Adding a Zixi Source – ZEC

you can add an input from a zec to a broadcaster cluster to be managed as a source in zen this is done by selecting zixi in the new source menu in this case, the zec is referred to as the origin zec which streams to the ingest broadcaster zixi source diagram network bonding when configuring a source using a push stream from a zec to a zixi broadcaster you can apply network bonding to the stream this divides the stream into several network channels using multiple nics and subsequently reunites them at the zixi broadcaster if you enable bonding, you need to specify which zec output nics will used for bonding the following procedure describes how to add a zec source in zen master in addition, an explanation of each of the configuration parameters is given in the table below to add a zixi push source from zec in the main navigation, click sources click + add the new source selection window is displayed create source options click on zixi the create zixi source window opens in the info section, in the name field, type a logical name for the zec source 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 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) 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 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 in the input section, verify under mode that push is selected (default) and not pull , and under application that the zec radio button is selected (default) in the zec field, select from the drop down list one of the available zecs to be the zec that will be the origin zec in the zec input field, select the desired input that will be part of the source from the origin zec if you want the source to be sent over a single nic (i e no bonding) then do the following do not select the bonding checkbox in the zec output nic s field, if you would like to specify which nic is used, then select the ip of that nic from the drop down list by default, any is selected if you would like to use bonding , then do the following select the bonding checkbox select two or more nics by clicking the button for each of the desired nics selected nics are shown above the filter box (you can remove a nic by clicking the button for that nic) for each nic that is selected you can adjust the following parameters in the max bitrate field, enter the maximum bitrate to be used on this nic if you want to use this nic only when there isn’t sufficient bandwidth available on the other nics, then select the backup checkbox if the backup checkbox is not selected then this nic is used in parallel with the other selected nics 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 (i e , the ingest broadcaster cluster ) in the target broadcaster/s field, specify which broadcaster/s within the ingest broadcaster cluster on which zen master can deploy the source 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 latency \[ms] field, select the latency time for the stream (default 4000) if you would like to enable the zixi auto encryption feature for encrypting the source stream, select the enable encryption checkbox if you would like to apply a pid mapping profile to this source, then in the pid mapping field, select the desired profile from the dropdown list using this method creates a single source in zen master with pid mapping applied if you would like to maintain a source with the original pids and create an additional source with pid mapping (e g if you want to create several different pid mapped variations), then use the method described in docid\ gockl3upsd8v14ia2an6g to create a new pid mapping profile, see docid\ ofvpymhyvq4xqhii3umns if you would like to generate email notifications whenever a pid change is detected, select the alert on pid changes select the log scte 35 checkbox if you would like to log scte 35 markers for this stream to log scte 35 markers, scte 35 needs to be enabled both on the ingest cluster and in the source configuration scte 35 logging is only available for v13 1 40262+ broadcasters if log scte 35 was selected, you can choose to receive alerts for scte 35 markers by selecting the enable scte 35 alerts in the public output field, if you would like to allow access to the stream directly through a supported player, select allow 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 http //www etsi org/deliver/etsi tr/101200 101299/101290/01 03 01 60/tr 101290v010301p pdf 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 disable the source thumbnail from appearing in the sources list and other places, select the hide thumbnail option disabling thumbnail may improve system performance if you would like to monitor cea 608 or cea 708 closed captions, select the monitor cea 608 and/or the monitor cea 708 checkbox note broadcaster versions earlier than v18 will not distinguish between 608 and 708 captions 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 in the i nitial state section, select the disabled checkbox if you would like to disable this source upon initial configuration select the muted checkbox if you would like to disable error/recovery notifications for 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 zec push advanced settings if you would like to track usage for this source, enter your billing code and the billing code password see docid\ lalxj n928tegcpdpbirj note that billing codes are not supported for push sources until broadcaster v19+ click the validate billing code button if you want to verify that the information you entered is correct if you wish to use a different billing code for auto pull, enter the auto pull billing code and password click the validate billing code button if you want to verify that the information you entered is correct traffic shaping is a network management technique used to control and optimize the flow of data check the box to enable it (this setting will be ignored for broadcasters earlier than v18 2) fec (forward error correction) helps to fix transmission problems by sending redundant data that will allow reconstruction of lost packets instantly by default the redundant data is limited to 30% of the actual data stream, but you can set the percentage to a lower value (this setting will be ignored for broadcasters earlier than v18 2) adaptive fec improves the efficiency of fec by adjusting the amount of extra data sent according to network conditions by default adaptive fec is turned on, but there are some cases where fixed fec is needed and you will want to disable it note that if the you disable adaptive fec and later disable and reenable the source, adaptive fec will be turned on again, and you will need to edit the source and disable it again frame thinning allows non critical frames to be dropped to reduce latency check the box to enable it note this option is available for push sources only coming for broadcaster 18 2 or later 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 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 see the parameters table below for additional fields click save parameters table parameter description info name specify a name for the zixi 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 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 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) 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 input mode to create a zec source, verify that push is selected (default) application to create a zec source, verify that the zec radio button is selected (default) zec select from the drop down list one of the available zecs to be the zec that will be the origin zec zec input select the relevant zec input that will be part of the source from the origin zec bonding select the checkbox if you would like to user bonding zec output nic/s (for none and manual bonding) if you would like to specify which nic is used, then select the ip of that nic from the drop down list by default, any is selected if you selected manual for bonding , then click the (plus) button for each of the nics that you would like to use selected nics are shown above the filter box (you can remove a nic by clicking the (minus) button for that nic) for each selected nic, you can adjust the following parameters in the max bitrate field, enter the maximum bitrate to be used on this nic if you want to use this nic only when there isn’t sufficient bandwidth available on the other nics, then select the backup checkbox if the backup checkbox is not selected then this nic is used in parallel with the other selected nics configuration ingest cluster select from the drop down list one of the available ingest clusters as the destination for the source (i e , the ingest broadcaster cluster ) target broadcaster/s specify which broadcaster/s within the ingest broadcaster cluster on which zen master can deploy the source 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 latency \[ms] select the latency time for the stream (default 4000) enable encryption if you would like to enable the zixi auto encryption feature for encrypting the source stream, select this checkbox password (optional) if you would like to set a password to authenticate the stream from the feeder, enter the password or generate a random password by clicking on random you need to enter the identical password on the feeder pid mapping profile (optional) if you would like to apply a pid mapping profile to this source, then select the desired profile from the dropdown list to create a new pid mapping profile, see docid\ gftcayurpl7dinouyd14z note using this method creates a single source in zen master with pid mapping applied if you would like to maintain a source with the original pids and create an additional source with pid mapping (e g if you want to create several different pid mapped variations), then use the method described in docid\ gockl3upsd8v14ia2an6g alert on pid changes if you would like to generate email notifications whenever a pid change is detected, select this checkbox minimize latency if enabled, zixi adjusts the latency dynamically to optimize it for network conditions log scte 35 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 enable scte 35 alerts (for log scte 35) if you would like to receive alerts for scte 35 markers, select this checkbox public output if you would like to allow access to the stream directly through a supported player, select the allow checkbox password (for public output) if you selected allow in the public output field, specify a password in this field to authenticate access to the stream 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 monitor cea 608 closed captions if you would like to monitor cea 608 closed captions, select this checkbox note broadcasters/zecs older than version 18 will not distinguish between 608 and 708 captions monitor cea 708 closed captions if you would like to monitor cea 708 closed captions, select this checkbox note broadcasters/zecs older than version 18 will not distinguish between 608 and 708 captions 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 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) 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 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 docid\ lalxj n928tegcpdpbirj (supported for broadcasters v14 8+) note billing codes are not supported for push sources until broadcaster v19 billing passwords enter the password that corresponds to this 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 traffic shaping traffic shaping is a network management technique used to control and optimize the flow of data it ensures a smooth streaming experience by prioritizing video traffic and managing bandwidth usage set at 0 (default) for no traffic shaping, or 1 for automatic traffic shaping note this option is only for sources for zixi broadcaster 18 2 or later adaptive fec adaptive fec improves the efficiency of fec by adjusting the amount of extra data sent according to network conditions by default adaptive fec is turned on, but there are some cases where fixed fec is needed and you will want to disable it some examples of cases where fixed rate fec is preferable when network bonding is used, and one of the network links periodically fails when low latency is required, the lost packet rate is high, and lost packet rate is high the round trip time is long (meaning arq can't get replacements for lost packets quickly enough) max fec overhead allows you to limit the additional data added for fec (forward error correction) note this option is only for sources for zixi broadcaster 18 2 or later frame thinning allow non critical frames to be dropped to reduce latency note this option is available for push sources only coming for broadcaster 18 2 or later auto pull mtu 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 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 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 with empty audio streams to prevent false warnings enter a comma delimited list of pid numbers that should not be monitored for null content