Pearl Mini User Guide
Pearl Mini AV inputs
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Touch screen
: On the individual channel view and the grid view. If the audio meter isn't showing,
tap anywhere on the touch screen to turn on the control icons.
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Admin Panel
: On the audio input source's configuration page when you select the input source
from the Inputs menu. You can also add the VU meter to appear on the video output ports, see
Disable or enable audio and output port volume
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Epiphan Live
: See
Monitor video and audio input sources using Epiphan Live
Pearl Mini AV inputs
For best performance, we recommend using two video sources in up to two full HD channels
simultaneously. However, you can connect up to three video sources to the Pearl Mini in the following
scenarios:
1. One 1920×1080@30 fps channel configured with three layouts, one for each full HD video source
without any scaling and make the video image fill the whole frame.
2. Two 1920×1080@30 fps channels: one channel for a picture in picture switched program for HD
recording at 1080@30 fps at 8 Mbps, and a second channel with duplicate content at a lower
resolution of 720@30 fps at 2 Mbps for streaming that uses the first channel as the video source,
see
Add video sources or a channel as a source
. The switched program can have up to three
layouts: two that are picture in picture that includes your main camera and one other video source
such as a document camera or a laptop with slides, and a third layout of your main camera.
One of the video sources you connect can be either a USB, SRT, or an RTSP source; however, you cannot
connect more than one of these sources at the same time. Pearl Mini supports connection of common
signal converters and input adapters.
Table 4
Pearl Mini Input Ports
Input port
Qty
Details
SDI
1
1
Linear PCM audio/video input. Supports up to 3G-SDI signals.
HDMI™
2
Linear PCM audio/video input, non-HDCP protected. DVI-I (using
an adapter) is single link.
USB 3.0
2
Linear PCM audio/video inputs on the rear panel accept non-
HDCP protected content. Use to connect a single UAC or UVC
device, such as a USB microphone or a web camera. Can also
connect to external hard drives, flash drives, and control
interfaces.
RJ-45
2
1
One SRT source over Ethernet at 1920×1080@30 fps
3
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