Epiphan Networked VGA Grid User Manual
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When using auto-file upload, you can choose to exclude specific channels from upload. This is useful if you
have one channel used for lower-quality streaming and another for higher-quality recording. Save space on your
network server by not uploading the lower-quality recordings automatically.
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You can now select what happens when you insert a USB drive: nothing; a one-time copy or transfer to the
drive; a manual copy or transfer to the drive; or automatic continuous copy or transfer of recorded files to the
drive.
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As of 3.11.0, you can configure the system to automatically upload recorded files to an attached USB drive.
Choose to either have it work the same way as uploading via FTP, CIFS, or RSYNC; or as a one-time download of
all the recordings on the system. Auto-file upload to USB drives supports storing recordings from each channel
Upload to an external USB drive
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Each audio and video input now indicates which channel(s) are using it, or if the input is not used. This can help
you determine if you have any inputs that are not being streamed or to assess which channels would be
affected by downtime for a given input.
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The HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) link is now displayed on the Channel Status page. HLS allows access to live
streams over the standard HTTP port 80, making able to traverse firewalls and proxies that are able access the
internet for other HTTP traffic.
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MPEG-TS format recording. This robust encoding mechanism has no index or trailer structures making it the
most fault tolerant format supported by the Networked VGA Grid. MPEG-TS files are ready for streaming over
HTTP, RTP and UDP.
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Enjoy the new live stream resume feature to ensure a digital media player automatically gets the stream
when it becomes available after the Networked VGA Grid restarts. Simply choose a stream and the UPnP-
enabled media player to control. See
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Direct your digital media player to play a recorded MPEG-TS files from the systeme. Browse to the Files
Archive and press the play button to choose from accessible uPnP media players. See
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Fast encoding has been removed and replaced with video encoding presets. New values are Default, High
Quality, and High Speed.
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H.263 (an older Flash implementation) is replaced with MPEG-4. As of Flash Player 9, update 3 (in December
2007), Flash supports H.264 encoding. If H.264 does not suit your needs, you can still support older players with
the MPEG-4 codec. The exact codec supported is Microsoft MPEG-4 version 2.
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Improved naming when creating video source from local channels. Previously when you created a video source
from a local channel, the User Interface (UI) provided you only the channel number as identifying information
about the channels. The channel names are now presented.