Installation and Operation. Selenio One. Selenio One XO - High Density ABR Transcoder. Version 1.0

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1 Selenio One Selenio One XO - High Density ABR Transcoder Version 1.0 January 2017

2 Selenio One XO - High Density ABR Transcoder Publication Information 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Imagine Communications considers this document and its contents to be proprietary and confidential. Except for making a reasonable number of copies for your own internal use, you may not reproduce this publication, or any part thereof, in any form, by any method, for any purpose, or in any language other than English without the written consent of Imagine Communications. All other uses are illegal. This publication is designed to assist in the use of the product as it exists on the date of publication of this manual, and may not reflect the product at the current time or an unknown time in the future. This publication does not in any way warrant description accuracy or guarantee the use for the product to which it refers. Imagine Communications reserves the right, without notice to make such changes in equipment, design, specifications, components, or documentation as progress may warrant to improve the performance of the product. Trademarks Selenio One XL and Selenio One XO are trademarks or trade names of Imagine Communications or its subsidiaries. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective companies. HPE Copyright Copyright 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, L.P. Reproduced with Permission. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, L.P. makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the foregoing material and hereby disclaims any responsibility therefore. Contact Information Imagine Communications has office locations around the world. For domestic and international location and contact information, visit our Contact page ( Support Contact Information For domestic and international support contact information see: Support Contacts ( Worldwide Support (mailto: service@imaginecommunications.com) Customer Community Portal ( Warranty & Contract Information ( MyImagine Academy Training ( Product Manuals ( Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 2

3 Contents Contents Preface... 5 Manual Information... 5 Purpose... 5 Audience... 5 Revision History... 5 Obtaining Documents... 5 Unpacking/Shipping Information... 6 Unpacking a Product... 6 Product Servicing... 6 Returning a Product... 6 Safety... 7 Safety Terms and Symbols in this Manual... 7 Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance... 7 Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Compliance... 8 Selenio One Overview... 9 Selenio One XO Overview... 9 Selenio One XO Features... 9 How Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) Transcoding Works Selenio One XO Hardware HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis Selenio One XO User Interface Getting Started/Initial Setup Page Add Menu Add Element Add IP Source Add Transcoding Service Flow vs All Services Filtered View Tools menu General Tools Element Tools System Tools Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 3

4 Contents Views Menu Dashboard Element Information Alarms User and Group Management Users Group Permissions Selenio One XO Transcoding How to do a (Linear/ABR) Transcode Define the Source Initiate a Transcode (ABR or Linear) Update a Transcode SPTS Output Create Output Linear Transcode Parameters (XO) Video Parameters (Linear) Audio Parameters (Linear) Data Parameters (Linear) Output Parameters (Linear) ABR Transcode Parameters (XO) Video Parameters (ABR) Audio Parameters (ABR) Data Parameters (ABR) Output Parameters (ABR) Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 4

5 Preface Preface Manual Information Purpose This manual details the features, installation, operation, maintenance, and specifications for the Selenio One XO. Audience This manual is written for engineers, technicians, and operators responsible for installation, setup, maintenance, and/or operation of the Selenio One. Revision History Version Date Comments 1.0 January 2017 First Release Obtaining Documents Product support documents can be viewed or downloaded from our website. Alternatively, contact your Customer Service representative to request a document. Imagine Communications Selenio One XO systems are based on Hewlett Packard Enterprise's server. To obtain documentation for your system, please note the following. Documentation specific to your Imagine Communications configured product is provided by Imagine Communications, such as detailed quick specs and this manual. Standard documentation for the base unit is available from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, such as rack mounting steps and system service and maintenance information. For rack mounting steps go to: For user guides and service and maintenance instructions go to #manuals. Imagine Communications documents can be viewed or downloaded from the Imagine Communications website. Alternatively, contact your customer service representative to request a document Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 5

6 Preface Unpacking/Shipping Information Unpacking a Product This product was carefully inspected, tested, and calibrated before shipment to ensure years of stable and trouble-free service. 1. Check equipment for any visible damage that may have occurred during transit. 2. Confirm that you have received all items listed on the packing list. 3. Contact your dealer if any item on the packing list is missing. 4. Contact the carrier if any item is damaged. 5. Remove all packaging material from the product and its associated components before you install the unit. Keep at least one set of original packaging, in the event that you need to return a product for servicing. Product Servicing Except for firmware upgrades, modules are not designed for field servicing. All hardware upgrades, modifications, or repairs require you to return the modules to the Customer Service center. Returning a Product In the unlikely event that your product fails to operate properly, please contact Customer Service to obtain a Return Authorization (RA) number, and then send the unit back for servicing. Keep at least one set of original packaging in the event that a product needs to be returned for service. If the original package is not available, you can supply your own packaging as long as it meets the following criteria: The packaging must be able to withstand the product s weight. The product must be held rigid within the packaging. There must be at least 2 in. (5 cm) of space between the product and the container. The corners of the product must be protected. Ship products back to us for servicing prepaid and, if possible, in the original packaging material. If the product is still within the warranty period, we will return the product prepaid after servicing Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 6

7 Preface Safety Carefully review all safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it. If this product is rack-mountable, it should be mounted in an appropriate rack using the rack-mounting positions and rear support guides provided. It is recommended that each frame be connected to a separate electrical circuit for protection against circuit overloading. If this product relies on forced air cooling, it is recommended that all obstructions to the air flow be removed prior to mounting the frame in the rack. If this product has a provision for external earth grounding, it is recommended that the frame be grounded to earth via the protective earth ground on the rear panel. IMPORTANT! Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures. Safety Terms and Symbols in this Manual WARNING Statements identifying conditions or practices that may result in personal injury or loss of life. High voltage is present. CAUTION Statements identifying conditions or practices that can result in damage to the equipment or other property. Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance The European Union (EU) Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) deals with the collection, treatment, recovery, and recycling of electrical and electronic waste products. The objective of the WEEE Directive is to assign the responsibility for the disposal of associated hazardous waste to either the producers or users of these products. As of August 13, 2005, the producers or users of these products were required to recycle electrical and electronic equipment at end of its useful life, and may not dispose of the equipment in landfills or by using other unapproved methods. (Some EU member states may have different deadlines.) 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 7

8 Preface In accordance with this EU Directive, companies selling electric or electronic devices in the EU will affix labels indicating that such products must be properly recycled. (See our website for more information.) Contact your local sales representative for information on returning these products for recycling. Equipment that complies with the EU directive will be marked with a WEEE-compliant emblem. Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Compliance Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2) commonly known as the European Union (EU) Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) sets limits on the use of certain substances found in electrical and electronic equipment. The intent of this legislation is to reduce the amount of hazardous chemicals that may leach out of landfill sites or otherwise contaminate the environment during end-of-life recycling. The Directive, which took effect on July 1, 2006, refers to the following hazardous substances: Lead (Pb) Mercury (Hg) Cadmium (Cd) Hexavalent Chromium (Cr-V1) Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB) Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) According to this EU Directive, all products sold in the European Union will be fully RoHS-compliant and lead-free. (See our website for more information.) Spare parts supplied for the repair and upgrade of equipment sold before July 1, 2006 are exempt from the legislation. Equipment that complies with the EU directive will be marked with a RoHS-compliant emblem Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 8

9 Selenio One Overview Selenio One Overview Selenio One is Imagine Communications' next generation software defined compression platform. Innovatively designed to handle a broad spectrum of compression activities and based on a modular software architecture that enables the platform to continuously scale and adapt to new business requirements, Selenio One provides media companies with the potential to consolidate all compression capabilities into a single, future-proof platform. Selenio One offers a unified platform and interface that empowers service providers and content distributors to control, manage, scale, and evolve current and future compression operations and capabilities across multiple target applications. It provides not only MVPDs but also service and content providers with a single platform to process and deliver all compressed streams, and reduces the overall operating expenditure since various compressed services (regardless of format and application) are controlled via one management solution. Selenio One XO Overview Selenio One XO is a product offering in the Selenio One platform. Built on a flexible, modular, software based architecture, Selenio One XO is a high-density, adaptive bitrate (ABR) transcoding and linear transcoding solution for over-the-top (OTT) multiscreen applications and IPTV. Under the hood, Selenio One XO leverages Imagine Communications' powerful, flexible and scalable Zenium software framework. The transcoding is Intel MSDK based with enhanced video quality by unique Imagine processing. Formats supported in the first release are: MPEG-2 or H.264 for source or inputs HEVC or H.264 for output Both HD and SD are supported, and PAL or NTSC. Up to 720 ABR profiles or 360 HD linear channels are supported per server (4.3RU) via the same plaform and rich control interface. Selenio One XO is one of the highest-density solutions available, enabling VSPs and other media companies to realize significant space and power savings. Selenio One XO Features Software based architecture Up to Up to 720 ABR profiles/360 HD linear channels per 4.3RU server (HPE Moonshot platform) HEVC, H.264 support Software based transcoding and processing Market-leading high video quality ABR transcoding High video quality, enhanced MSDK 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 9

10 Selenio One Overview Enhanced video quality using unique Imagine processing Full redundancy at all levels: N+1 and service redundancy Scalable Selenio One management for multiple transcoding and muxing elements Support for the HPE Moonshot platform with up to 45 servers/cartridges Support for the EL4000 (mini moonshot) platform with up to 4 cartridges (smaller deployments) Unified management interface for control (Media Manager) Central license management via the Media Manager UI Linux-based architecture Traditional STB/TVs MANAGEMENT Selenio TM One Media Manager Selenio TM One XO ABR Transcode IP Sources ABR Transcode Linear Transcode Linear Transcode Multiscreen Devices/TVs 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 10

11 Selenio One Overview How Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) Transcoding Works Adaptive bitrate technology works by detecting a user's bandwidth and CPU capacity in real time and adjusting the quality of video accordingly. The video is "transcoded" into several streams which can then be played by users on different devices and under different system conditions, providing the best quality of video for a given user's device and system. Here is how the Selenio One XO processes and delivers ABR transcodes: The Selenio One XO takes a source video stream (multicast over IP) and transcodes it to multiple output streams (multicast over IP) Each output stream may have its own resolution and bitrate The multiple output streams are IDR aligned (meaning their key frames are aligned) The output streams are used over best effort networks with varying bitrate The end device picks the output stream that best fits the currently available bitrate Selenio One XO Hardware The Selenio One XO is currently delivered on an HPE Moonshot platform. HPE Moonshot is a software defined web server that delivers breakthrough efficiency and scale; these servers share management, power, cooling, networking and storage to drive significant cost and efficiency benefits. By using individually serviceable hot-pluggable server cartridges, the Moonshot 1500 Chassis enables each server to use less energy, cabling, space, and cost, while also reducing complexity. The Moonshot System is built using system components such as the Moonshoot Chassis (see HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis (on page 13)), Moonshoot Server Cartridges (see HPE ProLiant m710x Server Cartridge (on page 15)), Moonshoot Switch modules (see HPE Moonshot-45XGc Switch Module (on page 16)), and Moonshoot Uplink modules (see HPE Moonshot-4QSFP+ Uplink Module (on page 17)) Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 11

12 Selenio One Overview A fully populated HPE Moonshot System holds up to 45 m710x Skylake based Server Cartridges in a 4.3U Moonshot 1500 chassis. Each cartridge can run up to 8 linear transcoding sessions or up to 4 ABR groups with 4 profiles each. Figure 1: HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis 4.3U For smaller deployments, the EL4000 1RU option is also available; the EL400 can hold up to 4 cartridges. Figure 2: HPE EL4000 1U 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 12

13 Selenio One Overview HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis The HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis is a 4.3U, rack mounted chassis. The chassis supports the following devices. Component Minimum Maximum Cartridges * 45 Switch module and uplink module pairs 1 2 HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis Management module 1 1 Power supplies 2* 4 Fans 5 5 * Dependent on the configuration 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 13

14 Selenio One Overview Cartridge slot and switch module bay identification The chassis provides 45 cartridge slots (1-45) and two switch module bays (A-B). Cartridge configuration rules are maintained by the chassis, as each cartridge reports its model information to the Moonshot 1500 CM module. When installing cartridges in the chassis, begin by populating cartridge slot 1 and install all cartridges in numerical order by slot number (slot 1, 2, 3, and so on). If the chassis is powered on when adding cartridges, observe the following requirements: Cartridges must be installed one at a time. Elapsed time between removing the blank and installing the cartridge must not exceed 30 seconds Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 14

15 Selenio One Overview HPE ProLiant m710x Server Cartridge The HPE ProLiant m710x Server Cartridge is a single-node cartridge supported by any of the 45 cartridge slots in the chassis. Item Processor Memory Network Description Intel Skylake Xeon E3 SoC, 4 cores with Hyperthreading, 3.0GHz base/3.4ghz all core turbo Intel Iris Pro P580 Integrated Graphics with 72 Execution Units and 128MB edram, 45W TDP, non-removable Four 2133 MHz DIMM, DDR4 ECC SODIMM (8 or 16GB) Integrated NIC: Mellanox Connect X-3 PRO 2 Port 10G Storage One SATA 2242 m.2 Boot Power 64 GB 120 GB 240 GB Four NVMe 2280 m GB 512 GB 1024 GB Direct from solid state device Network < 90 W per cartridge 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 15

16 Selenio One Overview HPE Moonshot-45XGc Switch Module The HPE Moonshot-45XGc Switch Module enables Ethernet interconnect between the cartridges and is connected to the outside network through a paired Moonshot-4QSFP+ Uplink Module. The uplink module is installed in the rear of the chassis, and the switch module is installed inside the chassis. The switch module has the following key features: High density, low power Low latency switching performance 45 10GbE downlink ports per switch module Four 40GbE uplink ports per switch module Dual switch modules, which provide traffic isolation or can be stacked for resiliency Configuration and management, with two tools: HPE Moonshot ilo Chassis Management Firmware HPE Moonshot-45XGc Switch Module CLI Layer 2, Layer 3 routing, and QoS Management (CLI, SNMP, SFLOW) No license keys required 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 16

17 Selenio One Overview HPE Moonshot-4QSFP+ Uplink Module The HPE Moonshot-4QSFP+ Uplink Module provides external network connectivity to the Moonshot- 180G Switch Module, the Moonshot-45GXc Switch Module, or the Moonshot-180XGc Switch Module. The uplink module is installed in the rear of the chassis, and the switch module is installed inside the chassis. The uplink module has the following key features: QSFP+ ports support either 40Gb or 10Gb depending on module installed Serial port for out-of-band management Link connectivity and activity LEDs UID LED/button for serviceability Reset button 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 17

18 Selenio One XO User Interface Selenio One XO User Interface Getting Started/Initial Setup Page All Selenio One systems ship with a management IP address of To change this initial IP address, you will need a USB Key. You can also change it using a computer/laptop that you can connect directly to the MGMT port of the Selenio One Media Manager system with an Ethernet cable. The first time you connect to a Selenio One frame: 1. Using a cable, connect your PC to the Selenio One frame via the highest NIC Port. For example, NIC 4 in case of the Selenio One XL; see item 14 in Rear View for the location of NIC 4 on the frame rear (rightmost NIC port). 2. The highest NIC has a static IP address Launch a browser and access ; this takes you to a default web page. This is a local setup page that allows you to configure your Selenio One Media Manager server and set the IP Address. You can also invoke this page at any time by going to: where <ipaddress> is the IP of the Selenio One Media Manager that you just set. 4. Via this page, configure 1 or all 4 NICs and set the IP Address of the Selenio One Media Manager Ethernet Interfaces There are 2 Ethernet interfaces on the Selenio One Media Manager - the Data Ethernet and the Control Ethernet. These are referred to as "Logical Interfaces" on the setup page. The Data Ethernet is used to send video transport streams between servers The Control Ethernet interface is used by the Selenio One Media Manager to control elements 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 18

19 Selenio One XO User Interface The Data Ethernet and Control Ethernet should usually be on separate networks. You can only have a single Control Ethernet but many Data Ethernet interfaces. IP Configuration In the IP Configuration section, select an Interface from the drop down list to see its current IP address and Gateway. To set a new one, ensure you enter the new address in the <ip>/<netmask> format (netmask is the number of most significant bits). Click the Blink for 10 seconds button to flash the corresponding link LED on the server. Current Firmware Versions 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 19

20 Selenio One XO User Interface The currently installed versions are listed here. The Selenio One Media Element version refers to the Host OS version. Software Update You can install new software on your Selenio One Media Manager or on your Element by clicking the Browse button and selecting the package to upload. Once the package has been uploaded, select the appropriate package from the Select Software to Install drop down list. Note: Software on the Selenio One Media Manager can be viewed/updated from here. Element Software can be viewed and updated from the Software tab of the Configure Element page - see Configure Element (on page 39). Diagnostic Account The diagnostic account is for service/support use to SSH into the system to collect diagnostic information. Settings Enable USB IP configuration 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 20

21 Selenio One XO User Interface Show/Hide Log History Select whether to enable or disable log history. If enabled, you can access Logs in the Logs tab of the Configure Element dialog - see Configure Element. 5. Once you configure the IP address and initial settlings, connect back to the Selenio One Media Manager web interface via a standard browser, using the configured IP Address: Ensure you do so on a computer that is on the same network as the Selenio One Media Manager. After you log in, the first thing you do is add your Element Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 21

22 Selenio One XO User Interface Add Menu Add Element Adding an element is one of the first things you do after powering up your system and defining network settings. Ensure you have an NTP Server set up before proceeding. See the NTP Server section in Configure Media Manager (on page 46). Also see Element Discovery (on page 24). An Element is any of the applications controlled by the Selenio One Media Manager, such as Selenio One XO or Selenio One XL. The Add/Remove Element dialog lets you: Add Elements Go to the Add menu and select Element In the Add/Remove Element dialog, provide: The element IP Address Optionally, provide a Name Click the Add button Once you add an element, it gets listed under the Existing Elements section of the Add/Remove Element dialog. It initially shows as offline, and once resolved, it becomes available Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 22

23 Selenio One XO User Interface Remove Elements You can remove/delete an element by clicking the delete icon (in the Functions column) against an existing element. Configure Elements You can configure an element by clicking the configure icon (in the Functions column) against an existing element. This launches the Configure Element UI. See Configure Element. Rename Elements You can change the name of an existing element (or provide a name to an element that was added using just the IP address and no name). Click in the Name/IP area of the Existing Elements section, the area changes to an editable field where you can provide a new name. Click Rename Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 23

24 Selenio One XO User Interface Once added, you will see the element show up in different places in the UI, prefixed by the Name (if one was provided) as an easy identifier. Here are some examples of where it will show: On the Dashboard, in all 3 tabs in the UI (Input, Processing, Output). Active Alarms section Element Information section Element Discovery While you can add elements to the Selenio One Media Manager individually by inputting the IP address, you also have the option to automatically "discover" elements without needing to manually enter IP addresses. This is particularly useful in case of larger deployments of elements. When you attempt a discovery, the Selenio One Media Manager looks for elements in the same network domain, and those elements in turn broadcast their IP address and information which can be picked up. Any elements that are already being controlled by the Selenio One Media Manager will be ignored, and only new elements will be displayed Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 24

25 Selenio One XO User Interface To discover elements: 1. Go to Add > Element and click the Discover button 2. The Automatic Element Discovery dialog is displayed and discovered elements are displayed along with their IP address, type, and manager IP address (if they are being controlled by another Selenio One Media Manager). Select the elements you want to include and click the Add Selected button. Managed and Unmanaged Elements in the Discovery If any of the discovered elements show with a "Managed state" label, it means they are already being controlled by another Selenio One Media Manager. The checkbox against those elements will be disabled, and you won't be able to select them for inclusion in the current Selenio One Media Manager. To include such an element, log into the Selenio One Media Manager that is currently managing it, remove it the element, and then come back to the current Selenio One Media Manager and perform a discovery. This time, the element should show up with an "Unmanaged" label Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 25

26 Selenio One XO User Interface Add IP Source This option enables you to define an IP Source. To add an IP Source: 1. Go to Add > IP Source 2. Select the Element IP Address - this is the IP Address of your product that you added as an Element (see Add Element (on page 22)) 3. The Add IP Source dialog is displayed. Enter a Name for your Source - choose something that helps uniquely identify your source 4. Select the appropriate Data Ethernet Interface 5. Enter the UDP Port and Multicast Group 6. Optionally enter the Source IP Address 7. Click the Add button 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 26

27 Selenio One XO User Interface The system parses the input and interprets the program streams, which are then displayed under the Input column, under the Element IP Address of your product, identified by the Name you provided while defining the source. PIDs (Packet Identifiers) in the program - PMT, PCR, Audio, Video, Data - are displayed under each program Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 27

28 Selenio One XO User Interface Add Transcoding This launches the Add Transcoding dialog that enables you to define settings and parameters for your ABR Transcode or Linear Transcode operation, depending on what your product supports. Enter the following details: Name for the Transcode Element IP Address Processing Type: whether ABR Transcode or Linear Transcode Primary Source Secondary Source (Optional) Source Service Video, Audio, Data, Mux (this tab will be displayed if your product supports it), and Output tab parameters (required fields are highlighted in red in each tab) Figure 3: ABR Transcoding 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 28

29 Selenio One XO User Interface Figure 4: Linear Transcoding Also see How to do a Transcode (see "How to do a (Linear/ABR) Transcode" on page 57) Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 29

30 Selenio One XO User Interface Service Flow vs All Services Filtered View On the dashboard, if you hover over a service node in any of the panes, you will see a Show Service Flow link. If you click this link, all three panes will filter the view to display only service nodes connected to this node. Once you click Show Service Flow, it changes to Show all Services that you can click to get back the original unfiltered view. Here is an example of a normal (unfiltered) view with content in all three panes Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 30

31 Selenio One XO User Interface Here is a filtered view you see once you click the Show Service Flow link against a service. The display in all three panes will be filtered to show just the selected service. Note: If a Mux service is one of the connected services, only the parent mux group is displayed and not the sibling mux services. Once you click the Show Service Flow link, it changes to Show all Services, click this to return back to the unfiltered view Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 31

32 Selenio One XO User Interface Tools menu General Tools Configure Element Redundancy Redundancy is controlled by the Selenio One Media Manager. The goal of setting up a redundant element is to ensure that any potential downtime is minimized. Hot Standby offers 1-1 redundancy, where you have one backup element per primary. Cold Standby offers N+1 redundancy, where you can have one backup to several primary elements. For the shortest recovery time, it is recommended you use hot standby. If you need coverage for more elements, with a longer recovery time, cold standby is recommended. You can choose to define redundancy via the following options: 1+1 Hot Standby (on page 32) N+1 Cold Standby (on page 34) An element can be backed up by an equivalent element that: Is running the same software version Has the same licensing Has the same hardware configuration When redundancy is set up, a failover can occur or be triggered under these conditions: As a result of element failure Manually by a user Element failure is deemed to have occurred under these conditions: If communication to the element is lost or the control interface TCP connection is broken If a primary element (in a redundancy group) asserts an alarm exceeding the user configured alarm threshold of the redundancy group 1+1 Hot Standby Important: Note that 1+1 Hot Standby is only available in case of Selenio One XL. You can choose to set up 1+1 Hot Standby Redundancy for your element (Selenio One XL only) by designating a primary element, and then setting up a secondary element with the same capabilities as the primary. To set up 1+1 Hot Standby, do the following: 1. Go to Tools > Configure Element Redundancy > 1+1 Hot Standby 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 32

33 Selenio One XO User Interface 2. Select the Primary Element that you are defining Redundancy for 3. If desired, click the show Primary element failure threshold setting and then enter and set the Element Failure Threshold Note: The Element Failure Threshold is based on alarm priority. If an alarm is raised on the primary element (that has redundancy backup configured) with priority greater that the threshold, failover will be triggered. 4. Select the Secondary Element from the drop down list and click the Add button. Once 1+1 Hot Standby has been defined: The Primary Element continues uninterrupted, and services run as usual On the Secondary Element: The data interface IP addresses are changed to match the primary All data interface ARP and IP output packets are dropped (to avoid duplicate IP output traffic) Services configured to run on the primary are duplicated on the secondary element 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 33

34 Selenio One XO User Interface Both Primary and Secondary elements are configured identically except for different control IP addresses. In case of a failover situation, the secondary takes over. There is no automatic failback to the primary even if it becomes available. Manual failback is possible. N+1 Cold Standby N+1 Cold Standby is available for all elements. You can choose to set up N+1 Cold Standby Redundancy for your elements. This allows you to: Define a single backup (secondary) element Define one or more primary elements to be backed up Create a redundancy group that contains the backup and primary elements When Cold Standby is defined, in case of a failed primary element, at the time of failure, the configuration of the failed element is pushed to the backup element. To reduce failover time, backup elements have no configured services running. Once the backup takes over, even if the primary becomes available again, it does not become active. You can however opt to manually fail back to a primary element. Follow these steps to define Cold Standby: 1. Go to Tools > Configure Element Redundancy > N+1 Cold Standby 2. Click Add Redundancy Group to define a group 3. Provide a Name and Alarm Priority Trigger for the group and click Add Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 34

35 Selenio One XO User Interface 4. Once created, you will see the new group in the Existing Groups section. 5. Click Add Member to add an element to the group. Select the Element from the drop down list, and select its role, whether Primary or Secondary. 6. Repeat and define your entire group of a single backup to one or more primaries. Redundancy - Dashboard Indicators The following indicators are seen on the dashboard, once redundancy has been set up: 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 35

36 Selenio One XO User Interface Each primary element (in a redundancy group) has protected by <group GROUPNAME> displayed below it. Backup elements are not displayed on the dashboard In case of a failover within a group,the backup element displays protecting <primary element IP. Group groupname> Once a backup element moves in to protect a failed primary element: Other primary elements in the group will get an indicator to show that a backup is not available You will also see a "backup unavailable" indicator against each primary element in the group if a redundancy group has been defined with only primary elements and no backup Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 36

37 Selenio One XO User Interface Note that once an element is part of a redundancy pair or group, that element's entry in the Existing Elements section of the Add Element dialog will reflect that. Failback and Failover Options Once redundancy has been defined, if required you can manually failover. This example considers the case of an N+1 Cold Standby redundancy definition, with 2 primaries and a single backup. In the group definition, you will see Failover buttons against both the primaries. If you click the Failover button against one of the primaries, a failover confirmation message will be displayed, and that primary will then failover to the configured backup element (which was previously in standby mode). The backup then becomes active, and you will see a Failback button against the primary that was failed over. If you click the Failback button, that primary will become active again, and the configured backup element will go into standby mode Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 37

38 Selenio One XO User Interface Configure Protection Group Note: Protection Groups are supported only for Selenio One XL Transcoding Services. Protection groups provide user processing service recovery (or N:M redundancy) within an element. You can create a protection group of processing services on an element, and designate primary transcoding services, backup transcoding services, and alarm priority trigger threshold. If a primary transcoder fails and generates an alarm exceeding the configured threshold, the system automatically selects a backup transcoder from the protection group s backup and configures it to match the failed primary transcoder's configuration. The system then tears down the failed service and reconfigures it with the backup s configuration (swapping configuration), putting this transcoder back in the protection group s backup pool. The Manage Groups tab allows you to define Protection Groups. To create a Protection Group: 1. Go to the Manage Groups tab 2. Select an Element. 3. Provide a Name for the Group, enter the Alarm Priority Trigger 4. Click the Add button Any existing groups are displayed in under Existing Groups. Links against a group enable you to delete or edit the configuration settings. The Configure Groups tab allows you to assign a created Protection Group to a specific Element. to do this: 1. Select the Element 2. Select from available Protection Groups in the drop down list 3. Set the Alarm Priority Trigger 4. Click the Change button 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 38

39 Selenio One XO User Interface Element Tools Configure Element The Configure Element dialog is divided into three tabs. Reset Tab The Reset tab allows you to select an Element and perform: Reset of the Element's configuration Restart of the Element's software Hard Reboot of the Element Logs Tab The Logs tab displays available logs in a drop down list. You can download the current log (Today's Log) or All Logs. Availability of logs is determined by the Show/Hide Log History setting in the Getting Started/Initial Setup page. Software Tab Note: Element Software (Selenio One XL or Selenio One XO) can be viewed and updated from here. Software on the Selenio One Media Manager can be viewed/updated from the standalone setup page - see Getting Started/Initial Setup Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 39

40 Selenio One XO User Interface The Software tab enables you to review currently installed software or updated software on the Element. The Software Update section allows you to browse and select a software package file (in the Select File to Upload section). By doing this, you are simply making the software available to the system's repository, not installing it. Once uploaded, to install the software, select from Available Packages in the Select Software to Install section and click the Install button. The Installed Software section displays currently installed software running on the Selenio One Media Manager, the Element software, and versions. Configure Presets The Configure Presets dialog is divided into 3 tabs: Load Preset, Save Preset, and Import Preset. Save Preset The Save Preset tab lets you save settings from an Element to create a preset. To do this, select an Element as Source to copy its current settings, and then provide a Name for the Preset. Click the Add button to create the Preset Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 40

41 Selenio One XO User Interface All created presets are displayed in the Save Preset tab, with an option to delete or download them. To load any of these Presets, go to the Load Preset tab. Load Presets The Load Preset tab allows you to select from existing presets in the Source Preset drop down list. Once you select a Preset, select the Destination Element (IP Address) to load the Preset to and click the Load button. Presets are saved to the Selenio One Media Manager database, so they can be loaded to other elements via the Load Preset tab. Loading a preset erases any current configuration and starts new processes on an Element Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 41

42 Selenio One XO User Interface You can also save a preset to file by clicking the Download icon in the Action column against a preset in the Existing Presets list. Presets are saved in.prst format and you can open the file in a text editor like Notepad. If you save a preset to file, you can re-import it from the Import Preset tab. Import Presets The Import Preset tab allows you to Import a preset from a file by selecting Import from a File in the Source drop down, and then browsing to select a file. Give the preset a name and click the Import button. Use this option if you've previously saved a preset to file. License Management Licensing is defined on a product by product basis. The License Management dialog lets you view and apply licenses to elements, as well as configure licensing for the Selenio One Media Manager. 1. In the Select License Server drop down, you can: Select an element to view available licenses on that element or to upload a new license package to that element Select the Manager License Server option to input the IP address of the Selenio One Media Manager license server. Note: Selenio One Media Manager can manage elements that are not collocated. 2. If you select Manager License Server: By default, the License Server IP field is blank. You can provide the IP Address of a license server here by clicking Edit button, inputting the IP, and then clicking Apply Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 42

43 Selenio One XO User Interface If the provided IP address cannot be found, you will get an error in the System ID field If the license server provided does not have a valid SMM-EXT license, you will see an alarm stating that the manager has no external management license. The Manager has the ability to tell a given Element the location of the license server it should use. If you input a valid, active license server IP Address in the License Server IP field, the Selenio One Media Manager informs all managed elements of the value of this field and each element then uses this license server. The System ID field will reflect the status of connection to the License Server. To see available licenses on an element: 1. In the Select License Server drop down, click on an existing element in the system 2. Available licenses are displayed along with The System ID, unique to the element. A feature list of current licenses available on the element, and the number of licenses for that feature (Max Count) Licenses currently in use (In Use vs. Max Count) License end date (expiry date) 3. You also have an option to browse and input a license package to the element 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 43

44 Selenio One XO User Interface See Licensed Features (on page 44) for a complete list of licensable features. Licensed Features Table 1: Selenio One XL Licensed Features Name Description HVQLT HVQ Linear Transcode Service H264HD H264 HD H264SD H264 HD MP2HD MPEG-2 HD MP2SD MPEG-2 SD DLBY-DEC Dolby Digital/Digital Plus Decode DLBY-ENC Dolby Digital/Digital Plus Encode AAC-DEC AAC Decode AAC-ENC AAC Encode ADINSRT SCTE-35 SMXCODE Statistical Multiplex Service MUXGRP Multiplexer MUXSVC Multiplexer Service SMMUX Statistical Multiplexer 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 44

45 Selenio One XO User Interface Table 2: Selenio One XO Licensed Features Name 4ABRProfilesH264HD 4ABRProfilesH264SD 4ABRProfilesH265HD H264HD H264SD H265HD H265SD Description 4 ABR Profiles (H.264), HD Sources, SD/HD Profiles 4 ABR Profiles (H.264), SD/HD Sources, SD Profiles 4 ABR Profiles (HEVC), HD Sources, SD/HD Profiles Linear (H.264), HD Sources, HD Outputs Linear (H.264), SD/HD Sources, SD Outputs Linear (HEVC), HD Sources, HD Outputs Linear (HEVC), SD/HD Sources, SD Outputs Note: All the Selenio One XO licenses above include 1 stereo pair of AC-3 encode or decode. Table 3: Selenio One Media Manager Licensed Features Name SMM-EXT Description External Management per Channel SMM-EXT License The SMM-EXT feature enables Selenio One Media Manager to support remote element management. Via this feature, Selenio One Media Manager can support and manage a defined number of remote services. Once this number has been reached, the Selenio One Media Manager cannot manage any more remote services. Note that various functions on elements (adding inputs, transcoding, etc. use up licenses). There is no restriction on licensing elements local to the Selenio One Media Manager. An alarm will be raised for any of these conditions: The Manager License Sever cannot be reached The license package on the Manager License Server has no SMM-EXT feature The maximum instance count of features has been reached Note that with regard to instance count, the SMM-EXT feature considers managed channels" from an external element and not the number of external elements. Once the max count has been reached, you will not be able to add any more elements, regardless of whether they are remote or collocated. For all of these conditions, you will see a generic alarm stating that the manager has no external management license Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 45

46 Selenio One XO User Interface License Validation The Selenio One Media Manager UI enforces license validation. If an element runs out of a feature license (insufficient instance count), the UI prevents users from using that feature. For example, if you hit the maximum for H264 HD (Selenio One XO) when attempting to initiate a Transcode (Add Transcoding dialog), the Video tab won't allow H246 HD as the output. Or if you attempt to transcode dolby digital audio, but have insufficient Dolby Digital/Digital Plus Decode licenses available, you wont see a Transcode option in the Processing drop down in the Output section of the Audio tab. If a specific license feature on an element is either not available or has reached its max count, the Add/Change dialog hides corresponding options and displays a feature not available warning at the bottom of dialog page. For example, if you do not have available MPEG-DEC licenses and you attempt a transcode, the Add Transcoding dialog will display a warning in red at the bottom of the dialog. System Tools Configure Media Manager The Configure Media Manager dialog has two tabs: NTP Server: To set up an NTP Server Reset: To restart the Selenio One Media Manager 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 46

47 Selenio One XO User Interface NTP Server Important: The NTP Server must be set up before you start to configure your product. You can point the NTP Server to an external server OR to the local system ( ). Note that the NTP Server address field is not affected by a factory default (by clicking the Restart Manager button in the Reset tab), as such, the NTP Server setting is maintained. It is up to the current user to validate the accuracy of the NTP Server setting. Network Time Protocol (NTP) allows for synchronization of all participating computers to within a few milliseconds of Universal Time (UTC). It is designed to mitigate the effects of variable network latency. With an NTP Server, you can be sure that your multiplexers and transcoders are using the same time base across the system, which is critical for operations such as Statmux. The Selenio One Media Manager takes the NTP Server information you provide and broadcasts it to all the elements it controls. Doing this synchronizes the timestamp and ensures the same time base is used. To set a new NTP Server for all configured elements: Enter the NTP Server IP Address in the NTP Server IP box The Port is 123 by default and this cannot be change Once you set an NTP Server, it will be displayed under Current NTP Server, and you can change it at any time under Set New NTP Server. Reset Click the Restart Manager button in the Reset tab to restart the Selenio One Media Manager. Note that resetting does not clear the NTP Server setting. Import/Export Database The Configure Database dialog allows you to Import or Export a Database: Export a Database When you export a database, all settings, alarms, and saved elements from the media manager database are exported. To export the current database, simply provide a Name for the database and click the Export button. The system prompts for a location to save the Database (.sql) file Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 47

48 Selenio One XO User Interface Import a Database An exported database file can be imported to a new Selenio One Media Manager. For instance, if you need to migrate your system or recover from a complete uninstall/reinstall. To import a Database, click the Browse button and select a previously exported database file, and then click the Import button. Note: Importing a database updates the Selenio One Media Manager, but it does not change anything running on the Element side. Views Menu Dashboard Log in to the Selenio One Media Manager Web UI by entering the IP address in a web browser, and then entering your credentials. On logging in, the Dashboard is displayed. This is the view that you will likely use most often, to do routine functions like define your input, set up transcodes, or do multiplex operations (Selenio One XL only). Note: You will see the same dashboard interface and options regardless of whether you're using Selenio One XO or Selenio One XL. Specific functions available are controlled via licensing. See License Management (on page 42). The Dashboard area is divided into three main panes: Input, Processing, and Output The Input pane reflects any inputs or sources that have been added to the system. The Processing pane reflects any Transcoding functions that have been initialized or are in progress. The Output pane reflects any Multiplexer functions and SPTS outputs from Transcoding functions. Also see how you can filter the displayed view and drill down to a particular service - Service Flow vs All Services Filtered View (on page 30) 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 48

49 Selenio One XO User Interface Item Description Details 1 Add Menu This menu lets you: Add elements (such as Selenio One XL or Selenio One XO) to the system Define an IP Source as Input Initiate a Transcode Define a Multiplex (Transport Stream) (Selenio One XL only) Initiate a Mux Service (Selenio One XL only) 2 Tools Menu This menu lets you Configure Statistical Multiplexing (Selenio One XL only) Configure Element Redundancy Configure Protection Groups 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 49

50 Selenio One XO User Interface Item Description Details Configure Elements Configure Presets Manage Licensing Configure an NTP Server Perform Import/Export Database functions 3 Dashboard Menu This menu lets you switch between the Dashboard, Alarms View, and Element Information View. 4 Inputs Pane This pane displays add added/available Inputs, along with interpreted Programs Streams. 5 Processing Pane This pane displays Transcodes 6 Output Pane This pane displays created/available Multiplexes, along with Mux Services that have been initiated (Selenio One XL only), as well as transcodes whose output is enabled. 7 Users Menu This menu lets you manage users and groups 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 50

51 Selenio One XO User Interface Element Information The Element Information View enables you to view System, Network, and Accelerator Board (Selenio One XL only) info for configured Elements. Select an Element and then go to a tab for more details. The System tab displays CPU usage for the Element. Each CPU shows its individual usage percentage, and a cumulative view of total CPU usage percentage is also displayed. The Storage utilized is also displayed as a percentage of the total space available. For example, 10% of 1 TB. Memory usage is displayed as a percentage of the total. The Network Interfaces tab displays details for the Control Ethernet and the Data Ethernet. Total transmitted and Received data for both is displayed as a slider and in actual MB/GB/TB. Each Ethernet also displays the following: HW Name IP Link Speed MAC #TX Packets #RX Packets 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 51

52 Selenio One XO User Interface (Selenio One XL only) The Accelerator Boards tab displays information for each Accelerator. Each Accelerator displays Device Information and Board information. The Devices section displays status for each device and temperature information. The Board Information section displays: In the initial release, the Physical View does not poll automatically; click the refresh button to the right of an Element to manually refresh the view. Alarms List of Alarms ALARM NAME SYSTEM ALARMS Voltage Out of tolerance Temperature out of tolerance Feature Not Licensed Fan speed out of tolerance Service Fault Execution Fault Power supplied out of tolerance Element is shutting down Element Redundancy Switch NTP server not found INPUT/OUTPUT ALARMS Input PSI Loss Input PAT Loss REASON/CORRECTIVE ACTION Voltage out of tolerance for accelerator board in slot Temperature exceeds expected range No license for specific feature Cooling fan not operating in expected range Switching to configured backup service. Service failed, delete and recreate. Power supplied does not meet required range Shutting down due to thermal protection faults. Switching to configured backup element. No response from NTP server. Check NTP IP and port settings and NTP server condition. Input Program Map Table Loss. Verify that the incoming MPEG-2 TS has the requested program. Input Program Association Table Loss. Verify that the input has a valid MPEG Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 52

53 Selenio One XO User Interface Input TS Loss Input CC Errors Input program switched to secondary input IP Output Error IP Output packet loss Video Loss of Input Video Loss of Output Input Redundancy Data rate exceeds configured rate TRANSCODE ALARMS Video Transcoder Failure Input Timebase Discontinuity Input PCR or Rate Discontinuity Transport Stream. Input Transport Stream Loss. Check the input IP address and port. Note that this alarm will be triggered only if the Transport stream is being used (processed or multiplexed). You won t be able to use the IP source if it s lost to create a processing or transport stream service Input Continuity Count errors. Check upstream equipment for cause of continuity errors. Input program switched to secondary input. For example, failover due to loss of Transport Stream. IP destination unreachable. Check the IP destination settings. IP output packets being dropped. Check the IP destination settings. Video transcoder module loss of input. Verify that the input program and video PID is still present. Video transcoder module loss of output. Remove and restart the linear transcode. Failover to secondary input requested Failover to secondary input due to loss of Transport Stream Failover to secondary input due to loss of Program Association Table Failover to secondary input due to loss of Program Map Table Failover to secondary input due to continuity count errors Input Transport Stream packets dropped. Check upstream Transport Stream rate. Video transcoder module failed to start. Restart the transcode. Video transcoder module detected discontinuity in input timebase. Check input program. Video transcoder detected discontinuity in input timebase: Please check input program Transcoding device not Operational GPU is not operational: Try rebooting hardware. AUDIO/VIDEO ALARMS Audio Loss of Input Audio input lost. Verify input audio PID and codec. Audio Loss of Output Audio Demux Error Invalid Audio Stream type Audio Discontinuity SCTE-35 decode error Audio output lost. Check audio PID and configuration. Unable to demultiplex audio frames. Check audio PID and configuration. Invalid Audio Stream Type. Remove and restart transcode with the correct audio stream type. Audio Discontinuity detected. Check input audio PID and configuration. Error in input SCTE-35 message. Verify SCTE-35 source syntax Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 53

54 Selenio One XO User Interface No Video PID packets for 1 second No Video PID packets for 1 sec on Output No Audio PID packets for 1 sec on Output MULTIPLEX ALARMS Output TS Packet Loss Output Transport Stream Error Mux Group Configuration Error PID Collision in Multiplex Output Overflow Video transcoder failure MUX SERVICE ALARMS Input TS Overflow Mux Service Configuration Error STAT MUX ALARMS Stat-Mux Communication Error Stat-Mux Configuration Error Stat-Mux Add Channel Failed Stat-Mux Remove Channel Failed Video transcoder lost input: Please verify that input program or video PID is still present Video transcoder lost output: Please restart the transcoder. Audio output lost: Please verify that input audio PID is still present. IP output packets being dropped. Check the IP destination settings. Input continuity count errors. Check upstream equipment for cause of continuity errors. Duplicate program in multiplex. Check program number settings. One or more programs have PIDs with duplicate values Mux output overflow. Increase output rate setting. Video Transcoder module failed to start. Remove and restart the linear transcode. Input Transport Stream packets dropped. Check upstream Transport Stream rate. More than one stream maps to the same PID. Check PID remap settings. Loss of communication with far end encoder or transcoder One or more statmux configuration parameters not set correctly Verify status of source encoder/transcoder and statmux pool members Verify status of source encoder/transcoder and Statmux pool members 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 54

55 Selenio One XO User Interface User and Group Management Users and Groups can be managed by clicking the logged in user in the top right hand corner of the screen. Select Manage Users to manage individual users and select Manage Groups to manage user groups. Users Note that you need to be a member of the administrator group to add or remove users. To manage users, click the logged in user on the top right hand corner and select Manage Users. A list of all users created for the system is displayed, along with details such as the username, first name/last name, whether the user is active, and the group that the user is assigned to. To add a new user to the system: 1. Click the New User button 2. Enter details for the new user, and select the group to assign the user to 3. Click the Create button. To delete an existing user: 1. Select the checkbox against the user to delete 2. Click the Delete button that is displayed on the top To search for a user If you have a long list of users, use the search functionality to locate a specific user 1. In the Search box displayed to the right of the Users screen, enter search criteria to narrow down your search for a specific user or users. 2. Click the Search button To update a user: 1. Click the Edit button against a User 2. Edit any required details including the Group the user has been assigned to. For example. you can update the Name or Password. 3. Click the Update button Note that when you click the Edit button against a user, you can see additional details for that user (to the right of the screen) including the date and time of registration, the last update, the last time the user logged into the system, and the IP address Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 55

56 Selenio One XO User Interface Group Permissions To manage groups, click the logged in user on the top right hand corner and select Manage Groups. There are three kinds of groups you can assign users to: Administrator, Operator, or Viewer. Users in the Administrator Group have full permissions Users in the Operator group have Read and Edit permissions Users in the Viewer group have read-only permissions. Click the Show button against a Group to see users currently assigned to that Group. You can directly delete users from a group (if required) by selecting a user and then clicking the Delete button that is displayed Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 56

57 Selenio One XO Transcoding Selenio One XO Transcoding How to do a (Linear/ABR) Transcode Follow these steps to use your Selenio One XO to transcode (using linear or ABR transcoding) an incoming program over an IP source: Note that in case of Selenio One XO, SPTS (single program transport stream) is the only supported Output. Linear Transcoding: A single source transcoded to a single SPTS output ABR Transcoding: A single source transcoded to multiple SPTS outputs Define the Source Add the IP source of the data to be transcoded by doing the following: Ensure you're in the Dashboard View. 1. Go to the Add menu and select IP Source under Input 2. Select the Element Name or IP Address - this is your Selenio One element (Selenio One XO, in this case) Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 57

58 Selenio One XO Transcoding 3. Enter a unique Name for your Source - choose something that helps uniquely identify your source, since it will show up under the Element IP Address in the Input column 4. Select the appropriate Data Ethernet Interface. By default, the first interface will be selected. 5. For multicast sources, enter the UDP Port and Multicast Group 6. For unicast sources, just enter the UDP Port and leave the Multicast Group as Click the Add button A blue notification box will be displayed on the bottom right hand corner of the screen. When the process is complete the box will turn: - Green to indicate success, automatically dismissed after 10 seconds - Red to indicate failure with the cause of the failure stated. Red notifications stay until the user dismisses it or reloads the page. Your newly added Input will show up in the Input column, under the Element IP address of your Selenio One XO, identified by the Name you provided when defining the source Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 58

59 Selenio One XO Transcoding The system parses the input and interprets the program streams, which are then displayed under the Input column, under the Element IP Address of your Selenio One XO. PIDs (Packet IDs) in the program - PMT, PCR, Audio, Video, Data - are displayed under each program. You can delete a Source at any time by hovering over the input and then clicking the Remove button. Initiate a Transcode (ABR or Linear) 1. In the Input column, select the Program to transcode (under the Input Source) 2. To create a new transcode, drag and drop the Program from the Input pane to the same Element in the Processing pane (over the Element IP Address). Note that any invalid attempts will not work. You will see the cursor change when it's over a droppable area, and there will also be a brief description of the action when you drag over any droppable area. Once you drag, you will see Add new transcode service highlighted in blue, and this action launches the Add Transcoding dialog. 1. The Add Transcoding dialog is displayed with some pre-populated settings based on your input, such as the Element IP Address, the source, and the program numbers Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 59

60 Selenio One XO Transcoding You can also initiate this dialog by selecting Add > Transcode, but there won't be any pre-populated settings based on Inputs in that case. a. Enter a new Name for your Transcode a. In the Processing Type field, select whether you want to do an ABR Transcode or a Linear Transcode b. Go to the Video, Audio, Data, and Output tabs, and enter any settings that you require. See Linear Transcode Parameters (XO) (on page 68) for Linear Transcode parameters and ABR Transcode Parameters (XO) (on page 78) for ABR Transcode parameters. Important: In each tab, required fields are highlighted in red. Ensure you fill these in before proceeding Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 60

61 Selenio One XO Transcoding c. Most of the available settings are clearly visible; advanced settings are displayed under the Advanced Properties link for a sub section. For example, in Video Tab, in the Input section, if you click the Show Advanced Properties button, Codec, PID, Resolution, and Frame Rate in addition to the parameters under the Common Parameters and Profiles section. 2. When finished, click the Add button at the bottom. The Add button will only be enabled or turn green once all the required fields have been filled. For example, in the Output tab, when you click the Output Profile, you will see that you need to fill in the Primary Destination IP Address and the Secondary Destination IP Address before the Add button is enabled. A notification box will be displayed on the bottom right hand corner of the screen indicating process and later confirming the result of the transcode. Note: A transcode takes about 30 seconds to complete. It will time out in 3 minutes Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 61

62 Selenio One XO Transcoding Update a Transcode To update a transcode: 1. Drag a new Program/Source from the Input pane to an existing linear or ABR transcode in the Processing pane to update the source used by the selected transcode. 2. Once you drag, you will see Connect new source highlighted in blue, and this action launches the Change Transcoding dialog Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 62

63 Selenio One XO Transcoding 3. Options such as the Name, Element, Primary Source, Processing Type, etc. are pre-populated. Make whatever changes you require and then click the Change button at the bottom Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 63

64 Selenio One XO Transcoding You can also hover over the Transcode in the Processing pane and click the Edit button to edit settings. Or click Remove to delete it altogether. SPTS Output SPTS or single program transport stream output can be generated in the following ways: Automatically, if you enable output when creating a transcode Manually, via a drag and drop operation - if output was disabled when creating a transcode. See Create Output (on page 64) for how to do this Manually, via a setting change - by editing an existing Transcode and checking the Enable Output checkbox in the Output tab Create Output Note: If you did not enable Output when creating a transcode (Enable Output checkbox in the Output tab of the Add Transcoding dialog), you can do this part manually. Once you create a transcode, you can output it over IP as a single program or multi program (two or more) transport stream. To do this: 1. Select your Transcode (Service) in the Processing Pane 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 64

65 Selenio One XO Transcoding 2. Drag and drop it over to the same element in the Output pane. You will see the cursor change to Add SPTS Output when positioned correctly. 3. In the Add SPTS Output dialog that is displayed, define the Output parameters and click the Add button 4. A message in a blue box at the bottom right hand corner of the screen confirms progress. Operation success is indicated in green, errors in red Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 65

66 Selenio One XO Transcoding 5. Once created, you will see the output in the Output column 6. You can edit this at any time by overing over the Service and clicking Edit 7. This launches the Configure SPTS Output dialog. Make any required changes and click the Change button Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 66

67 Selenio One XO Transcoding Note that the Configure SPTS Output dialog contains the same settings as the Output tab of the Change Transcoding dialog (that you see if you click the Edit button against the Transcode in the Processing pane). Changing either of these will edit the same configuration Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 67

68 Selenio One XO Transcoding Linear Transcode Parameters (XO) Video Parameters (Linear) Tab Parameter Name R/W Description Options Input ADVANCED PROPERTIES Codec The input stream codec PID RO The PID of the video stream as it appears in the input PMT Resolution Frame Rate The input stream resolution The input stream frame rate Tab Parameter Name R/W Description Options Profile RW Codec profile to be used for output video stream HEVC Main H264 Baseline H264 Main H264 High 2017 Imagine Communications Corp. Proprietary and Confidential. Version 1.0 Page 68