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Troubleshooting – Epiphan Pearl User Manual

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Pearl User Guide

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Use the follow table for help if you are experiencing problems or unexpected behavior from your Pearl.

Problem

Action(s) to Resolve

Not sure if the connected video inputs
are being captured.

Check each source's input from the source preview in the Web
Interface.

OR

Check the touchscreen interface to view confidence monitoring
for each channel. See

Touchscreen overview

.

No sound is coming from an audio
source.

Verify that you are using the correct audio input by following
the steps in

Configure encoding

.

OR

Check the audio meter from the tablet UI (accessible from any
web browser). See

Mobile / tablet operator interface

.

OR

Check the touchscreen interface for audio monitoring or use
the 3.5 mm audio jack on the front of Pearl to verify audio. See

Touchscreen overview

.

Too much noise is present in the audio
output.

Modify the Input Amplifier Volume parameter in the Audio
menu. Start with setting it to 40% and reduce until the noise is
no longer present. See for details on this setting.

Image quality is poor or insufficient.

The following tips can help improve image quality:

 1. Ensure the source resolution is used as the output or

recorded resolution. Up-scaling and down-scaling can
affect picture quality.

 2. Increase the Bitrate value and/or decrease the Limit

frame rate value in the Encoding menu. See

Configure

encoding

.

Frames per second are lower than expec-
ted.

The following tips can help improve frames per second (fps):

 1. Increase the Limit frame rate value and/or decrease

the Bitrate value in the Encoding menu. See

Configure

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