Pearl-2 User Guide
About automatic channels Auto A and Auto B
Layout example
Description
One 4x3 video source in a 16x9 frame with
a green background matte.
To get this look
: From the Encoding page
for the channel, make sure that the 16x9
frame size is selected. Then using the
custom layout editor, select a background
color. Add a video source to the layout and
stretch to the full height of the screen,
leaving the background matte visible.
One 4x3 video source and a cropped 16x9
video source together with a background
image. Make sure the background image
has the correct aspect ratio.
To get this look:
Upload your background
image (you can do this from the Media
page or the Layouts page for the channel).
Follow the steps from the first 4x3 example
to add the video sources, then use the
Crop
tool to crop the second source to a square
aspect ratio.
About automatic channels Auto A and Auto B
To get you started as quickly as possible, Pearl-2 comes pre-configured with two automatic channels called
Auto A and Auto B. Simply plug a source into one of the "A" inputs and a second source into one of the "B"
inputs. Pearl-2 automatically configures the channel's frame size to match the source resolution and
configures a frame rate and bitrate. The detected video source's audio is also automatically added to the
channel.
Embedded audio from a DVI source that is connected to the HDMI input using an adapter is not
detected on automatic channels. You must manually add the audio to the channel's layout using
the custom layout editor.
You can start viewing the automatic channel immediately on the touch screen or using a web browser on the
same local network as Pearl-2. Browse to the following URL:
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