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C H A P T E R
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Chapter 2:
INPUTS
This chapter describes how to acquire input from a camera or microphone
connected to the Helix Broadcaster hardware. You can also receive input from a
satellite link or another server over your network.
Capture Input
The back of the Helix Broadcaster machine contains an audio/video capture card that has one
or more SDI or HDMI inputs. Depending on the capture card, Helix Broadcaster is capable of
accepting output from most cameras in NTSC, PAL, or HD format. It can also accept input
that uses any of the following types of compression.
Sample Capture Card Inputs
Capture Input Setup
To set up an input from the capture card, tap
Stream Setup
on the
Appliance Manager
screen
and choose one of the
SDI
or
HDMI
entries.
Capture Card Input Choices
video
MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264
audio
MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3, AC3, MPEG-4A (H.264 audio), Ogg-Vorbis