Document Outline

• What's new in release 4.7.1?
• Table of contents
• Start here
  • About this Guide
  • What is Pearl Mini?
  • Front and back view Pearl Mini
  • SD card installation and file management
  • Quick start
  • Live video mixing / switching
  • Monitoring audio
  • Selecting an audio source
  • Remote login access
    • About remote login and control using AV Studio
    • Enable or disable AV Studio remote login
    • Pair a channel with AV Studio
    • Control recording using AV Studio
    • Configure channel encoding using AV Studio
    • Access cloud versions of the Admin panel and Epiphan Live
  • Specifications
    • AV inputs
    • Tech specs
    • Optimum CPU performance
    • Vesa mounting the device
• User interfaces
  • The touch screen
    • About the touch screen
    • The Channel view
    • Record a channel using the touch screen
    • Stream a channel using the touch screen
    • Switching / mixing using the touch screen
    • One Touch streaming and recording control
    • Configure the touch screen
  • The Admin panel
    • About the Admin panel
    • Connect to the Admin panel
    • Connect using the Epiphan discovery utility
    • Connect using a DNS-based service discovery
    • Connect using persistent static IP address
    • Switching / mixing using the Admin panel
  • Epiphan Live
    • About Epiphan Live
    • The Dashboard interface
    • Access Epiphan Live using a web browser or mobile device
    • Access Epiphan Live from the Admin panel
    • Stream, record, and monitor using the Dashboard interface
    • Switching / mixing using Epiphan Live
    • Your recordings
• PART 1: Setup
  • Configure network settings
    • Network ports used by Pearl Mini
    • Verify IP address and MAC address of Pearl Mini
    • Configure a static IP address
    • Configure DHCP
    • Change the HTTP/HTTPS port values
    • Perform network diagnostics
    • Disable the network discovery utility
  • Configure network security
    • Configure 802.1x network security and manage user certificates
    • Manage CA and self-signed certificates
    • Configure HTTPS
  • Tether to a mobile network
  • Configure date and time
  • Format the SD card
  • Audio input ports
    • Enable or disable phantom power
    • Configure audio ports for stereo or mono
    • Assign audio sources to an input
    • Adjust audio gain and delay
    • Mute audio
  • Video output ports
    • About video output ports
    • Video output port resolution
    • Show a channel or video source on the output port
    • Preview the video output port
    • Disable the video output port
    • Disable or enable audio and output port volume
    • Display and reposition the audio VU meter
    • Rename a video output port
    • Mirror the video output port display
  • Set up Kaltura CMS integration
    • Enable CMS and register with Kaltura
    • Disable or deregister the device from Kaltura
    • Change the resource name used for Kaltura
    • Reassign a registered resource
  • User administration
    • User types and privileges
    • Set or change user passwords
    • Remove user passwords
    • Overcome lost passwords
    • Configure LDAP user authentication
    • Change the logged-in user
    • Restrict viewers by IP address
    • IP restriction examples
  • Configuration presets
    • About configuration presets
    • Configuration preset considerations
    • Configuration groups
    • The Factory default configuration preset
    • Create a configuration preset
    • Apply a configuration preset using the Admin panel
    • Apply a configuration preset using the touch screen
    • Export and import configuration presets
    • Update a configuration preset
    • Delete a configuration preset
  • Status and monitoring
• PART 2: Capture
  • What is a channel?
    • Channel layout examples
  • Channel configuration
    • Create a channel
    • Add video sources or a channel as a source
    • Add an audio source to a layout
    • Duplicate a channel
    • Rename a channel
    • Delete a channel
    • Preview channel
    • Add or remove channel metadata
  • Configure encoding
    • Codecs and file format compatibility
    • Configure video encoding
    • Configure audio encoding
    • Multi-encoding and channel as a source
  • Custom layout configuration
    • About the custom layout editor
    • Resize and position items using percents or pixels
    • Open the custom layout editor for a channel
    • Add or edit a custom layout
    • Rename a layout
    • Delete, move, or duplicate a layout
    • Set the background color
    • Add an image to a layout
    • Upload or remove an image using the Media page
    • Add a text overlay
    • Custom system variables for text overlays
    • Crop a video source
  • Video and audio input sources
    • About connecting video and audio sources
    • Preview a video source using the Admin Panel
    • Rename an input port
    • Configure a video input source
      • DVI and HDMI signals
      • SDI signals
    • Add a custom No Signal image
• PART 3: Stream
  • What is streaming?
    • Stream settings for video and slides
    • View supported streaming formats
  • Streaming a channel directly to viewers
    • Stream content using HTTP, HTTPS or RTSP
    • Directly share stream URLs with viewers
      • View the live broadcast URL using a web browser
      • View the streaming URL using a media player
    • Restrict viewer access to channel streams
    • Restrict viewers by IP address
    • IP restriction examples
    • Change HTTP and RTSP streaming port values
    • Disable and enable direct channel streaming
  • Streaming to a server
    • Stream to a CDN
      • Start and stop streaming to a CDN
      • Set up a stream using RTMP or RTMPS push
      • Set up a stream using RTSP announce
      • Stream to a CDN using an XML profile
      • Stream to Wowza Streaming Cloud
      • Stream to Original Livestream
    • Stream using multicast
      • MPEG-TS streams using RTP/UDP push
      • MPEG-TS streams using UDP push
      • Multicast streaming using RTP/UDP
      • Viewing with Session Announcement Protocol (SAP)
  • Stream to Kaltura CMS
    • Set up a channel for a scheduled webcasting event
    • Use RTMPS for a Kaltura webcasting event
  • Stream to a media player or smart TV
    • Stream using UPnP
      • Enable UPnP
      • Disable UPnP
      • Viewing with UPnP
      • Play directly to a media player
      • Auto-restart playback to a UPnP device
      • Change UPnP device name
• PART 4: Record
  • About recording
  • Record a channel
  • Record using One Touch control
  • Configure recording settings, file size and type
  • Restart recording
  • Recorders
    • Add a recorder
    • Select channels to record
    • Start and stop a recorder
    • Rename a recorder
    • Duplicate a recorder
    • Delete a recorder
  • Record to Kaltura CMS
    • About recording to Kaltura CMS
    • Select channels for VOD event views
    • Manually start/stop scheduled VOD events
    • Manually start/stop an ad hoc event
  • Manage recorded files
    • View list of recorded files
    • Download recorded files manually
    • Join recorded files together
    • Extract tracks from a recording
    • Rename recorded files
    • Delete recorded files
  • FTP and automatic file transfers
    • About Automatic File Upload (AFU)
    • Choose files to include in AFU
    • Enable AFU and set parameters
    • Configure AFU to FTP server parameters
    • Configure AFU to RSync server parameters
    • Configure AFU to CIFS server parameters
    • Configure AFU to SCP client parameters
    • Configure AFU to SFTP server parameters
    • Configure AFU to AWS S3 parameters
    • Configure AFU to WebDav server parameters
    • AFU or copy to USB
      • AFU to a USB storage device
      • Do a one-time copy/move all recordings to USB storage device
      • Manually copy recordings to USB storage device
      • View available USB storage space
      • Safely eject USB storage device
    • View the AFU log
    • Manage the AFU queue
    • Local FTP server
• PART 5: Maintenance
  • Power down and system restart
  • Backup your Pearl Mini setup
  • Perform a factory reset
  • Firmware upgrade
  • Support
  • Storage space maintenance
  • Third party integration
    • Controlling Pearl Mini using RS-232 / serial port
    • Controlling Pearl Mini using HTTP/HTTPS commands
    • Configuration keys for third party APIs
• Troubleshooting
• Limitations and known issues
• Software license