Dragging an INPUT (live) Item
into a Playlist
The Streamster processing engine supports both input and output
(network sources and destinations), with graphic overlays on both “live”
pass-through and file/Web file playback.
The Virtual Routing Switcher in Streamster supports up the eight (8)
streaming input sources (NDI, HLS or DASH) that can be output as NDI
or RTMP, including Facebook Live and YouTube Live.
Drag and drop the INPUT icon where you want it to occur within an
Event. When the Virtual Router entry window appears, select any source
you’ve saved as an ‘input crosspoint’ on the Virtual Router.
Specifying FIXED or FLEX
Input Segment Duration
In the window for creating an Input item you can also enter a NAME for
the segment, and a DURATION.
If you specify a
FIXED
Input, that amount of time is added to the total
duration of the segment, so all the rules of LONG, SHORT, AUTO-LOOP
and AUTO-FILL will apply, just as if it were a file duration.
If you specify one or more
FLEX
Inputs
with Manual Triggers
within an
Event, the length of the FLEX input segments adjusts to the time of the
clips/pictures you’ve dropped before, after or between FLEX inputs.
Unlike the AUTO-FILL folder that can only be placed at the end of a
SHORT Event, an INPUT segment with no specified duration (FLEX) can
be placed anywhere in the Event, and can be dragged up or down
between other Event elements.
In the
5AM MORNING NEWS
Event example on the left, a
FIXED
DURATION
input has been created. Notice that no Segment identifier
(e.g. SEG 1) is in the description – and that there are no parentheses
around the displayed duration.
In the
5:30 DRIVE TIME
Event example, notice the Segment identifier
(SEG 1) is shown – along with the name (STREAM 1) of the router cross
point. The duration can FLEX as indicated by the parentheses around the
duration. And the DTMF icon indicates the segment is waiting for a
satellite delivered tone signal to trigger playback of any subsequent
clips.
Notice that since there are three FLEX inputs, their respective durations
add up to the Total Event Time minus the Total Clip Time.
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