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User Instructions
H.264 HD Video Encoder
Z3-MVE-10
Model Name:
The Power of ZEUS™
DOC-USR-0080-01
Manual Version 1.00.00
September 15, 2015
Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save the manual for future use.
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  • Page 1 Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save the manual for future use. © 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 Revision History Version Date Change Note Author 1.00.00 09/02/15 Original release...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    APPENDIX A: Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP ..............39 APPENDIX B: Installing Ear Rack Mounts on the Z3-MVE-10 ............41 APPENDIX C: Troubleshooting ..................... 42 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 4 Figure 39 Wowza Performance Settings ................. 39 Figure 40 Wowza Security Settings ..................40 Figure 41 Z3-MVE-10 with Ear Rack Brackets ................41 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 5: General Information

    To start working with the encoder, you can go straight to Section 6.0, “GETTING STARTED AND RUNNING THE Z3-MVE-10,” on page 9. A summary of each parameter that can be configured in the GUI is given in Section 9.0, “SUMMARY OF GUI OPTIONS,” on page 35.

  • Page 6: Included Parts List

    1x RCA to RCA Cable 4 mm (L) x 3 mm (D) Screws x 6 Figure 1 Parts Included with the Z3-MVE-10 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 7: Features

    576i25, 480i30, and 480i29.97 VGA: 1280x1024, 800x600 4.2 Supported Decode Resolutions SDI: 1080p30, 1080i30, 1080i29.97, 1080i25, 720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, 576i25, 480i30, and 480i29.97 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 8: Operating Controls

    15 Serial 10 ASI/SDI Out 16 VGA In 11 Component In Pb 17 Ethernet 18 Power In Figure 3 Z3-MVE-10 Rear View ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 9: Getting Started And Running The Z3-Mve-10

    (3) Connect an Ethernet cable to “Ethernet” on the Z3-MVE-10 (see ). Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable directly to a PC. You will use this PC to control the Z3-MVE-10 and to decode the output stream. Figure 4...

  • Page 10: Finding The Z3-Mve-10 On The Network Using Zfinder

    (7) Verify your Windows PC is connected to the same network the Z3-MVE-10 is connected to. (8) Run the “ZFinder” PC Utility on your Windows PC. The ZFinder window appears. ZFinder then completes a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network.

  • Page 11: Figure 7 Zfinder With Z3-Mve-10 Selected

    DOC-USR-0080-01 (9) Click on the Z3-MVE-10 entry in the window to select it. This will cause the “Edit Device,” “Open Device” and “Flash LEDs” boxes to activate: Figure 7 ZFinder with Z3-MVE-10 Selected (10) By clicking “Edit Device,” you can change the Name, IP Address, Netmask and Gateway address of the Z3-MVE-10.

  • Page 12: Figure 9 Changes To Encoding Parameters

    Format” to “MPEG-2 TS” (4) Set “Dest IP Address” to 225.1.2.3 (5) Set “Dest Port” to 8888 Figure 9 Changes to Encoding Parameters ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 13: Figure 10 Z3-Mve-10 Web Menu - Start/Stop/Status Section

    (1) If necessary, click “Stop Encoder” (3) Click “Start Encoder” (2) Status changes to “Stopped” Figure 10 Z3-MVE-10 Web Menu – Start/Stop/Status Section ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 14: Opening A Vlc Client To Receive The Encoded Stream

    (15) Press “Enter.” (16) You should now see video streaming from VLC. Figure 12 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (UDP/TS) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 15: Streaming Rtp

    8888 (1) Click “Stop Encoder” (5) Click “Start If encoder was running Encoder” Figure 13 Changes to Encoding Parameters for RTP Encode ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 16: Figure 14 Entering Rtsp Url Into Vlc

    (24) Click “Play.” You should then see RTP video streaming on VLC: Figure 15 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 17: Using Dhcp

    Figure 17 Saving “Use DHCP” (27) Power off the Z3-MVE-10. (28) Power back on the Z3-MVE-10. Wait approximately one minute for the “ready” LED to turn on. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 18: Figure 18 New Ip Address In Zfinder

    DOC-USR-0080-01 (29) Click “Refresh” on ZFinder. The Z3-MVE-10 should appear with a new IP address based on what it received through DHCP: (2) New IP Address appears (1) Click “Refresh” Figure 18 New IP Address in ZFinder (30) As you did previously, select the Z3-MVE-10 row and then click “Open Device.” A browser will then...

  • Page 19: Dynamically Changing Bitrate/ Frame Rate

    The video stream will then continue interrupted with the new parameter. (1) Change bitrate (2) Click “Start Encoder” (3) “Changed rate” appears in Status area Figure 20 Changing Bitrate on the Fly ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 20: 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 21: Streaming Rtmp

    The Z3-MVE-10 also supports streaming RTMP to servers such as Wowza and Ustream. The steps for doing so are as follows [Wowza shown here]: (1) Follow steps (1)-(10) earlier in this section to connect the Z3-MVE-10 for encode and bring up the Web GUI.

  • Page 22: Figure 22 Settings To Stream Rtmp To Wowza

    (3) Set to IP Address of Wowza Server (4) Set to “/live/1080” (5) Set to “1080i” or “Follow input” Figure 22 Settings to Stream RTMP to Wowza ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 23: Figure 23 Getting To The Wowza Test Player

    (1) Use IP address of Wowza server + “:8088” (2) Select “Applications” (3) Select “live” (4) Select “Test Players” Figure 23 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 24: Figure 24 Viewing Z3-Mve-10 Content In Wowza

    (11) You should see the “Test Players” popup screen. Select the “Adobe RTMP” tab, change the Stream name to “1080” (should match the directory you are streaming to in the Z3-MVE-10), and click “Start”. You should then see the content streamed from the Z3-MVE-10: (1) Select “Adobe RTMP”...

  • Page 25: Encoding Closed Caption Data

    Figure 25 Connections for Closed Caption Extraction (2) Configure the Encoder to use composite input: Figure 26 Sample Encoder Settings for Closed Caption Extraction ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 26: Figure 27 Setting Vlc To Use The Extracted Closed Caption Data

    Figure 27 Setting VLC to use the Extracted Closed Caption Data (5) Extraction of closed caption through SDI input is also possible. In that case, SDI In of the Z3-MVE-10 is used. The procedure for seeing the closed caption data through VLC is the same as shown above.

  • Page 27: Running Decode On The Z3-Mve-10

    Ethernet. A source generating this stream (for example, another Z3-MVE-10) is required. 7.11 Connect the Decoder (1) Use a BNC-to-BNC cable to connect “ASI/SDI Output” on the Z3-MVE-10 to an SDI monitor or to “SDI In” of an SDI->HDMI converter:...

  • Page 28: Figure 29 Z3-Mve-10 Example Encoder Settings For End-To-End Streaming

    Using multicast allows you to also open VLC and view the stream from there. Figure 29 Z3-MVE-10 Example Encoder Settings for End-to-End Streaming ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 29: Figure 30 Zfinder With Both Encoder And Decoder

    “Operating Mode” in the lower right corner: Select “Decoder” Figure 30 Z3-MVE-10 Operating Mode Selector (8) Once you do this, the description at the top right will change from “Z3-MVE-10 Encoder” to “Z3-MVE- 10 Decoder”: Figure 31 Z3-MVE-10 Decoder Configuration Menu ____________________________________________________________________________________...

  • Page 30: Figure 32 Z3-Mve-10 Example Decoder Settings For End-To-End Streaming

    (16) You can also view the content using VLC. Open VLC and us the RTSP URL as described in Section 6.5 on page 15. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 31: Performing Other Operations With The Z3-Mve-10

    If you have a specific configuration you would like to preserve, you can save it so that when the Z3-MVE-10 is powered off and turned back on, it automatically uses those settings. This can be done with the following steps: (1) Once you make a change you want to save, click on “Save User”...

  • Page 32: Making A Firmware Update

    (6) You will see screens stating that the image is being uploaded and the flash is being updated. After about one minute, the main menu appears. (7) Your Z3-MVE-10 is now updated! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 33: Updating Firmware From An Sd Card

    If you do not remove the SD Card, another update will occur the next time you reboot. (13) Turn the system back on. The Update is now complete! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 34: Using The Password Feature

    (4) Exit the browser and restart it (or create another browser window). In the new browser, enter the IP address of the Z3-MVE-10. When you do so, the same authentication window that appeared in step (3) will appear. Enter “admin” and the password as you did previously.

  • Page 35: Summary Of Gui Options

    The codec to use for audio. AAC-LC LATM AC-3 Passthru MPEG-1 Layer 2 None Audio Bitrate 32 – 384Kbps (128Kbps) The bitrate to use for audio. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 36 Used to reduce the frame rate. For example, selecting “1/2” frame decimation for 30fps input would cause a bitstream to be encoded at 15fps. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 37 1080i (1920x1080), 3/4 1080i (1440x1080), XGA (1280x1024), 720p (1280x720), 4/5 720p (1024x720), D1 NTSC (720x480), D1 PAL (720x576), 4-CIF (704x576), VGA (640x480) 2-CIF (352x576), CIF (352x288), SIF (352x240), QVGA (320x240), WQVGA (320x180) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 38: Decoder Options

    Stop the current decode session. [Button] Start Decoder ----- Start a decode session. [Button] Status Idle, Stopped, Running Current status of the decoder. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 39: 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 40: Figure 40 Wowza Security Settings

    “Open” and “Client Restrictions” are set to “No client restrictions.” Then click “Save”: Figure 40 Wowza Security Settings The Wowza server is now configured to work with the Z3-MVE-10. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 41: Appendix B: Installing Ear Rack Mounts On The Z3-Mve-10

    (1) Place the Z3-MVE-10 face-up on a dry, flat surface. (2) Place one of the ear rack brackets on the left and one on the right of the Z3-MVE-10 so that the holes on the unit align with the brackets (The brackets are identical so it does not matter which bracket goes on which side).

  • Page 42: Appendix C: Troubleshooting

    -Is the Ethernet cable plugged into the Z3-MVE-10 solidly (do you see the link light on the Ethernet cable which indicates data is being transmitted)? -Does the Z3-MVE-10 IP address and PC IP address have the same first two values (or, if netmask is set to 255.255.255.0, the same first three values)? -Do the Z3-MVE-10 and the PC running the web browser have the same netmask? (Default value in the Z3-MVE-10 is 255.255.0.0)

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