8
Basic Operation
8.
Move to the
Channel Plan
tab.
9. Enter a Program number for each stream in the
Prog #
field.
10. Enter a description of the content in the
Name
field. Often, the viewing client will display
the short channel name when tuning to different streams. The short name cannot exceed 7
characters in length. Letters, numbers, and spaces are permitted.
11. Enter a description of the content in the
Long Name
field. The long name cannot exceed 32
characters in length. Letters, numbers, and spaces are permitted.
12. Click the
Rating
drop-down list to select the desired Rating.
The following ratings are supported: TV-G, TV-Y, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA, TV-MA-LSV
This sets an audience rating for all entries in the program guide. This can be useful if some
content should be excluded at some HDTVs. The values sent follow MPEG2 and CEA-766
specification, region 1 (USA), dimension 0 (TV-Rating). Note that TV-MA-LSV is the most
extreme content, with LSV short for “Language, Sex, Violence”.
13. Click the
Apply
button to save the changes or click the
Reset
button to discard any
changes.
Note:
UDP and RTP multicast streams can be viewed using many different decoders. One
popular viewer/decoder for PCs is VLC. The link below provides a detailed example of how
to use VLC to view a multicast stream.
https://youtu.be/bslkfZJh3iA
