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Figure 5.30. Outputs Players Map
Player Types and Licenses:
X-Agora Players with different numbers of outputs are
available. In order to launch X-Agora Player on a Player machine, its host needs to have
the right local license, either as an embedded software license or a physical USB dongle.
These licenses include checks on the number of connected outputs, available physical
live inputs, and the genlock card. Runtime protection enforces these restrictions: if you
try running a Player that has hardware for which the license was not intended, or that
has more Player outputs connected than allowed by the license, the Player either closes
or is launched with watermarks. See
Licensing (p.34) for more information on Licensing.
Player Status: A Player's status can be either “offline,” “ready,” or “playing.” A Player
is “offline” when the Player machine is turned off, X-Agora Agent is not running, or
the Player is not connected to the same X-Agora Server. When the X-Agora Agent con-
nection is established, the Player is “ready,” meaning that the Player can be launched.
Once a Player is launched, its status is “playing,” and its performance information and
preview are updated.
Player Performance: When a Player is running, it periodically sends performance in-
formation to X-Agora Designer. You can access this detailed performance information
by hovering your cursor above each property and its related gauge.
The information available includes:
CPU usage average processor usage and processor usage per core
GPU usage graphics card name, load, and temperature
Memory usage
combined random-access memory usage
Disk usage combined and partition-specific disk usage
SMPTE signal strength
the real-time audio level of the SMPTE signal, if it is used
X-Agora performance software version, frame rate, application uptime, CPU
usage by X-Agora Player, and computer uptime
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