ZEC Adding TS over HTTP (Pull) Streams

in this mode, zec pulls a transport stream over tcp from an http server in this case, the stream is initiated by your zec to add a ts over http (pull) stream in the zec navigation menu, click the inputs tab in the menu bar, click + new input the add a new input stream window is displayed enter the unique stream id note this must be identical (case sensitive) to the stream name configured in the sending zixi broadcaster or mediaconnect select the maximum concurrent connections to this stream from the max outputs drop down list default unlimited select the show in matrix check box to display this stream in the matrix (see zec using the matrix docid\ ofxethpsuo9eimqpwfzea ) default selected select ts over http for the input stream in the type field, select pull (ts over http) ts over http pull input specify the stream parameters (see the input stream parameters table docid\ xw8hb3bykl04q7u8muoph below) if you want to enable encryption , select this checkbox (see input stream parameters table docid\ xw8hb3bykl04q7u8muoph ) for more information, see zec encrypting an input stream docid\ qern0zffbaztl vrw4rn if you want to configure the recording parameters , specify them in the respective fields (see input stream parameters table docid\ xw8hb3bykl04q7u8muoph ) click ok the “input added” message appears at the top of the screen the ts over http stream is added to zec and now appears in the list of streams available in the zec inputs ui input stream parameters table parameter description stream parameters ts url enter the url of the transport stream smoothing the smoothing feature uses a buffer to time packets according to the stream's clock this is useful when there are bursts in the rate at which the stream arrives the smoothing feature creates a queue in the buffer, allowing smoother entry into the broadcaster the smoothing parameter defines the size of the buffer in milliseconds a larger buffer enables smoother entry however, it may influence the latency rate enable encryption select this checkbox to encrypt the input stream the stream encryption prevents any further processing, such as analysis, transcoding, etc the encryption works in the following way if the stream has been encrypted at the source the stream will remain encrypted regardless of the output type zec can only encrypt the stream after it has been decrypted if the stream is being encrypted by the zec it will be encrypted only if the output is a zixi pull or zixi push output all other outputs will send out an unencrypted stream for more information, see zec encrypting an input stream docid\ qern0zffbaztl vrw4rn encryption type (for encryption enabled) specify the type of encryption (aes 128/192/256) encryption key (for encryption enabled) click generate to generate an encryption key the generated encryption key must be sent to the end user to decipher the received encoded stream recording parameters select this checkbox to customize the recording parameters destination type select the radio button for the desired storage type and then fill in the relevant parameters record to disk – the recording is saved on the local disk it is possible to record to an external destination by replacing the default storage location with a symbolic link to learn more, see the zec using an external storage docid\ va00gdlmr u7oiykgklnx section record to s3 – the file is saved to your aws s3 bucket record to disk file name template specify the file name pattern that zixi will use to generate when saving the recorded content a separate file will be generated for each recording up to the time specified in the max recorded file duration parameter (see above) after this duration, a new file will be generated the file name pattern can include any string and up to five variables listed below only the %t=hh mm ss creation time is mandatory you can change the order of these variables and add text as long as you maintain the legitimate structure of the file in linux and windows %s=stream id optional %y=year optional %m=month optional %d=day optional %t=hh mm ss creation time mandatory %u=yyyymmddthhmmssz utc timestamp – optional for example, the following pattern %y recording%t ts will generate the following file name 2022 recording15 32 35 ts max recorded file duration \[hours] specify the maximum time allotted for recording a video stream default 2 hours keep recorded files for \[hours] specify the maximum time for storing the recording default 0 hours custom path optionally specify a storage location for the recorded files that is relative to the root folder this location bypasses the location specified as the root folder in the settings > general screen record to s3 file name template specify the file name pattern that zixi will use to generate when saving the recorded content a separate file will be generated for each recording up to the time specified in the max recorded file duration parameter (see above) after this duration, a new file will be generated the file name pattern can include any string and up to five variables listed below only the %t=hh mm ss creation time is mandatory you can change the order of these variables and add text as long as you maintain the legitimate structure of the file in linux and windows %s=stream id optional %y=year optional %m=month optional %d=day optional %t=hh mm ss creation time mandatory %u=yyyymmddthhmmssz utc timestamp – optional for example, the following pattern %y recording%t ts will generate the following file name 2022 recording15 32 35 ts max recorded file duration \[hours] specify the maximum time allotted for recording a video stream default 2 hours url specify the url of the s3 bucket ignore tls certificate errors tls certificate for s3 bucket might be detected as faulty if bucket name contains dot\[s] when this option is selected, zec will ignore the tls certificate errors and transmit the stream to its destination access key the access key that is used for accessing the s3 bucket secret key the secret key that is used for accessing the s3 bucket