Epiphan VGADVI Recorder User Manual
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VGADVI Recorder User Guide
6-1 View your video
the video is streamed to their desktop, mobile or tablet. To configure SAP announce, go to
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Your VGADVI Recorder is advertised by the metadata title, if one was configured under Stream Branding,
otherwise it is identified by it's product serial number. For a description of how to set the metadata, refer to
Add your logo and company information to your channel
When browsing from a VLC media player, streams are advertised by their product serial number and are
organized by the group name. When browsing from an XBMC media player, streams are advertised by the
stream's metadata title, if configured, otherwise streams are advertised by their product serial number.
1. Ensure the stream has SAP announcement enabled, otherwise it is not advertised in the media player's
playlist.
2. Ensure the SAP announcement IP is a multicast IP address.
3.
Some media players, for example Exterity receivers, listen for SAP announcements on a
specific multicast address 239.255.255.255. If your audience is using Exterity to view your
stream, you must change the SAP announcement IP address to 239.255.255.255.
4. Launch a media player. The following steps are based on a VLC media player and may be different for
other media players.
5. Click View from the menu; a drop-down menu opens.
6. Select Playlist. A Playlist window opens. The right-hand panel indicates the playlist is empty.
7. From the side menu, click Network streams (SAP). The playlist is populated with all streams in your
network that are SAP announcement enabled. If you specified a Group Name when you configured the
publish stream the stream will be listed in folder identified by the group name.
In the example below, two streams D2P83658.vga and D2P83658 are organized in a folder by their group name.
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