Adding a Source - Multiviewer

a multiviewer source displays multiple video feeds in a grid like view for monitoring purposes it enables real time monitoring and visualization of multiple video feeds in a single multi viewer source, while displaying real time statistics zen master offers two multi viewer options integrated zixi multi viewer (beta) – an integrated zixi multi viewer this integrated option does not require any additional solutions the zixi multiviewer is currently in extended beta please reach out to your zixi representative for details in how to participate in beta testing tag video systems – zen master also supports tag video system’s multi viewer solution (e g , mcm 9000) existing tag deployments can be used without the need for special integration for more information see https //tagvs com/ https //tagvs com/ zen master manages multi viewers as objects in zen master through the multi viewers screen before creating a multiviewer source, you will need to configure at least one multiviewer in the multi viewers screen for more detailed instructions, see multi viewers docid\ i pdryv31 rpsbkutnugi section the tag multiviewer needs to be preconfigured with the desired layout configurations, the encoder profile, and other video settings the following procedure describes how to add a multiviewer source in zen master in addition, an explanation of each of the configuration parameters is given in the table below to add a multiviewer source in the main navigation, click sources click + add the create new source selection window is displayed create source options click on multiviewer the create new multiviewer source window opens new multiviewer source in the info section, in the name field, enter a unique name to identify this source in the system in the tags field, select one or more of the predefined tags from the drop down list tags are used for access control by selecting a 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 docid\ ypm9tw81ap6nq8stkv4rd in the events configuration profile field, select from the dropdown list the profile that you would like to apply to this source by default, the default profile is applied 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 docid\ sfzm6jvorvuigo7x0dnue ) by default, the location is determined automatically based on the source's ip if you would like to manually set the location of the source (optional), use the following procedure click on the edit icon next to the location field a search box is shown below the location field enter identifying info for the location (e g street address, zip code, coordinates) search results are displayed below the search box as you type click on the desired location the selected location populates the location field under inputs , under the multiview type , select one of the following zixi (beta) – to use the zixi multiviewer tag – to use a tag video system’s multi viewer solution (e g , mcm 9000) in the multiviewer field, select the relevant multiviewer from the drop down menu this list is populated by the objects that were configured in the @multi viewers screen for tag option, in the layout field, select the desired layout from the list of preconfigured layouts these layouts are configured in the tag system itself after selecting the desired layout, an empty grid is displayed with empty rectangles to assign the desired sources from the list of sources in the encoder section, select the relevant encoder profile encoders are configured in the tag system itself grid display for multiviewer for the zixi option, in the width field enter the number of slots in each row and in the height field enter the number of slots in each column for the zixi option, in the profile field select a transcoding profile which will be used for encoding purposes zen master offers default profiles, but additional profiles can be configured see transcoding profiles in the sources section, do one of the following click the + button to add the source to the first (top left rectangle) and repeat the process to add sources to the designated grid spots (left to right, top to bottom) drag the source to the relevant grid slot in the configuration section, in the ingest cluster field, select from the drop down list one of the available ingest clusters as the destination for the source in the target broadcaster/s field, select your broadcaster preference either select a specific broadcaster to be used or specify your preference for using primary vs backup broadcasters, options are prefer primary broadcasters, primary broadcasters only, backup broadcasters only or prefer backup broadcasters for managed clusters, it is not recommended to select a specific broadcaster, as the broadcaster’s availability may not remain stable in the public output field, if you would like to allow access to the stream directly through a supported player, select the allow checkbox if you selected the allow checkbox, then enter a password in the password field to authenticate access to the stream under content analysis select one of the following options full select this option if you would like to enable full content analysis (cqa), including analysis of the stream's audio and video content, including audio levels, audio silence detection, frozen video detection, and more tr101 only select this option to perform tr101 analysis only (without video and audio content analysis) the analysis can be used to check the integrity of the ts and the most important elements of the stream the analysis includes priority 1 and 2 to learn more about tr101 analysis see tr 101 290 technical report none no content analysis is enabled 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 if you would like to monitor cea 608/cea 708 closed captions, select the monitor cea 608/cea 708 checkbox 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 the disable auto pull checkbox 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 if auto pull is enabled, in the auto pull latency \[ms] field, 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) in the webrtc playback section , select the desired playback method 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 disabled users will not be able to view this source using webrtc (default) pass through passes the stream through to webrtc without transcoding this option can only be used if the input stream is already in a webrtc compliant format (video h 264 codec with baseline or main profile and no b frames, audio opus codec) auto zen master automatically transcodes the stream using the optimal profile for each specific user in this option zixi broadcaster will decode the video, transforming it into raw frames, which will be passed to the webrtc library, where it will be re encoded for each individual user best quality however, if monitored by multiple users this can consume extensive resources 1080p/720p/480p/360p zen master transcodes the stream to a webrtc compliant profile with the specified resolution the transcoding is done by zixi broadcaster's transcoder 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 version, 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 additional scte 35 options are available when you expand the scte 35 manipulation section here you can enable scte 35 insertion set the scte 35 pid remove any existing scte 35 messages from the stream replace any existing scte 35 messages with null in the initial state section, select the disabled checkbox if you would like to disable this source upon initial configuration you can enable/unmute the source at any time if you would like to adjust the advanced settings, click advanced the advanced settings fields are displayed advanced settings if you would like to track usage for this source, enter your billing code details see billing codes docid\ lalxj n928tegcpdpbirj in the auto pull mtu field, specify the maximum transmission unit (largest data packet that a network connected device will accept) in bytes for the auto pull to set the detection of frozen video, in the frozen video minimal duration field, 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 to set the detection of blank video, in the blank video minimal duration field, specify the default minimal duration in seconds of blank video after which the broadcaster will trigger a blank video alert default 10 seconds this setting is supported for broadcaster version 16 3 and higher click save multiviewer source configuration parameters table parameter description info name specify a name for the multiviewer source in zen master tags 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 docid\ ypm9tw81ap6nq8stkv4rd events configuration profile 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 location (optional) the source’s location is used to represent it in the proper position in the map display (see maps docid\ sfzm6jvorvuigo7x0dnue ) 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 inputs multiview type select one of the following zixi (beta) – to use the zixi multiviewer tag – to use a tag video system’s multi viewer solution (e g , mcm 9000) multiviewer select the relevant multiviewer from the drop down menu this list is populated by the objects that were configured in the screen layout for tag option , select the desired layout from the list of preconfigured layouts these layouts are configured in the tag system itself after selecting the desired layout, an empty grid is displayed with empty rectangles to assign the desired sources from the list of sources encoder select the relevant encoder profile encoders are configured in the tag system itself width/height for the zixi option, in the width field enter the number of slots in each row and in the height field enter the number of slots in each column sources in the sources section, do one of the following click the + button to add the source to the first (top left rectangle) and repeat the process to add sources to the designated grid spots (left to right, top to bottom) drag the source to the relevant grid slot configuration ingest cluster select from the drop down list one of the available ingest clusters as the destination for the source target broadcaster/s select your broadcaster preferences either select a specific broadcaster to be used or specify your preference for using primary vs backup broadcasters options are prefer primary broadcasters, primary broadcasters only , backup broadcasters only or prefer backup broadcasters note for managed clusters, it is not recommended to select a specific broadcaster, as the broadcaster’s availability may not remain stable profile for the zixi option, select a transcoding profile which will be used for encoding purposes zen master offers default profiles, but additional profiles can be configured see transcoding profiles docid\ kmseligigobbqmjzci yb public output if you would like to allow access to the stream directly through a supported player, select the allow checkbox content analysis select one of the following options full select this option if you would like to enable full content analysis (cqa), including analysis of the stream's audio and video content, including audio levels, audio silence detection, frozen video detection, and more tr101 only select this option to perform tr101 analysis only (without video and audio content analysis) the analysis can be used to check the integrity of the ts and the most important elements of the stream the analysis includes priority 1 and 2 to learn more about tr101 analysis see tr 101 290 technical report none no content analysis is enabled 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 hide thumbnail disables the source thumbnail from appearing in the sources list and other places disabling thumbnail may improve system performance monitor cea 608/cea 708 closed captions 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 disable auto pull 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 auto pull latency \[ms] specify the desired latency for auto pull actions (default 1,000 ms) webrtc playback 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 disabled users will not be able to view this source using webrtc (default) pass through passes the stream through to webrtc without transcoding this option can only be used if the input stream is already in a webrtc compliant format (video h 264 codec with baseline or main profile and no b frames, audio opus codec) auto zen master automatically transcodes the stream using the optimal profile for each specific user in this option zixi broadcaster will decode the video, transforming it into raw frames, which will be passed to the webrtc library, where it will be re encoded for each individual user note best quality however, if monitored by multiple users this can consume extensive resources 1080p/720p/480p/360p zen master transcodes the stream to a webrtc compliant profile with the specified resolution the transcoding is done by zixi broadcaster's transcoder 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 scte 35 manipulation enable scte 35 insertion select chackbox to enable scte 35 insertion scte 35 pid set the scte 35 pid in which the messages will be inserted remove existing scte 35 remove any existing scte 35 messages from the stream replace with null replace any existing scte 35 messages with null initial state disabled select this checkbox if you would like to disable this source upon initial configuration muted select this checkbox if you would like to disable error/recovery notifications for this source upon initial configuration advanced billing codes if you would like to track usage for this source, enter your billing code details, see billing codes docid\ lalxj n928tegcpdpbirj (supported for broadcasters v14 8+) billing password optionally specify a password for the billing code auto pull billing code 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 auto pull billing password enter the password that corresponds to this auto pull billing code auto pull mtu (bytes) specify the maximum transmission unit (largest data packet that a network connected device will accept) in bytes for the auto pull frozen video minimal duration (seconds) 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 blank video minimal duration (seconds) specify the default minimal duration in seconds of blank video after which the broadcaster will trigger a blank 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 ignore monitoring pids ignore pids for empty audio streams to prevent false warnings enter a comma delimited list of pid numbers that should not be monitored for null content