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User Instructions

Multi-Channel Video Encoder and Streamer

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Z3-MVE-40

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DOC-USR-0068-02

Manual Version 2.09.07

Software Version 2.09.07

July 19, 2015

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Page 1: ...o connect or operate this product please read these instructions carefully and save the manual for future use Copyright Z3 Technology LLC All rights reserved This document contains proprietary and confidential information of Z3 Technology LLC Z3 This document may not be used reproduced disclosed or disseminated to anyone without the prior written approval of an authorized representative of Z3 ...

Page 2: ...through LCD RC 2 01 30 09 04 16 15 Added RTMP RTSP descriptions changed description of how MPTS works added mention of ZFinder Added closed caption description Updated screenshots RC 2 09 03 05 21 15 Updated screenshots KA 2 09 03a 05 31 15 Added mention of UDP support in MPTS DNS support Modified description of viewing RTP streams in Section 6 14 Added mention of need to click update twice in Fir...

Page 3: ...O 4 UDP OR RTP STREAMS 11 6 1 Set up the Video Sources 11 6 2 Connect the Z3 MVE 40 11 6 3 Power up the Z3 MVE 40 11 6 4 Open the Z3 MVE 40 Web GUI 12 6 5 Open the Z3 MVE 40 Web GUI using ZFinder Optional 12 6 6 Set Encoder No Resize Mode 13 6 7 Configure CH1 14 6 8 Configure CH2 CH4 15 6 9 Start Encoding 18 6 10 Run VLC to View Stream 19 6 11 Streaming RTP 20 6 12 Run VLC to View RTP Stream Using...

Page 4: ...he Encode 42 8 5 View the Content on Wowza 42 9 0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH THE Z3 MVE 40 44 9 1 Saving Current Settings 44 9 2 Making a Firmware Update 44 9 3 Using the Password Feature 46 9 4 Controlling the Z3 MVE 40 through the Front Panel Controls 48 10 0 SUMMARY OF GUI OPTIONS 50 10 1 The System Setup Tab 50 10 2 The User Presets Tab 50 10 3 The Status Tab 51 10 4 The MPTS Tab 52 10 5...

Page 5: ... for 4x1080i UDP Encode 17 Figure 14 The Start All Button 18 Figure 15 The Status Tab for 4 1080i UDP Encodes 18 Figure 16 VLC Open Network Screen for UDP 19 Figure 17 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC UDP 19 Figure 18 Z3 MVE 40 CH1 Settings for 1080i RTP Encode 20 Figure 19 Opening SDP File for RTP 21 Figure 20 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTP 21 Figure 21 VLC Open Network Screen for R...

Page 6: ...gure 45 Z3 MVE 40 CH4 Settings for 4 channel ASI Encode 38 Figure 46 Z3 MVE 40 MPTS Settings 39 Figure 47 The Start All Button 39 Figure 48 The Status Tab for a 4x1080i ASI Encode 40 Figure 49 Example Settings for RTMP Encode 41 Figure 50 Getting to the Wowza Test Player 42 Figure 51 Viewing MVE 40 Content on Wowza 43 Figure 52 The update Button 44 Figure 53 Updater Screen 45 Figure 54 Browsing fo...

Page 7: ...UIDE 2 1 If You Have Received a System from Z3 with the Software Preloaded To start working with the encoder you can go straight to Section 6 0 USING THE Z3 MVE 40 TO ENCODE 4 CHANNELS INTO 4 UDP OR RTP STREAMS on page 11 or Section 7 0 USING THE Z3 MVE 40 TO ENCODE 4 CHANNELS INTO ONE DVB ASI STREAM on page 34 or Section 8 0 USING THE MVE 40 TO ENCODE RTMP on page 41 The first describes setting u...

Page 8: ..._____________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 8 3 0 INCLUDED PARTS LIST Z3 MVE 40 AC Power Supply BNC to BNC Cable x 4 DB 9 Serial Cable Ear Rack Brackets x 2 4 mm L x 3 mm D Screws x 6 Figure 1 Parts Included with the Z3 MVE 40 ...

Page 9: ...am DHCP and DNS support Password control to restrict access if needed Support for saving exporting and importing favorite settings Inputs 4x HD SDI Outputs DVB ASI HD SDI loopback USB 2 0 Interface for local storage HTTP based configuration software for user friendly configuration and control LCD pushbutton control to view status start stop channels and change IP address on the unit RS 232 serial ...

Page 10: ...ts the same signal as ASI Out1 SDI In1 4 Loop output the values of SDI In 1 4 They can be used to feed the same input s into multiple channels Not supported in this release Contact Z Technology for more information RS 232 Port1 SDI Out Power HDMI In1 ASI In Figure 3 Z3 MVE 40 Rear View Power Switch Status Lights LCD Status Display Figure 2 Z3 MVE 40 Front View LCD Pushbuttons USB HDMI In2 HDMI Out...

Page 11: ...SDI sources to output 1080i 6 2 Connect the Z3 MVE 40 2 Connect the Ethernet and power cord to the Z3 MVE 40 3 Next connect each of the 4 video sources to 3G SDI INPUT1 4 6 3 Power up the Z3 MVE 40 4 Turn on the Z3 MVE 40 5 After 1 2 minutes the IP address will appear on the LCD Note this value of the IP address Figure 5 Z3 MVE 40 Power Switch and Status Lights 1 Turn on PWR Figure 4 Z3 MVE 40 Con...

Page 12: ...g but 81 68 and not conflicting with any other equipment on your current network Note that the first two parts being the same are based on a value of netmask of 255 255 0 0 If netmask were 255 255 255 0 for example then the first three parts of the IP address would have to be the same 6 5 Open the Z3 MVE 40 Web GUI using ZFinder Optional 7 Another option is to access the Z3 MVE 40 Web GUI using th...

Page 13: ...ser window opens default browser used is FireFox and the Web GUI appears at the System Setup tab 6 6 Set Encoder No Resize Mode 11 To encode 4x 1080i inputs you need to set the Z3 MVE 40 to Encoder No Resize mode This is done by selecting Encoder No Resize as the Operating Mode in the lower right corner of the screen Figure 8 Z3 MVE 40 Web GUI Initial Page Figure 9 Selecting Encoder No Resize Mode...

Page 14: ...Resolution is set to Follow input or 1920x1080 14 Confirm Output Format is UDP 15 Change Dest Address to the IP address of the PC you are streaming to 16 Verify Dest Port is 5004 After you are finished the CH1 tab should look like the following Figure 10 Z3 MVE 40 CH1 Settings for 4x1080i UDP Encode 4 Set to IP address of PC being streamed to 5 Verify Dest Port is 5004 1 Click on CH1 2 Verify Vide...

Page 15: ... STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 15 6 8 Configure CH2 CH4 17 Repeat the same steps for CH2 to CH4 The Dest Port settings should be 5006 5008 and 5010 respectively for the remaining channels Figure 11 to Figure 13 below show sample valid settings for each channel Figure 11 Z3 MVE 40 CH2 Settings for 4x1080i UDP Encode ...

Page 16: ...___________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 16 Figure 12 Z3 MVE 40 CH3 Settings for 4x1080i UDP Encode ...

Page 17: ...___________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 17 Figure 13 Z3 MVE 40 CH4 Settings for 4x1080i UDP Encode ...

Page 18: ...250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 18 6 9 Start Encoding 18 Scroll to the bottom of any tab and click Start All Figure 14 The Start All Button 19 Click on the Status tab just to the left of MPTS You should see output bitrates frame rates and resolutions for each channel Figure 15 The Status Tab for 4 1080i UDP Encodes Click here ...

Page 19: ...C to View Stream 20 Run VLC on your PC version used in testing at Z3 2 1 5 21 Select Media Open Network Stream In the box type udp 192 168 0 6 5004 where 192 168 0 6 is the IP address of your PC and 5004 is the value of Dest Port noted in step 16 22 Press Enter 23 You should now see video streaming to VLC Figure 17 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC UDP Figure 16 VLC Open Network Screen for UDP ...

Page 20: ...0 also supports streaming to RTP The steps below show an example of using RTP for CH1 This can also be done for CH2 CH4 24 In the CH1 configuration tab click on stop to stop the current encoding session 25 Change Output Format from UDP to RTP 26 Click on start to start the RTP encoding session At this point your settings should match the following 1 Change to RTP Figure 18 Z3 MVE 40 CH1 Settings f...

Page 21: ... 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 21 6 12 Run VLC to View RTP Stream Using SDP File 27 Run VLC on your PC version used in testing at Z3 2 1 5 28 Select Media Open File Select the file z3 netra sdp included with this release 29 Press Enter 30 You should now see video streaming to VLC Figure 19 Opening SDP File for RTP Figure 20 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTP ...

Page 22: ...or later of VLC is needed to use the RTSP feature 32 In the Open Media box type rtsp IP Address z3 ch m mp4 where IP Address is the IP address of the Z3 MVE 40 ch is 1 for CH1 2 for CH2 3 for CH3 4 for CH4 and m is added if a multicast address is being streamed For example if the IP address of the Z3 MVE 40 is the default value of 192 168 81 68 encode is being done from CH1 and unicast streaming i...

Page 23: ...Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 23 6 14 Run RTP on Channels 2 4 34 You can stream CH2 CH4 with RTP by following steps 24 26 on those channels tabs You can mix match RTP and UDP between the various channels Figure 23 shows an example of the status page after setting CH1 CH4 to RTP encode Figure 23 The Status Tab for 4 1080i RTP Encodes ...

Page 24: ... If this is observed the issue may be caused by the PC or VLC rather than the Z3 MVE 40 Note The important parts of the SDP files are the port numbers used for video and audio The values in the 4 SDP files provided by Z Technology use the default values for CH1 CH4 specified in the GUI 5004 5006 5008 5010 for video and 8892 8900 8908 and 8916 for audio If these values are changed in the GUI the va...

Page 25: ...ck outside of a text box to validate a value after a text box value is changed The first click validates the bitrate change The second click registers as a click of update 38 You should see the quality of the picture in VLC change and the video bitrate drop The parameter Frame Rate Divider can also be updated dynamically using the update button All other parameters require a stop and then start to...

Page 26: ... value Z3 recommends is 100 B frames improve the quality of the picture but they also increase the latency by 1 frame time To minimize latency B frames should be disabled done by setting Number of B frames to 0 In general streaming using RTP will result in lower latency than streaming using TS Figure 27 shows the suggested values for Maximum Delay and Number of B frames for 3 common use cases Maxi...

Page 27: ...ration so that the DHCP setting is used the next time the system boots up To do this click on the User Presets tab and then click on new 40 This brings up a new text box to enter the preset name Type z3_config1 and click ok 41 Return to the System Setup tab Scroll to the bottom of the screen and select as the preset the z3_config1 configuration you just created The new z3_config1 preset should app...

Page 28: ...HCP is set in z3_config1 save the configuration by clicking on the Save button 44 When you do this a window pops up reminding the user that in order for changes to IP Address Local Netmask Default Gateway to take effect a reboot is required Click Ok Note The first time this is done it may take up to 15 seconds for the window to pop up as values get initialized After that saving changes should take...

Page 29: ...ow that you have set DHCP and saved it to the configuration z3_config1 and specified that z3_config1 will be used when the system restarts reboot the Z3 MVE 40 46 A new IP address is assigned to the unit through DHCP This address can be seen in the front panel LCD Figure 33 Reboot Reminder for Changing IP Settings Click OK New DHCP Address Figure 34 Example of New DHCP Address in LCD Screen ...

Page 30: ...23 0702 30 47 This new address can also be found using ZFinder 48 Either double click on the ZFinder entry or type the new IP address in your web browser The Web GUI comes back up 49 You can return to Static IP by unchecking Use DHCP and saving that to the preset Figure 36 DHCP Address Being Used New IP address Figure 35 Example of New DHCP Address in ZFinder New DHCP Address ...

Page 31: ...p window power cycle the board Note If this step is not done it could result in audio not being encoded Any time a switch between Encoder Resize and Encoder No Resize is done the user should save the setting and do a power cycle Note When resizing in Encoder Resize mode only progressive output is supported For example if 1080i is used as an input and resolution is set to D1 the output will be a 72...

Page 32: ...53 Click on stop at the bottom of the CH1 tab and then start to start an encode with this new setting Optionally you can do the same to the other 3 channels Besides D1 other resolutions such as 1280x270 can be selected The figure below demonstrates what the Status Page would look like if all 4 channels are encoding a resized 1280x720 stream Figure 39 Status Page when 4 channels resized ...

Page 33: ...following 1 Connect an SDI input with closed caption data to an SDI connector see Figure 4 on page 11 2 Start the encode 3 Open VLC Select Open Network Stream If the settings are those as shown in Figure 10 on page 14 use the address udp 192 168 0 6 5004 see Figure 16 on page 19 4 In VLC select Subtitle Sub Track Closed Caption 1 This configures VLC to use the extracted closed caption data that th...

Page 34: ...nto 1 DVB ASI stream The same instructions can be used for streaming just 1 channel out via ASI They can also be used to combine 4 channels into 1 UDP stream 7 1 Set up the System 1 Complete steps 1 to 12 in Section 6 0 to connect the Z3 MVE 40 to the video sources and bring up the GUI 7 2 Connect the ASI Out 2 Connect ASI Out as shown below 7 3 Initialize CH1 3 Click on the CH1 tab 4 Change the O...

Page 35: ...___________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 35 Figure 42 Z3 MVE 40 CH1 Settings for 4 channel ASI Encode Change Output Format to MPTS ...

Page 36: ...__________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 36 Figure 43 Z3 MVE 40 CH2 Settings for 4 channel ASI Encode ...

Page 37: ...__________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 37 Figure 44 Z3 MVE 40 CH3 Settings for 4 channel ASI Encode ...

Page 38: ...__________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 38 Figure 45 Z3 MVE 40 CH4 Settings for 4 channel ASI Encode ...

Page 39: ...e total MPTS transport rate This should be the total of the transport rates of each channel plus a 10 margin in this example 8 8 8 8 32Mbps total plus a 3 4Mbps margin 36Mbps 9 Set the destination s In the example below the 2 destinations are ASI out and the UDP address 192 168 0 6 port 5004 7 6 Start the Encode 10 Go to the bottom of any tab and click Start All Figure 47 The Start All Button Clic...

Page 40: ...______________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 40 11 Click on the Status tab just to the left of MPTS You should see output bitrates frame rates and resolutions for each channel Figure 48 The Status Tab for a 4x1080i ASI Encode ...

Page 41: ...P The Wowza server is used as an example RTMP server to stream to 8 1 Connect the Encoder 1 Follow steps 1 to 12 in Section 6 0 to connect the Z3 MVE 40 for encode and bring up the Encoder GUI 8 2 Configure CH1 for RTMP Streaming 2 Click on the CH1 tab 3 Set Output Format to RTMP 4 For Dest Address type 192 168 0 4 1935 live 1080 where 192 168 0 4 is the IP address of the PC with the Wowza server ...

Page 42: ...he Content on Wowza 8 Go to a PC that is on the same network as the Wowza server and open a web browser in this example FireFox is used Type in the URL of the Wowza server with the port 8088 in this example 192 168 0 4 8088 This will bring up the Wowza home page Go ahead and log in with your user name and password 9 At the top you will see 4 options Home Server Applications and Help Click on Appli...

Page 43: ...2 43 10 You should see the Test Players popup screen Select the Adobe RTMP tab change the Stream name to 1080 should match the directory you are streaming to in the Z3 MVE 40 and click Start You should then see the content streamed from the Z3 MVE 40 Figure 51 Viewing MVE 40 Content on Wowza 1 Select Adobe RTMP tab 2 Type stream name 3 Click Start 4 Audio and Video start to appear ...

Page 44: ... you have a specific configuration you d like to preserve you can save it so that when the Z3 MVE 40 is powered off and back on it automatically uses those settings For an example of doing this please see the description in the Running DHCP section on page 27 9 2 Making a Firmware Update 1 Bring up the Web Interface steps 2 12 in Section 6 0 2 Click on the System Setup tab 3 On the opening screen ...

Page 45: ...en click on Browse 5 From here select the name of the img file to update with and click Open The image file to be used will typically have the word UPD in the name 6 Click on Upload and Update 7 You will see screens stating that the image is being uploaded and that the flash is being updated After about one minute you should see the main menu again 8 Your Z3 MVE 40 is now updated Figure 54 Browsin...

Page 46: ...coln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 46 9 3 Using the Password Feature 1 In the System Setup tab click on go next to Set Password 2 Once you click on go the change password options appear Enter the new password twice and click change Click here Figure 56 Changing the Password Figure 55 Selecting Set Password Enter new password twice Click change ...

Page 47: ...702 47 3 Wait for the password options to disappear This indicates that the password has changed 4 Retype the IP address in the web browser You should then see a prompt for a user name and password Use admin for the user name and the value you had entered before for the password 5 You should now be able to access the web GUI Figure 57 Entering the Password to Unlock the Z3 MVE 40 ...

Page 48: ...ance to the next menu while the X is used to go back Depending on the menu the right and left arrow keys can also be used for advance and go back The LCD goes back to the home screen if there is no activity after 15 seconds After booting up the home screen of the Z3 MVE 40 appears showing the current IP address and whether a valid input is detected for each channel and if so the resolution detecte...

Page 49: ...hange it to the opposite state is given If a is selected for that channel the user is prompted with an option of changing the state of that channel Load Run Preset Shows current preset used Use left and right arrow keys and to select new preset to use X to cancel at any time IP Setup IP Change IP address of Z3 MVE 40 Note 1 Mask Change netmask of Z3 MVE 40 Note 1 GW Change network gateway of Z3 MV...

Page 50: ...ode DNS information is acquired from the DHCP server Use DHCP Checked Unchecked Sets whether DHCP is used See Section 6 17 Running DHCP on page 27 for details Set Device Name Sets the name of the Z3 MVE 40 Set Password Assigns a password to the Z3 MVE 40 See Section 9 3 Using the Password Feature on page 46 update device firmware Used to load a new firmware image See Section 9 2 Making a Firmware ...

Page 51: ...t of 1 field for example if 1080i is being encoded the height will be 540 Audio Status Channel The channel number 1 4 Subchannel Always 1 in this release Codec The codec being used to encode audio for that channel Stream Status Channel The channel number 1 4 URL URL the channel is being streamed to If MPTS is being used for a channel the URL will state mpts frames of frames sent from encoder to ch...

Page 52: ...annels are being packed into the MPTS stream the recommended Rate is at least 36Mbps Destination 1 asi udp IP port Used to define where the multiple channels will be routed to after being combined into 1 stream In most cases asi is used The MPTS can also be used to send this combined stream to a UDP URL or to a file Destination 2 asi udp IP port An optional second destination for the MPTS streams ...

Page 53: ...E 40 supports resizing of 4x 1080i channels up to 4x 1280x720 Using Follow Input will cause the encode resolution to be whatever the detected resolution of the source is Video Bitrate 100 16000K 6000K The bitrate for channel 1 Video Profile High Main Baseline The H 264 profile of the bitstream Generally High is used for 1080p Main for D1 and Baseline for D1 Frame Rate Divider 1 2 4 6 Used to encod...

Page 54: ...n this release Pid UDP Only 0 999 201 121 122 123 If UDP format is selected the PID to use for that audio channel RTP Port RTP Only 0 9999 8892 8898 If RTP format is selected the port associated with that audio channel Max PTS PCR UDP Only 0 500 250 Allows user to specify a smaller interval than 250ms between PTS and PCR This is for systems that require tighter PTS PCR intervals It is generally re...

Page 55: ... selected you should type the path name of the H 264 file in Dest Address for example media sda1 example h264 If audio is enabled a companion aac file is then created for example for example h264 a companion file example_0 aac is created MPTS specifies that the current channel should be part of the MPTS stream see Section 7 0 USING THE Z3 MVE 40 TO ENCODE 4 CHANNELS INTO ONE DVB ASI STREAM on page...

Page 56: ...t Authentication to Enable A User and Password text box then appears The user then enters the appropriate User name and Password User RTMP Only User name to enter when Authentication is set Password RTMP Only Password to enter when Authentication is set stop Stop current encode session start Start encode session update Can be used to change the bitrate or frame rate without stopping restarting an ...

Page 57: ... Options default in bold Notes preset serial_menu encoder factory default any user defined profiles The configuration file to use serial_menu Last value saved in GUI encoder factory default Factory settings Can also add more profiles by clicking on new in the User Presets tab Save Click on this to save preset value to what was selected Operating Mode Encoder No Resize Encoder Resize This selects h...

Page 58: ...instructions to install your Ear Rack Mounts on your Z3 MVE 40 1 Place the Z3 MVE 40 face up on a dry flat surface 2 Place one of the ear rack brackets on the left and one on the right of the Z3 MVE 40 so that the holes on the unit align with the brackets The brackets are identical so it does not matter which bracket goes on which side 3 Using the 4 mm L x 3 mm D screws provided secure each bracke...

Page 59: ...ng the following steps are needed 1 Log in to the Wowza Streaming Engine Manager Home page by typing http localhost 8088 where localhost is the IP address of the server in this User s Guide 192 168 0 4 2 Click on Server in the top band of options On the left column click on Performance Tuning and then Java Settings Click Edit and then change Java Heap Size to Production Level and Java Garbage Coll...

Page 60: ...ptions On the left column click on live and then Incoming Security Click Edit and then make sure RTMP Publishing and RTSP Publishing are both set to Open and Client Restrictions is set to No client restrictions Then click Save The Wowza server is now configured to work with the Z3 MVE 40 If you still run into issues you should make sure the Firewall on your PC with the Wowza server is turned off F...

Page 61: ...l interface required for this see Z3 for more details Are all firewalls on the network turned off Try connecting the PC directly to the board without any routers etc Problem Do not see video in VLC UDP Does the IP address set in Dest Address equal the IP address of the PC running VLC Does the port number in Dest Port equal the value entered in the URL for VLC Does the video coming out of the sourc...

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