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Addition to Section 6.13.2 TS Lowlat Mode. 2.68 06/26/2019 Added RTSP and RTMPS to features section. 2.68 09/09/2019 Added Section 6.19.1 Zixi Feeder ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
H.264 1080p performance in their network without the power consumption and physical space required of a PC-based platform. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
8.4: “Making a Firmware Update”, on page 55. *Note: Actual version numbers for your Z3 product may differ from those pictured in this document. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Figure 1 Package Contents for the Z3-MVE-150 *Note: The serial cable is included for advanced troubleshooting purposes only and is not needed by the typical user. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
For advanced troubleshooting purposes only. Not needed by typical users. Supports Non-HDCP content only. For example, a Blu-Ray player cannot be used as a video source. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(4) Connect the AC power supply and turn on the power switch. It will take 45-60 seconds to boot. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
6.3 Find the Encoder Using ZFinder ZFinder is a PC Utility that allows you to find any Z3 Technology product on your network. If you have not downloaded this to your computer, you can find it on the USB drive provided with your system.
Network Administrator.) (14) Make note of the value of “Dest Port” (This will be “5004” by default). ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
By default a limited selection of video encoding settings are available in the user interface. See Section 8.3, “Advanced Settings Mode”, for more information on accessing additional settings. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(18) Press “Enter.” (19) You will now see video streaming to VLC. Figure 8 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (UDP) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
By default a limited selection of video encoding settings are available in the user interface. See Section 8.3, “Advanced Settings Mode”, for more information on accessing additional settings. Change to “RTP/RTSP” Figure 9 Channel 1 Tab – RTP/RTSP ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
VLC version 2.1.5 or later is needed for RTSP support. (25) You will then see RTSP video streaming on VLC. Figure 11 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (RTSP) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
VLC does not support RTMP. The test player within Wowza Streaming Engine™ is recommended. 6.8.1 Stream RTMP to the Wowza Streaming Engine™ Z3 Technology is a member of the Wowza Media Systems™ Technology Alliance partner program, and the Wowza Streaming Engine™ is used here as an example server for RTMP streaming.
(33) At the top you will see four options: Home, Server, Applications, and Help. Click on “Applications” and select “live”. (34) Click on “Test Players” in the top right hand corner. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
“1080” (should match the directory you are streaming to in the Z3-MVE-150 user interface) and click “Start”. You will then see the content streamed from your Z3 product. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
8.3, “Advanced Settings Mode”, for more information on accessing additional settings including GOP Size. (8) Consult the YouTube live stream setup documentation available in YouTube’s online Live streaming guide for recommended bitrates for your resolution. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(3) Change “Output Format” from “UDP” to “ASI”. (4) Click on the “start” button to start the encoding session. Change to “ASI” Figure 18 Channel 1 Tab – ASI ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(2) In the CH1 tab, change the “Video Bitrate” from “8000K” to “2000K” and click the “update” button. (1) Change bitrate to 2000K (2) Click “update” Figure 22 Changing the Bitrate Dynamically ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
The parameter “Frame Rate” can also be updated dynamically using the “update” button. All other parameters require a stop and then start to change. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
The value of TS Rate must be higher than (video bitrate + audio bitrate) * 1.25. If an attempt is made to input a value less than this, the error message “TS rate too small to carry elementary streams” will appear. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Case 1: Highest Quality, Highest Latency 2000 Case 2: Good Quality, Standard Latency Case 3: Normal Quality, Lowest Latency None Figure 27 Tuning for Latency ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(13) Click the “start” button in the Channel Controls section of each channel tab or the “Start All” button at the bottom of any screen to start all channels simultaneously. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(20) When finished, click the eject button next to the “Output Device” field. An alert will appear when the USB is able to be removed safely. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(6) The “Output Device” and “File Prefix” fields will appear. Refer to Section 6.15 to set these fields and eject your USB device when finished. (1) Set to “True” Figure 32 Using the Aux TS File Enable Option ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
MPTS plus a 20% margin. (8) Set the destination(s). In the pictured example, the two destinations are ASI out and the UDP address 221.1.2.3, port 6000. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(12) You will then see channel 1. To view channel 2, go to “Playback -> Program -> 2” in VLC. Select Playback -> Program -> 2 Figure 36 Viewing Channel 2 in VLC ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(1) Select “Subtitle – Sub Track – Closed Caption 1” Figure 37 Setting VLC to use the Extracted Closed Caption Data ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Select “TSRTP” Select “True” Figure 39 Enabling Pro-MPEG FEC Encode For more information on testing and verifying FEC using a Z3 Technology encoder and decoder with Pro-MPEG FEC support, please contact your Z3 sales account manager for additional user instructions. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦...
See the following Sections 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 to set the decoder unit to accept a variety of encoded content formats. See Section 7.5 to output decoded content via HDMI and Section 7.6 to output decoded content via SDI. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(4) If desired, set “Audio Output” to “ON” using the dropdown menu to allow for audio with the decoded video. (1) Change to “ASI” (4) Set Audio Output to “ON” Figure 43 Channel 1 Tab – ASI Decode ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(3) Enter destination address and port to match the encoded stream (4) Set Audio Output to “ON” Figure 44 Channel 1 Tab – UDP Decode ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(3) Set to “ON” for continuous playback (4) Set Audio Output to “ON” Figure 46 Channel 1 Tab – .ts File Decode ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(10) Verify the “Resolution” and “Layout” are as desired and click the “Set Display” button. (1) Set to “hdmi” (2) Click “Set Display” Figure 48 Set Display for HDMI Output ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(3) Select “sdi” for the “Display Mode” using the dropdown menu. (4) Verify the “Resolution” and “Layout” are as desired and click the “Set Display” button. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(6) Click the “start” button to begin decoding. Video will appear on the monitor after 5-10 seconds. (2) Click “start” (1) Set to “SDI” Figure 52 Set Audio for SDI Output ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Figure 53 Enabling Pro-MPEG FEC Decode for TSRTP Streams For more information on testing and verifying FEC using a Z3 Technology encoder and decoder with Pro- MPEG FEC support, please contact your Z3 sales account manager for additional user instructions.
(5) Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen. (6) As soon as you select “z3_config1”, the screen will reload. (7) Change your desired settings. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(5) Enter in your desired network settings including “Local IP Address”, “Local Netmask”, “Default Gateway”, “DNS Server IP 1”, and “DNS Server IP 2”. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
The very first time settings are saved may take up to 30 seconds. This is due to some flash initialization which occurs on the very first configuration save. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
8.2.2 Opening the User Interface Manually You can also access the user interface by manually typing your unit’s static IP address into a web browser. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(8) Return to your channel tab to set additional encoding configuration parameters for your stream. See Section 9.5 for more information on the advanced settings available for each streaming output. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(9) You can return to the use of limited settings by un-checking the “Advanced Settings” box in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(3) This brings you to the update image screen. In this screen, click on the “Choose File” button. Figure 64 Updater Screen ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(6) You will see screens stating that the image is being uploaded and that the flash is being updated. After about one minute, you should see the main menu again. (7) Your Z3-MVE-150 is now updated. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Use “admin” for the user name. This value cannot be edited. (5) Enter the new password. Figure 67 Password Entry Screen (6) You will now be able to access the user interface. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
IP address at start up. Unchecked Auto Start Checked Check this box to set the system to automatically start encoding upon powering on. Unchecked ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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(Decode Only) change to the desired value and then click the “Set Display” button. Note 1: Resolutions supported: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
PC. These can be subsequently reloaded with the “import” command. import Load settings from a previously exported file. reset All existing user presets will be erased. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Click button to manually refresh information. Auto Refresh Checked Sets whether the status tab will automatically refresh information once every ten seconds. Unchecked ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
IP address that the encoder is streaming to. Destination Only) IP Port* (UDP The port that the encoder is streaming to. Destination Only) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Bitrate) means that a stable encoding bitrate is ensured within the bitrate statistical time. Video Profile* High The H.264 profile of the bitstream. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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0 – 9999 (500) value, the smoother the encode, but also the higher the latency. Audio Enable True, False Selecting “True” enables encode of audio ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Allows user to specify a smaller interval Max PTS-PCR* 0 – 9999 than 250ms between PTS and PCR. This is (UDP, TSRTP, TSFILE, (250 - Sub Channels 1-4) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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“test_0.aac” is created). MPTS can be used to encode one more streams to DVB-ASI out. This is not supported in the current release. Contact ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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PID assigned to video in the TS stream. (UDP, TSFILE, MPTS* & ASI Only) PCR PID* 0 – 999 (521) PID assigned to PCR in the TS stream. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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100. FEC Rows (D) Allows for setting the number of FEC rows. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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D1 NTSC (720x480), 720p (1280x720), XGA (1280x1024), 1080 (1920x1080) Note 2: If input is interlaced, the Frame Rate Divider will divide the number of fields used. This means, a ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
AUTO Selects whether Pro-MPEG Forward Error Correction (FEC) is enabled. (TSRTP Only) Audio Audio Output Set to “Off” for video only streams. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
The CH2 tab will be identical to CH1, except for the default values of various parameters as shown below: Parameter Port 5004 5006 Audio Output ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
“Decoder” is used to select decode mode. Stop All Stop encode on all channels. Start All Start encode on all channels. system status: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(3) Using the 4 mm (L) x 3 mm (D) screws provided, secure each bracket with your Phillips head screwdriver. (4) Repeat this step for the opposite side. Figure 68 Z3-MVE-150 with Ear Racks ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
“Java Garbage Collection Settings” to “Concurrent collector”. Click on “Save.”: Figure 69 Wowza Performance Settings All registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
.tgz file, along with screenshots of the CH1/CH2/Status tabs to Z3 Technology. Z3 Technology’s Express Limited Warranty will be void if the label on the hardware bearing the Serial Number is removed, tampered with or defaced.
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