Zixi Plug-In Preferences Configuration

you can configure the zixi plug in settings, such as caching, latency, and more to access zixi plug in preferences in vlc's main menu , click the tools menu and select preferences at the bottom left of the preferences window, under show settings select all the advanced preference window opens displaying a tree with all the preferences under i nput / codecs , click access modules > zixi click input / codecs and then click access modules the zixi vlc plug in preferences appear in the right pane configure the following settings as required setting description allow latency to decrease ‘off’ is recommended can dynamically lower latency when ‘on’ but may re buffer if an increase is needed decryption key for playback of encrypted streams, enter the key provided by your administrator (see playing an encrypted zixi stream) drop frames with missing data in the case of data loss, when this option is turned on, any partial frames are removed by the zixi plug in prior to forwarding to the player this option can improve vlc stability fec overhead \[%] and fec blocksize \[ms] do not alter fec settings are set automatically these entries will be removed in future versions fixed end to end delay when selected, this setting guarantees synchronization of all players having the same latency settings, regardless of their location the latency settings sets the duration of the buffer size this means that when enabling fixed end to end delay, the buffer will be slightly shorter, taking into account the propagation delay from the source, because the latency is from source to destination, instead of a local delay at the destination fixed latency ‘on’ is recommended uses max latency specified when off, dynamically increases to max latency when on max latency \[ms] the maximum latency in milliseconds of the zixi stream over your local connection between the source zixi broadcaster and the vlc player increasing latency will add additional buffer space to compensate for network burst loss player caching \[ms] the length, in milliseconds, of the vlc player cache using skip controls may cause the player to re buffer zixi log mode this integer value sets the log entry level mode for zixi stream messages available options disabled ( 1) debug (0 or 1) info (2) warning (3) error (4) fatal (5) note set only as disable unless debugging additional disk writes can affect memory and performance once you have updated the preferences, click save and close the vlc player restart vlc for your changes to take effect