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C H A P T E R 11
Setting Up the DME 1000 and DME 2000 Encoders
This chapter describes how to add and manage DME 1000 and DME 2000 within the DMS.

Adding an Encoder into the DMMTo add an encoder into the DMM, follow these steps:

Step 1 Follow instructions included with the encoder for initial setup, and ensure it is connected to the network.

Step 2 Optional: If you plan to publish live streams to your streaming server using “Push”, proceed to the push configuration secondary navigation link and enter at least one push publishing point. See the next section, “Managing Push Configurations”. (Be sure to add the Push Configuration that will be used most commonly with this encoder.)

Step 3 Click on the ENCODERS tab on the primary navigation bar of the DMM, then click on the Encoders and Pull Configurations secondary navigation link.

Step 4 Find the encoder’s IP Address. On the encoder front panel, click menu > setup system > Network > 100 Mbit (or 1,000 Mbit, depending on the port being used) > View Settings > IP Address(s).

Step 5 Enter the IP Address obtained in Step 4 into the Encoder IP Address/Hostname field. (Optionally, enter the hostname of the encoder if you have DNS configured.)

Step 6 Click on the Discover Encoder button. The button changes color and animates until the discovery process is complete.

Step 7 Enter the Encoder Name and Encoder Description. These fields may be used to describe the encoder owner, encoder location, encoder purpose, or a label placed on the product.

Step 8 Choose the Default Encoder Input Settings. Choose your most commonly used Video Input, Audio Input, and Video Input Standard. Later, when setting up live events, you may choose Use Default Settings rather than re-choosing these fields for each live event.

Step 9 Choose the most common means of publishing your live events, either Push or Pull.

Note If you chose Pull, you will notice that one pull configuration called “test only (encoder-direct, port 6990)” is pre-created. This pull configuration enables you to test streams originating directly from the encoder rather than through a streaming server.

Step 10 If you chose Push: Choose the default Push configuration for this encoder. Later, when setting up live events, you may choose Use Default Settings rather than re-choosing the Push Configuration for each live event.

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If you chose Pull: Click the Add a Pull Configuration button to add the streaming server pull configurations that apply to this encoder.

Figure 11-1 Adding a Pull Configuration

Step 11 Click the Save this Encoder button to save your new encoder and pull configurations. After saving, you should see a green box at the top of the page with the message “Successfully saved '{Encoder Name}'”.

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Figure 11-2 Discovering an Encoder


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Chapter 11 Setting Up the DME 1000 and DME 2000 Encoders Testing Stream-Publishing Functionality

Testing Stream-Publishing FunctionalityTo test stream-publishing functionality, follow these steps

Step 1 Click on the ENCODERS tab in the primary navigation bar in the DMM. The ENCODER DASHBOARD page opens.

Step 2 Click the Encoder Setup button.

Figure 11-3 Preparing to Start an Encoder

Step 3 Choose a Video Format according to the bit rate you will test

Step 4 Click the Publish as a Streaming Video check box and choose either a Push or Pull publishing configuration. To test a stream directly from the encoder, choose the Pull Configuration called test only (encoder-direct, port 6990).

Step 5 Make sure you have a live video source connected to your encoder. Choose the Video Input, Audio Input, and Video Input Standard that match your video source.

Step 6 Click the Start Encoder button. The button animates until the encoding process is started (requires 10-25 seconds).


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Figure 11-4 Button Animating While Starting

Step 7 When the encoder process is started, you can click the Close button on the Encoder Setup window.


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Figure 11-5 Encoder Successfully Started

Step 8 To test your video stream, click the View Live Video button. A pop-up window opens displaying your current live stream.


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Figure 11-6 View Live Video Popup Window

Step 9 To preview the video as a periodically updated image, click the Click to start preview link. The preview image is served directly from the encoder and it works independently from your streaming-server infrastructure.


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Chapter 11 Setting Up the DME 1000 and DME 2000 Encoders Using the DME 1000 or DME 2000 Encoder to “Save to a File” and Publish to a VOD

Figure 11-7 Video Preview Image (5 second update)

Step 10 Click the Stop Encoder button to complete your test.

Using the DME 1000 or DME 2000 Encoder to “Save to a File” and Publish to a VOD

To use the DME 1000 or DME 2000 Encoder to “save to a file” and publish to a VOD, follow these steps:

Step 1 Click on the ENCODERS tab in the primary navigation bar in the DMM. The ENCODER DASHBOARD page opens.

Step 2 Expand the encoder section of the encoder being used for your event by clicking its adjacent + icon.

Step 3 Click the Encoder Setup button.

Step 4 Click the Store as File check box and enter the name of the file you are saving.


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Figure 11-8 Starting an Encoder with “Save to a File”

Step 5 After confirming that your video source is live and connected to the encoder, click the Start Encoder button. After the encoder is started (may require 10-25 seconds) click the Close button.

Step 6 When you are ready to stop storing your video to a file, click the Stop Encoder button.

Step 7 Retrieve output files from the encoder using the following technique:

Using a web browser, enter the URL ftp://{encoder ip address}/AVFiles/Out. A directory listing is displayed from which you can download the saved file.

Step 8 After downloading the saved file, you may upload it directly to a VOD Video Part. (See instructions in the “Adding a New Video Part” section on page 4-7 in Chapter 4, “Creating a Content Offering.”) Alternatively, you may edit the video file using your favorite video editing tool before you publish it.

Managing Push ConfigurationsTo manage push configurations, follow these steps:

Step 1 Click on the ENCODERS tab in the primary navigation bar in the DMM, then click on the Push Configurations secondary navigation link.

Step 2 Enter your push Configuration Name and Configuration Description. The configuration name will appear in a drop-down field that you may choose before starting your encoder.


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Note Push Configurations apply only to Windows Media streams.

Step 3 Enter your streaming server base URL including the port, for example:

http://my.streaming-server.com/ for port 80,

http://my.streaming-server.com:7000/ for port 7000

Step 4 Enter the name of your Publishing Point.

Step 5 Check the URL that appears under Full Stream URL to ensure that it represents a valid URL to your streaming server’s publish point.

Step 6 Optional: Enter the userid (user name) and password (if required) to publish a stream to your streaming server via push.

Step 7 Click the Save button to save your new push configuration.

Figure 11-9 Saved Push Configuration


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Chapter 11 Setting Up the DME 1000 and DME 2000 Encoders Managing Encoding Formats

Managing Encoding FormatsAn Encoding Format is a group of settings that specifies a particular media type, video dimensions, video bandwidth consumption, and video quality. The DMM includes pre-built encoder formats designed for use with the Video Portal. The encoding formats marked with * default are preferred formats for use with the video portal. Only one Default encoding format is allowed for each media type (that is, one default for Windows Media and one default for Flash Video).

Adding or Editing a Windows Media Encoding FormatTo add or edit a Windows Media encoding format, follow these steps:

Step 1 To Add: Click Add a new Encoding Format.

To Edit: On the left side of the page, click the name of the encoding format you will edit.

Step 2 Enter or edit a descriptive Encoding Format Name and Profile Description.

Step 3 Click the radio button next to Windows Media.

Step 4 Choose a video dimension from the list or CUSTOM if your video dimension is not listed.

Step 5 Choose the Pixel Proportion. Standard (square pixel) is the correct choice for most applications.

Step 6 Choose a Windows Media Capture Profile based on your desired bandwidth usage.

Step 7 Choose Audio Capture On or Off to enable or disable audio capture.

Step 8 Click the Save button to save your encoding format.


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Chapter 11 Setting Up the DME 1000 and DME 2000 Encoders Transcoding

Figure 11-10 Editing an Encoding Format

TranscodingThe Transcoding page manages the conversion of either AVI or MPEG2 format files into Windows Media format. Transcoding tasks should be scheduled such that they do not compete with any other encoder tasks (such as live events, save to a file, and so forth). You should expect that transcoding a video file will require time equivalent to at least the duration of the video and potentially longer, depending on the encoder format being used.


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Adding a New Transcoding TaskTo add a new transcoding task, follow these steps:

Step 1 Add the file that you wish to transcode onto the hard drive of your encoder, as follows:

a. Plug a keyboard, mouse, and monitor into your encoder.

b. Add the file(s) to a USB 2.0 hard drive or flash drive.

c. Using Windows Explorer, copy the file(s) to be transcoded from the USB drive to D:\AVFiles\In on the encoder's hard drive.

Step 2 Click Add a New Transcoding Task.

Step 3 Enter a descriptive Transcoding Task Name.

Step 4 Choose the name of the encoder that will perform this task.

Step 5 Choose the date and time when the encoding task should start.

Step 6 Choose the input video format (AVI or MPEG2).

Step 7 Choose the input directory path Input - Local Encoder Drive.

Step 8 Enter the Input File Name. Use only the file name, and do not include a path.

Step 9 Choose the Output Video Format. Use only Video Formats that include the word TRANSCODE in their title.

Step 10 Choose the output file name. Use only the file name, and do not include a path.

Step 11 Click the Save button.


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Figure 11-11 Saving a Transcoding Task

Step 12 Choose the output file name. Use only the file name, and do not include a path.

Step 13 Track the status of your transcoding task. An icon next to your transcoding task starts out as blue (Scheduled status) and proceed to animated green (In Progress status), and finally solid green (Completed status). Other possible status includes red (Error) and blue (Postponed). You can learn more status details by momentarily holding your mouse pointer over any colored status icon.


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Step 14 Retrieve output files from the encoder using one of these two alternatives:

• Using Windows Explorer, copy the completed file(s) from D:\AVFiles\Out on the encoder’s hard drive to your USB drive.

• Using a web browser enter the URL ftp://{encoder ip address}/AVFiles/Out. A directory listing opens from which you can download the transcoding output files as needed.


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