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Processing and Control

General characteristics of the process control of the livestream.

Fig. 1: Processing and control menu

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HLS Output

HTTP live streaming (HLS) is an industry-standard video streaming protocol.

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2 Storage

Selection of the storage location in the working memory or on the hard disk.

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3 EXT-X Version

Selection of HLS version for different requirements.

  • Version 3 is recommended and is standard.

  • Version 6 is with guaranteed iFrames for each HLS chunk. Some players require this.

  • Version 7 is with fragmented MP4 files. MPEG-DASH has been adapted.

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4 Segment length

The unit for segment length is in seconds. The segment is cut at the next keyframe after this time has elapsed. We recommend using the value 2 as the default value.

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5 List size

The maximum number of playlist segments. The value 0 will contain all segments. As a default value, we recommend using the value 6.

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6 Master playlist

Master Playlist option (default is active). This Increases player compatibility.

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7 Autoclean

Automatic cleanup of all media data after the end of the process.

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8 RTMP Output

Publish the stream as an RTMP output.

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9 SRT Output

Publish the stream as an SRT output.

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10 Snapshot

A preview image is generated from the live stream.

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11 Interval

The interval is in seconds and specifies the value until the video source's preview image (JPEG) is updated. As the default value, we recommend 1 minute, 60 seconds.

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Process

Behavior rule for the running video process in case of a malfunction.

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12 Reconnect

The checkbox is used to decide whether the stream should reconnect or not.

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13 Reconnect

Interval in seconds until the connection starts again.

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14 Timeout

Seconds until a hanging process is terminated and exited as Faulty.

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15 Abort

Unsaved settings are lost by canceling.

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16 Save

Do not forget to save settings.

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17 Close

Closes the active window without saving.

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