel~480Pixel. If the  image size does not conform to the requirements, the image will be automatically hidden. : click to change a new OSD image or re-edit text. ...

  • Page 39: Video Collage

    Web Control User Interface Setting 3.9 Video Collage After clicking the “Video Collage” option on the left column of the web control UI, users can choose up to 6 different standard video collages that includes “HDMI FIRST”, “SDI FIRST”, “HDMI (BIG) SDI (SMALL)”, “SDI (BIG) HDMI (SMALL)”, “HDMI (LEFT) SDI (RIGHT)”...

  • Page 40: Time Setting

    Web Control User Interface Setting user can select the arrow on the left of the “HDMI” to place the HDMI on the top of bottom layer, the arrow on the left of “SDI” is similar. 3.10 Time Setting After clicking the “Time Setting” option on the left column of the web control UI, users can see the Time Setting option control page.

  • Page 41: Language

    Web Control User Interface Setting Local Upgrade – please press the “Choose file” button to select a firmware firm from PC/laptop. After the firmware is selected, please press the “Confirm” button to start the firmware update procedure. Keep network connected while upgrading, do not power off. encoder will reboot when upgrade is successful. Upgrade Online–please press the “Check”...

  • Page 42: Chapter 4 Mobile-Phone Backend Setting

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting Chapter 4 Mobile-Phone Backend Setting If you are not carrying or inconvenient for using your computer, you can also choose to configure your encoder by using your phone's backend settings. Please click “QR Code” at the Menu. Then, please scan the QR code with your mobile phone and enter the user interface as shown below.

  • Page 43: Status

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting 4.1 Status After clicking "Active now" to activate the device, then you should find your encoder device under dashboard. Enter the interface as shown below to start configuring the device. First, you will see the " Status" optional control page. In the “Status” control page, the user can view information about the device including “Link Status”, “Stream Status”, “Bonding Enable”, “Bonding Status”, “Date Usage”, “Coupon”, “4G Status”...
  • Page 44 Mobile-Phone Backend Setting Link Status If the device is powered on and connected to the network, "Device Online" is displayed, otherwise "Device Offline" is displayed. Stream Status If the device is streaming, "On" is displayed, otherwise "Off" is displayed. Bonding Enable If the Bonding mode is turned on, “On”...

  • Page 45: Device

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting Devices Battery Percentage of remaining battery power. If the device is charging, “Charging” is displayed, otherwise “Uncharged” is displayed. 4.2 Device In the “Device” optional control page, user can view information about the device, including “Name”, “Model”, “Serial number” and “Version”. Furthermore, user can change the name of the device. 4.3 Network In the “Network”...
  • Page 46 Mobile-Phone Backend Setting Users can also click on wired, WIFI, built-in 5G/4G, external 4G 1, or external 4G 2 right side of the "push flow" (red box marker below) settings specifically using a network as a push streaming network. Users can also turn built-in WIFI on/off, turn on/off built-in 5G/4G, and view network-related parameters.

  • Page 47: Record

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting 4.4 Record Record Click on the “Record” button to start to record. 4.5 Output HDMI Enable Click on the “HDMI Enable” button to start to watch the preview video by connect the HDMI monitor.

  • Page 48: Rtmp

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting 4.6 RTMP In the “RTMP” optional control page, the user can choose to start/stop the live streaming, configure the stream mode and RTMP address.

  • Page 49: Audio

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting Stream Enable Click on the “Stream Enable” button to start/stop broadcast. Bond Enable Click on the “Bonding Mode” button to turn on/off bonding mode. RTMP Url Fill in the Stream address, please refer 3.7 RTMP Para to get Url and Stream name. 4.7 Audio...

  • Page 50: Encoder

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting Audio Source: The audio source choose from LINE IN  HDMI   4.8 Encoder Video Resolution The Resolution choose from: Standard (360)  PAL (576P) ...

  • Page 51: Osd

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting HD (720P)  FHD (1080P)  The default value is FHD (1080P) Bitrate (kbps) The range of bit rate is 100 kbps~ 10,000 kbps. The default value is 2,000 kbps. In the “OSD” optional control page, there are provides up to 4 customize OSD components that can be either text or a picture, once OSD components is added, it will appear in the upper left corner of the screen.
  • Page 52 Mobile-Phone Backend Setting +Text After clicking “⊕Text” button, the “Text” window will pop up on the page for the user to edit the text OSD that Includes “Title”, “Content”, “Color”, “Background” and font “Size”. The background will be transparent when switching the “Transparent” button on. At last, click “Save” button to apply it.

  • Page 53: Video Collage

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting 4.10 Video collage In the “Video Collage” optional control page, the user can choose up to 6 different standard video collages that including “HDMI FIRST”, “SDI FIRST”, “HDMI (BIG) SDI (SMALL)”, “SDI (BIG) HDMI (SMALL)”, “HDMI (LEFT) SDI (RIGHT)” and “SDI (LEFT) HDMI (RIGHT)”. Furthermore, user can also customize video collage that is “CUSTOM1”...
  • Page 54 Mobile-Phone Backend Setting...

  • Page 55: Date Time

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting CUSTOM1, CUSTOM2 In the case of “CUSTOM1” or “CUSTOM2”, user can customize the size and location of “SDI” and “HDMI”, and also upload your favorite pictures as background. Users can turn HDMI or SDI on/off via the buttons on the right the “Set Collage size”...

  • Page 56: Authority

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting 4.12 Authority In the “Authority” optional control page, users can set the sharing mode of the device, including the “Anyone”, “Need Owner’s Authority” and “Forbidden”. Once the user has opened the Anyone, anyone can bind the device by scanning the QR code, please choose carefully.

  • Page 57: Upgrade

    Mobile-Phone Backend Setting 4.13 Upgrade In the “Upgrade” optional control page, users can check and upgrade the firmware version of the device here. 4.14 Wallet In the “Wallet” optional control page, users can recharge devices money, check recharge records, consumption records and coupon.

  • Page 58: Specification

    Appendix Specification Power: Management Power Adapter: USB TYPE C, up to 60W 20V Configuration: Mobile Phone, PC Battery: Lion, 19AH Fast Charge WEB: Local or Remote Consumption: 18V @ ~1.15A max without ext. LCD: Touch UI Meory Interface: Video: SDI Input: 1 x BNC, 75ohm, 800mVpp Encoder: H.264/AVC MP/HP SDI loop out: 1 x BNC, 75ohm, 800mVpp Resolution: 1920x1080p25/30/50/59.94/60/, SD...

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