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VBrick v4.2 WM Appliance

Admin Guide

March 18, 2008

4410-0151-0004

VB4000-5000-6000 Series

Network Video Appliances

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Vbrick v4.2 wm appliance admin guide march 18, 2008 4410-0151-0004 vb4000-5000-6000 series network video appliances.
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Copyright © 200 8 vbrick systems, inc. All rights reserved. 12 beaumont road wallingford, connecticut 06492, usa www.Vbrick.Com this publication contains confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information. No part of this document may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced t...
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Vbrick wm appliance admin guide iii contents wm admin guide organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vii getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Iv contents asx rollover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 creating publishing points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 configuration: encoder > archiver ...
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Vbrick wm appliance admin guide v status: jpeg status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 status: hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1...
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Vi contents cable/dsl-300k, high motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 cable/dsl-300k, low motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 cable/dsl-128k, high motion . . . . . . . ....
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Vbrick wm appliance admin guide vii wm admin guide this vbrick wm admin guide is written for anyone who will be using or configuring a vb6000 series wm appliance. This includes system administrators, network technicians, and anyone who will be using or configuring a vbrick network video appliance. T...
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Viii preface getting help if you need help, or more information about any topic, use the online help system. The online help is cross-referenced and searchable and can usually find the information in a few seconds. Use the tree controls in the left pane to open documents and the up and down arrows t...
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Vbrick wm appliance admin guide ix font conventions arial bold is used to describe dialog boxes and menu choices, for example: start > all programs > vbrick courier fixed-width font is used for code elements (c++, html) as well as filenames, directories, etc. Black courier fixed-width font is used t...
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X preface.
Page 11: Overview
Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 1 chapter 1 introduction topics in this chapter overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 typical vbrick applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 12: Typical Vbrick Applications
2 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. • microsoft windows media player 7.1 (windows 98 or 2000 only); media player 9, 10, or 11 (windows xp only). Standard features the vb6000 wm appliance supports approximately 40 mbits/sec total throughput via the ethernet/ip connection. This bandwidth can be used for any...
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Introduction vbrick wm appliance admin guide 3 applications at the same time. One of the major benefits of the vbrick wm appliance is it's compatibility with the microsoft ecosystem; this makes it easy to integrate with existing windows media installations. Table 2. Typical vbrick applications figur...
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4 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. The microsoft windows media 9 product suite divides transport functionality between two distinct products—the encoder and the server. In some applications the vbrick wm appliance provides the same functionality as the microsoft encoder in that it can encode live video a...
Page 15: Vbrick Reflecting
Introduction vbrick wm appliance admin guide 5 • use an http or rtspu url to get the unicast stream. You can create a web page that links to the http or rtspu stream directly or you can open the http url or rtspu url using windows media player or a web browser. • use an http url to access the .Asx f...
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6 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Reflecting from vbrick appliances this section provides more information about how to use vbrick appliances in reflecting applications. For more about the specific configuration settings on the vbrick, see configuration: encoder on page 23 and configuration: reflector o...
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Introduction vbrick wm appliance admin guide 7 push reflecting from a windows media server the vbrick wm appliance can push its windows media stream to a microsoft windows media server or to a realnetworks helix server which can then reflect the stream to players or other servers using any of the pr...
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8 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Other considerations keep in mind these additional details. The vbrick pull reflector: • supports up to five redirects. • supports the first (or only) href entry in an .Asx file. Additional entries in the file are ignored. • only pulls streams via http. It will accept a...
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Introduction vbrick wm appliance admin guide 9 combinations of audio and video rates for multicasting, http and rtspu serving, http push, and archiving. See the configuration: encoder pages for more information. The following drawing shows the selectable output streams from a wm appliance. (note tha...
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10 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Mbr output settings the three concurrent video encoders all use the same video input. The following table shows the configuration output settings that are shared between all video encoders, and the output settings that can be configured independently for each one. See ...
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Introduction vbrick wm appliance admin guide 11 table 6. Audio rate settings mbr groups vbrick's implementation of multiple bit rate supports the concept of groups. Groups are used in a unicast environment where the vbrick wm appliance is being used as a server. The appliance provides the option of ...
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12 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. This feature is useful when you want to configure mbr on the appliance with a high bit rate group for lan http access and at the same time have a server pull a low bit rate group for reflecting. You can also use it to test playback for a particular group. Mbr groups ar...
Page 23: Using On Demand Playback
Introduction vbrick wm appliance admin guide 13 group to match the request exactly. This closest match approach is also used when the player requests a "thinned" video stream, because the vbrick does not support video thinning. Unfortunately, there may also be situations when the selection algorithm...
Page 24: Mixed Model Appliances
14 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Figure 5. On demand playback it is important to note that on demand playback uses ftp and progressive download for playback, and the viewing experience is sub-optimal compared with content from a dedicated vod server. See progressive download on page 54 explains how to...
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Introduction vbrick wm appliance admin guide 15 wm encoder and an mpeg-4 decoder in the same appliance. In general, encoders are installed in slot1; decoders are installed in slot2. Wm encoders, if present, are always installed in slot1. Archiver and recorder functionality archiver/recorder function...
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Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 17 chapter 2 wm configuration wm appliances may be configured differently, for example with a single encoder or with dual encoders and a hard drive. As a result, the screens you see in iws will vary depending on the configuration of your specific device . The images i...
Page 28: Configuration: Network
18 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Configuration: network configuration: network > ethernet network dhcp default - enabled. Dynamic host configuration protocol – (enable, disable). On ethernet models, if dhcp is enabled, the vbrick gets its ip address and subnet mask from the dhcp server. If the dhcp se...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 19 domain name server vbrick host name the host name defaults to the media access control (mac) address, a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a network. The vbrick's host name acts to identify the vbrick to various network applicat...
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20 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Network time synchronization these fields are used to synchronize network time using the host name or ip address of a known server to provide a synchronized time for all appliances in the network. To enable network time synchronization after these parameters are set, g...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 21 routing method this selects which routing method will be used: changes made to the routing method will require a reset of the box. • static – allows routes entered in the static routing table to be automatically applied to the internal routing tabl...
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22 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Configuration: network > management these parameters define information used in the saps emitted by the vbrick, which are received by the vbdirectory management tool and other vbrick applications. See the vbdirectory user guide for more information. Group name optional...
Page 33: Configuration: Encoder
Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 23 configuration: encoder configuration: encoder > template seven selectable templates have been preconfigured for many common applications. There are always trade-offs when selecting encoder settings. In general, finer resolution detail and smoother ...
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24 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Configuration: encoder > video the wm appliance supports multiple bit rate (mbr) whereby several streams are encoded at different bit rates. In this encoding strategy, the windows media player negotiates with the appliance (or with a windows media server) to select and...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 25 figure 7. Configuration: encoder > video – part 1 windows media encoder video -- slot1 note in edit mode, the parameters affected by template settings (set in the configuration: encoder > template) are shown at the bottom of the screen. These setti...
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26 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Video source enables the user to select the bandwidth for tracking the video input. • normal – select for stable sources such as cable, dvd, or camera. • high jitter (vcr) – select for unstable sources such as vcr or vtr. Closed caption use to enable closed captions an...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 27 closed caption max bitrate available when you select video cc enabled for closed caption. Defines the maximum bit rate at which closed captions are displayed. A higher bit rate is smoother because a smaller number of new characters are displayed ea...
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28 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Meta data string shown if meta data is enabled. Maximum 250 characters. Click insert now to insert the meta data string into stream. The player supports the following commands that are entered at the beginning of the metadata string. Note that you must type text , url ...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 29 figure 8. Configuration: encoder > video – part 2 video template settings -- slot1 (video rate1) the video settings can be changed on this page or by modifying a template setting on the configuration: encoder > template page of iws. Any changes you...
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30 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Table 10. Supported 16:9 video encoding resolutions (in pixels) 320x240 320x240 320x240 320x480 † † 400x300 320x240 320x240 512x384 256x192 256x192 640x240 640x240 640x240 640x480 320x240 320x240 † cannot be encoded. Video rate1 video rate2 video rate3 640x360 320x180 ...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 31 target bit rate (bits per second) this number represents how much data the vbrick will send out each second to carry video to a player. The word target is used because the appliance can vary its bit rate slightly in response to the amount of detail...
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32 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Configuration: encoder > audio if configuring audio for multiple bit rate, you can specify separate encoder settings for up to three audio encoders. When audio rate2 or 3 is enabled, the sample frequency must be 44.1 khz and only bit rates compatible with 44.1 khz can ...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 33 audio template settings the following audio settings can be changed by modifying a template setting in the configuration: encoder > template section of iws. Any changes you make on this window override the template; they do not change it. See table...
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34 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Bit rate and sample frequency the following are the allowed combinations of bit rate and sample frequency when audio channels is stereo or mono (left only) or mono (l+r) . Table 11. Audio channels: stereo/mono † sample frequency see bit rate and sample frequency for al...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 35 configuration: encoder > multicast 32000 32 32000 22.05 22000 22.05 20000 22.05 20000 16 16000 16 12000 8 † if audio rate2 or audio rate3 is enabled on the configuration: encoder > audio page, the sample frequency is automatically set to 44.1 khz a...
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36 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Windows media encoder multicast -- slot1 click here to play multicast click to trigger windows media player to initiate streaming via multicast. Right-click and select save target as to save the .Asx and send to others for viewing. This is a good way to view the stream...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 37 nsc file information -- slot1 multicast playback there are several ways to play the multicast stream from your vbrick wm appliance on windows media player. The following playback options all use the .Asx file and therefore offer all the .Asx featur...
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38 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Announcements of the multicast stream using sap (session announcement protocol).) announcements can also be sent to the portal server to allow access to these streams to selected portal server clients. The wm appliance also serves the nsc file via http so if you don't ...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 39 windows media announce common information -- slot1 note the total number of characters for the first nine fields below (ending with contact name) cannot exceed 187 characters. A validation error will display if you exceed this number. Program name ...
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40 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Category an encoder can have a sap category string. This string consists of one or more keywords separated by spaces. Each category keyword represents a tag associated with the encoder's video stream. Vbrick ethernetv and players can be configured to display in their p...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 41 announce program guide (sap) for multicast -- slot1 see multicasting on page 4 for more information about accessing a multicast. Configuration: encoder > server use this page to configure the encoder server. For multiple bit rate applications you c...
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42 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. When configuring multiple bit rate groups, note that group1 is the default group which will be played by older versions (prior to version 9) of the windows media player that do not support multiple bit rates. Also, an enabled group must have at least one stream selecte...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 43 click here to play rtspu click to trigger windows media player to initiate streaming via rtspu. Right-click and select save target as to save the .Asx and send to others for viewing. Http url use this url in a player, browser, or web page to view t...
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44 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Unicast playback there are several ways to play the unicast streams from your vbrick wm appliance on windows media player. You should first decide whether to use http or rtspu for playback. This decision is primarily based on the type of network connection that exists ...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 45 t to play back an http stream using .Asx: • launch the player directly from the iws by clicking the click here to play http . This is a good way for the wm appliance administrator to easily view the stream when adjusting various encoder parameters ...
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46 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Network packets. The http, rtspu, and external server saps controlled here all share the announce common information that is shown read-only on this page but can be changed on the configuration: encoder > announce (sap) page. Figure 10. Configuration: encoder > server ...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 47 the http and rtspu saps described above automatically advertise a url that contains the vbrick's configured ip address. There are some situations when those urls won't work for players—for example when your vbrick is behind a firewall with network ...
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48 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Media .Asx files can also be used to create more general rollover behavior. Using an .Asx file, you can list any combination and any ordering of unicast and/or multicast urls and when the first one on the list is not available, the windows media player will automatical...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 49 • create – at the server level will allow a user to create publishing points, or at the individual publishing point level it will allow a user to create copy from points . Adding users and privileges at the server level will allow all inherited pub...
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50 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. And pull publishing points. Also, authentication support is not individually controlled at the publishing point level. Either all or none are required to be authenticated. Click on the " + " to add a publishing point name. Rename it to a name of your choice in the sour...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 51 when this happens, the archiver tracks the combined time and size of all open and closed files, compares the total to the configured archive duration and archive maximum file size , and continues recording until the limits are reached. For example,...
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52 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Windows media archiver -- slot1 note internet explorer 7.0 only. When using click here to examine hard drive content on the archiver page, a web page is displayed and you can't open the links. To work around this issue, go to page > open ftp site in windows explorer , ...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 53 archive file name the name of the file to be recorded. The default file name for slot 1 is archives1_>d>t.Wmv . The default file name for slot 2 is archives2_>d>t.Wmv . The directory on the appliance's hard disk can also be prepended to the file na...
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54 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Ftp server enable 1–8 servers are available for ftp. When more than one server is enabled, the appliance will transfer the newly recorded file to each enabled server. Since ftp transfer can be a slower process than the recording process, it is possible to overrun the f...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 55 limitation of 20 simultaneous ftp clients at any site. See using on demand playback on page 13 for more about progressive download. T to create a file for progressive download: 1. Open iws and go to the configuration: encoder > archiver page. 2. In...
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56 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. (unlike the microsoft encoder). See creating publishing points and creating publishing points on helix universal servers for more information. When configuring for multiple bit rates, any combination of video, audio, or script streams can be pushed to a reflector serve...
Page 67: Configuration: Reflector
Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 57 each push can be enabled or disabled without affecting multicast, rtsp, http streaming, or other active pushes. However, changing the "include" settings will cause a brief interruption of video and audio for all three encoders. All streams being se...
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58 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. To each of those destinations. After you define a reflector source, you must define a destination for the reflected stream. Each of the destination options shown in table 12 is explained on the following pages. Table 12. Reflector sources and destinations † it is impor...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 59 pull receiver the pull option provides persistent pulling of an http stream via a tcp connection from a vbrick appliance, a microsoft encoder, or a windows media server. The source url must contain the port number if the source is from a port other...
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60 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. On the mode, a pull feature will do nothing, continuously try to pull a stream from the configured source, or will pull the header from the configured source and wait for a client to connect before it tries to get the stream. A client in this case is an enabled multica...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 61 pulling mbr streams the pull option does not distinguish between individual mbr streams and will request all streams from the source—effectively pulling the aggregate mbr set. The bandwidth required to pull the stream is the total rate for the aggr...
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62 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Configuration: reflector > multicast use this page to configure a multicast destination. As noted, the reflector sends exactly what is received, and for this reason, the configured destinations do not let you select different video and audio rates. The reflector will o...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 63 configuration: reflector > server use this page to configure a served http and rtsp unicast (pull) destination. The reflector will only send streams when the source stream is being received. See configuration: encoder > server on page 41 for a desc...
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64 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Configuration: reflector > archiver use this page to configure an archive to a file destination. See configuration: encoder > archiver on page 50 for a description of the fields on this page. The archiver will only write data to the file when the source stream is being...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 65 configuration: reflector > push use this page to configure http push destinations. Even if enabled, the reflector http push is only active when the source stream is being received. See configuration: encoder > push on page 55 for a description of t...
Page 76: Configuration: Jpeg
66 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Configuration: jpeg this windows lets you configure a wm encoder with an attached video source (such as a camera) in order to take jpeg snapshots at a specified interval. Depending on the application, the snapshot can be displayed in a web page in realtime or ftped to ...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 67 jpeg configuration the following fields enable image capture and specify the capture interval and compression quality. Note that if you change any of these parameters for a live encoder stream, there will be a momentary (10 seconds or less) loss of...
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68 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Jpeg ftp configuration the following fields determine how the jpeg images are handled with respect to an ftp server. Jpeg capture constraints due to memory requirements, jpeg capture can reduce the maximum number of supported clients a dual wm encoder (with archiver), ...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 69 table 13. Supported clients with jpeg capture configuration: ftp file transfer configuration: ftp file transfer > servers up to eight servers are available and can be simultaneously selected. When more than one server is enabled, the appliance will...
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70 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Ftp server 1–8 name ftpserver1–ftpserver8. Type vbrick or non-vbrick appliance. • vbrick appliance – when sending to a vbrick appliance, the serving vbrick must select the d: directory. The configuration of vbrick appliance automatically adds d: to the path name or to ...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 71 configuration: ftp file transfer > transfers use this page to manually initiate ftp transfers to any of the configured servers. You can separately setup and use eight servers for ftp file transfer. Enter the server parameters in the configuration: ...
Page 82: Configuration: Passthrough
72 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Ftp queue operation changes to the entries on the screen do not take effect until you select an action button: add to ftp queue , remove from ftp queue or flush queue . Hard drive status for a description of hard drive status screens, see status: hard drive on page 102...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 73 configuration: passthrough > com1 passthrough state: responder passthrough state used to enable/disable passthrough. You must be the active editor to enter a passthrough state. Three states are possible: • disabled – the vbrick will neither initiat...
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74 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Passthrough state: initiator baud rate rate of passthrough port. Rate can be set to the following (default = 9600): 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 3600, 4800, 7200, 9600, 14400, 19200, 28800, 38400, 57600, 115200. Stop bits number of stop bits for passthrough port (1 or 2)...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 75 destination • dedicated. When passthrough state is set as initiator and the destination is dedicated, the vbrick appliance (whose serial port is the destination of this com port) can be configured and identified using either an ip address or a host...
Page 86: Configuration: System
76 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Configuration: passthrough > com2 passthrough settings for com2 are a subset of com1. See configuration: passthrough > com1 for complete details. Configuration: system configuration: system > general system this menu lets you set system-related parameters. Network time...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 77 front panel lcd display these settings will be displayed for approximately 6 seconds. After 6 seconds the lcd will display the current release, ip address, hostname, plus transmit and receive addresses and other status information. Configuration: s...
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78 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Manager application (not supplied). The snmp mib, which formally defines the snmp interface to the vbrick, is contained within the install directory of the vbrick release or from the vbrick. The two mib files are vbrick_box2.Mib and vbrick_reg.Mib . The default install...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 79 table 14. Trap summary tables dns host name complete if host type = dns host name. Snmp trap version select version number. Trap user name authentication password enter password. Cannot exceed 20 characters. May include any combination of alphanume...
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80 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Configuration: system > security 21 the 2.5 volts power supply failed. 22 the 2.5 volts power supply failure has cleared. 23 there is a real time clock battery failure. 24 the unit has been configured to transmit and/or receive video streams beyond its capability. 25 s...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 81 improving security you can improve security by (1) blocking unauthorized attempts to login and access a device and (2) by reducing exposure to malicious software attacks. The most common vulnerability is related to user accounts and passwords. Afte...
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82 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Software and unlikely to be a target of programs designed to attack pc-based systems like microsoft, linux, and others. However, you can still take additional steps to minimize risk. Vbrick tries to make installation as simple and quick installation and many features a...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 83 configuration: script management configuration: script management > event triggering you can create and run scripts to activate certain functions on a vbrick appliance. There are three ways to run scripts on an appliance. (1) you can run scripts fo...
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84 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Figure 11. Script management – part 1 click here to read or write script files login to the vbrick via ftp and manage script files. Requires a valid user name and password. Event enable allows the user to enable/disable event triggering for each input event. Event stab...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 85 figure 12. Script management – part 2 run scripts using the ir remote control ir remote control scripts are enabled by simply placing a file named irnscript.Txt (where n is a number from 0–9) in the script directory of the unit. For example naming ...
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86 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Scripting notes • * denotes end of group. • each group can have a maximum of six sets. • each group must have apply sets for all normal sets. • wait state will be alone in a group. • there is no clear command. • script commands must start in column 1. • there is no cha...
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Wm configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 87 sample script the auto config script file ( config.Xml ) is an .Xml file with the following syntax. It can set any vbrick parameters and force an "apply" as needed. This example shows how to set various recorder parameters. Note that a vbexecutefor...
Page 99: Introduction
Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 89 chapter 3 sdi configuration topics in this chapter introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 sdi configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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90 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Configuration: encoder > video configuration: encoder > audio the encoder video and audio configurations for an sdi-equipped appliance are only available on certain models. To see if an appliance supports sdi, check for an sdi connector on the vbrick rear panel or go t...
Page 101: Sdi Limitations
Sdi configuration vbrick wm appliance admin guide 91 sdi limitations although most of the wm encoder's compression, streaming, and serving capabilities are the same when using sdi video as they are when using analog video, there are certain limitations when the encoder is configured for sdi video in...
Page 103: Status: System Information
Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 93 chapter 4 status topics in this chapter status: system information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 status: network status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 104: Status: Network Status
94 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Status: network status status: network status > codec this page lets you view various network-level parameters. General interface this section reports the existence of any undesired (and unrequested) video streams being received by the vbrick. Unrequested streams great...
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Status vbrick wm appliance admin guide 95 status: network status > routing this screen lets you view the internal routing tables. Extra stream count number of unexpected video streams being received on this interface. Misdirect ip address the ip address of the appliance transmitting one of the extra...
Page 106: Status: Encoder Status
96 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Status: network status > network time status: encoder status many of the status values (for example frames per second, ip bytes transferred, etc. ) on the following window are re-measured and updated periodically. Use the refresh button on the iws page to update with n...
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Status vbrick wm appliance admin guide 97 general video encoder state running indicates normal operation. Video input problem indicates a problem with the video source. Verify that the video source is working correctly and that your video cable is good. Verify that the configuration: encoder > video...
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98 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Audio close captioning asf frames per second measured rate in frames per second of the encoded video frames being created by the appliance. Frames encoded increments as compressed frames are produced by the appliance. Vfr frames dropped when configuration: encoder > vi...
Page 109: Status: Reflector Status
Status vbrick wm appliance admin guide 99 multicast status: reflector status status: reflector status > general the reflector status page displays status based on the selected source. If you select push receiver as the reflector source on the configuration: reflector page, you will see "push" inform...
Page 110: Status: Jpeg Status
100 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Asf multicast status: jpeg status displays jpeg image capture status if enabled. See configuration: jpeg on page 66 for more about configuration. Failed count increments each time a push sender tries to connect but fails. Common reasons for failed attempts are incorre...
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Status vbrick wm appliance admin guide 101 video resolution resolution of snapshots determined by the configuration of the associated wm encoder. One of the following: 640x480 640x360 640x240 640x180 512x384 512x192 400x300 384x216 320x480 320x240 256x144 240x180 160x120 128x72 number of images numb...
Page 112: Status: Hard Drive
102 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Status: hard drive status: hard drive > general status: hard drive > archiver.
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Status vbrick wm appliance admin guide 103 general ftp status archiver state status of the archiver as follows: • failed. • stopped, never started. • stopped, by user. • stopped, disk full (less than 100 mbytes remains) • stopped, file size limit (approximately 4 gb). • stopped, ftp overrun. • stopp...
Page 114: Status: Server Status
104 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Status: server status status: server status > general http/rtsp server status: server status > encoder details this window has details for every client (up to 202) currently receiving an http or rtsp stream from the vbrick appliance. Current number of client sessions ...
Page 115: Status: Push Status
Status vbrick wm appliance admin guide 105 status: server status > reflector details this window has details for every client (up to 202) currently receiving an http or rtsp stream from the vbrick appliance. Status: push status the number of rows on this page matches the number of configured push de...
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106 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Http push status state packet sender (the encoder) ready to send or not ready to send. Information if enabled, push information is shown here (and written to the system event log) whenever it changes. Retry count increments for each retry. The appliance will automatic...
Page 117: Status: Ftp Server Status
Status vbrick wm appliance admin guide 107 status: ftp server status status: system log system logs can give you more information about the status of your appliance. Each log can hold up to 20 of the latest informational messages. All logs are emptied when the appliance is powered down or reset. Sta...
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108 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Status: system log > system event this log contains reports of system events within the vbrick. These events may occur during normal operation and include some details of successful and unsuccessful attempts to access the http and rtsp server as well as a some details...
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Status vbrick wm appliance admin guide 109 status: system log > traps this log contains all of the snmp traps generated by the box whether or not the traps have been emitted. Status: system log > system info this log contains unexpected behaviors detected by the vbrick software. Normally this log is...
Page 120: Status: User Information
110 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Status: user information user information includes detailed hardware-level information about the printed circuit boards in the vbrick appliance. Status: user information > main board.
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Status vbrick wm appliance admin guide 111 status: user information > slot1.
Page 123: Diagnostics: Network Tests
Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 113 chapter 5 diagnostics topics in this chapter diagnostics: network tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 diagnostics: device test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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114 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Diagnostics: network tests > trace route test the internet is a large and complex aggregation of network hardware, connected together by gateways. Tracking the route packets follow or finding a gateway where the packets are being discarded is difficult. The trace rout...
Page 125: Diagnostics: Device Test
Diagnostics vbrick wm appliance admin guide 115 trace route test results the results of the test appear at the top of the screen. The results include the resolved ip address of the destination host name. When the test is finished or stopped, the overall result will display the result of the test, su...
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116 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. 6. When done, reset configured operational mode to run . Loop count number of times to run test. Continuous click to run in continuous loop. Test intensity low intensity is faster but runs fewer tests. High intensity runs all tests and may take up to 10 minutes..
Page 127: Diagnostics: Hard Drive
Diagnostics vbrick wm appliance admin guide 117 diagnostics: hard drive t to run check disk: 1. Go to configuration: system > general . 2. Set the configured operational mode to diagnostics . (after you press apply , the appliance will reboot. Wait until the front panel displays "diagnostic mode.") ...
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Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 119 chapter 6 maintenance topics in this chapter maintenance: device information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 maintenance: default all configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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120 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Maintenance: default all configuration this menu allows the user to default all the configuration parameters of the vbrick. Maintenance: read/write configuration maintenance: read/write > read from device the read/write configuration page allows you to read configurat...
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Maintenance vbrick wm appliance admin guide 121 read configuration data from device you can read the configuration parameters from the vbrick by clicking the read button on the page. After clicking on the button, an xml document with all the configuration parameters will pop up (see figure 13). The ...
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122 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Figure 13. Sample vbrick configuration file maintenance: read/write > write to device this page lets you write configuration parameters from an .Xml file to the vbrick. On a successful write, all parameters will be saved to flash and the appliance will reboot. Only ad...
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Maintenance vbrick wm appliance admin guide 123 write configuration data to device t to write configuration parameters to the vbrick from an .Xml file: 1. Click the browse button and navigate to the configuration file you want to write to the appliance. 2. Click on the write button to write the sele...
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Maintenance vbrick wm appliance admin guide 125 table 15. Default user names and passwords maintenance: usernames & passwords > change snmpv3 passwords user level default user name default password authority administrator admin admin read, diagnostics, edit, change password, network and routing. Ope...
Page 137: Overview
Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 127 chapter 7 maintenance mode topics in this chapter overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 maintenance mode cli operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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128 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Maintenance mode features • provides support for the download and upgrade of software via vbdownload. • supports limited iws and cli for configuration and diagnosis. • local access of the vbrick is supported through com 2 on the rear of the box, refer to the section o...
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Maintenance mode vbrick wm appliance admin guide 129 • if you log into the integrated web server (iws), the screen indicates the appliance is in maintenance mode and the reason. • the telnet and/or command line interface (cli) prompt after you login is vbmaintmode> and displays one of the following ...
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130 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. C nt 6 xxx to edit the ip host name. The default is the media access control (mac) address, a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a network. The host name can be a maximum of 18 characters; the first character must be a letter and the last character...
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Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 131 chapter 8 wm templates seven selectable templates have been preconfigured for many common applications. Templates apply to video and audio settings only. There are always trade-offs when selecting encoder settings. In general, finer resolution detail and smoother ...
Page 142: Best Quality
132 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Table 17. Preconfigured wm appliance templates best quality template name description best quality approximately 4.5 mbps with highest rate stereo audio and highest resolution video at 30 frames per second. Resolution 640x480. This template does not support multiple b...
Page 143: Lan
Wm templates vbrick wm appliance admin guide 133 lan cable/dsl-300k, high motion this is the default template. The wm appliance is configured and shipped with these template settings applied. Audio encoder parameter setting audio channels stereo l+r bit rate 192000 sample frequency 48 khz video enco...
Page 144: Cable/dsl-300K, Low Motion
134 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Cable/dsl-300k, low motion cable/dsl-128k, high motion cable/dsl-128k, low motion sample frequency 44.1 khz video encoder parameter setting resolution 320x240 rate control method cbr/cfr target bit rate 257000 target frame rate 15 ntsc, 12.5 pal key frame interval 5 s...
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Wm templates vbrick wm appliance admin guide 135 modem 56k security & surveillance resolution 240x180 rate control method cbr/cfr target bit rate 90000 target frame rate 10 (ntcs and pal) key frame interval 6 smoothness 0 picture center quality difference 0 buffer size 5000 audio encoder parameter s...
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136 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Key frame interval 10 smoothness 0 picture center quality difference 0 buffer size 10000 audio encoder parameter setting audio channels mono (l) l+r bit rate 8000 sample frequency 8 khz.
Page 147: Overview
Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 137 chapter 9 stream prioritization topics in this chapter overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 stream prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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138 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. Non bitrate constrained example 1 – priority list suppose that the priority list is video 1 , audio 1 , video 2 , audio 2 , video 3 , audio 3 (do not confuse the subscripts used here with encoder mbr selections). The wm player identifies these five pairs: video 1 , au...
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Stream prioritization vbrick wm appliance admin guide 139 example 4 – sliding window behavior as an example, consider this priority list: audio 1 , script, video 1 , audio 2 , video 2 , audio 3 , video 3 . Depending on the value of the bitrate constraint, the wm player might select no stream; or it ...
Page 150: Configuring Groups
140 © 2008 vbrick systems, inc. 2. Make a "v" list of streams, by following the same procedure used for making the a list, but with the terms "audio" and "video" swapped. 3. Make the priority list be the a list, if the lowest-bitrate audio stream included in the multiplexing application has bitrate ...
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Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 141 a announce external server -- slot1 47 announce http and rtspu server 45 announce program guide (sap) for multicast - - slot1 41 archiver and recorder functionality 15 asf 98 , 100 audio 98 audio template settings 33 b best quality 132 bit rate and sample frequenc...
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142 index maintenance mode indicators 128 maintenance mode limitations 128 mbr groups 11 mbr output settings 10 mbr troubleshooting 12 mixed model appliances 14 modem 56k 135 multicast 99 , 100 multicast playback 37 multicasting 4 n network time synchronization 20 nsc file information -- slot1 37 o ...
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Vbrick wm appliance admin guide 143 diagnostics device test 115 network tests 113 maintenance default all configuration 120 read/write > read from device 120 read/write > write to device 122 read/write configuration 120 maintenance mode cli operation 129 passthrough state responder 73 sample vbrick ...
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