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Switching / mixing using the touch screen – Epiphan Pearl Mini Live Video Production System User Manual

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Pearl Mini User Guide

Switching / mixing using the touch screen

If the gray (or blue) Stream icon doesn't appear in the top left corner of the screen,
streaming is disabled. See

Disable or enable recording, streaming and switching

from the touch screen

to enable streaming.

To start and stop streaming a channel using the touch screen:

 1. From the grid view, select the channel you want to record. The channel view opens. If necessary, tap

the screen once to display the controls.

 2. Tap the gray Stream icon at the top left of the screen to start streaming. The Stream icon turns blue

and the timer increments when streaming is in progress.

 3. Tap the Stream icon again to stop streaming. The dot turns gray and the timer resets to 00:00:00.

If an error occurs when you start streaming, a yellow circle with an exclamation mark
appears in the left top corner of the touch screen. Check your networking and streaming
settings.

Pearl Mini also features

One Touch

, which lets you control recording and streaming of multiple channels and

recorders at the same time with the touch of a button. See

One Touch streaming and recording control

for more information.

Switching / mixing using the touch screen

Switching live video inputs, or video mixing, is simple and intuitive using Pearl Mini's touch screen. After you
select the channel you want to live switch, just tap the layout switching icon to open the convenient switcher
on the touch screen. All custom layouts that are configured for the channel display in the carousel. Just tap a
layout to load it in to the standby panel and you're ready to start switching.

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