Standalone VGA Grid User Guide
3-1 Create and configure channels
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Create and configure channels
Channels make your sources available for viewing and recording. You choose how you want to configure your
sources to make channels.
Standalone VGA Grid gives you a lot of control over how your sources are streamed. You are not limited to
creating a
Channel
list that is a one-to-one reflection of your
Sources
list.
You can add the same source to multiple single-source or multi-source layout channels.
For example, you could use the same source in all three of these situations, concurrently:
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as the only source in Channel 1 at 1080p, 30fps, 10,000 kbps;
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as the only source in Channel 2 at 720p, 15 fps, 2,000 kbps;
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and added to Channel 3 as part of a multi-source layout with picture in picture.
All channels, even if they re-use a source, can be streamed and recorded simultaneously. Using the example
above, you could record any combination of those three channels, and stream one, two, or all three of them
using any available streaming methods.
This section covers the following topics for creating channels:
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Create a single source channel
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Create a multi-source layout
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Delete a channel
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Rename a channel
While configuring channels, consider opening a live preview of the channel in another tab or browser window
so you can see the changes as they are applied, refer to
Preview a channel
.
Create a single source channel
A single source channel displays the output from one source in one viewing screen. By default, channels are
automatically configured with the same name as their source. If you change the name of a source, the channel
name will reflect the new source name. Best practice is to rename the sources as required and leave the
channels to reflect the name. If you wish to change a channel's name directly, see
Rename a channel
.
In this section you can choose settings that maximize your stream quality, while minimizing your processing
requirements and bandwidth by adjusting frame rate, resolution and bit rate.
Procedures to select a codec for compression, add a time stamp to the stream, and select a layout when two or
more sources are configured are described in separate procedures.
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