Adding a Source – Monitor Only

Leave this field blank. The name of the Source will be the same name as the Broadcaster Input.

Select one or more of the predefined Tags from the drop-down list.

Tags are used for access control. By selecting an Tag, you are relating this Source to that Tag. Tags are associated with certain roles (through the Users & Roles screen), and roles, in turn, are associated with users and user groups. If you would like to create a new Tag, see Creating a Tag .

Select from the dropdown list the profile that you would like to apply to this Source. By default, the Default profile is applied.

Note: Events Profiles consist of a series of rules that determine precisely how various types of Events are logged and what results they trigger.

The Source's location is used to represent it in the proper position in the Map display (see Maps). By default, the location is determined automatically based on the Source's IP. Enter identifying info for the location (e.g. street address, zip code, coordinates) and select the desired location from the suggestions that are shown.

Select from the drop-down list the Broadcaster on which you have created the Input(s) that will be monitored by ZEN Master.

Select from the list one or more of the Inputs that are available on the selected Broadcaster.

For multiple Inputs, click on the + button for each of the desired Inputs.

Selected Inputs are shown above the Filter box. (You can remove an Input by clicking the - button for that Input). For each input that is selected you can adjust the following parameters:

Each input that is selected creates a separate Source in ZEN Master.

If you would like to generate email notifications whenever a PID change is detected, select this checkbox.

Select this checkbox if you would like to log SCTE-35 markers for this stream.

Note: To log SCTE-35 markers, SCTE-35 needs to be enabled both on the Ingest Cluster and in the Source configuration.

Note: SCTE-35 logging is only available for v13.1.40262+ Broadcasters.

If you would like to receive alerts for SCTE-35 markers, select this checkbox.

If you would like to allow access to the stream directly through a supported player, select the Allow checkbox.

If you selected Allow in the Public Output field, specify a password in this field to authenticate access to the stream.

Select one of the following options:

Note: It is generally recommended to enable full Content Analysis unless it is causing technical problems. If Content Analysis is disabled, the system won't detect errors in the video and audio content of the stream and won't generate warnings for such events.

Disables the Source thumbnail from appearing in the Sources list and other places. Disabling thumbnail may improve system performance.

If you would like to monitor CEA-608/CEA-708 closed captions, select this checkbox.

Note: Monitoring CEA-608/CEA-708 Closed Captions requires using a version 14.4 or newer Broadcaster.

If you would like to disable auto-pull, select this checkbox.

Note: Disabling Auto-Pull will lock Channels using this Source to the Source's Ingest Cluster and Targets to the Source's current active Broadcaster. This setting only applies to Pass-Through Channels.

Specify the maximum latency for auto-pull actions. The Broadcaster will update the latency as required, by using the maximal defined latency and then reducing the latency gradually. (Default: 1000 ms)

Select the desired playback method.

Note: WebRTC enables you to monitor the stream via web browsers and mobile applications with real-time communication (RTC). WebRTC needs to be activated independently for each Source in ZEN Master (by default it is disabled).

Select one of the following options:

Note: Best quality. However, if monitored by multiple users this can consume extensive resources.

Note: This method requires a Zixi Broadcaster with X264 or Nvidia for transcoding. This method allows many users to monitor the stream without encoding separately for each individual user, which saves CPU capacity. Since there is only one stream resolution, it is recommended to encode to a low resolution and low bitrate so that the stream will be viewable by all users monitoring the stream.

Select this checkbox if you would like to disable this Source upon initial configuration.

Select this checkbox if you would like to disable error/recover notifications for this Source upon initial configuration.

If you would like to track usage for this Source when using Auto-Pull connections, enter the billing code that corresponds to this stream. The relevant billing can be obtained from the organization that received the billing code from Zixi.

Enter the password that corresponds to this auto-pull billing code.

Specify the maximum transmission unit (largest data packet that a network-connected device will accept) in bytes for the Auto Pull.

Specify the default minimal duration in seconds of frozen video after which the Broadcaster will trigger a Frozen video alert. Default: 10 seconds. This setting is supported for Broadcaster version 16.3 and higher. For existing sources, you may need to restart the source.