User Guide
Technical Department
SAPEC
May 2011
INDEX
1.
LOG ......................................................................................................................................... 3
2.
OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................. 4
3.
4.
XVE ................................................................................................................................. 5
XVD ................................................................................................................................ 7
XHE ................................................................................................................................ 9
XHD .............................................................................................................................. 11
6.
7.
8.
8.1.3
8.1.4
Options window...................................................................................................... 24
8.1.5
Licencia ........................................................................................................................................... 29
8.1.6
Authentication .................................................................................................................................. 30
Password......................................................................................................................................... 30
8.2
MODULES: XVE / XHE ENCODERS CONFIGURATION ........................................................ 31
8.2.1 Input ......................................................................................................................... 31
8.2.2 Output ....................................................................................................................... 32
IP ..................................................................................................................................................... 32
ASI................................................................................................................................................... 34
PSI................................................................................................................................................... 35
8.2.3
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8.3.2
8.3.3
1.
Output ....................................................................................................................... 47
Service ..................................................................................................................... 48
LOG
Version
Revision
Date
Comments
Signature
1.0
Feb 08
Document creation
1.1
Dic 08
2.0
Sep 09
AND
2.1
Nov 09
November release
AND
2.30
Abr 10
AND
2.60
Sept 10
AND
2.65
Jan 11
AND
3.0
May 11
AND
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2.
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OVERVIEW
XAVIC is a series of video (MPEG2 / H.264) and audio (MPEG1-II / AAC / Dolby Digital / Dolby E)
encoders and decoders designed by SAPEC for the transmission of TV signals via DVB and IP
networks.
The XAVIC system is based on separate 1RU 19 rack-mounted encoders and decoders. Each
device supports:
1 video channel.
Up to 8 audio channels.
XAVIC leverages the latest technological breakthroughs for the compression of MPEG-2 and
H.264 signals, ensuring a high integration level and minimum encoding delay. The system allows
to work with the MP@ML, MP@HL, 422P@ML and 422P@HL profiles for MPEG-2 and MP@L3,
HP@L3, MP@L4 and HP@L4 profiles for H.264, thus enabling the user to choose the
compression ratio and link data rate both for the audio and the video channels.
The XAVIC configuration procedures can be carried out by the user from a standard Web
browser (Internet Explorer or similar).
XAVIC supports multiple applications in different areas:
The XAVIC series includes encoding and decoding devices for different video input/output
formats (standard and high-definition) and encoding/decoding algorithms (H-264 and MPEG-2).
The following models are available for SD or HD video applications.
Standard Definition:
o
o
High definition:
o
o
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3.
3.1
XVE
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1 x BNC
SDI (SMPTE 259M): 625/25Hz, 525/29.97Hz
1 x BNC
1 x BNC
4 stereo pairs
Video processing
VBI (only for XHE1010 and XHE4010)
Prefiltering:
Video encoding
Standard:
Profile / Level:
Characteristics:
Aspect ratio:
Encoding resolutions:
WSS, AFD
MCTF (Temporal denoiser).
Spatial denoiser.
Frequency denoiser.
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Audio encoding
Audio formats:
Encoding Bit-Rates:
Outputs
ASI
Number of outputs:
Encapsulation
Return Loss
Max. cable length:
Ethernet
Number of outputs:
Interface:
Encapsulation:
System management
Web browser
Power
Type:
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1 x BNC
188 byte TS
> 15 dB
300m
2xRJ-45
2 x Gigabit 10/100/1000 Mbps
TS over IP: UDP (Multicast / Unicast)
TS over IP: RTP with COP3 FEC (Multicast / Unicast)
(SMPTE 2022)
Integrated web server
Typical consumption:
AC module voltage:
DC module voltage:
Overating temperature
Physical
Dimensions: (WxHxD) (cm)
Weight:
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3.2
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XVD
1 x BNC
SDI (SMPTE 259M): 625/25Hz, 525/29.97Hz
1 x BNC
1 x BNC
Blackburst in SD
Audio ouput
SDI Embedded
Number of outputs:
4 stereo pairs
Aspect ratio:
Decoding resolutions:
Audio decoding
Audio formats:
Decoding Bit-Rates:
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Inputs
ASI
Number of inputs:
Encapsulation:
Return Loss
Max. cable length:
Ethernet
Number of inputs:
Interface:
Encapsulation:
System management
Web browser
Power
Type:
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1 x BNC
188 byte TS
> 15 dB
300m
2xRJ-45
2 x Gigabit 10/100/1000 Mbps
TS over IP: UDP (Multicast / Unicast)
TS over IP: RTP with COP3 FEC (Multicast / Unicast)
(SMPTE 2022)
Typical consumption:
AC module voltage:
DC module voltage:
Overating temperature
Physical
Dimensions: (WxHxD) (cm)
Weight:
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3.3
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XHE
4 stereo pairs
Video encoding
Standard:
Profile / Level:
Characteristics:
Aspect ratio:
Encoding resolutions:
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Audio encoding
Audio formats:
Encoding Bit-Rates:
Outputs
ASI
Number of outputs:
Encapsulation
Return Loss
Max. cable length:
Ethernet
Number of outputs:
Interface:
Encapsulation:
System management
Web browser
Power
Type:
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1 x BNC
188 byte TS
> 15 dB
300m
2xRJ-45
2 x Gigabit 10/100/1000 Mbps
TS over IP: UDP (Multicast / Unicast)
TS over IP: RTP with COP3 FEC (Multicast / Unicast)
(SMPTE 2022)
Integrated web server
Typical consumption:
AC module voltage:
DC module voltage:
Overating temperature
Physical
Dimensions: (WxHxD) (cm)
Weight:
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3.4
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XHD
1 x BNC
HD-SDI (SMPTE 292M): 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60, 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60
SDI (SMPTE 259M): 625/25Hz, 525/29.97Hz
Audio ouput
SDI Embedded
Number of outputs:
1 x BNC
1 x BNC
Blackburst in SD and 1080i50, 720p50, 1080i59.94, 720p59.94 HD
TriSync in all HD formats.
4 stereo pairs
Aspect ratio:
Decoding resolutions:
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Audio decoding
Audio formats:
Decoding Bit-Rates:
Inputs
ASI
Number of inputs:
Encapsulation:
Return Loss
Max. cable length:
Ethernet
Number of inputs:
Interface:
Encapsulation:
System management
Web browser
Power
Type:
Typical consumption:
AC module voltage:
DC module voltage:
Overating temperature
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1 x BNC
188 byte TS
> 15 dB
300m
2xRJ-45
2 x Gigabit 10/100/1000 Mbps
TS over IP: UDP (Multicast / Unicast)
TS over IP: RTP with COP3 FEC (Multicast / Unicast)
(SMPTE 2022)
Physical
Dimensions: (WxHxD) (cm)
Weight:
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4.
HARDWARE OVERVIEW
4.1
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4.2
The audio interfaces can be analog or digital (Embedded or AES/EBU), depending on the model
purchased.
AES/EBU Audio
The AES/EBU digital audio interfaces are made with BNC connectors (AES-3id).
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Figure 1.
4.3
Pinout for the male SUB-D9 connector needed for the analog audio
input/output
DVB-ASI: Output (encoder) and input (decoder) compliant to the DVB/ASI-C standard
- Physical interface: DVB/ASI-C
- Connector: BNC 75 Ohm
- Bit Rate: 0214 Mbps
- Max Jitter: 0.7 ns p-p
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4.3.2 IP interfaces.
This block enables to adapt the transport stream to IP networks via an Ethernet 1000BT interface.
The device has 2 Ethernet 10/100/1000 BT network interfaces.
Unicast and Multicast (IGMPv2) transmission/reception is supported.
In this version, UDP and RTP protocols are both supported. For RTP transmissions, the
equipment has a redundancy generation module (for encoders) and an error correction module
(for decoders) following the FEC (Forward Error Correction) recommendation specified by MPEG
in the SMPTE 2022 document.
4.4
Power Supply.
Power supply will dependo on the model of equipment but, in general, it will have two modules
(AC+AC, DC+DC o AC+DC).
Alternating Current modules work with 100-240 VAC (50-60 Hz).
Direct Current modules work with 40-60 VDC.
Every XAVIC equipment consumes 220 w maximum.
Each one of the power supplies has a LED located on the back of the equipment that lets the
user know its status:
Figure 2.
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5.
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If the decoder is synched, it will show the output signal video mode and the name of the Service it
is decoding. If it is not synched, the display will show the input interface it is expecting a transport
stream to come (Ethernet or ASI) with the Not Locked! message bellow:
The user can see the IP addresses for each of the Ethernet interfaces pressing theup arrow:
Pressing the green button (check) the user can get to the Main Menu. With the arrow buttons,
he can navigate to modify the Ethernet interfaces parameters (DHCP or manual IP address,
netmask and gateway). The menu map is like this:
Main Menu
> Ethernet
> Ethernet 1
> [Enable]/[Disable]
> [X.X.X.X]
> [X.X.X.X]
> [X.X.X.X]
> Ethernet 2
> [Enable]/[Disable]
> [X.X.X.X]
> [X.X.X.X]
> [X.X.X.X]
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HDSDI IN
ASI IN
VAC AUX
VAC
ASI OUT
ANALOG AUDIO IN
CH1-CH2 / CH3-CH4
CVBS IN
CVBS MON
HDSDI MON
AES EBU IN
GENLOCK IN
LOOP ASI
VAC AUX
VAC
ASI IN
ANALOG AUDIO IN
CH1-CH2 / CH3-CH4
HDSDI OUT
CVBS OUT
HDSDI MON
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EQUIPMENT COMMISSIONING
After wiring the equipment, it can be switched on from the front panel.
ON
Figure 7.
OFF
If the device is connected to the network through an Ethernet port, it will be reachable from a Web
browser. Using Microsoft Internet Explorer is recommended, as the management pages are
optimized for this browser.
To access the equipment, you first need to know its IP address. The configured IP address is
shown in the devices display. The IP interfaces of the device may be configured in DHCP mode,
in which case you will need a DHCP server reachable from the network so as to allow the XAVIC
to obtain an IP address.
When you log into the device from a web browser, the following page will be displayed (if security
is active)
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The equipment has two predefined and fixed user IDs: administrator (Administrador) and operator
(Operator). The administrator has full access to all the configuration screens of the device, and is
allowed to carry out any change, while the operator has no access to the security window,
although is allowed to display any of the other configuration window, but not to make any change.
The default user names and passwords (passwords can be changed later) for both users are
detailed below:
Password:
xavicsapec
Password:
xavicsapec
Then, once the user is successfully logged in, or if security is not enabled, the primary screen of
the control application will be displayed in the System Status window.
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8.
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The home page of the XAVIC series is split into two separate windows, located at the left side of
the screen:
System Options. Status and configuration of the different settings that apply to every
device of this series.
Modules. This section allows to set the specific settings of the device model (XHE, XHD,
XVE, XVD) being configured.
8.1
The general configuration and status windows for all the devices of the XAVIC series are
described below.
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If any alarm is active in the device, it will be listed in the System Status window.
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Information Alarms: These alarms report the state of the device, or any changes in the
configuration.
Warning Alarm: These alarms report events that may affect the system but do not lead
to service disruption, or events that were manually triggered by the user.
Critical Alarm: These alarms report conditions that involve service disruption.
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Options: SNMP
This tab allows to set the SNMP managers (Simple Network Management Protocol managers)
that will supervise the alarms sent by the XAVIC device. It can be done just setting their IP
address and the SNMP community which it belongs to.
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Options: Time
To change time and date on the equipment, the user will have to set the values and click on the
Update button. A NTP (Network Time Protocol) IP address can be set as well so the device can
take date and time from it and do the update automatically.
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Options: Identification
This tab allows giving the equipment a name and a description to better indentify it on the web
browser, as it will be displayed on the top bar instead of the IP address.
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Licencia
On the same Version section, we have a License tab, from which it is posible to load the
purchased license codes in order to activate the specifications on contract.
To do that, the operator must only paste the code provided by SAPEC on the textbox and click
Upload.
The license code is a 40 hexadecimal characters set separated on five eight-char groups, by
dashes.
If a license is already installed, this window will show the license number (it has been deleted in
the image bellow), as well as the features supported by the equipment. The user can see the not
supported ones in red, which can be enabled by purchasing another license from SAPEC
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8.2
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The Modules window of the main screen shows the specific device you are connected to
(Encoder/Decoder). If you select this module, the configuration window will appear on the right
side.
This window is divided into four separate tabs, corresponding to the Input, Output, Encoding and
Advance configuration windows.
8.2.1 Input
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8.2.2 Output
This window enables you to select the parameters of the encoder outputs. XAVIC encoders have
one DVB-ASI output and two Ethernet interfaces. Both output types, ASI and Ethernet, can work
in parallel. In fact, the ASI output is always enabled, while the IP output can be enabled or
disabled.
Inside the Output tab, there are three more submenus labeled as IP, ASI and PSI.
IP
Encapsulation format for the transport stream on its IP Output. You can choose between
UDP and RTP on the combo box.
FEC Matrix dimension, if the encoder is working on RTP. The MPEG document with the
recommendation for the FEC algorithm sets these limits:
o rows x columns 100
o 1 columns 20
o 4 rows 20
FEC streams to send (1D or 2D, that is, columns or rows and columns).
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Then, you can modify some options for each one of the two available streams, Streaming 0 and
Streaming 1.
-
Active/Inactive.
IP. Destination address where the stream is sent to. IP streaming can be sent to a
multicast or unicast address. When choosing multicast, the IGMPv2 protocol will be
automatically used to subscribe a multicast group.
Port. The user can also select the Ethernet port to send the stream through.
Ethernet. The equipments have two network interfaces. This combobox lets the user
select the output interface for each one of the IP streams.
FEC. Checkbox to able or disable the sending of FEC streams for every IP streaming.
Additionally, the output bitrate will be displayed including, in case redundancy is being
sent, the rates of the FEC streams.
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ASI
In this submenu you can see if the ASI output is active and the bitrate the encoder is sending the
transport stream at.
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PSI
By enabling or disabling this option, you may set the insertion of the Program Service Information
tables in the transport stream.
The user can choose, in this subtab, the specific system to generate the service information,
among DVB, ATSC, or ISDBT.
SI Char Table: That is, the char table to use for all the text fields in the service information.
18 different alphabets can be selected, from Latin alphabet, by default, to GB-2312.1980
(Simplified Chinese Character) or ISO 8859-6 (Latin/Arabic alphabet)
Network Name
Service Name.
Service Provider.
Original Network ID.
Network ID.
Service ID.
Transport Stream ID.
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For H.264, this window allows the user to configure the following settings:
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0.5Mbps - 10Mbps
(max. resolution 720x576 on PAL / 720x480 on NTSC)
350Kbps - 500Kbps
(max. resolution 352x576 on PAL / 720x480 on NTSC)
250Kbps - 350Kbps
(max. resolution 352x288 on PAL / 320x240 on NTSC)
H264 HighProfile@L3 (SD 4:2:0)
0.5Mbps - 10Mbps
(max. resolution 720x576 on PAL / 720x480 on NTSC)
350Kbps - 500Kbps
(max. resolution 352x576 on PAL / 720x480 on NTSC)
250Kbps - 350Kbps
(max. resolution 352x288 on PAL / 320x240 on NTSC)
H264 MainProfile@L4.0 (HD 4:2:0)
4Mbps - 20Mbps
(max. resolution 1920x1080 or 1280x720)
2.5Mbps - 4Mbps
(max. resolution 1440x1080 or 1280x720)
2Mbps - 2.5Mbps
(max. resolution 960x1080 or 1280x720)
H264 HighProfile@L4.0 (HD 4:2:0)
4Mbps - 25Mbps
(max. resolution 1920x1080 or 1280x720)
2.5Mbps - 4Mbps
(max. resolution 1440x1080 or 1280x720)
2Mbps - 2.5Mbps
(max. resolution 960x1080 or 1280x720)
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Bitrates: video bitrate. Enabling auto permits to adjust the video bitrate and the total
output bitrate one from each other. That is, enabling auto video bitrate, this will be
calculated from the value the TS bitrate is set to. And viceversa.
Aspect ratio: 4/3, 16/9 or whichever WSS or AFD give when capturing it.
TS Bitrate: sets the total stream bitrate. If auto is enabled, itll be calculed from the audio
and video bitrates already configured.
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3Mbps - 15Mbps
2Mbps - 3Mbps
1Mbps - 2Mbps
4Mbps - 50Mbps
8Mbps - 80Mbps
8Mbps - 80Mbps
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The windows for audio inputs over AES/EBU (EBU) or over analog interface are quite similar:
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Each one of the formats than can be chosen in the second box of this tab (MEPG-1 Layer II,
AAC, AC3/EAC3 (PT) and SMPTE302M) has several values the user can modify.
For MPEG-1 Layer II audio, you can configure:
AC3/EAC3 (PT) option sets the encoder to add a Dolby AC3 or Dolby Enhanced-AC3 audio
stream to the multiplex.
For AC3, the bitrate values can vary from 56 kbps to 640 kbps.
For EAC3, the bitrate must be configured to be the same the audio input stream has and, if it
would be variable, the user will have to indicate its maximum on the textbox.
SMPTE302M option allows to add a stream of this kind to, for example, do a PCM or Dolby E
passthrough.
For SMPTE302M, the only possible bitrate value is 1536 kbps.
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8.2.6 Preprocessing
This tab allows to choose between several types of preprocessing in order to reduce the input
video noise and so make the encoding more efficient, specially with low bitrates:
Motion compensated temporal filter. Noise reduction on video signal with a temporal filter.
Spatial denoise filter. Noise reduction on video signal with a linear temporal filter on time
domain.
Frequency denoise filter. Noise reduction on video signal with a non-linear temporal filter
on frequency domain.
Temporal and spatial filters can be configure don five levels and, along with spatial filtering on
frequency domain allow, setting them depending on the users needs, to generate a
tridimensional filtering on the signal.
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8.3
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8.3.1 Input
In the input window, you may select the physical interface the TS stream to be decoded is to be
received from. There are three options for the receive interface:
If you want to change the receive interface, you may select the desired interface and clic on the
Update button. When Ethernet is selected, this button will be used to change the configuration
of the interface as well.
DVB-ASI input
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Ethernet input
Jitter (ms)
< 30
< 100
< 250
< 500
< 1000
Delay (ms)
0
100
500
1000
2000
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Next, the user can find the Status field, which shows some of the current Ethernet input
statistics:
If Ethernet is selected as input interface, there will be a settings box for the main stream
(Streaming 0). These are the possible IP configuration settings:
o
Unicast / Multicast. If multicast is selected, the IP target box will be shadowed as the target
address will be configured as the equipment address automatically.
IP Target. Multicast address to which the IP stream is being sent. If the address is unicast,
this text box will be disabled, so setting the destination port will be enough.
IP Filter. Marking the IP Filter checkbox and specifying a valid IP address, the decoder can
discriminate the IP streams from their source addresses and the, for example, only decode
the multiplex sent by certain equipment. As several encoders can be sending their streams
to the same address (uncast or multicast), the decoder can now choose which one is the
source equipment it wants to take the IP streaming from.
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8.3.2 Output
This tab allows configuring two parameters of the output signal.
First, the user can adjust the output signal to a Genlock signal if the equipment has this
specification and has a proper reference signal on the correspondent input interface (read section
6, back panel description).
A horizontal adjustment can be done (in pixel units with 0.1 pixel precision), as well as a vertical
offset from the Genlock signal (in line units with 1 line precision).
Both vertical and horizontal adjustments can be positives or negatives.
Furthermore, the user can choose the type of signal to give when nothing is being decoded (due
to input errors or because there is no input). The video fail mode can be giving black frames
(Black), giving the last decoded frame (Freeze), or not giving output signal at all (No sync).
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8.3.3 Service
This window allows you to check and set the TS stream demultiplexing parameters.
Auto. If auto is disabled, the decoder will try to demultiplex the service whose PMT
(Program Map Table) has the PID (packet ID) specified in the two following boxes
(Service and/or PMT). If the service is not found, the web will show a Not available
service message.
Enabling the auto checkbox allows the decoder, if the specified service is not found, to
start demultiplexing the service from the first PMT fount in the PAT (Program Association
Table). If no valid PAT is found, the Not available service message will be showed as
well.
Service. Allows to choose the service to demultiplex from the ones detected in the PAT
(Program Association Table).
PMT. Allows to give the PID value of the PMT from the service you want to demultiplex.
Video information. Some values from the received video stream are shown, like the video
packets PID, the format, the resolution and the video stream bitrate.
Audio information for each one of the four audio pairs that can be decoded:
o PID from the audio you want to put in each one of the embedded SDI audio pair at
the output.
o Delay in milliseconds for each audio pair. Valid values are from -50ms to +50ms.
o Language given by the service information.
o Audio encoding format.
o Bitrate. Immediate reception bitrate for the selected audio.
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