VBrick Systems StreamPlayer v4.4, User Manual

Page 1: ...StreamPlayer v4 4 User Guide January 25 2007 4410 0003 0005 VBrick StreamPlayer ...

Page 2: ...can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at their own expense This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of th...

Page 3: ...Stream 5 Password Protection 6 MPEG 4 Hinting 6 Disk Storage Requirements 8 4 Play Edit Saved Files Playing Saved Files 9 Playing Batch Files 9 Edit FTP 9 Editing Files 10 Moving Files via FTP 10 5 Preferences Setting Preferences 13 General 13 Custom Columns 14 MPEG 4 15 Categories 16 Program Announcements 16 6 Windows Media Player Windows Media Player Options 17 File Options 18 View Options 19 Pl...

Page 4: ...iv Contents 7 Capture Driver Overview 21 Installing Capture Driver 21 Verifying Installation 22 Using a Captured Stream 23 ...

Page 5: ...view of the StreamPlayer user interface Play explains how to launch a video stream using StreamPlayer Record Explains how to record live video streams StreamPlayer Plus only Play Edit Saved Files Explains how to play and edit video streams StreamPlayer Plus only Preferences explains how to set preferences for standard StreamPlayer functions Windows Media Player explains how to Windows Media Player...

Page 6: ...vi Preface T To save or print a PDF document 1 Click once to open the PDF document in Acrobat Reader 2 On the Acrobat Reader toolbar click Save or Print ...

Page 7: ...you run StreamPlayer Plus you will not see this message again T To launch StreamPlayer 1 Go to Start Programs VBrick StreamPlayer Plus The StreamPlayer interface is easy to navigate The following functions are available from the interface Play Selecting a video in the Program Info and then pressing the Play button plays the video Double clicking a video from the list in the Program Info window als...

Page 8: ...files and FTP video files Help Launch the online help system Minimize or close the application Preferences The Preferences button allows the user to modify the StreamPlayer default settings IP Address IP address of selected stream Port Port number of selected stream Version Plays License Required StreamPlayer WM WM MPEG 1 No StreamPlayer WM MPEG 1 MPEG 4 Yes Installs automatically StreamPlayer wit...

Page 9: ...the entry in the Program Info window and press the Play button To play an MPEG 1 or MPEG 2 unicast stream or a multicast stream that does not appear on the Program Guide enter the IP Address of the VBrick and Port number in StreamPlayer and press Play To play an RTSP stream enter an RTSP address in the IP Address field and select Play To play a Windows Media stream enter an HTTP or RTSPU URL in th...

Page 10: ...occur if your player is set to Work Offline T To force the player to always assume that the player is connected to a network 1 Go to Tools Options 2 On the Player tab under Player settings check the Connect to the Internet check box See the following URL for more information http support microsoft com default aspx scid kb EN US 838101 ...

Page 11: ...protected streams if you know the password When attempting to record a stream that has been password protected you will be prompted to enter the configured password There are circumstances where you will not be able to record streams For example recording is not permitted when the application is unlicensed and running in demo mode Recording can also be restricted or entirely disabled by an adminis...

Page 12: ...layer prompts the user for a password MPEG 4 Hinting If the stream is MPEG 4 the Hint for live streaming box will be selectable For other MPEG and Windows Media types this box will not be visible Hinted files contain reorganized data that facilitates streaming over the network If the Hint for Live Streaming box is checked StreamPlayer Plus embeds certain information within the files making it easi...

Page 13: ... to a remote Video on Demand server or VBStar VBStar supports Batch Mode allowing the automatic reassembly and streaming of multiple MPEG 2 video files An error results if an attempt is made to edit or FTP multiple saved files that were not created as in the same batch recording Selecting Batch requires that other parameters be specified in order to prevent filling the storage device Batch Duratio...

Page 14: ...unt of disk storage required depends on the bit rate and the recording time A rough rule is to allow 1 GB per hour for MPEG 1 2 5 GB per hour for MPEG 2 and 500 MB per hour for MPEG 4 System StreamRate Bits sec System StreamRate Bytes sec StorageRequired per Sec Kbytes StorageRequired per Min Mbytes Storage Required per Hour Mbytes 1 200 000 150 000 150 9 540 1 800 000 225 000 225 14 810 2 000 000...

Page 15: ...ble to play either a single recording or batch files If there are multiple batch files recorded during the same batch record session or if the batch files recorded during different sessions are the same type and were recorded at the same bit rate they can be seamlessly viewed by holding down the shift key To select non contiguous files select each file with the right mouse button while holding dow...

Page 16: ...the clip will start 3 Select End Transmit and move the slider to where the clip will end Note The Start and End times are displayed as well as the duration of the clip The Clip Editor displays an error if the times are entered incorrectly such as the start time after the end time or vice versa 4 To play the new clip press the Play button Keep creating clips until the one that s played is satisfact...

Page 17: ...file to transfer The default is the current file Start Stop Bytes If a start and stop position have been selected in the Archive Viewer this is the starting and ending position in bytes that will constitute the file to be transferred In other words the edit can be FTPed without saving it locally Save to Remote File Name The full path name where the file will be located on the FTP server Remote Add...

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Page 19: ...Above Normal Highest or Critical for MPEG 1 MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 decoding If performance problems are experienced with either video playback or recording set Resource Allocation to a higher level The defaults are MPEG 1 normal MPEG 2 highest and MPEG 4 above normal Closed Captions This selection enables or disables closed captions and determines how they will be displayed Enabling Closed Captions in ...

Page 20: ...on two simultaneous players on the same PC Columns The default is for Program Name only to be displayed in the Program Info area To view other available information select the Custom Columns Tab Other possible selections include IP Address Port Source IP etc Use the Column buttons on the Settings Box to add or remove columns The display order can be changed using the Sort By buttons Filters Filter...

Page 21: ...s the PC has a 2 0 GHz or higher processor On lower end machines enabling Deringing and Deblocking may degrade video quality Enable Deringing Corrects for certain motion artifacts Deblocking Smooths the video frame by smoothing artifacts inherent to the digital compression process MPEG 4 RTSP Streams StreamPlayer Plus can receive MPEG 4 streams via several methods in order of efficiency UDP RTSP I...

Page 22: ... streams that are transmitted from the VBrick with the same Announcement SAP category entry as well as streams not sent with a Category For more information about categories see the StreamPlayer Administrator Guide Program Announcements The addresses on this window apply to all appliances They are rarely changed and should not be modified unless specifically instructed to by VBrick Systems or by a...

Page 23: ...re also in different menu locations on different versions of the player Some Media Player Options relevant to StreamPlayer Plus are shown on the File View and Play menus Windows Media Player Options Once a stream is launched with Windows Media Player some Windows Media Player options can be utilized Only some Media Player options are specifically included in the operation of StreamPlayer The Windo...

Page 24: ...Launch Windows Media Player 2 Select File Open URL 3 Enter vbricksys ip address port number replace the address and port number with the IP address and port of the stream 4 Enter OK to play the stream Note This method does not provide the display of the Program Title Author or Copyright information 5 If there are several NICs installed on the PC the interface that StreamPlayer Plus uses can be spe...

Page 25: ...indows Media Player Captions are located under Now Playing Options Full Mode Shows player in standard consumer mode Skin Mode Shows player in selected skin for example Corporate Full Mode Options Controls the appearance of menu and task bars Now Playing Options Show hide title playlist etc Statistics Displays frame rate selected and actual Statistics does not display the selected and actual frame ...

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Page 27: ...uding AVI DV etc and edited directly using a familiar editing tool Video can also be re encoded from MPEG format to other formats that might be more suitable for the application Overview Once installed it appears in the Window s Multimedia Control Panel like a physical capture card Any video application that allows the selection of an installed audio video device will provide VBrick as a choice fo...

Page 28: ...ing with a lic extension is distributed on the Product CD or by email Press Yes to install the license file Browse to the location of the License File and select it then select Open or double click on the file name The Capture Driver will be installed on your system Verifying Installation T To verify installation 1 Go to Control Panel in XP from the Start button choose Control Panel 2 Select Syste...

Page 29: ...k on Audio Devices The Audio for VBrick Video Capture will display The General tab reports Device Status Using a Captured Stream T To use Capture Driver 1 Open the third party software for which you want to capture video or audio 2 When prompted for the input device for the capture select VBrick Video Capture and or Audio for VBrick Video Capture The Capture Driver will capture the VBrick stream a...

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