Pearl Mini User Guide
International character support
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Disable the video output port (if unused).
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Remove unused channels or layouts.
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Reduce the number of channels created.
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Ensure video sources come in at the right resolution so that Pearl Mini doesn't have to up scale or
down scale the video source.
International character support
You can include certain international characters in the channel name, layout name, video and audio input
names, text overlays, and in the name of recorded files. Common character sets for the following
languages are approved:
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Western European/Nordic languages
: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian,
Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
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Central/Eastern European languages
: Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian,
Slovak, and Russian.
Important considerations
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Use only alphanumeric and diacritic characters in metadata descriptions. The whole metadata
string is refused if any special currency or mathematical symbol appears in the description. You
must remove the offending characters before Pearl Mini will accept the description, see
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Do not include any special currency, mathematical symbols, and other special characters such as
slashes or spaces in the channel name. Pearl Mini replaces special characters with an underscore.
Live video mixing / switching
Create dynamic content for your viewers to watch while you record and stream your program. Using the
custom layout editor, you can create different layouts, like picture in picture or side-by-side views of a
camera and slides, then easily switch between layouts with either a tap on the touch screen, using
Epiphan Live on a mobile device, or from the Admin panel.
Your program stream with switched layouts could look like this:
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