Outputs Config

Fields

Description

Label

Name for the created encoder/mosaic.

Device

Monitoring device name. Click on the Start/Stop button to start/stop encoder on the desired MCM device.

IP Address

Output stream IP address configured under Stream Configuration.

Port

Output stream port configured under Stream Configuration.

Network

Output stream network interface configured under Stream Configuration.

Fields

Description

Common

Label

Encoder name for the created mosaic.

Device

MCM9000 device the encoder is started.

Audio Agent

Select an Audio Alarm Agent for this encoder, configured in the notifications configurations.

**MCS version 1.1 onwards please refer to Miscellaneous tab for Audio settings.

Show Alarms

When enabled, it displays alarms on the output mosaic.

**MCS version 1.1 onwards this field is under Miscellaneous tab for Audio settings.

Display on Input Loss

Select the behavior on Input loss that needs to be displayed on the mosaic from the dropdown list (Icon, Dark Freeze + Icon, Freeze + Icon, or Freeze). For example, if the channel is down, the mosaic displays a Freeze + Icon.

**MCS version 1.1 onwards this field is under Miscellaneous tab for Audio settings.

Audio Display Mode

Select the desired audio meter display standard (PPM or EBU).

**MCS version 1.1 onwards this field is under Miscellaneous tab for Audio settings.

Video Format & Compression

Frame Rate

Frame rate reduction mode for low bandwidth transmission. Note: when the mosaic frame rate is reduced to less than standard, the layout cycle feature is disabled.

Resolution

Specifies the output mosaic resolution for compressed sources; the chosen resolution should match the layout resolution.

Interlacing

When enabled, it is interlaced. Else, progressive.

*Relevant for compressed sources. For uncompressed, please choose from the dropdown in "SDI over IP format".

Compression (MPEG2/H.264/H.265)

Deblocking

Deblocking toggle switch; relevant for H.264 only.

Downscale 4K

When enabled, it downscales 4K resolution to 1080.

For example, for a higher frame rate (e.g., 50fps) and 4K resolution (e.g., 3840x2160), one can choose to downscale 4K to 1080 resolution by checking this box.

Downrate 50/60 fps

When enabled, it downrates the higher frame rate to half of the specified rate.

For example, for a higher frame rate (e.g., 50fps) and 4K resolution (e.g., 3840x2160), one can choose to downrate the frame rate to 25fps by checking this box.

Codec Type

Mosaic stream codec type for compressed sources. (Mpeg2, H.264, H.265 LQ, H.265 HQ, H.264 HQ).

*Please refer to the appendix Output Stream Specifications for the supported types.

H.265 Latency Mode

*MCS Version 1.1.3 onwards compitible with MCM9000 6.3.4 supports low latency mode.

Low latency mode (Low, Regular, Ultra Low) is supported for SRT/Zixi.

GOP Size

Encoded stream max GOP size: 24 or 50.

GOP Mode

Select the GOP size mode (Static or Dynamic).

Static: Constant; configured GOP size is fixed.
Dynamic: Non-constant; configured GOP size is the max value.

VBV Limit

Specify the value in Mbps or use auto settings (auto settings are highly recommended).

Video Bitrate

Specify the encoded mosaic bitrate; range: 0.5 to 30 (in Mbps).

Compression (JpegXS)

Video Bitrate

In automatic mode, 300Mbps for HD (60 frames)

150Mbps (25 and 30 frames)

For UHD 600Mbps for lower bit rate and 1.2 Giga bit for high frame rate.

Interlaced works only on 25fps.

Packaging (Relevant for OTT/HLS streams)

MIN Chunk Length

Specifies the minimum chuck length (in sec) considering latency.

Number of Chunks

Specifies the number of chunks in the playlist considering latency.
For example, if OTT Min chuck length is 1sec and OTT Number of Chunks is 3. The latency would be 1*3 (sec).

Index Generation Interval

When checked, specify the duration (0-120 min) of the HLS output stream that can be saved on an external FTP server.

**From MCS 1.1.2 version compatible with MCM9000 version 6.3.3 onwards default "HLS Index" duration value is 1 min.

Muxing (Relevant for TS )

Program Number

The mosaic service ID.

Transport Stream ID

TS ID for the PAT/SDT tables.

PMT PID

Specify Program Mapping Table PID.

Video PID

Specify video stream PID.

Transport Mode

Transport protocol; options differ according to license type: TS/UDP, TS/RTP.

NULL Padding

Null padding toggle switch. When disabled, the stream will not contain any NULL packets (PID 8191).

TS Packets Per MTU

Specify the number of TS packets per IP Packet.

MPEG-TS has a Main and Backup stream configuration with the below fields. 

Enabled

When checked, it enables the MPEG-TS stream.

Network

Network interface ID.

IP Address

MC (multicast)/UC (unicast) IP address of the mosaic stream.

Port

Port number of the mosaic stream.

TTL

Time to live settings for network multicast.

Format

The following standards are available for uncompressed sources.

• HD-SDI is a high-definition serial digital interface (HD-SDI) and is standardized in SMPTE 292M; this provides a nominal data rate of 1.485 Gbit/s. Example video format: 720p, 1080i.

• 3G-SDI (standardized in SMPTE 424M) consists of a single 2.970 Gbit/s serial link that allows replacing dual-link HD-SDI. Example video format: 1080p60

• Quad Split (interlaced)

• Quad Split (progressive)

• 2SI (interlaced)

• 2SI (progressive)

• 6G/12G-SDI 6G-SDI is standard SMPTE ST 2081, with a data rate of 6 Gbit/s. Example video format: 1080p120, 2160p30. 12G-SDI is standard SMPTE ST 2082, with a data rate of 12 Gbit/s. Example video format: 2160p60.

Latency Settings

Select the latency settings from the dropdown. The default is Regular (5).

Payload Type

Specify the Audio/Video Payload type ID (range 96-127).

Uncompressed (2110, 2022) has a Main and Backup stream configuration with the below fields. 

Enabled

When checked, it enables the main Uncompressed stream.

Network

Network interface ID.

IP Address

MC (multicast)/UC (unicast) IP address of the mosaic stream.

Port

Port number of the mosaic stream.

TTL

Time to live settings for network multicast.

Latency Settings

Select the latency settings from the dropdown. The default is Regular (5).

TR-08 and TR-07 has a Main and Backup stream configuration with the below fields. 

Enabled

When checked, it enables the main Uncompressed stream.

Network

Network interface ID.

IP Address

MC (multicast)/UC (unicast) IP address of the mosaic stream.

Port

Port number of the mosaic stream.

TTL

Time to live settings for network multicast.

Content type

CDI content type (2110-20 or TR-08).

Interlaced Format

Select the interlaced format as Frame and Field.

Latency Settings

Select the latency settings from the dropdown. The default is Regular (5).

Networks

Enabled

When checked, it enables the main Uncompressed stream.

Network

Network interface ID.

Publish Url

Specify the CDI publish point URL. For example, cdi://1.2.3.4:3000

Enabled

When checked, it enables the main Uncompressed stream.

Network

Network interface ID.

Publish Url

Specify the HLS (FTP, S3 or http) publish point URL for the HLS output stream to be saved.

**MCS version 1.1.4 compitabile with MCM9000 Verion 6.3.10 onwards the HLS publish point URL can be specified in 3 modes,

1. “naming_by_id” is the same as not specifying anything and works as before (serial+encoder id).
    For example, ftp://user:password@10.0.0.111/mcm?naming_by_id

2. ”naming_by_uuid” uses the encoder uuid (names are “enc_uuid....”).
    For example, ftp://user:password@10.0.0.111/mcm?naming_by_uuid
   ”naming=xxxx” is a custom name (the files/folders will be “enc_xxxx….”).
    For example, ftp://user:password@10.0.0.111/mcm?naming=testing

The above is also applicable for FTP/HTTP/S3.

Enabled

When checked, it enables the main Zixi / SRT stream.

Network

Network interface ID.

Publish Url

Specify the Zixi / SRT publish point URL. 

*A valid SRT publish point: srt://<IP>:<port>/StreamName?mode=listener&maxconn=4&passphrase=secret 

Enabled

When checked, it enables the main Zixi / SRT stream.

Network

Network interface ID.

Publish Url

Specify the NDI publish point URL.

**The basic scanning URL is “ndi://” - this will detect all the NDI sources that are available to be received from the sender. You can also use “ndi://{{ip_address}}/” or “ndi://{{device_name}}/”

Layout Cycle 

Layout Cycle Interval

The output mosaic stream can cycle between multiple layouts (see Layouts).

When enabled, specify the interval (in sec) to cycle between the selected Layouts under Available Layouts.

Available Layouts 

Label

Layout Name.

Type

Layout Type.

Resolution

Layout resolution.

Enabled

When enabled, the Layout is active.

If you enable and specify the Layout Cycle Interval, more than one active Layout can be enabled in a round-robin fashion.

#

Number of audio available.

Channel

Select the channel from the dropdown list.

Input Index

Audio index in the range of 1 - 24.

Input PID

Source audio PID.

Mode

Select the mode as Transcodes or Passthrough.

Please note that the Passthrough option is not applicable for bridged sources. For bridged sources, the audio will always be Transcoded even if the Passthrough setting is chosen.

Output PID

Output PID.

Show Alarms

When enabled, it displays alarms on the output mosaic.

Display on Input Loss

Select the behavior on Input loss that needs to be displayed on the mosaic from the dropdown list (Icon, Dark Freeze + Icon, Freeze + Icon, or Freeze). For example, if the channel is down, the mosaic displays a Freeze + Icon.

Audio Display Mode

Select the desired audio meter display standard (PPM or EBU).

Output Clock Offset

Clock offset adjust clocks on mosaic. It range between 0 to 3600 sec.

Output Audio Mapping 

Alarm Duration

Specifies the alarm duration (in seconds); if Permanent is checked, the alarm will be active as long as the event is active.

Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, Notice, Info - All these severities have two options

Enable

Initally all the buttons are disabled. Click on enable to enable the Critical first and then the rest will be enabled.

File

Select the audio file from the dropdown list. You can choose the default or the audio file uploaded to MCS through Management → MCM Files.