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Viewing with session announcement protocol (sap), Live streams, Recorded files – Epiphan VGADVI Recorder User Manual

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VGADVI Recorder User Guide

6-1 View your video

Live Streams

When you open the device from Windows Media Player, you'll see a list of the available channels you can stream

under the Videos tab. The channel name is VGADVI. From other digital media players, the channel list can be

under a Live Streams folder.

With Windows Media Player, double click to open any channel and press Play to start the stream. Using your

digital media player, select a live stream and press play.

Recorded Files

Recorded files are shown in the Recorded Files folder. Files are organized by the channel or recorder from

which they were recorded. Windows Media Player shows the recorder files side by side with the channels and

other digital media players show the recorded files in a file tree format, see below.

UPnP can also be used to directly play a recording to the digital media player, or to set a media player to

automatically play a particular live stream after reboot of the VGADVI Recorder. See

Stream content using UPnP

and

Auto-restart playback to a UPnP Device

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Viewing with Session Announcement Protocol (SAP)

When SAP Announce is configured for a stream that uses UDP streaming, the stream is advertised over the

local network. Local viewers can view the stream using a software or hardware media player. Viewers are

presented with a list of available channels, similar to a television menu. Viewers need only click on a stream and

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