Epiphan Pearl Mini Live Video Production System User Manual
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Pearl Mini User Guide
Configure video encoding
Setting
Description
H.264, then you can set the bitrate to improve the image quality.
For example, an HD Blu-ray video is typically in the range of 20 Mbps,
whereas a standard-definition DVD is usually 6 Mbps.
If you're unsure what bitrate value to use, start at 5000 kbps (slightly less
than a typical DVD) and test to see how this looks for your viewers.
To configure video encoding for a channel:
1. Login to the Admin panel as
admin
.
1. From the Channel menu, select a channel and click
Encoding
. The encoding configuration page opens.
2. Select a video
Codec
and do one of the following:
a. If
JPEG
is selected, click
Page refresh time
and enter a time in seconds.
b. If
H.264
is selected, select a
Video encoding preset
and a
Video encoding profile
.
Item
Options
Video encoding
preset
Hardware Accelerated
: This is the default H.264 encoding preset. Choose
this setting for best performance.
Software
: This matches the default from previous generations of Epiphan
products.
Only
select this if you need software encoding or X.264 encoding
to match results created with previous generations of Epiphan products or
firmware
Video encoding
profile
Baseline
: Choose this option when streaming to an application that
requires robustness and cannot tolerate data loss, for example video-
conferencing.
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