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Installation and Operation Guide V1.0
HARDWARE ENCODER
4K60 10-bit
H265 HEVC | H264 AVC
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TALON Encoder
Models:
4K-SC
UHD-SC
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- Page 1 No part of this specification may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted or stored in a retrieval system in any part or by any means without the express written consent of Osprey Video. Osprey Video reserves the right to change any products herein at any time and without notice.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
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Page 3: Hardware Features Talon 4K-Sc
Hardware Features 4K-SC Power Status Display USB 3.0 12G-SDI Status LED’s 12VDC Power Switch Input Power / Boot Multi Function 12G-SDI Loopout GigE HDMI 2.0 Input Button Ethernet Power Switch Physical ON/OFF Switch • Power / Boot LED Red at Power Up, turning blue once booting process is complete •... -
Page 4: Hardware Features Talon Uhd-Sc
Hardware Features UHD-SC Power 12G-SDI Status LED’s USB 3.0 12VDC Power Switch Input Multi Function Power / Boot GigE Button Ethernet Power Switch Physical ON/OFF Switch • Power / Boot LED Red at Power Up, turning blue once booting process is complete •... -
Page 5: Network Configuration
Power up Talon with the front power switch Red “Power” LED will turn blue once the booting process is complete • The assigned IP address will display (4K-SC only). This might take up to a minute • Connect to Talon from your host PC Option #1: Type the IP address into your web browser •... -
Page 6: Encoding Features
Up and Down Scaling up to 4K • Frame Rate Conversion • De-Interlacing • Color Space support up to 10-bit 4:2:2 • Preservation of Ancillary Data from SDI Input • * HDMI feature only available on Talon 4K-SC TALON Encoder www.ospreyvideo.com... - Page 7 Page Intentionally left blank TALON Encoder www.ospreyvideo.com...
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Page 8: Overview
To connect to the interface simply enter the IP address of your Talon into the web browser. Default login for a factory default Talon is user: admin and password: osprey. The Dashboard provides basic information about the status of your Talon and a video preview* of your output channel. -
Page 9: Device Settings
This service is turned ‘on’ by default. To stop Discovery services, select ‘off’. Note that monitoring tools such as Osprey Boss require Discovery to locate Talon devices on the network. Osprey Boss will not be able to see any system that has Discovery turned off FTP Server on unit ftp server - default user: ‘talon’. -
Page 10: Usb Storage
Web Interface – USB Storage and Network Configuration System Settings – Storage Please refresh the browser page after inserting a USB drive as the page doesn’t dynamically refresh. Always unmount the USB drive before unplugging it!!! System Settings – Network Configuration Interface network port identification. -
Page 11: Date & Time
Web Interface – Date and Time System Settings – Date & Time NTP Servers preselect time servers, additional time servers can be manually added separated by ‘,’ Timezone your selected time zone TALON Encoder www.ospreyvideo.com... -
Page 12: Lcd, Led, Button Config
Web Interface – IO Configuration System Settings – IO Configuration The IO configurations can be changed while Talon is actively encoding Status LED Configuration configure the front panel LED’s Disabled: LED will always remain off Channel Status: LED ON -> Talon is encoding, LED OFF -> Talon is idle SDI Signal: LED ON ->... -
Page 13: Web Interface - Channel Setup Output Protocol
Web Interface – Channel Setup Output Protocol Channel Setup - Output Important: The selection of the output stream protocol dynamically changes the available options for video and audio encoding. Therefore, the streaming protocol must always be set before proceeding to the video and audio settings. Output Transport Stream Auto Start auto start of encoder when input video is detected... -
Page 14: Video Archiving
Web Interface – Video Archiving Channel Setup – Video Archiving Save MP4 to USB using the USB3.0 port in the back of Talon Only FAT and FAT32 formatted devices are accepted • A correctly mounted drive will show in ‘Dashboard’, •... -
Page 15: Rtmp, Rtmps, Udp
Web Interface – Transport Protocols RTMP, RTMPS, UDP Channel Setup – Transport Protocols RTMP/RTMPS (Real-Time Messaging Protocol) Destination server address of your endpoint Streamkey key assigned by your endpoint Authentication enable/disable stream authentication User username for authentication Password username for authentication Destination Stream URL Example: rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2 RTMP is a legacy protocol developed by Adobe®... -
Page 16: Rtp, Srt
Web Interface – Transport Protocols RTP, SRT Channel Setup – Transport Protocols TS over RTP (Real-Time Protocol) Destination IP address of your endpoint Destination Port IP address of your endpoint Video PID ID for your video transport stream PMT PID PMT ID for your transport stream RTP is designed for end-to-end, real-time transfer of streaming media. -
Page 17: Rtsp, Webrtc
Web Interface – Transport Protocols RTSP, WebRTC Channel Setup – Transport Protocols RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) Mount Point mount point port Host Port host destination port Authentication enable/disable stream authentication User username for authentication Password username for authentication RTSP is a legacy protocol, it cannot transmit live streaming data alone and require RTSP servers to work together with RTP and other protocols to accomplish their streaming tasks. -
Page 18: Zixi
Web Interface - Zixi Channel Setup – ZIXI While not a protocol, Zixi defines itself as a “software-Defined video Platform (SDVP). Talon’s implementation was built upon the Zixi SDK and serves as a Zixi Feeder. It can deliver to a Zixi Broadcaster, which can deliver to a decoder. The Talon cannot deliver Zixi directly to another decoder. -
Page 19: Video Encoding Settings
Web Interface – Video Encoding Settings Channel Setup - Video Important: The selection of the output stream protocol dynamically changes the available options for video and audio encoding. The options outlined in this chapter are based on UDP and might slightly differ from your settings. Source select your input video source Output Resolution... - Page 20 Web Interface – Video Encoding Settings Rate Control select between CBR, VBR, QP and Low Latency. Constant QP means that the bitrate can vary greatly to achieve the set QP. This can result in wild fluctuations of bitrate and is not recommended for live streaming. Deinterlacing select the deinterlacing mode to encode progressive of an interlaced video input signal.
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Page 21: Audio Encoding Settings
Web Interface – Audio Encoding Settings Talon supports up to 16 embedded Audio Channels of SDI (8 Stereo Pairs) or 8 Audio Channels of HDMI (4 Stereo Pairs) Enable Audio enable/disable select audio channels. If encoding video only it is recommended to disable all audio Codec choose between AAC-LC and Opus Rate Control... -
Page 22: Web Interface - Status Page
Web Interface – Status and Stream Start/Stop The Stream ‘Start’ and ‘Stop’ buttons are always available in the main menu. It is recommended to start and stop your streams from the ‘Status’ page or from the ‘Dashboard’. This allows for immediate monitoring of your stream data. The status page provides information about your video inputs and live stream data Audio, Video and Metadata Bitrates •... -
Page 23: Web Interface - Support Firmware Updates
Web Interface – Firmware Update As we constantly add features and maintain our Talon line of products, we suggest you keep your Encoder Firmware up to date. Firmware upgrade steps: Download the latest firmware revision at www.ospreyvideo.com/talon-software-and-firmware Go to ‘Firmware Updates’ on Talon Web Interface Drop the downloaded firmware file into the ‘Software Update Tool’... -
Page 24: Factory Restore
Web Interface – Restore Please read carefully before attempting to restore Talon’s firmware and settings Factory Restore will reset Talon and restore it with the original firmware it shipped with. Settings will be reset to default Restore Defaults will reset all user settings with its default values TALON Encoder www.ospreyvideo.com... -
Page 25: Licensing
Web Interface – License Information The license page provides information about the enabled features on your Talon. The screenshot shows the basic features, the disabled options are available through the ‘Enterprise Feature Upgrade’ TALON Encoder www.ospreyvideo.com... -
Page 26: Optional Enterprise And Security Features
Operating system firmware All OS firmware is AES encrypted and RSA authenticated. No part of the operating system can be modified except by Osprey. Trusted image/update control The initial firmware, as well as all updates are encrypted, digitally signed and only available from Osprey. This ensures that only approved software can be loaded. -
Page 27: Dynamic Dns Configuration
Web Interface – DNS Configuration Dynamic DNS configuration Web Interface – IO Configuration, Front LED’s and Display The enterprise package enables additional configuration options for visual indication of VPN status TALON Encoder www.ospreyvideo.com... -
Page 28: Secure Server (Https)
Web Interface – Secure Web Server Enabling Secure Server (HTTPS) adds a secure encryption layer to the Talon internal web server, along with certificate-based authentication. Secure Server (HTTPS) Enabled Only HTTPS will be supported on the Web Interface. (Server certificate required) Disabled Only HTTP will be supported on the Web Interface. -
Page 29: Advisory Notice And Consent
Web Interface –Advisory Notice & Consent Banner US Government entities and many other governments and corporations require an approved use notification before granting access to publicly accessible systems. Show Banner enable or disable Banner Text: enter text for the banner here. Save: enables banner Web Interface –Channel Setup - KLV... -
Page 30: Whitelist/Firewall
Web Interface –Whitelist and Firewall Whitelist/Firewall Blocks all incoming ICMP (ping) requests. Blocks incoming traffic on ports 80 (http) ,8080,8088,443 (SSL), 21 (FTP) and 22 (SSH) unless it originates from an address on the whitelist. RTMP and RTSP TCP ports are not blocked. Multiple addresses may be added to the list, separated by comma. -
Page 31: Open Vpn
Web Interface –Open VPN A VPN creates a private network tunnel over the public internet, that securely connects and encrypts data between two networks. When properly connected via a VPN, a remote Talon can be administered as if it were on your home network, regardless of location. -
Page 32: Openconnect Vpn
Web Interface –OpenConnect VPN OpenConnect VPN Configuration: OpenConnect is a cross-platform multi-protocol SSL VPN client. It was selected for Talon because it is compatible with the Cisco AnyConnect®. OpenConnect is not officially supported by or associated in any way with Cisco Systems. It just happened to interoperate with their equipment. -
Page 33: Opensource Listing
OpensSource Listing Package Version Description License Linux Kernel 5.15.19 GPLv2 bash 51.8 Bourne Again Shell GPLv3+ busybox 1.34.1 Lightweight common UNIX utilities GPLv2 & bzipi2 alsa-conf 1.2.5.1 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture utilities GPLv2+ alsa-utils 1.2.5.1 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture utilities GPLv2+ apache2 2.4.52... -
Page 34: Safety And Compliance
FCC Notice The Osprey Talon has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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