Standalone VGA Grid User Guide
Standalone VGA Grid Overview
Standalone VGA Grid Overview
Epiphan's VGA Grid allows you to capture, stream, and record audio and video from a large number of VGA,
DVI, HDMI, composite and component sources. It supports streaming to a large number of viewers using
industry-standard codecs such as H.264 and MPEG-TS. Supporting resolutions between 640×480 and
2048×2048, the VGA Grid is suitable for a broad range of applications.
This versatile system has a variety of options enabling you to create and configure any number of streaming
channels. You can choose to stream (or record) a single channel at once or a configuration of synchronized
channels with picture-in-picture or picture-with-picture multiplexing selections.
The VGA Grid comes in two styles to meet your needs: Networked and Standalone. The
Standalone VGA
Grid
captures video and audio through internal cards. Depending on the model, it has 4 or 6 DVI source ports,
4 or 6 SDI source ports and 4 or 6 S-Video source ports. The latest hardware models (with SDI capture) also
support HDMI and SDI audio capture. Encoding and synchronization of the stream is done locally on the
Standalone VGA Grid. The
Networked VGA Grid
has no internal capture cards, instead it uses VGA Grid HD
Encoders to capture and encode sources, sending the already encoded stream to the VGA Grid. Using external
encoders means the VGA Grid has less stress on its CPU so it can handle a greater number of inputs.
HDMI audio capture and SDI video capture are not supported with Networked VGA Grid systems.
AV inputs
The latest hardware revision of Standalone VGA Grid supports the following AV inputs directly. Nearly every
other AV input is supported provided you have the correct converter or adapter.
This document covers the
Standalone VGA Grid
.
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