Live Capture Vm Server Requirements; General Vm Requirements; Suggested Guidelines; Vmware Server Requirements - Telestream Lightspeed Live Capture User Manual

Live Capture VM Server Requirements

You can host Live Capture SW Edition on supported virtual machine platforms which
meet the minimum Vantage resource requirements intended for Live Capture
operation.
IP sources are supported; hardware-based SDI and ST 2110 sources are not supported.
You should qualify your Vantage platform for expected concurrency for your workflow
configurations before putting the platform into production—monitoring CPU,
memory, disk throughput and GPU usage (if applicable). A safe operating range is 60 to
80 percent peak utilization.
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AWS EC2 Server Requirements
General VM Requirements
In addition to vendor-specific requirements, the VM must be configured to meet the
general requirements of a VM platform being utilized to host Vantage, as specified in
the Vantage Virtual Domain Management Guide, which is available at Telestream.net.

Suggested Guidelines

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CPU requirements of 24 core, single or dual socket may be increased as needed for
more resource intensive scenarios—conducting multiple concurrent recordings,
UHD capture, or resource-intensive transcoders such as long GOP x264 based
broadcast formats, or JPEG2000 archival, for example.
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If the VM is a dual socket system but the system is licensed for only one recording
instance, system CPU resources may be better utilized by disabling the Live source
channel's Assign Processor control.
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One Capture action per workflow is allowed.
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Live Capture operates differently on systems without GPU emulation. If a sup-
ported GPU is not detected by the Live Capture installer, AVC- and HEVC-based for-
mats for both primary and secondary outputs are disabled in Capture workflows.
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To force GPU emulation, select the Enable GPU decoding option during installation.
The tested GPU is P4000 Quadro with v471.43 drivers on Windows 2019.
VMWare Server Requirements
VMWare ESXI Enterprise, versions 6.7-8.01 are supported and can be scaled up to four
concurrent channels per VM. Dedicated, pass-through NVIDIA GPU's are supported but
not required for most media formats.
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