What is a channel, Channels with multiple layouts – Epiphan Pearl Mini Live Video Production System User Manual
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Pearl Mini User Guide
What is a channel?
What is a channel?
Your video and audio sources that are connected to the input ports on Pearl Mini can be combined and added
to channels, which you can stream and record. A channel is essentially an encoding instance that you associate
with your video and audio inputs to produce outputs such as video recordings and streaming destinations.
We recommend configuring up to two channels for best performance.
Pearl Mini comes with two channels already preconfigured: HDMI-A and HDMI-B. The HDMI-A video input
port on Pearl Mini is assigned to the HDMI-A channel and the HDMI-B video input port is assigned to the
HDMI-B channel by default. But you can easily change that and add whichever video and audio sources you
want to a channel. You can even change the name of the channel using the Admin panel.
You can pick and choose which channels to record, stream, or do both at the same time! You can even choose
the output from one channel as the video input source for another channel.
Channels with multiple layouts
There are many creative ways to customize your channels in Pearl Mini. Easily combine multiple video sources
to the same layout for picture in picture or side-by-side layouts using the convenient custom layout editor.
You can add text overlays and effects, like transparent logos and lower thirds. Customize your channels with
images, company information, corporate colors, and time stamps just to name a few possibilities.
When you use the custom layout editor to create multiple layouts in a channel, you can live switch between
the different layouts while recording, streaming, and displaying the channel on a confidence monitor. You're
not limited to creating single-source
Channels
that are a one-to-one reflection of your
video inputs
. And if
you need to output your switched program using multiple encoding settings, you can use the output from
one channel as the input source for another channel, then stream and record each channel at different
encoding settings.
Each channel can include some or all of your video and audio sources. And you can add the same source to as
many different layouts as you want in a channel.
For example, you could use the same source in all of these situations at the same time:
- in Channel 1 as part of a multi-source layout with picture in picture at 1080p, 30 fps, 6,000 kbps
- as the only source in Channel 2 at 720p, 30 fps, 2,000 kbps
About the custom layout editor
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