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Ultra-Compact H.264 Media Encoder and Streamer
Z3Stream-01
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Software Version 2.40b
DOC-USR-0090-04
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- Page 1 Copyright © 2017 Z3 Technology, LLC. All rights reserved. This document contains proprietary 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. Z3 reserves the right to change this product at any time and without notice.
- Page 2 Updated per software v2.40b. Updated Section 2.0 Features. Updated 03/02/2017 Section 7.3 to include YouTube Live. Added Section 8.6 Upgrade Firmware. Formatting updates. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
7.1 Stream UDP ......................17 7.2 Stream RTP/RTSP ....................20 7.3 Stream RTMP ....................... 23 8.0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH THE Z3STREAM-01 ............ 29 8.1 Change Frame Rate ....................29 8.2 Adjust Aspect Ratio ....................30 8.3 HDMI Pass-Through ....................31 8.4 Save Current Settings ..................... - Page 4 Z3Stream User Instructions DOC-USR-0090-04 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Z3Stream-01 Encoder Dimensions ................6 Figure 2 Z3Stream Package Contents ..................8 Figure 3 Rear and Front Views .................... 9 Figure 4 Power Up Connections for the Encoder ..............10 Figure 5 ZFinder with Z3Stream Selected ................11 Figure 6 Z3Stream User Interface - Encoder Tab ..............
- Page 5 DOC-USR-0090-04 Figure 37 Locating Your Computer’s IP Address ............... 49 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Encode Quality Options with Resolutions ..............14 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com...
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Page 6: General Description
21 mm 81 mm 98 mm Figure 1 Z3Stream-01 Encoder Dimensions ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 7: Features
Weight: 221 g (0.49 lb) 2.1 Supported Input Resolutions 1080p60, 1080p50, 1080i30, 1080i29.97, 1080i25, 720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, 576p50, 576i25, 480p60, 480i30, 480i29.97, and CIF (352x240) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 8: Package Contents
Z3Stream User Instructions DOC-USR-0090-04 PACKAGE CONTENTS Z3Stream Encoder HDMI Cable Ethernet Cable 5V Power Supply Composite Adapter Cable Figure 2 Z3Stream Package Contents ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 9: Operating Controls
The status lights will blink depending upon the source that is being Non-HDCP HDMI content only. For example, a Blu-Ray player encoded: HDMI or Composite (CVBS). cannot be used as a video source. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 10: Getting Started With Z3Stream
(3) Turn on the Power switch. It will take 45-60 seconds to boot. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This enables the PC to dynamically receive an IP address at startup and allows your PC to correctly communicate with a Z3Stream-01 with default manufacturing settings. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦... -
Page 11: Find The Encoder On The Network Using Zfinder
5.2 Find the Encoder on the Network Using ZFinder ZFinder is a PC utility that allows you to find any Z3 Technology product on your network. If you have not yet downloaded this to your computer, you can find it at Z3Stream.com. -
Page 12: Figure 6 Z3Stream User Interface - Encoder Tab
RUNNING, you will need to click the red Stop button in order to change any settings. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 13: Configuring Encode
HDCP stands for High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection. Only non-HDCP HDMI video is supported. For example, using a DVD player as a video source is not supported. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 14: Figure 8 Encoder Tab Configuration - Hdmi
Table 1 above, resizing will occur. When Full HD or HD are selected, the encoder will output the resolution of the detected video source resolution. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 15: Composite Encoder Setup
(4) Connect the special adapter end of the cable to A/V In on the encoder. Connect Composite Here Figure 10 Composite Connection for Encoding ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 16: Figure 11 Encoder Tab Configuration - Composite
(9) Next you will need to set your encoding output to your desired settings. See Section 7.0 for more information. Figure 11 Encoder Tab Configuration – Composite ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 17: Set Encoding Output
HDMI, verify that your cable is connected to HDMI In and not HDMI Out. VLC is an open source media player from the VideoLAN organization that can be downloaded for free online. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 18: Figure 12 Encoder Tab Configuration - Udp
Z3Stream User Instructions DOC-USR-0090-04 Figure 12 Encoder Tab Configuration – UDP ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 19: Figure 13 Vlc Open Network Stream Screen For Udp
(10) Press Enter or click Play. You will see your source video streaming to VLC: Figure 14 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (UDP) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 20: Stream Rtp/Rtsp
If it is blinking red when encoding HDMI, verify that your cable is connected to HDMI In and not HDMI Out. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 21: Figure 16 Finding Your Encoder's Ip Address
Figure 17 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP (7) Press Enter or click Play. You will see your source video streaming to VLC. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 22: Figure 18 Example Of Z3 Video Streaming To Vlc (Rtp)
RTSP is only supported with VLC version 2.1.5 or later. When encoding via RTP/RTSP, any time the encoding session is stopped and restarted, you will need to reopen VLC in order to view the stream. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 23: Stream Rtmp
In this example, the full destination address would be “192.168.0.4:1935/live/720”. (3) If necessary, set Authentication to Enable and enter your valid Wowza log in credentials. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 24: Figure 19 Encoder Tab Configuration - Rtmp - Wowza Streaming Engine
(8) At the top of the screen, click on Applications. (9) Select live on the left side of the screen. (10) Click Test Players in the top right hand corner. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 25: Figure 20 Navigating To The Wowza Test Player
(12) Enter the Stream name you listed in your Dest Address in Section 7.3.1. For this example, enter 720. (13) Click Start. You will see your source video streaming to the Wowza server. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 26: Figure 21 Viewing Encoded Content On Wowza Test Player
(2) Type “720” for Stream name (3) Click “Start” (4) Audio and Video appear Figure 21 Viewing Encoded Content on Wowza Test Player ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 27: Figure 22 Youtube Live Dashboard - Encoder Setup
GOP Size, set Encode Quality to Custom. See Section 9.4, The Encoder Tab, for more information on available custom settings. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 28: Figure 23 Encoder Tab Configuration - Rtmp - Youtube Live
HDMI, verify that your cable is connected to HDMI In and not HDMI Out. (9) Allow a few seconds for your video to appear in your YouTube live dashboard. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 29: Performing Other Operations With The Z3Stream-01
Z3Stream User Instructions DOC-USR-0090-04 8.0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH THE Z3STREAM-01 8.1 Change Frame Rate Z3Stream encoder supports several frame rate options based upon the frame rate of your source video. These include: Full: the full frame rate of your source video ... -
Page 30: Adjust Aspect Ratio
(6) Return to your VLC window to see the video playing at a 16:9 aspect ratio. 4:3 Aspect Ratio 16:9 Aspect Ratio Figure 24 Comparing 4:3 to 16:9 Aspect Ratio ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 31: Hdmi Pass-Through
(2) Connect an HDMI cable from HDMI Out on the encoder to a display monitor. (1) Connect to HDMI Out Figure 25 Pass Through Connection ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 32: Save Current Settings
(5) Return to the System Setup tab. (6) Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 33: Figure 28 Saving A User Preset
In order for these changes to take effect, the unit must be re-started. Power the unit off then back on and wait 45-60 seconds for the unit to boot up. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 34: Set A Static Ip Address
(7) Now that DHCP is no longer set in this configuration and your network settings have been entered, click on the Save button. Un-check “Use DHCP” Click “Save” Figure 29 Saving IP Address Settings ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... - Page 35 You can also access the user interface by manually typing your unit’s static IP address into a web browser on any computer connected to the same network as the unit. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com...
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Page 36: Upgrade Firmware
(4) Click Upload and Update. A progress message will appear. Once update of firmware is completed it will return to the main menu. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 37: Use The Password Feature
(5) You will now be able to access the user interface only through logging in with this password. (6) At any point, you can also click the logout button to return to the login prompt. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 38: Summary Of Options
Unchecked Auto Start Checked Check this box to set the system to automatically start encoding upon powering on. Unchecked Display Setup ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... - Page 39 Reboot Button Restarts the unit. Note 1: Resolutions supported: 1080p60, 1080i30, 1080i29.97, 1080i25, 1080p60, 1080p59.94, 1080p50, 720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, 480p60, 576p50 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com...
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Page 40: The User Presets Tab
Stream Status Channel The Z3Stream is a single channel encoder. This will always be 1. The URL the channel is being streamed to ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 41: The Encoder Tab
Encode Quality as quick access to recommended settings for RTMP streaming. When selected, Video Resolution and Video Bitrate will appear. Please see the descriptions of these options below. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... - Page 42 The IP address of the destination of the encoded (192.168.0.6) stream. Dest Port 0 – 9999 (5004) The destination port that the encoder is streaming ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com...
- Page 43 [Note 2] Number of B-frames None The number of B-frames. Selecting None disables B-frames. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com...
- Page 44 (though staying above 64Kbps is recommended for best results). The bitrate range for AACHE is 32Kbps – 64Kbps. Source HDMI The source of the audio signal. Analog ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com...
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Page 45: Values Appearing At The Bottom Of All Tabs
--- new preset --- Can also add more profiles by selecting --- new preset ---. Save Button Click to save preset value to the selected ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 46: Zfinder
RUNNING indicates the unit is currently encoding. 9.6 ZFinder Buttons Description Rescans the network for Z3 Technology products Refresh Edit Device Allows for manual edits to encoder settings: Name: Name visible in ZFinder and top right corner of GUI (useful when... -
Page 47: Appendix A: Configuring The Wowza Server For Rtmp
(4) Click Edit and then change Java Heap Size to Production Level and Java Garbage Collection Settings to Concurrent collector. (5) Click on Save. Figure 34 Wowza Performance Settings ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 48: Figure 35 Wowza Security Settings
If you are unable to see RTMP streaming to Wowza working correctly, please 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 ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 49: Appendix B: Finding The Ip Address Of Your Computer
Local Area Connection. The IP address will display as 169.254.x.x where x is any one to three digit number. Figure 37 Locating Your Computer’s IP Address ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... -
Page 50: Appendix C: Troubleshooting
Problem: I do not see video from an HDMI source. -Verify the HDMI cable is plugged into the HDMI In jack and not the HDMI Out jack. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ Z3Stream.com... - Page 51 225.1.2.3/5 as the Dest Address. When contacting Z3 Technology for additional support, please click the Download device logs button in the System Setup tab of the user interface at the time the problem occurs and send the resulting .tgz file, along with screenshots of all applicable tabs in the user interface to Z3.
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Page 52: Appendix D: Warranty
Your receipt with the original purchase and ship date is required for warranty coverage. Z3 Technology, LLC incorporates HDMI® technology. The terms of HDMI and HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface, and the HDMI Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC in the United States and other countries.
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