Viewing with session announcement protocol (sap) – Epiphan Networked VGA Grid User Manual
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6-1 View your video
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 Networked VGA Grid. See
Auto-restart playback to a UPnP device
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
the video is streamed to their desktop, mobile or tablet. To configure SAP announce, go to
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Your stream is advertised by the metadata title, if one was configured under Branding, otherwise it is identified
by it's channel identifier. For a description of how to set the metadata, refer to
When browsing from a VLC media player, streams are advertised by their channel identifier 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 channel identifier.
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.video are organized in a folder by their group
name.
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