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title: Adding ZEN Master Sources
slug: zen-master/adding-zen-master-sources
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createdAt: 2024-12-27T16:32:49.792Z
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ZEN Master Sources are Inputs on a Broadcaster Cluster. The following Sources can be added as ZEN Master Sources:

- **Zixi** - Zixi push from a connected Feeder, Broadcaster, AWS MediaConnect, or other Zixi-enabled device to ZEN Master.
- **Monitor Only** - Monitor an existing input on a ZEN Master enabled Broadcaster: Limited functionality
- **Failover** - Combine existing Sources into a single Source that will switch between them to maintain quality.
- **Transcoded** - Transcode an existing source into a new one.
- **PID Mapping** - Create a Source with modified PIDs from an existing source
- **Inter-Cluster** - Send a Source from one cluster to another
- **UDP/RTP** - Receive UDP or RTP stream directly.
- **File** - Create a Source from a .ts file on a Broadcaster
- **SRT** - Receive stream via SRT protocol
- **RIST** - Receive stream via RIST protocol
- **NDI** - Receive an NDI stream in the local network and encode it for transmission
- **RTMP** - Receive stream via RTMP protocol
- **HLS** - Receive stream via HLS protocol
- **Demux** - Create a Demux Source on a Broadcaster
- **Multiviewer** - Collection of selected sources in a grid
- **MPTS Multiplex** - Create an MPTS Multiplex Source on a Broadcaster
- **SPTS Multiplex** - Create an SPTS Multiplex Source on a Broadcaster