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Connect using the Connection Code 

1.

 

In the 

Live Streams

 panel of the 

Live Streams

 page of Wowza Streaming Cloud, select the live 

stream that uses Osprey as its video source. 
 

2.

 

On the 

Overview

 tab of the live stream detail page, make note of the six-digit 

Connection Code

.

 

 

  

 

3.

 

Sign in to the Osprey Talon web-based admin interface. 
 

4.

 

Click the 

CH1

 tab or click the plus sign to create a new stream. 

 

5.

 

Under 

Output

, for 

Output Transport

, choose 

Wowza Cloud

 

6.

 

Enter the 

Connection Code

 from the 

Overview

 tab of your live stream detail page. 

 

  
 

7.

 

Click 

Authorize

 

8.

 

Configure any other required settings for your broadcast. See the Encoder Setup section for 
information on how to configure a stream. 
 

Summary of Contents for Talon PRO

Page 1: ...Page 1 of 59 Talon PRO User Guide 02 26 2020...

Page 2: ...this document and assumes no responsibility for any errors contained herein OVERVIEW Thank you for purchasing the Osprey Talon PRO video encoder from Osprey Video This user guide provides step by ste...

Page 3: ...UPPORTED INPUT RESOLUTIONS 6 OPERATING CONTROLS 7 QUICK SETUP 9 Connect the encoder 9 Verify the ip address 10 Connect via a browser 10 WEB UI 13 SYSTEM 14 Device 14 Network 17 Security 18 Date Time 1...

Page 4: ...R RTSP 41 CONFIGURING ENCODER FOR UDP 42 CONFIGURING ENCODER FOR FACEBOOK LIVE 44 CONFIGURING ENCODER FOR WOWZA CLOUD 48 CONFIGURING ENCODER FOR ZIXI BROADCASTER 51 CONFIGURING ENCODER FOR STREAMSPOT...

Page 5: ...Page 5 of 59...

Page 6: ...ed Linux Redundant Power Supply SUPPORTED INPUT RESOLUTIONS HDMI TV 2160p30 1080p60 1080p59 94 1080p50 1080p30 1080p29 97 1080p25 1080p24 1080p23 98 1080i30 1080i29 97 1080i25 1080i24 1080i23 98 720p6...

Page 7: ...Page 7 of 59 OPERATING CONTROLS...

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Page 9: ...Page 9 of 59 QUICK SETUP CONNECT THE ENCODER...

Page 10: ...on Pro your Talon serial number with password 0spr3yT l0n 4 Using the phone s browser go to http 10 1 1 1 5 Read the Local IP Address of the Talon Here CONNECT VIA A BROWSER Using a PC MAC or Tablet t...

Page 11: ...Page 11 of 59 Click on the Destination Bar Enter Destination Info Click on the Video Bar Video Settings Video Preview...

Page 12: ...Page 12 of 59 Click on the Audio Bar Enter Audio Info Select START...

Page 13: ...alon PRO resides It opens at a landing page that displays information regarding the global system settings The informational tabs are SYSTEM STATUS and Wi Fi Most of the global settings are found bene...

Page 14: ...Page 14 of 59 SYSTEM The System tab has device information along with global system settings DEVICE DEVICE INFORMATION...

Page 15: ...ic encoding settings are enabled by default For greater customization additional settings may be accessed by enabling Advanced Settings If Enabled the advanced settings become visible in the UI The de...

Page 16: ...e button until the six all change to yellow When the button is released the encoder will reboot and all settings will be returned to their factory defaults This includes network settings STREAMING OPT...

Page 17: ...WORK NETWORK CONFIGURATION DHCP By default Talon is set to receive an IP address automatically via DHCP STATIC IP If you do not wish to use DHCP you may uncheck the box and assign a static address man...

Page 18: ...TY SERVICE PORT To turn off the hardware service port set this to Disabled DEVICE PASSWORD You can create a password for the web UI here If no password is set no login is required Username is admin an...

Page 19: ...k synchronization on computer networks It is enabled by default TIME ZONE For NTP purposes set this to your local time zone continent location SERVER By default the server address is set for the outsi...

Page 20: ...h be set to light up under a specified condition The options are Encoder 1 indicates Encoder 1 is active Encoder 2 indicates Encoder 2 is active Encoder 3 indicates Encoder 3 is active Source Media Mo...

Page 21: ...ION There are 14 available transport options that are enabled by default To simplify setup some admins prefer to remove unused transports from the encoder menu Disabling any of them here prevents them...

Page 22: ...nd choose the downloaded file from its location on your PC Then click Upload and Update REBOOT To Reboot Talon without having to power cycle the encoder click Reboot and then click Reboot Now on the d...

Page 23: ...ATUS This tab provides a status overview of all inputs and all streams along with CPU Temperature status from a single page The refresh button updates the page when pressed For continuous updates sele...

Page 24: ...ess to connect with a browser from a PC For complete instructions see the Talon Quick Start Guide ACCESS POINT The Talon Wi Fi access point is enabled by default To turn off the Access Point select Di...

Page 25: ...electing the Output Transport first these options are activated on the subsequent Video and Audio ribbons START All encoder options should be configured before clicking on the Start button DESTINATION...

Page 26: ...fferent refer to the Encoder Configuration Page in the User Guide for each Output Transport NOTE IF UDP IS SELECTED DON T FORGET TO CHECK THE VALUE OF TS RATE TO MAKE SURE IT IS IN LINE WITH EXPECTATI...

Page 27: ...for creating and saving a file at the same time as the encoder is streaming Options are None TSfile or MP4file Some transports do not support all options The option will be grayed out if it is not su...

Page 28: ...e are selected the option menu appears NOTE SPECIAL TRANSPORTS LIKE WOWZA CLOUD AND FACEBOOK LIVE DO NOT ALLOW FOR SIMULTANEOUS FILE SAVING OUTPUT If MP4File or TSFile are selected Multiple file relat...

Page 29: ...sion to access the network share PASSWORD Password to account referenced above PATH AND FILE PREFIX The path to the file location for the encoded file i e FolderName SubFolder This is followed by the...

Page 30: ...hows the url for use in VLC and others to decode the stream AUTHENTICATION Enable authentication when your RTMP stream requires a username and password USER Username for stream authentication PASSWORD...

Page 31: ...which mode was selected under System Device Device Configuration 4K_Progressive HDMI UHD and SDI1 3G Dual SDI SDI1 and SDI2 3G HD Interlaced HDMI 1080p60 and SDI1 1080p60 1080i and SD supported By cl...

Page 32: ...ws users to select a portion of a larger image for streaming The output will be the size of the cropped image rather than the Output Resolution selected in the dialog ROI Rotation and Text Overlay set...

Page 33: ...the slider The effect of this change can be viewed in the stream in real time It does not show in the live monitors CURRENT ROTATE ANGLE For reference the current setting is shown TEXT OVERLAY When TE...

Page 34: ...for the stream from the dropdown If this resolution is different from the capture resolution resizing will occur Follow Input generates the resolution based on the capture resolution CODEC Selects the...

Page 35: ...output stream In Combined mode the top and bottom fields are combined into a single frame In separated mode the fields are set separately for an HEVC stream Decoders will need to support field separat...

Page 36: ...BIT RATE Target bitrate for audio encode The bitrate range for AACLC is 12 384 Kbps 64 Kbps or higher is recommended Bitrate range for AACHE and HE V2 is 32 64 Kbps SAMPLE RATE Select the audio sample...

Page 37: ...CH3 Ensure that the selected encoder shows a status of STOPPED If necessary click on the Stop button in the Channel Controls section of the user interface CH1 tab or the Stop All button in the lower r...

Page 38: ...t Authentication to Enable and enter your valid Wowza login credentials Continue configuration by selecting the Video ribbon Select Source Output Resolution etc from the pull down menus Note that H 26...

Page 39: ...Output Transport to RTP Set Dest Address the IP address of the destination of the encoded stream Select the Video ribbon and select the Output Resolution Codec and related settings For RTP you may us...

Page 40: ...ideo from Talon is v 0 o 653 1 IN IN4 TALON_IP s Osprey Talon streaming video t 0 0 m audio USER_SELECTED_PORT audio RTP AVP 97 a tool Talon a recvonly a type broadcast c IN IP4 DESTINATION_IP a rtpma...

Page 41: ...e Stop button Select the Output ribbon Set Output Transport to RTSP The Decoder URL for the RTSP stream will be the IP address of the encoder ch 1 sdp Select the Video ribbon and make the appropriate...

Page 42: ...sible to stream more than one stereo pair per encoder Select from the available audio codecs AAC LC AAC HE and AAC HE2 are recommended codecs for AVC and HEVC encoding Select START CONFIGURING ENCODER...

Page 43: ...ed example 192 168 0 6 b or to a multicast address An example multicast address would be 225 1 2 3 If you are on a shared network check with your Network Administrator Make note of the value of Dest P...

Page 44: ...there is no need for the encoder operator to have full credentials for the Facebook page after the stream is authorized To use the Facebook Live API select it from the Output Setup pull down menu Fac...

Page 45: ...hat the Osprey Talon Encoder will receive your public profile Press Continue to assign posting permissions to Talon If you ve already granted permissions to Talon you will receive a message telling yo...

Page 46: ...video to your timeline You may select what audience can view the video If you have other pages that you manage from this Facebook account you can assign permissions to them here You have completed Fa...

Page 47: ...g Continuous Live will broadcast indefinitely on your page but will never be archived Regular streams post for a maximum of four hours When they stop they are archived to your page To begin your strea...

Page 48: ...tion and then click Next 4 On the Video Source and Transcoder Settings page select Osprey as the encoder you want to use to connect to Wowza Streaming Cloud 5 Specify other video source settings click...

Page 49: ...te of the six digit Connection Code 3 Sign in to the Osprey Talon web based admin interface 4 Click the CH1 tab or click the plus sign to create a new stream 5 Under Output for Output Transport choose...

Page 50: ...prey Talon admin interface start your video source 5 In the Wowza Streaming Cloud web manager confirm that the stream is working by looking at the Video Snapshot in the Overview tab of the live stream...

Page 51: ...Zixi Credential is enabled users can enter their Zixi Password Authentication uses a combination of the Session ID and Password If assigned on the Zixi Broadcaster the Zixi Remote ID grants access pri...

Page 52: ...nter your Username and Password and click Authorize When authorization is successful StreamSpot will respond with a completion dialog Close the dialog and and start your encoder The encoder will remai...

Page 53: ...age 53 of 59 CONFIGURING ENCODER FOR SRT To PUSH a stream with SRT select from the Output Transport and enter the SRT Destination address and port The remainder of the settings are set to SRT defaults...

Page 54: ...that codec become available in the Video ribbon Profile Baseline Main or High The H 264 profile of the bitstream Generally High is used for 2160p or greater Main for D1 and Baseline for less than D1...

Page 55: ...te statistical period CBR Constant Bitrate means that a stable encoding bitrate is ensured within the bitrate statistical time Quality Mode Low Latency Balance High Quality Low Latency optimizes the e...

Page 56: ...eo ribbon RATE CONTROL VBR OR CBR Selects the encoder rate control mechanism VBR Variable Bitrate means that the encoding bitrate can fluctuate within the bitrate statistical period CBR Constant Bitra...

Page 57: ...uality at the expense of latency INTERLACE MODE COMBINED SEPARATED In the case of interlaced inputs this selects how the unit formats the output stream In Combined mode the top and bottom fields are c...

Page 58: ...JPEG Encoding Controls Maximum 100Mbit s Aggregate Output Bitrate 40Mbit s per channel instance Frame rate Full Half Quarter and Sixth Low Latency option 55ms Closed Captions Re embeds existing CEA608...

Page 59: ...ompany and mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies No part of this specification may be reproduced transcribed transmitted or stored in a retrieval system in any part or by any...

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