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MPEG-TS streaming for IPTV
Standalone VGA Grid now supports MPEG-TS streaming over RTP/UPD and UDP for easy integration with IPTVs. Simply
provide the IPTV's or IPTV gateway's IP address in the channel's publishing configuration menu to enable transmission
of the MPEG-TS stream.
See
Choose a codec to maximize your stream quality
.
Universal plug and play (UPnP) support for streaming media players
Your system can now be discovered and streamed through software and hardware media players, set-top-boxes and
Smart TVs with ease. UPnP uses MPEG-TS over HTTP with the H.264 codec and MP3 or AAC audio encoding.
See
Stream content using UPnP
.
Layout and Branding Improvements
Visual stream feedback and simplified picture-in-picture layout
Video source previews are now available for each input. The preview function takes a single frame from the source every
three seconds and is visible from the
Frame Grabber
configuration pages.
If a given input has no signal a No Signal message is displayed. Previews are also visible via the new tablet interface. See
Configure a video source
and
Mobile / Tablet Operator Interface
for details.
Creating multi-source layouts has never been easier! The new layout configuration screen shows you a live preview of
your configuration. Each added source can be clicked and dragged to a new location.
See
Create a multi-source layout
.
Stream branding and custom no signal image
You can customize output streams by adding your company logo or other overlay image to the encoded stream and by
providing a custom image to display prior to broadcast or other times when a source has no signal. Images in JPEG and
PNG format are accepted. Image transparency is not currently supported.
Preservation of source aspect ratio
A new feature, enabled by default, makes sure that the aspect ratio of input signals is preserved when encoded and
streamed. If an input video signal doesn't match the encoding ratio, a matte is applied and bars are visible at the sides
or top and bottom of the encoded stream. The color of the matte is customizable.
Customizable stream background color (matte)
You can select the matte color displayed when a layout results in pillarbox or letterbox effect due to input aspect ratio
preservation or when a multi-view layout has areas with no video.
Personalized stream metadata
Each channel has its own content metadata that you can configure to ensure proper attribution, content description
and copyright information is sent with your audio/video stream.