Elecard MultiStream Player v.1.1. User Guide

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2 Notices First edition: June 6, Date modified: November 9, For information, contact Elecard. Tel: +7 (3822) More information can be found at: For Technical Support, please contact the Elecard Technical Support Team: Elecard provides this publication as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. This publication may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Changes are periodically made to the information herein; these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication. Elecard may make improvements and/ or changes in the product(s) and/or the program(s) described in this publication at any time. Other company, product, trademarks, and service names are trademarks or service marks of other companies or corporations. Copyright Elecard. All rights reserved. 2

3 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION PREFACE USING THIS GUIDE Purpose Topics Covered SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Hardware requirements Software Requirements LICENSING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT GETTING STARTED INSTALLING ELECARD MULTISTREAM PLAYER UNINSTALLING ELECARD MULTISTREAM PLAYER RUNNING ELECARD MULTISTREAM PLAYER DESCRIBING ELECARD MULTISTREAM PLAYER OVERVIEW SUPPORTED FORMATS AND INTERFACES Supported protocols Supported Formats Supported Interfaces Supported Digital TV-tuners FEATURES USING ELECARD MULTISTREAM PLAYER DESCRIBING ELECARD MULTISTREAM PLAYER GUI DESCRIBING ELECARD MULTISTREAM PLAYER POP-UP MENU CONFIGURING CONSOLES PLAYBACK CONTROL WINDOW CONTROL PLAYLIST CONTROL SETTING UP NOTIFICATIONS GRAPH DISPLAY INFORMATION MULTISTREAM PLAYER MANAGER DVB-T2 BROADCASTING CONFIGURATION PRODUCT FLOW CHART Short Description CONFIGURATION GUIDE DVB-T2 Monitoring configuration SNMP CONTROL ENABLING SNMP ON WINDOWS OS INSTALLING SNMP ON THE CLIENT-SIDE INSTALLING SNMP ON THE MANAGER-SIDE INTEGRATION WITH OTHER ELECARD PRODUCTS INHERITING PROPERTIES FROM ELECARD CODECWORKS APPENDIX CONFIGURATION KEYS CHANNELS CALIBRATION

4 1.1 Preface 1. Introduction Elecard MultiStream Player software is designed for visual monitoring of video stream quality and audio signal level in real time. The software allows viewing a large number of channels on one or several displays to be monitored and is used to quickly detect problems affecting broadcasters and video content providers when broadcasting a digital TV channel. The decoding process effectively uses hardware resources and ensures high quality of video and audio content. 1.2 Using this Guide Purpose This guide is intended to provide the application installation and configuration instructions on how to start monitoring of multimedia content quality in a real time mode and to detect problems in broadcasting Topics Covered The following lists the topics covered in this document: Section 1: Introduction provides a general overview of the Elecard MultiStream Player application and describes the purpose of the document and its contents. Section 2: Getting Started describes how to install, uninstall, and run the Elecard MultiStream Player application. Section 3: Describing Elecard MultiStream Player provides a detailed description of the Elecard MultiStream Player application including its features and supported stream formats. Section 4: Using Elecard MultiStream Player describes the Elecard MultiStream Player GUI. 1.3 System Requirements Hardware requirements For Elecard MultiStream Player to work properly, the system should meet the following minimum requirements: SSE-enhanced CPU (Intel Core i3, i5, i7 Processor 8 GB RAM Any VGA card Elecard software solutions, including Elecard MultiStream Player, support Intel Quick Sync technology; for better performance, Elecard recommends using hardware based on Intel CPUs with Quick Sync support. Intel Quick Sync is available in Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 CPUs from the 2nd generation onwards. This technology is a part of Intel HD Graphics. To get an idea of the performance, see the performance comparison table below provided 4770 (Haswell) and i (KabuLake) CPUs with enabled hardware acceleration (HW-decoding) and without it (SW-decoding). 4

5 Table 1. Max number of channels to be decoded CPU Intel 3,4 GHz Intel 3,6 GHz GPU HD Graphics 4600 HD Graphics 630 Decoding type SW decode HW decode SW decode HW decode MPEG2 SD, AVC SD Mbps MPEG2 HD, AVC HD Mbps HEVC SD 1.8 Mbps HEVC HD 3.5 Mbps Software Requirements Windows 8/10/Server2012R2/Server2016 Note, that the maximum number of the channels to be played back simultaneously depends on your hardware performance. 1.4 Licensing and Technical Support Elecard MultiStream Player is supplied as a trial version or as a registered product. By installing, copying, or otherwise using the software product or any updates, you agree to be bound by the terms of the "Elecard'' End-User License Agreement (''EULA''). This EULA is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and Elecard for the "Elecard" software product(s) accompanying this EULA, which include(s) computer software and may include "online" or electronic documentation, associated media, and printed materials (''software product''). For technical support, please contact Elecard Technical Support Team: tsup@elecard.com For sales and licensing information, contact Elecard Sales Department: 5

6 2. Getting Started The following section details the procedures for installing and running Elecard MultiStream Player. 2.1 Installing Elecard MultiStream Player To install MultiStream Player, run the EXE installation file provided in the player package and follow the installation instructions. Note, that two installation files corresponding to 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems are included in the installation package. Select the file matching your operating system. Accept the license terms and conditions while installing the product package. Figure 1. Elecard MultiStream Player License Commercial Agreement Select a directory for installing a demo version (the default installation folder is C:\Program Files\Elecard\Elecard MultiStream Player\Demo). Default directory for a licensed full-featured version is C:\ProgramFiles\Elecard\Elecard MultiStream Player. 6

7 Figure 2. Elecard MultiStream Player Selecting Installation Folder Add the program in Windows Firewall Exception List to enable correct operation of the application. Figure 3. Elecard MultiStream Player Adding Firewall Exception During the software installation it is offered to install USB protection key drivers (included in the installation package). 7

8 Figure 4. Elecard MultiStream Player Installing HASP HL Key Drivers If you use hardware acceleration (see the sections Supported Protocols and Configuring Consoles), make sure you have the latest version of Intel HD Graphics Driver. If necessary, download it from Intel official download page. For proper operation of MultiStream Player it is required to install Windows.NET Framework 3.5 on your PC. If it has not been installed before, it will be offered to download it from Microsoft web-site at the first start of the application. Windows.NET Framework 3.5 can be installed separately from MultiStream Player. For its installation, open Windows Control Panel and select Programs and Features. 8

9 Figure 5. Elecard MultiStream Player Windows Control Panel Programs and Features Select Enable or disable Windows features in the appeared window. 9

10 Figure 6. Enabling and disabling Windows Features Windows Features List should open, set a checkbox for.net Framework 3.5 (including.net 2.0 and 3.0). Figure 7. Windows Features 10

11 Click OK, and the required feature is installed. 2.2 Uninstalling Elecard MultiStream Player To uninstall Elecard MultiStream Player: 1. Open Control Panel and go to the Programs and Features. 2. Select Elecard MultiStream Player and click Uninstall. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Elecard MultiStream Player uninstallation. Or: 1. Open the Applications Folder and select Elecard MultiStream Player. 2. Click it and choose the Uninstall option. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Elecard MultiStream Player uninstallation. 2.3 Running Elecard MultiStream Player To run Elecard MultiStream Player go to C:\Program Files\Elecard\Elecard MultiStream Player, select ems.exe file and double-click it. 11

12 3. Describing Elecard MultiStream Player 3.1 Overview Elecard MultiStream Player is a professional solution intended for visual monitoring of multimedia content in a real time mode. The application supports highly demanded video and audio formats. Elecard MultiStream Player supports a wide range of DVB tuners and video signal capturing devices and it can be easily customized in accordance with user s requirements. 3.2 Supported Formats and Interfaces Elecard MultiStream Player supports the following protocols, formats and tuners: Supported protocols HLS UDP RTP RTSP Supported Formats MPEG-2 TS Container (SPTS or MPTS) Video: MPEG-2 MPEG-4 (H.264/AVC) H.265/HEVC Audio HE AAC v.1 and v.2 AAC LC MPEG-1/ Supported Interfaces Input signals can be received via digital TV-tuners, HDMI, SDI or ASI capturing devices. It is required that the devices use DirectShow technology Supported Digital TV-tuners Digital Devices CineC2T2 v7 AVerTV Nova T2 Behold TV T8 Other devices using DirectShow technology are also supported. 3.3 Features Elecard MultiStream Player provides the following features: UHD (4K) playback support; HEVC playback support; 12

13 Multiwindow mode available on several screens; Multipage mode available; Use of Processor Graphics (QuickSync) for decoding; Each console is available in an independent mode (software/hardware decoding); Wide range of video input devices supported by the application; User notification on triggered error (event) via , SMS etc.; Sound alarm on triggered error (event); Wide range of supported RAW files (file, UDP, RTSP, HLS and etc.); Possibility of the application customization. 13

14 4. Using Elecard MultiStream Player 4.1 Describing Elecard MultiStream Player GUI The following section describes the Elecard MultiStream Player GUI. MultiStream Player is started as system service. In the application window, each channel is represented as a video output area (console). Each console contains the following indicators: signal level for the left and right audio channels, title (at the top) and current bitrate status bar (at the bottom). Figure 8. Elecard MultiStream Player GUI Main Window A window with empty (non-configured) consoles opens at the first start of MultiStream Player. For more details on configuration, see the Configuring Consoles section It is possible to edit the number of consoles to be viewed (but not more than the number of acquired licenses). You can simultaneously view two consoles in two different windows and display the windows on two different screens (if several screens are connected to the PC). It is possible to enable multipage mode in the application (two pages are set by default). Multipage mode enables the display of one group of consoles within the stated time and then switches to the other group. This mode is quite helpful for PCs with performance insufficient for simultaneous display of all consoles. Display mode is configurable: one channel can be displayed in full screen. Audio playback is automatically enabled in the full-screen mode. 14

15 Several notification types are provided in the application in case of a monitored signal failure: sound notification, , sms notification and SNMP. In case of video stream interruption, the No video signal status is displayed, accompanied by an elapsed time showing the length of the outage. 4.2 Describing Elecard MultiStream Player Pop-up Menu MultiStream Player does not have a standard control board. Control is performed by right-clicking and opening a pop-up menu. Figure 9. Elecard MultiStream Player Pop-up Menu Using the pop-up menu, it is possible to control the application and single consoles. According to the current condition of the pop-up menu points their names can automatically change (for example, Start Stop, Unmute Mute). Most of the commands can be performed by pressing hot-keys without clicking. Each command indicated in the pop-up menu is described below. 4.3 Configuring Consoles Before proceeding with the configuration, it is vital to understand whether your platform supports Intel Quick Sync hardware acceleration (normally, Quick Sync-enabled CPUs have "Intel HD Graphics xxxx" in the name/description), see the Supported Formats and Interfaces section for details. If your platform meets this requirement, Elecard recommends enabling hardware acceleration for better performance. To switch on hardware acceleration, open the pop-up menu and enable the following checkbox: Options Use hardware acceleration. Note: the Use hardware acceleration checkbox should be enabled or disabled before configuring the console. Enabling/disabling the checkbox does not affect the playback (decoding) schema that has already been set up for the console. If you want to re-configure a console, clear it, enable/disable the checkbox and reconfigure the console. To set up a channel, start the configurator by opening the pop-up menu and selecting Configure. Enter URI of the selected stream source in the window that opens. If there are multiple interfaces in the 15

16 system, URI should look as follows: Figure 10. The Configure Window network interface receiving broadcast :1234 multicast address and port. If you have only one network interface, you may enter broadcast address and port number only. For example, udp:// :1234. This relates to RTP, RTSP и HTTP broadcast as well. In case of a file playback, specify a path to this file. To open configurator (i.e. a window with advanced channel reception setting) select the Configure (advanced) button. It is used to configure monitoring without rendering or decoding, or to select an audio track or to receive a stream from the capture card, etc. To select a source type and set its parameters, go to the Input settings tab. For various sources, these parameters may differ. The parameters highlighted in red must be filled. It is required to set up the parameters of the stream to be broadcasted (address, port, etc.) when selecting IP source template. The values of these parameters can be set up automatically by invoking the list of available announcements in the Multicast Group or Unicast Address field and selecting one of them. Figure 11. New Schema Configurator Input Settings tab You can also add multiple sources of input streams. To add a new source, click the "+" tab. Open the Input tab by clicking Next or opening the corresponding tab that displays all available 16

17 elementary streams (if the source parameters have been set up correctly). The program automatically applies the desired profile to one video and one audio streams. These settings can be edited manually. Figure 12. New Schema Configurator Input tab Switch to the Output tab (by clicking the Next button) where output devices are automatically set up for the selected video and audio streams and click the Save button. Figure 13. New Schema Configurator Output tab Playing back of the stream being received starts in the configured console in a while. Configurator (Configure (advanced) opens in the edit mode when invoking for the configured channel. This mode enables you to edit the input settings or select other elementary streams. To view a current graph during the configurator operation, click the View Graph button. 17

18 Figure 14. View Graph To view the graph filtering settings right-click it. Open Manager for editing the filter settings. If the channel has already been configured, but you would like to re-configure it "from scratch", reset its settings by pressing Ctrl+X or selecting Clear in the pop-up menu. A confirmation dialog box opens. To reset the settings of all consoles at once, open the pop-up menu and click Clear All. The Console N caption is displayed in a channel caption field at the first start of the application. The caption can be edited according to the stream being played back. Right-click the caption to be edited, the Change caption dialog box opens. Figure 15. New Caption In case of video stream interruption, the No video signal status is displayed, accompanied by an elapsed time showing the length of the outage. The audio outage length is displayed in the pop-up window on the audio level indicator. Figure 16. No Video Signal 18

19 4.4 Playback Control To turn on/off sound for the selected console: select Unmute/Mute from the pop-up menu or left-click the selected console and press M. Note: the consoles are played back in a Mute mode by default. However, if a console is opened in the Full screen (see details below) mode, it automatically enables audio track output. If you go back to the multi-channel monitoring mode, it automatically disables audio track output. If the console sound is turned off by default, the Unmute parameter is displayed in the pop-up menu; if the console sound is turned on, the parameter automatically changes to Mute. Indicators display configuration of a console title (Caption), audio tracks indicator (Audio), and bitrate of an input stream (Bitrate). It is possible to enable/disable all indicators at once (press I). All indicators are enabled or disabled in the application consoles or active window (if the application is configured for several windows as described in the Window Control section). To playback the selected console stream, click Start (or press the spacebar). As soon as the console is switched to the Play mode, the button name should automatically change to Stop (or press the spacebar). If playback is stopped, then the STOPPED sign should be displayed in the console to differentiate it from the empty (non-configured) ones. Figure 17. Stopped Sign To display a channel in a full size, double-click the console area. Full screen mode also enables audio track output. The selected channel can be displayed in full screen mode by selecting Full screen from the pop-up menu. To return to multi-channel monitoring mode, double-click the console window or press Esc. To open the application window as a full-sized screen, press F11. It hides the Windows task bar and application window controls. To exit the full screen mode, press F11 again 4.5 Window Control MultiStream Player software allows output to multiple displays. It is possible to create an additional window for visual broadcast monitoring by selecting New Window in the pop-up menu or by pressing Ctrl+N. Note: a new window can be created only if the total number of consoles does not exceed the number of acquired licenses. The number of channels (consoles) displayed in a single window can be set up by selecting Change window size in the pop-up menu. 19

20 Figure 18. Changing the Number of Consoles If you close a window, you will not delete it. It appears again as soon as you start MultiStream Player. To delete it, right-click the window, open the pop-up menu and select Delete window (available for additional windows only). Note: the Delete window menu and the function appear only for the last created window. For example, if several extra windows have been recently created (Window 2, Window 3, Window 4), the Delete window function is applicable only for Window 4. The application window size changing does not affect the configured console settings. For example, size of the application window is 3 x 4 consoles (12 consoles in total), each console performs the assigned task. If an operator changes the window size to 3 x 3 consoles (9 consoles in total), the nondisplayed (excluded) consoles (10 th, 11 th and 12 th ) are Stopped, and all the configurations are saved. If a window size is increased, the consoles 10 th, 11 th, and 12 th will switch to the Play mode and continue performing the assigned tasks. Correspondingly, if the configured console is not included in the main or additional window and is not displayed, it means that the console is stopped, and the coding process is not performed. Note, that in multi-window mode the indicators (Caption, Audio, Bitrate) configuration and the Clear all function are applicable to an active (selected) window only. 4.6 Playlist Control A set of consoles with channels represents a playlist that can be saved to or downloaded from the hard drive. The following pop-up menu options are used to control or manage the playlist: Save playlist - allows saving of console settings into an EPLS file. Load playlist allows exporting console settings from a playlist saved before. The application supports special format EPLS (such playlists contain decoding schemas) along with the standard formats M3U and M3U8. When opening a playlist in one of the two latter formats, a playback delay is possible as it takes time to build the decoding schemas. Page up/page down - allows switching between next and previous playlist pages by selecting Page up/page down in the pop-up menu or pressing the Page up/page down keys. For example, if your MultiStream Player license covers N consoles, you can simultaneously monitor not more than N channels. It does not mean that you have to change the playlist to playback another N channels. You can use the playlist page switching function for better convenience. Having configured the first set of N consoles, select Page down in the pop-up menu (or press the Page down key) and configure the next set of N consoles, etc. Now you can switch between the consoles by pressing the PageUpp/PageDown/ Home hotkeys or by selecting Pages Page Up / Page Down / First page in the pop-up menu. The number of playlist pages is limited by your license. The application is provided along with two 20

21 switching pages by default. However, the number of pages can be increased upon a customer's request. This feature enables you to view more channels (by switching between pages) than your hardware typically allows. To enable automatic switching between pages in a specified period, select Pages Start auto scrolling in the pop-up menu (or press Ctrl+PageDown). The Start auto scrolling dialog window opens, enter interval values for automatic page switching. Default interval is 30 seconds. Figure 19. Start Auto Scrolling After clicking the OK button auto-scrolling is started. A window caption displays Auto-scrolling and a page number (e.g. Pge 2), if it is not a generic page. To exit auto-scrolling mode select Pages Stop auto scrolling in the pop-up menu or press Ctrl+PageDown. The page that is active (selected) at the stop of auto scrolling will be displayed. Figure 20. Elecard MultiStream Player Auto Scrolling Window 4.7 Setting up Notifications It is possible to set up notifications to be sent via SNMP or or to be logged to a file as follows: Pop-up menu Options Notification option. To configure general settings (the settings applied to all consoles), click the Notification option button. 21

22 Figure 21. Error Notification Notifications are performed via SNMP trap. Send notification when an error happens enables all notifications. No video signal for sends a notification if video signal is missing for a specified period of time. The time is in seconds. No audio signal for sends a notification if audio signal is missing for a specified period of time. The time is in seconds. Video freeze / Black screen for sends a notification if the video freeze or a black screen is shown for a specified period of time. The time is in seconds. To enable this notification, it is required to perform preliminary calibration (see the section 8, Appendix 1). TS errors sends a notification in case of transport stream errors (CC errors). The notification is sent if the number of errors accumulated within the specified time period is greater than or equal to the specified value. The time is in seconds. Video decoder skips sends a notification if a frame decoding error occurs. This error may be caused by transport stream errors when the stream is so altered that the decoder decides to skip a frame. The notification is sent if the amount of errors accumulated within the specified time period is greater than or equal to the specified value. The time is in seconds. notifications are set up by clicking settings: pop-up menu Options Notification option settings. 22

23 Figure 22. Settings SMTP server server address (port 25 is used as normal). Recipient address е-mail address of a message recipient. Sender address е-mail address of a message sender. Password a security password to access a sender's . Connecting security protocol of a secure access to server. Port access port to server. Send test sending an to test configuration settings. It is required to choose a way of notifications: either about each individual event or about a group of events within the specified interval to prevent a possibility of Spam abuse and blocking the messages by the server. To set up notifications via SMS, click SMS settings in the pop-up menu: Pop-up menu Options Notification option SMS settings. Figure 23. SMS Settings 23

24 Port selects COM-port on which a GSM-modem connected to a PC is based. Click Detect to enable an automatic search for a port. Phone number a phone number where event notifications are sent to. Send test SMS sends SMS to test configuration settings. Sound alert (disabled by default) is sound notification on errors used to attract an operator s attention to an event. Before enabling Sound alert, select an audio file to played back. Click Sound alarm setting, a file selection box opens. Figure 24. Sound Alert Settings 4.8 Graph Display The structure of the receiving graph can be visualized by selecting Show graph from the pop-up menu or by pressing Ctrl+F. Figure 25. Viewing a Graph The components of the decoding setup are highlighted in purple. To view advanced parameters, rightclick the component and select Parameters. All parameters in the graph are read-only. 24

25 Figure 26. NWSource Parameters If Show only visible is selected, only visible filter parameters are displayed. Parameters highlighted in grey are hidden. To make parameters active, double-click the name of the selected parameter, and it becomes black, and vice-versa. The italic parameters are informative. Figure 27. Parameters 25

26 4.9 Information There are two informative parameters in MultiStream Player menu available for being displayed: console log and stream information. Console log displays filters being loaded to form a schema (see Fig. 28), monitoring parameters (see the Setting up Notifications section), and error notifications. To display console log, open the pop-up menu and select Tools Show log or press CTRL+I. Figure 28. Console Log To display stream information, select Tools Show stream info from the pop-up menu. Figure 29. Stream Information Stream information includes a stream size, sides ratio, video and audio streams bitrate and codec. If there are several sound tracks, bitrate and codec are displayed for the stream being currently decoded. 26

27 4.10 MultiStream Player Manager To open MultiStream Player Manager, select Tools Manager from the pop-up menu or press CTRL+M. The consoles activity (enabled / disabled), their status (coding / pending), schema name and parameters, coding statistics, coding start time and CPU load along with RAM volume required for coding processes are displayed in MultiStream Player Manager. Figure 30. Elecard MultiStream Player Manager MultiStream Player manager is used for accurate configuration and MultiStream Player operation analysis 27

28 5. DVB-T2 Broadcasting Configuration 5.1 Product Flow Chart The flow chart shows data for Tomsk, Russia. Broadcast band may differ for other regions. Figure 31. Flow Chart Short Description A signal capture device is implemented on 4-channel board DD Cine C2T2 V7 & DuoFlex C2T2 V3 (4 Tuner Set). A signal from antenna outputs to the capture board. MultiStream Player processes MPTS streams from each PLP and converts MPTS to SPTS according to the predefined number of broadcasting channels. Each TS goes into definite MultiStream Player console for further analysis. Note, that Elecard offers MultiStream Player in a custom configuration designed for DVB-T2 broadcasting. License covers support of 30 consoles, the last 5 are designed for configuration of schema conversion from MPTS to SPTS. Latest versions of MultiStream Player do not contain obligatory configuration of consoles processing MPTS streams and converting them into single multicast streams designed for DVB-T2 broadcasting, but all configurations are set up by default in the software. It is necessary to set up only broadcast bandwidth for DVB-T2 channels. After starting MultiStream Player open the pop-up menu and select manager (Tools Manager) or press Ctrl+M. Select the consoles one by one, open the pop-up menu by right-clicking and select Parameters (or press Ctrl+P). Specify broadcast bandwidth suitable for your region in the dialog window. 28

29 Figure 32. Elecard MultiStream Player Console Parameters To configure consoles displaying the broadcasted TV-channels, download a playlist from the Pop-up menu Load playlist and the select a file C:\Program Files\Elecard\Elecard MultiStream Player\Playlist.m3u. Figure 33. Elecard MultiStream Player Loading a playlist When loading the playlist (it takes some time, because decoding schemas are simultaneously being created for each console), captions should be assigned to each console matching the titles of TVchannels. 5.2 Configuration guide DVB-T2 Monitoring configuration Right click the console in the application main window and select Tools Manager from the pop-up menu or press Ctrl+M. 29

30 Figure 34. Main Window Pop-up Menu Check the network address in the Elecard MultiStream Player Manager window. It is preferable to work on one and the same computer. In this case, choose localhost Then select one of the consoles. The consoles from 26 to 30 are specially designed for configuration. Double left-click the selected console Figure 35. Elecard MultiStream Player Manager Consoles The Schema configuration window opens, click the Create new button to create a new schema. 30

31 Figure 36. Elecard MultiStream Player Manager - Schema configuration The Configurator window opens. Using the Input settings tab, select the required source from the drop-down list (Digital Devices or another tuner). Figure 37. Schema Configurator Selecting a Source Select the source type from the drop-down menu. It should be DVB-T/T2, Tuners (from 1 to 4). 31

32 Figure 38. Schema Configurator Selecting a Source Type Enter the values for frequency, bandwidth and PLP. Follow the links to find out the required frequency for Russia and for the UK. An example below shows configuration for Tomsk, Russia. Broadcasting in Tomsk, Russia is performed in 474 MHz (PLP0, PLP1, PLP2) and 658 MHz (PLP0). Frequency is in khz, so the desired value is or Click Next. Figure 39. Schema Configurator Specifying Frequency and PLP 32

33 Wait until all the available streams appear in the Input tab. Set the checkboxes for the required streams. Each channel can contain from one up to several streams: video, audio and teletext. Radio channel contains audio stream only. Figure 40. Schema Configurator Input Tab After choosing all the necessary streams, the default parameters are automatically set. Change all the stream parameters manually to Stream copy in drop-down list appearing after left clicking. Click Next. 33

34 Figure 41. Schema Configurator Stream Copy Broadcasting streams are automatically generated in the Output tab. Select the IP Render (mux) parameter for the first channel. To add more output channels, right click the parameter and select More outputs. Figure 42. Schema Configurator Output Tab The Number of outputs window should appear. Enter the required number of outputs (channels) and 34

35 click ОК. Figure 43. Select corresponding values for each output stream. Schema Configurator Number of Outputs Note: each output value should be set according to the number of streams contained in a particular channel. For instance, if the channel has two streams, select the IP Render (mux) value twice, and then proceed with the next channel choosing IP Render (mux) 2. Click Next. Figure 44. Schema Configurator Setting Stream Values Enter the values for Address, Interface and Port in the Output settings tab. To set the values left click on the value column. Choose any value for address and port within the given range: Address range (Address) is from to Interface (Interface) performing broadcast. Enter your network IP address. Port range (Port) is from 1000 to For better convenience Elecard recommends choosing the parameters stated in the table below. Note: data presented in the table suits for Tomsk region only. 35

36 Table 2. Data for Tomsk Region Frequency PLP Channel name UDP-address:port PLP0 Channel One :10200 Channel Two :10200 Channel Three :10200 Channel Four :10200 PLP1 Channel One :10200 Channel Two :10200 PLP2 Channel One : PLP0 Channel One :10200 Channel Two :10200 Figure 45. Configure each channel in a similar way and click Save. Schema Configurator Configuring Values 36

37 Figure 46. Schema Configurator Saving The Schema name should be displayed in a dialog window. Enter the name and click ОК. Figure 47. Click OK in the Schema list window to save the schema. Schema Configurator Schema Name Figure 48. Schema Configurator Schema List A new schema appears in the Elecard MultiStream Player Manager window. 37

38 Figure 49. Elecard MultiStream Player Manager New Schema To start coding, right-click the new schema and select Start from the pop-up menu or press hot keys Ctrl+S. You may close Elecard MultiStream Player Manager window. Figure 50. Elecard MultiStream Player Manager Pop-up Menu Configure consoles to display the selected channels. Right click the desired console, choose Configure and enter the broadcasting parameters. For instance: Note: URLs entered in the schema and console parameters are the same. To see the parameters, right click on the schema and choose Parameters or press Ctrl+P. Repeat this procedure for all the consoles according to the number of broadcasting channels. Figure 51. Elecard MultiStream Player Manager Console Configuration Configuration of DVB-T2 broadcasting monitoring is completed. 38

39 Figure 52. Elecard MultiStream Player Main Window 39

40 6. SNMP Control SNMP is a protocol for network monitoring and management of network devices. Special module cwsnmpagent.dll is network agent used for Windows OS as SNMP extension service. It allows managing MultiStream Player by using any SNMP client. To enable this function, select the SNMP Support option from the server settings. 6.1 Enabling SNMP on Windows OS SNMP service is not usually included in the operating system package by default. To install SNMP service, enter Installing Windows Features (Control Panel Programs and features). Select Enabling / Disabling Windows Features and choose SNMP-protocol in the dialog window. Figure 53. Windows Features As soon as the installation is completed, make sure that SNMP service appears in Windows services list (Computer Management Services). 40

41 Figure 54. Computer Management Services 6.2 Installing SNMP on the Client-side As soon as the installation is completed, set up the service. Open the Properties for SNMP Service. Select the SNMP Agent tab and enter values for the fields: contact person (user name) and location (physical location of the computer). These fields are not mandatory and are processed as text. Select the Security tab Accepted community names and add the public community name with READ and WRITE permission. To permit requests from definite hosts only, add their names (host names) or IP addresses to the list Accept SNMP packets from these hosts. It is required to enter at least one community name on the Traps tab requires, enter public (it is casesensitive). To add the computer names which are supposed to receive SNMP-messages, click the Add button in the Trap Destinations list. A dialog box opens where it is required to type the name, IP or IPX address of the host and click Add. The host name or address appears in the Trap destinations list. Click Ok. SNMP installation on the Client-side is completed. 6.3 Installing SNMP on the Manager-side For proper operation of SNMP manager, it is required to install SNMP service (see Installing SNMP on the Client-side), and to install a software for traps receiving. For example, ireasoning MIB Browser. Add files (located in the root folder of MultiStream Player: ELECARD-MIB.txt and ELECARD- MULTISTREAMPLAYER-MIB.txt) to ireasoning MIB Browser and configure MIB Browser to work with one or several agents. 41

42 7. Integration with Other Elecard Products 7.1 Inheriting Properties from Elecard CodecWorks Elecard MultiStream Player software is based on Elecard CodecWorks Encoder software and has inherited most of its features, including MultiStream Player Manager, configurator, graph visualization, etc. You can learn more about using console manager in the Elecard CodecWorks, the CodecWorks Manager section, that can be found at the web-site: Furthermore, the guide explains how to manage from the command prompt over HTTP and over SNMP. This information may be useful if Elecard MultiStream Player is supposed to be integrated into third-party solutions. Note, that Elecard MultiStream Player uses port

43 8.1 Configuration Keys 8. Appendix 1 SNMP="1" control over SNMP. (="0" disabled) SNMPLog log management over SNMP. (="0" log disabled) Encoding code page, application interface. "Windows-1251" is set by default. SequentialConsoleStart = "1" start consoles in sequence, but not simultaneously, to avoid conflict at the application start. MultiStreamPlayerConsoles the maximum number of consoles to be displayed in the application. It is used for customizable builds of the application. StartTimeout time (in seconds) allotted for a successful start of a console. If the allotted time is exceeded, the console is restarted. Default allotted time 10 sec. DefaultDecoder="QS Video Decode" default enabling of hardware acceleration of video decoding process. GPU="1" displays a loading level of GPU core (is useful for QS and when loading level is near to the maximum limit). 8.2 Channels Calibration Console calibration is automatically performed if Video freeze / Black screen is enabled in the error notification system settings (see Setting up Notifications). Video freeze analysis and signal loss (black screen) is performed by comparing input data with the reference values. To obtain the reference values, calibration is required. The console application cwmanagerconsole.exe is used for the console calibration. The application is located in the same folder with installed Multistream Player. The default folder is C:\Program Files\Elecard\Elecard MultiStream Player\. If cwmanagerconsole.exe is started from the console without a key or with the /help key, the following information should be displayed: Usage: cwmanagerconsole.exe command_name [parameters] [/host ip_address:port] [/console console_number] cwmanagerconsole.exe /diagnostics [/host ip_address:port] cwmanagerconsole.exe /help cwmanagerconsole.exe /help commands To calibrate all channels, type the CalibrateAll command in cwmanagerconsole.exe, all set channels should be calibrated within 60 seconds. Reference data is saved in the folder C:\ProgramData\Elecard\CodecWorks-01\Events\. If 60 seconds as calibration time is not acceptable, specify the desired period. The command format is: cwmanagerconsole.exe CalibrateAll duration_in_seconds. For example, cwmanagerconsole.exe CalibrateAll 90. If a new console is added and it requires calibration, execute the following command: cwmanagerconsole.exe Calibrate /console 12, where 12 is a console number. Note: It is impossible to set calibration period when calibrating a new console only, the process can be terminated by pressing the ESC button only. To calibrate the channels and to save the calibration results, confirm the commands each time by 43

44 pressing the Y (yes) button. Note: For multiscreen mode console calibration and the Video freeze / Black screen errors analysis is not reasonable. 44