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Osprey Talon User Guide 

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© 2016 Osprey Video. Osprey®, Ceylon® & SimulStream® are registered trademarks of Osprey Video AG. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 
Product specifications and availability may change without notice    <20161223

 

 

The update process requires a blank USB Flash drive inserted in Talon. The 
updater uses the Flash drive as storage for the update files. If you attempt to 
update without a USB drive you will receive an error. Make sure your Flash drive is 
in place and click 

Choose File 

on the update page. 

 

From Explorer select the Image file you downloaded from Osprey Video. 

Click 

Upload and Update

 

Summary of Contents for Talon G2 model SAH-E23

Page 1: ...Osprey SAH E23 User Guide...

Page 2: ...he express written consent of Osprey Video Osprey Video reserves the right to change any products herein at any time and without notice Osprey Video makes no representations or warranties regarding th...

Page 3: ...Osprey Talon Back Panel Diagram 6 Osprey Talon Status Lights 7 Using Talon for the First Time 8 Osprey BOSS and DHCP 8 Osprey BOSS Without DHCP 8 Osprey BOSS With an Invalid Static IP 9 Unknown IP Add...

Page 4: ...2 Encoder Setup 23 Autostart 23 Video Source 23 16 9 24 Encode Profiles 25 Video Bitrate 25 Maximum Delay 25 Advanced Settings 26 Video Resolution 27 Frame Rate 27 Video Profile 27 GOP Size 27 Number...

Page 5: ...l other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Product specifications and availability may change without notice 20161223 Set a Temporary IP 44 Install BOSS for Linux 45 Run BOSS for L...

Page 6: ...on the local network BOSS works with PC and Linux Once Talon has been identified on the network any HTML browser can be used to configure your encoder The Osprey Talon encoder an easy to use streaming...

Page 7: ...otice 20161223 Osprey Talon Front Panel Diagram You should familiarize yourself with the front panel controls for the Osprey Talon Besides the basic buttons for power start stop up down and menu acces...

Page 8: ...ive lights on the front panel of Talon that indicate the status of several functions A and B Indicate power and boot status of Talon Single Red indicates that Talon s power is on but is not ready Red...

Page 9: ...k to locate Talon and connect to the web GUI For best results be certain your network is connected before switching on your Talon Osprey BOSS Without DHCP If your network does not support DHCP it is s...

Page 10: ...lid on the current network Then access the web GUI and complete the updating of the address on Talon Unknown IP Address Without Osprey BOSS In this scenario Talon is installed on a network and already...

Page 11: ...cations and availability may change without notice 20161223 Talon Web GUI To login to the Talon page first enter the IP address of Talon in a web browser show below and press enter Your browser will b...

Page 12: ...ID The tabs on the front page provide access to the available configuration features of the Talon Syste m Contr ol IP Setup Set Device Name Set Password Update Firmware Select Mode Status Displays re...

Page 13: ...y default Talon receives its IP address via DHCP If you need to use a static address it can be set in the IP setup dialog box on the System Control page If you are not familiar with the settings found...

Page 14: ...wo DNS servers may fail Osprey Boss may not be able to find a Talon with a failed address 3 0 Device Management Device management tasks allow the configuration of operating system features These featu...

Page 15: ...Reboot Reboot performs a complete power reset of the device Make sure you save all of your settings before rebooting Update Firmware Osprey provides periodic firmware updates for Talon There are two m...

Page 16: ...ity may change without notice 20161223 The update process requires a blank USB Flash drive inserted in Talon The updater uses the Flash drive as storage for the update files If you attempt to update w...

Page 17: ...ons and availability may change without notice 20161223 Talon will install the new image and automatically restart You may receive a warning depending on the size of the update file Simply wait until...

Page 18: ...from a pre boot environment the thumb drive must not be larger than 2GB Insert a thumb drive in your host computer Format the thumb drive as FAT do not use FAT32 Paste the image file to the root of th...

Page 19: ...a single RTMP server or stream RTMP and UDP at the same time while saving to file 2X2 LC Mode This mode is designed for Lecture Capture and similar uses Users may select 1 SDI input and 1 of either HD...

Page 20: ...0161223 Changing Operating Modes On first startup Talon will use 1x3 MBR mode If you need to change modes select the desired mode from the dialog at the bottom of the page Talon will reset itself into...

Page 21: ...Product specifications and availability may change without notice 20161223 6 0 Encoder Setup All configuration for actual encoding is found under the tab marked Stream 1 If your interface doesn t hav...

Page 22: ...o indicate the status of the encoder Save The Save button can be used to save the changes you make in the encoder configuration below Use Save if you are going to leave the configuration page without...

Page 23: ...stered trademarks of Osprey Video AG All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Product specifications and availability may change without notice 20161223 Status Below the button...

Page 24: ...s soon as Talon boots This is useful for lights out encoding operations that need to come online automatically in the event of power outage recovery Other uses include single purpose encoders that wil...

Page 25: ...of Osprey Video AG All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Product specifications and availability may change without notice 20161223 16 9 If your input is SD checking this b...

Page 26: ...esenting Megabits per second 1G etc is not accepted NOTE If a setting is out of bounds for the encoder you will receive the message status Error Bad vrate xK This only indicates that the setting is no...

Page 27: ...ncoder s settings select Show from the Advanced Settings pull down If you are using an Encode Profile many of the menus will be grayed out as the profile overrides several of the settings If you would...

Page 28: ...urce 1 2 will be half the incoming frame rate Video Profile Talon supports three h 264 encoding profiles Baseline Main and High Profile selection should be based on the target audience of the encoded...

Page 29: ...TERLACE Standard DeInterlacing will be used DEINTERLACE HQ This level is suitable for some save to file HD video NOTE When encoding multiple streams the same DEINTERLACE method is used across all stre...

Page 30: ...dec all formats For live streaming select from AAC LC low complexity or AAC HE high efficiency The audio codecs labeled MPEG2 and MPEG1L2 are only used for MPEG2 TS streams Mode all formats Select Ste...

Page 31: ...y protocol for internet based video RTMP streaming requires a source and encoder and a streaming server The resulting video is then played in a browser window or via web based player Many users us a C...

Page 32: ...assword then enable Authentication A dialog box will appear below to receive your username and password Frame Alignment When creating multiple bit rate MBR streams it is preferred that all streams use...

Page 33: ...ideo Settings These are the video settings required by the network to deliver a stream to a particular location If this is the only stream you may use the defaults Otherwise insert the values given by...

Page 34: ...to UDP It is simple to configure as it only requires a Destination Address and a Destination Port Destination Address This address can be either Multicast or Unicast address depending upon your requir...

Page 35: ...P files Should your media server require such a file it can be created using notepad The expected format for delivering video from Talon is v 0 o 653 1 IN IN4 TALON_IP s Osprey Talon streaming video t...

Page 36: ...ther to a USB Flash Drive or to a shared network location via the Network Share dialog It is also possible to enable Save to File as a simultaneous operation as part of a USB stream Destination USB Fl...

Page 37: ...etermine if a device is plugged into the USB port Be certain that you have a storage device plugged into the USB before writing the file Do not attempt more than one Save to File operation to a flash...

Page 38: ...live stream in Wowza Streaming Cloud that uses the Osprey Talon encoder as the video source 1 Sign in to Wowza Streaming Cloud 2 Click the Live Streams menu and then click Add Live Stream 3 On the Liv...

Page 39: ...for the live stream 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...

Page 40: ...same network as the Osprey Talon 5 Sign in to the Osprey Talon web based admin interface 6 Click the Stream 1 tab or click the plus sign to create a new stream 7 Under Output Setup for Output Format...

Page 41: ...working by looking at the Video Snapshot in the Overview tab of the live stream detail page The video snapshot displays a frame from the live stream every 5 seconds The started date and time appear u...

Page 42: ...s on a LAN subnet Provide easy access to the Talon web GUI Remotely reboot Talon Remotely set a temporary IP address Clear Talon presets Clear System settings Installing Osprey BOSS BOSS is available...

Page 43: ...you of the IP address BOSS can be used if you do not know the exact IP address of your Talon systems BOSS discovers Talon devices on the network by broadcasting data packets to all IP addresses withi...

Page 44: ...and availability may change without notice 20161223 Additional Operations from BOSS BOSS also includes other functionality that can be used to manage Talons Reboot Set a Temporary IP Clear Configurat...

Page 45: ...Web GUI For that reason BOSS includes a utility to assign a temporary address to allow access to the Web GUI To use this utility Click on the icon to the left of the Talon you need to change Select S...

Page 46: ...e deb file from the OspreyVideo website Double click the file It will open the Ubuntu Software Center Install Osprey Boss Run BOSS for Linux From the cmd prompt run ospreyboss Click the Refresh Button...

Page 47: ...he dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help If the above measures are unsuccessful please consult the dealer or manufacturer of your radio or television receiver or speak with an experien...

Page 48: ...her bitrate The bitrate can be changed without changing the rest of the profile settings All presets use H 264 video codec main profile and AAC LC audio with the exception of LOW which uses Baseline p...

Page 49: ...nced stereo Embedded SDI HDMI 1 stereo pair per input Audio Connector Unbalanced stereo mini 3 5mmx1 adapter not included Video Encoding RTMP UDP RTP H 264 H 264 video encode up to 1080p60 in a single...

Page 50: ...y Ceylon SimulStream are registered trademarks of Osprey Video AG All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Product specifications and availability may change without notice 201...

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