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1. x x Schedule and Remote WMV Encoder h264 Encoder MPEG 2 Encoder Schedule and Remote WMV Encoder h264 Encoder MPEG 2 Encoder Preferences Audio Video Type DVAccount Metadata Preferences Audio Video Type DVAccount Metadata Hot Keys Myvdeo Start File Capture lt alt gt Artist John Smith Start Stream Only Alt 45 Album Start Stream and File Capture lt alt gt 8 Rating publish Stop lt Shift gt Esc Composer JV Use Action when Template changed Description Lecture how I love DEVOS JV Minimize to tray when capturing screen Copyrigt 2012 Show asking to set DV Account settings at the start Genre PO File Settings File Name Untitled IV Use Auto Name IV Upload After Record Re Index file before upload Files are recorded in location set by Local Files Also note that you can automatically upload and publish recordings by checking Upload After Record in DVME Preferences tab When using the DEVOS remote control page upload can be set remotely Page 36 As DISCOVER VIDEO ui DEVOS Video Portal System Priority Alert The Priority Alert system can cause one some or all computers to display your live or on demand video your message or a web page automatically and without a user taking any action Priority Alert is a privilege assigned to admins by the Super Admin Your Priority Alert is also displayed on Digital Signage displays
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4. VIDEO DEVOS Title the title of the video Description the description of the video Author the author of the video Category select an existing category Tags enter text tags separated by comma Used to rapidly find related videos Date Time The date and time of the video used to sort the videos by date From Date and Expiration Date The dates and times when the video will appear in the user facing video list Used to automatically remove old videos from the list and to add new videos at a future date Height amp Width select from dropdown or select custom and enter values Stretch normally select Uniform Other modes are used to fix video that may be in the Admin Portal TITLE DESCRIPTION DATE TIME AUTHOR CATEGORY TAGS FROM DATE EXPIRATION DATE PLAYER RESOLUTION WIDTH HEIGHT STRETCH PASSWORD REFERENCE FILENAME THUMBNAIL PRIVATE VIDEO COMMENTS RATE SHOW HITS PLAY PROGRESSIVE VIEWING PAGE SHARE wrong aspect ratio and anamorphic videos Password enter an optional password If entered then any user wishing to view the video must enter matching password DEVOS Video Portal System Manage Video On Demand Edit 1280x720 2000Kbps Sample Video sacter 1 24 2014 8 24 56 AM Smith Education a 1 24 2014 8 24 56 AM 1 24 2113 8 24 56 AM Custom 1280 720 Uniform Download Video http t
5. Template Settings Finish Signage Info Signage Title Signage Logo Choose File No file chosen Enter the title for display in the sign and select an image e g logo or picture Note that this Step 3 will be skipped if you select a template that does not have a title or logo Select Next Page 49 A gt DISCOVER VIDEO ae DEVOS Video Portal System Step 4 Template Settings The Template Setting page will depend on the template selected The example below shows a layout for video plus two RSS feeds In this case you select the desired video playlist enter an address for RSS 1 for example a news feed and either another RSS address for RSS 2 or select an existing text playlist Note that you must enter at least one RSS address you can do a web search for RSS to quickly find news feeds and similar If you leave the first RSS feed blank the 2nd RSS feed will occupy the display space Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Template Settings Template Settings n You may also set the duration of the RSS display s Select Next Step 5 Save Finish Cancel Wizard When done select Save Signage Note that once your sign is created you may edit it at any time You may also directly edit each playlist used in any sign Page 50 A gt DISCOVER VIDEO oon DEVOS Video Portal System RSS RSS Really Simple Syndication is a popular way for news aggrators e g PBS CNN New York Tim
6. e Display news and information on monitors in common areas via Digital Signage Government e Enable Open Government by broadcasting council meetings and other public events e Record and make government meetings available for on demand viewing Page Ay DISCOVER VIDEO ene DEVOS Video Portal System Non Profits e Encourage more participation by making your mission more visible more understandable more compelling Page 8 Ax DISCOVER VIDEO CES DEVOS Video Portal System System Description and Architecture The DEVOS system consists of the DEVOS server one or more DVME encoders and existing desktop computers and iPads iPhones and other clients STEP 1 CAPTURE VIDEO STEP 2 MANAGE VIDEO STEP 3 DELIVER VIDEO VIDEO FILE Pm ses RECORDED LOCALLY Y CONTENT LAN WAN Is Wp CURATION ANS OF FROM WEB WIR Reet SOURCES ND m h Jem 2 REMOTE PUBLIC CAMPUS NTERNET VIDEO FILE RECORDED LOCALLY PC DESKTOP 4 The DEVOS Media Server provides live and Video on Demand VoD delivery via RTMP RTSP HLS and progressive download technologies It is the heart of the system and provides all database administration storage control functions and user interfaces AUDIO VIDE Live video streams are created using the Discover Video Multimedia Encoder DVME which can be controlled by DEVOS Other live video streaming encoders may also be used as w
7. gt lt web gt external lt web gt lt leave blank or enter external to use default browser gt lt discovervideo gt e inputurl is the address of your DEVOS server Page 40 gt DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System e lt checkminutes gt tells the system how often to check for status changes lower number causes more server activity higher number less it is recommended that the value be set higher in large networks to prevent system overload e visible true or false sets whether the icon is visible on the user s desktop e usercontrol sets whether the user can change the zone setting e zone sets the zone value e web sets the alert to use internal or external default browser Install Priority Alert on all desktops then replace the default config xml with the one you edited alternately you may edit the config xml on every computer If all computers are in the same zone there is no need to edit the config xml file If your computers are in different zones simply edit the config xml file so that the zone is correct for each computer Note that zone names are arbitrary but must match what the Super Admin has entered in the DEVOS Run Priority Alert DEVOS program from the Windows Start menu The program will start automatically upon computer reboot Also please note that the config xml file is read upon Priority Alert startup if you change the file please close and restart the des
8. Account DV Server 123 123 123 123 dvme DV Account 1001 Page 75 DEVOS Ax DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS Video Portal System Set DVME Preferences to Use DV Web Control and Use DV Web Schedule as shown below to enable DEVOS to remotely control the DVME x Preferences Audio VideoType DVAccount Metadata Schedule and Remote wmv Encoder h264 Encoder MPEG 2 Encoder Iv Use DV Web Control DV Web Schedule JV Use DV Web Schedule Start Time os 19 20 12 08 33 00 Stop Time 09 19 2012 08 33 00 Schedule Type Stream Local Schedule Use Local Schedule Start Time 7 24 2012 hz 28 Stop Time 7 24 2012 z s 45 Schedule Type Capture z Remote Control IV Use Port Listener DVME provides many options to stream and or record live video from one or two sources including a camera desktop screen VGA DVI input remote stream URL etc Please review the DVME product manual for detailed instructions and information A good starting point for H264 Encoder values are Encoder Settings For Streaming Frame rate 25 00 Yifs Video bitrate 300 kbits fast quality IFrame Period 25 Bitratemode cer v Audiobitrate 32 kbits wee R z ee c gt Reference frame 4 xl Audio mode stereo v a DH Encoder Settings For File Capturing 34 Frame rate 30 00 fs
9. H Video bitrate 1000 kbits fast quality IFrame Period 25 V Moov in advance Bitratemode cer v Audiobitrate 64 kbits BFrame 4 Audio profile LC X Reference frame x Audio mode Stereo gt Profile level Auto Samplerate 48kHz v Page 76 DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Using DVME to Record From Tape or Video Disk You can easily use DVME to capture any video source including the video output of a tape player camcorder video disk player or other video source Simply connect the audio video source to the DVME input device e g USB dongle video capture card set desired H 264 video file capture values and select File Capture When done select Stop Be sure to disable DVME Settings Schedule and Remote Web Control when operating DVME locally Useful Tip If you know the duration of a tape you do not need to sit and watch the whole video while you wait to press Stop Use the DVME Remote Control to record for a specified duration Using DVME to Record From Computer Screen DVME can record any video that you can play on your computer screen This is very useful for capturing 3rd party live video streams to capture videos that cannot be converted from file etc Simply use the DVME screen capture setting set the capture area for the area of the video player used and start your capture For audio if your computer has a Mix Audio setting you should se
10. PQ and change the display order Signage Master Name Select From Signages Discover Video By rmavro E When done select Update Signage Master ps Ten By omero To display the master sign simply click on it ae ae from the master list Use the URL for that E sign for display Note that the Discover nm Video Samsung App does not support Master signs Discover Video By rmavro 60 PowerPoint By rmavro 60 RSS Testing By rmavro Se is One Video By rmavro 60 a Update Signage Master Page 52 As DISCOVER lt VIDEO ae DEVOS Video Portal System Page 53 gt DISCOVER PROM DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System DVME Schedule and Control DEVOS can manage your Discover Video Multimedia Encoders DVME This is a powerful capability because it allows you to start stop live streaming and capturing remotely and to schedule your DVME actions e Name select the DVME you wish to control or schedule from the dropdown list Only DVME s that have been defined in the Streaming Account section are available e Schedule Enter the start date and time the stop date and time and the desired function stream stream and capture capture Then select Set Schedule v CIT e Upload After Capture If true then DVME will ena automatically upload a recording If metadata has Rating set to publish then the video will be set to non pr
11. Spitfire devices if you never intend to control them independently To control a device select the device from List 1 and add it to List 2 Then select Power or Set Channel to control the device s Control may take 30 seconds Example 1 There are 20 TV s in a building and each has its own device code You wish to turn them all on or off Select the 20 devices from List 1 and add them to List 2 then select Power Example 2 There are 20 TV s in a building and they are all using the same device code You wish to turn them on or off Select the device from List 1 and add it to List 2 then select Power Page 58 gt DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS Ld M Ax DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS Video Portal System NOTE Power for all IR devices is a toggle If the device is on and you toggle power you turn it off If someone controls the device manually you may get out of sync DV Remote Control Program The remote control program communicates with your DEVOS system and issues IR commands to your device The program should be installed on ici xd a Windows computer near to the device you wish to control such as a Soft Top Box computer Using the DV Remote Control program you must configure the Spitfire to use the desired device code Connect the Spitfire to the computer via USB or RS232 then start the DV Control program The program will automatically scan your computer s ports to find the Spitfire Once the Spitfire is found the
12. or author Upload Icon only available if logged in as admin Change Password only available to non guests Mobile Viewing DEVOS is fully compatible with iOS and most other mobile devices Unfortunately live video on Android can be an issue depending on the device manufacturer and version Page 69 DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Viewing Channels In many cases you will want to distribute the URL for channels For example rather than having viewers access the main viewing page you want them to access a particular channel that includes only certain videos Navigation of the MAVRO channel page Is similar to navigation 4 mee of the DEVOS home page S 2 meinem va Bi Vide n Demane Q View ui When using the Channel Embed Code only the VoD content is shown For live content you can use the embed code for each live video m F Videos on Demanc view Get More Sleep Doodles Computation Weather Music i AN M n DL s T i 7 b Water vro Rmavro R o l 4 a Rma Rmavro A Rmavo 9 X 4 Rmavr Rmavro Page 0 A DISCOVER VIDEO pee DEVOS Video Portal System DEVOS channels can be viewed via the popular inexpensive Roku box This capability represents a breakthrough in enterprise video because you can now buy your Set Top Box from a local retailer e g Best Buy Radio Shack Walmart etc or online a for less than US 100 DEVOS provides a private Roku channel that
13. 9 32 59 PM Password None Valid From 3 15 2013 9 32 59 PM To 3 15 2112 9 32 59 PM Add to Mavro Channel gt Admin Portal gt Manage Channels gt Add Videos viewan Date C Tite checked Maryland Traffic Camera Category Live Desc Example Of ITS Feed Views 4 Added 3 14 2013 7 33 23 PM Password None Add to Mavro Channel LIVE Rich Mavro Category Live Desc Live Video DVME ACCOUNT NUMBER 111 DVME Username Rmavro DVME Password Rmavro Views 5 Added 3 14 2013 11 45 01 AM Password None Add to Mavro Channel Netcam Category Live Desc Live From RTSP Network Camera Views 9 Added 3 13 2013 5 47 14 PM Password None Add to Mavro Channel WPAA Category Live Desc Wallingford Public Access zs Views 12 Added 3 9 2013 2 09 19 AM Password None Add to Mavro Channel Similar to Video on Demand and Live Video select Add Edit Shared Video for your channel and simply check any video that you wish to include in your channel then press Save Page 56 DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Showing Your Channel Every channel has a unique URL which is http server channels channel For example if you create a channel called mathclass then your channel can be found at http sever channels mathclass Your channel can be found on the DEVOS home page kJ too unless it is marked m Private in which case it E does not appear and you T can only find it using the iii
14. Digital Signage e Comments Check to allow users to post comments about the video The admin can delete any comments Comments have a built in profanity filter e Rate Check to allow users to rate the video e Show Hits Check to show the number of views hits for this video in the user facing video list e Show Last View Check to show the date time of the last view of this video in the user facing video list e Require Login Check to require login to view this video e Sharable Check to allow other admins to include your video in their channels and Digital Signage Shared videos cannot be edited or deleted by other admins e DEVOS Slave enables this video to be replicated to DEVOS Slaves if slaves are In use e Share Opens formatted email message using your default email program that points to your video If you are using a 3rd party live encoder Set the encoder to Server rtmp your DEVOS server live Stream Name unique name Set the above Live Stream values to Live RTMP rtmp your DEVOS server live unique name Live HLS http your DEVOS server autohls unique name unique name m3u8 Thumbnail http path to a jpg or gif image Be sure the encoder is set for compatible settings in particular older encoders may not support AAC audio For best results use DVME Page 28 As DISCOVER VIDEO poor DEVOS Video Portal System New DVME Account A DVME Account is used to pr
15. Surgery 1 0 Added 11 30 2013 11 09 18 AM image s Eon Delete Example PowerPoint 1 22 Added 11 30 2013 9 56 15 AM image s Edi Delete Wallingford 26 Added 11 26 2013 7 17 24 PM m Eon Delete Give your Image Playlist a name and select images from your computer to upload When creating a new Image Playlist or adding image files to an existing Image Playlist simply select Choose Files to browse your computer and select jpg or png image files only these types are supported You may Ctrl Click on multiple files to upload multiple files at the same time Page 44 gt DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System gt Admin Portal gt Signage gt Image Playlists Edit Image Playlist Playlist Name l estlmages Select Image s Choose Files No file chosen Set Global Duration 10 Set Duration mage Duration in Sec Up Down Remove 10 f o O 8 10 Q e 10 Q v e Update Playlist NOTE It may take a few moments for images to load and save Please be patient You may change the order of the playlist by selecting the up down arrows You may change the duration for each image to be displayed You can set the duration for all images using the Global Duration setting Select Update Image Playlist when done It may take several moments for the save to complete PowerPoint You may add PowerPoint slides to your sign very easily Download and install the PPT Converter from the DEVOS Admin help p
16. Zone vees dn ALLZONES is a special zone that alerts to all md zones regardless of the setting and it should not be deleted Berta sot Devos Slave Setting gt Cluster Network Subnet Email Configuration The Super Admin may enter the system email server SMTP server that DEVOS will use to send email to users who request password reminder Page 17 AX DISCOVER DEVOS VIDEO DEVOS Video Portal System Recording The Super Admin sets the maximum 7 VIDEO recording time allowed when recording m a live stream Deer This is used to prevent excessive s Active Director me recording where an admin starts a deeem recording session but forgets to stop it potentially using all available disk space Ponty Meri To set virtually unlimited recording Devos Slave Setting enter a very large value for example 99999 minutes would equal 1666 hours Cluster Network Subnet Devos Slave Setting DEVOS may be a master or a slave A Info slave connects to a master and delivers E live video to local viewers Cane or awe dcc If you do not have DEVOS slaves then M Emer Slave Home configure the server as master If you ee have slaves then configure DEVOS for master and configure each slave as emt contguravon Recording Setting slave Slave DEVOS must have a name and you must enter the IP or domain of the master DEVOS C
17. by the admin that owns the content or by the Super Admin Simply select the video from the Manage Live Video admin function and a record and stop button appears under the player Select Record to start Stop to end The maximum recording time is set by the Super Admin e g 60 minutes It is not necessary to leave the page open or the player running during a E SERA dSsAUUTS n ue Tiuran recording the tE recording takes place on the DEVOS server so you can log out and come back later to stop the recording if desired Record video 8 dep i THE MILITARY Go To HTML5 Player After recording the video will appear as a new video in the Manage Video On Demand page and you can then set your title description etc Please allow 5 minutes for new recordings to appear You can record a live stream that is pushed or pulled to DEVOS You cannot record a stream that is delivered directly from an external source unless you pull it advanced function Note The quality of the recording depends on the quality of the stream DVME records the video at the source not at the server at a different bit rate than is used for live streaming and can produce a superior result Page 31 A gt DISCOVER lt VIDEO ird DEVOS Video Portal System Uploading New Content There are many ways to upload new content to the DEVOS system gt DISCOVER V7 VIDEO Web Upload you can upload video files via the web upload page
18. e Stop The end date and time for recording Must be in the future e VoD Title The title for the recording Will appear in DEVOS after recording e Description The description of the video Will appear in DEVOS after recording Page 82 DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System e Run Daily If checked then the schedule will run every day regardless of the date setting e Run Weekdays If checked then the schedule will run every day except weekends regardless of the date setting e Address the http address of your DEVOS system e Username The admin username same as used to log in to DEVOS admin e Password The admin password same as used to log in to DEVOS admin You can save and load the schedule using the appropriate buttons The schedule is simply a conventional CSV file which you can also edit using notepad or similar Select Run Schedule to start Note that if you edit any line the schedule stops The maximum recording value set by the Super Admin applies for scheduled recordings This means that if the system max recording time is 60 minutes and you schedule a 90 minute recording it will stop after 60 minutes HTMLS5 Play Video on Demand playback can be configured for streaming default or progressive playback and the viewer can optionally select to view the video using Flash player or HTMLS5 player HTML5 viewing uses progressive delivery but allows for navigation of a video without having to buffer it the pla
19. on Dx o Channel embed code F shows only the VoD content This allows you to TEN Wm place live video b A b independently using the JU P QU Qr ERA eee PER live video embed codes Your channel will appear on Roku set top boxes if the channel has Roku checked and depending on how you have your Roku set up See Roku chapter Page 57 A DISCOVER VIDEO cee DEVOS Video Portal System Remote Control DEVOS can control many 3rd party devices such as TVs DVD players Cable TV boxes etc The purpose of such control is to cycle power or change channels The control is not for channel surfing where you are watching a Cable TV channel and change the channel but to administratively change the channel or power status The control requires a Spitfire device connected to a PC or Soft Top Box via USB or RS232 where the Spitfire device emits an IR signal that the controlled device can receive Setup the Spitfire device using instructions provided below Start by selecting Add New Remote Control and give your device a Remote Control Name e g My TV a device name e g My TV and optionally the Device Code if known Select Add Device then Save Remote Controls The devices will show in the list 1 box Select one device from list one and note the Selected ID is displayed This ID must be entered in the Remote Control program that is controlling the target Spitfire device Note that you can use the same ID for all
20. point where the encoder stopped You may schedule server side recording using the DEVOS scheduling program available from the DEVOS Admin Help screen Scheduled Recording You can schedule recordings using the DEVOS Scheduler on any PC Download and install the program then run it It will appear similar to the following RUNNING DEVOS Scheduler miel x About 01 28 2014 10 12 01 SCHEDULE RUNNING M Pun Schedule Schedule File AddRow ___ Openedt Double Click on any cell to edit cv rogram Files x86 Discover Video DEVOS Scheduler schedule cs Browse __Load Schedule _Save Schedule Start 1 MCE TEST TV 11 04 2013 18 19 37 11 04 2013 18 21 Test Title This is a test recording 2 MCE TEST TV 11 05 2013 07 30 11 05 2013 07 35 CBS New York 3 MCE2 11 06 2013 05 36 11 06 2013 05 40 Morning News The News Run Daily Ignore Date Run Weekdays Ignore Date Date time must be in 24 hour format 12 31 2012 15 30 You may edit the schedule using notepad or similar Please use care to maintain the format DEVOS Double Click to edit a cell Shift Click during edit for current date time Enter to keep new value Save Schedule when done Address hittp pourdevod Username foo Password xxiooononor Edit each line by double click on a field When done with a field press Enter e Live Title The exact title of a live video as shown in DEVOS e Start The start date and time for recording Must be in the future
21. recording feature is not available until the live stream is running 3 Stop the live stream but leave the DEVOS recorder running Now each time you start that live stream it will be recorded This automatic recording will end when the maximum duration set by the Super Admin is reached In other words recording duration begins when you first press the record button and ends when the duration set by the Super Admin is reached For example if the duration is set for 60 minutes automatic recording will end 60 minutes after recording stops and during the period DEVOS will create new files each time it detects a new stream Do not confuse Server Side Recording with the recording done by DVME They accomplish the same thing but each does it differently Server side recording can be done with any compatible live encoder but the quality of the recording will be exactly the same as the live stream DVME live video may be Page 81 Ay DISCOVER VIDEO ae DISCOVER On VI DEO DEVOS Video Portal System recorded on the server as described above but DVME can also record ata higher bit rate on the DVME computer and then upload the recording to DEVOS automatically In some cases it is sensible to do both to ensure that a recording is made since it is possible for DVME recording to fail if the computer running DVME lost power or crashes for some unknown reason in this case the server side recording will be available up to the
22. status will say Connected Next select the type of device you will control TV VCR DVD Audio AUD Cable TV box CBL or other AUX Next select the manufacturer from the drop down list you can also alas vcr DvD select All but scanning for all devices can take a long time Nou DETECT COM PORT With the Spitfire aimed at the controlled device or with the remote IR emitter positioned on the controlled device select SEARCH DEVICE This will cause the program to cycle through the built in device library and issue a Power command every few moments when you see the power on the controlled device toggle quickly select STOP SEARCH then CAPTURE DEVICE This will cause the program to use and remember the proper device code which you can view by pressing Get Device No You should verify that the Power and number functions work for your device Please note that for entering numbers you must select them quickly because the device code will be sent two seconds after the first number selection If you discover that a number key does not work properly you can learn the IR code by holding the device s IR Remote Control in front of the Spitfire then press LEARN then the desired number key then hold down the device s IR Remote Control key for two seconds or until you see two LED blinks After this Spitfire will output the new learned IR command for that key Finally select Remote Server Setting and enter your DE
23. unique name This name will appear on the Manage Signage page Select Next Step 2 Select Template Select the desired layout for your sign Choices include Step 1 Signage Name Step 2 Select Your Template Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Signage Info Template Settings Finish w VIDEO Playlist Ed Select Your Template Mm VIDEO Ma IMAGE Playlist RSs Playlist RSS L TITLE VIDEO oe VIDEO Playlist i Playlist VIDEO IMAGE Playlist Playlist A ext Playlist IMAGE IMAGE Playlist ES M Playist E O Page 48 Sf VIDEO di gt DISCOVER DEVOS Video Portal System e Video Playlist Two RSS Feeds with Logo and Title e Image Playlist Two RSS Feeds with Logo and Title e Web Page with Logo and Title e Video Playlist with Logo and Title e Video Playlist Image Playlist with Logo and Title e Text Playlist with Logo and Title e Video Playlist Weather RSS Feed Banner Playlist with Logo and Title and Time e Full Screen Video Playlist Only e Full Screen Image Playlist Only e Full Screen Web Only e Image Playlist Two RSS Feeds Banner Playlist with Logo and Title RSS Feeds may be public RSS from popular news aggregators or your local text playlist Select Next Step 3 Signage Info gt Admin Portal gt Signage Admin gt Signage Create Wizard Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Signage Name Select Your Template Signage Info
24. uploads your video but it can optionally publish it too It is available from the Advanced Download link For converting video see the Appendix e Server required Enter the server name or IP plus dvme e Account required The IEbx DEVOS streaming account e I erver evos dvme Account 1 002 Set e Username amp Password Usemame fuser Password required The DEVOS streaming account 87 988 Space Available Upload username and password File To Upoad e File To Upload browse to OVNE Video QU120275 17_DE_ Smet Brow a x m p4 fi e m Publishing Information Optional Title My Video F Description this is a tes e Publishing Information i i Optional Author rich Category misc e Title Description Author Category optional Enter desired values e Publish check optional If checked then the video will be published after upload will appear in the viewer interface Note Allow 5 minutes after upload has completed for the new video to appear Page 35 As DISCOVER VIDEO AS DEVOS Video Portal System DVME The Discover Video Multimedia Encoder DVME can also publish directly to DEVOS Simply set the DVME metadata to desired values f you set the Rating to Publish or Public then your video will be automatically published If the Rating is not set to Publish then the video will have its metadata but it will be set to Private Video
25. A DISCOVER gt VIDEO Discover Video DEVOS User Guide 4 1 2014 Discover Video LLC V3 10 www discovervideo com DEVOS Video Portal System Table of Contents PUT DOS PARE AE 5 General Description c eee eee ecce cree crees esee e eere eene eere sete 5 Typical Use Casos eiii De EDGE EE 6 ITD SCN ON M 6 College University ce ssssocccccscesssccccccsesssoccccceessosoccceseesssscccessee 6 Corporate 7 B siNEsS oii red ii eod iic edi ee esc 7 Financial Industries e 7 FHC ANEIICAN RENNES 7 GOVORIIIOIN see 7 ING cieli CEDE TOTO 8 System Description and Architecture eese 9 Installation amp Configuration ecce ceeee eere eere 11 PACP Um rni Aer 11 AdminiStE abl OUD coo eiit eripe o S 13 Super AUI Soo eR EIE iesi serr insiti trina RE FIERE ERE srra 13 Super Portal Inl ecce aedsiec oir e eee Ped e red da HE SIR streia 14 General Settings roscoe cas H 14 Change Password oocceessocccccscsssocccccssessocccecceeessococeseesssscccessee 15 Active Directory em 15 Video Of The Day sissies aee bonae euo iuo iare e Eai e aani aaa 16 aea a PE EE E E E A Eee cedi erede 16 LS ONS o 16 CACC GOTO S ae
26. Access this function from the Admin page or from the Manage Video On Demand page DVME Upload DVME can manually or automatically upload content using the configured streaming account DVME will automatically publish content immediately after recording if so configured Streamsie Streamsie records your video on an iPad or iPhone and publishes it to DEVOS using your admin account Streamsie allows you to include title description and publishing options DV Upload for iPhone The DV Upload program for iPhone allows you to browse to a video you created on your iPhone select it automatically convert it and upload it using your DEVOS Admin FTP account FTP Upload Virtually any FTP program can be used to upload content to an admin s DEVOS account e g Filezilla cuteFTP etc The FTP server is the DEVOS IP address and the username and password are the admin s username and password After you upload via FTP the system will ingest your video file within 5 minutes After ingestion your video file will disappear from your FTP account Dropbox simply drop a video file into your Dropbox folder and it will be added to DEVOS automatically Google Drive simply drop a video file into your Google Drive folder and it will be added to DEVOS automatically Upload Program for large files and for non administrators Discover Video provides a downloadable program for Windows computers that uses the configured streaming accou
27. LOR GREEN y ALLOW CANCEL TRUE TIME DURATION MINUTES Next Cancel Wizard e Alert Title The title that will apper in a new Alert Button Should be descriptive e g Morning Announcment e Select Zone Select the zone for the alert Zones are defined by the Super administrator e Select Alert Color Select the color for the alert e Allow Cancel True means desktop alerts can be canceled by the viewer False means the alert cannot be ignored e Time Duration The number of minutes that the alert will be active Page 38 Ay DISCOVER VIDEO ane DEVOS Video Portal System gt Admin Portal gt Priority Alert Wizard Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Name And Zone Setting Alert Type Alert Icon Soft Top Box Setting Finish Alert Type CHOOSE YOUR ALERT TYPE VIDEO Select From The Videos Live Videos Videos on Demand LIVE Rich Mavro A New Perspective Pd Maryland Traffic Camera atrip down market street NASA TV OR acm 2010 Netcam Amazing Caves Pentagon Channel Amazon Swim Pentagon pull America the Beautiful UCTV Are We Alone In The Universe VIDEO ttmp cp76072 live edgefcs net live MED HQ Flash 42814 oe Normal Video Back Next Cancel Wizard Alert Type e Video sets live or Video on Demand content as the alert Select the live or VoD content Video Style Normal desktop is a popup Video Style Fullscreen desktop is full screen e Text sets a text messa
28. MP Push removes the RTMP push using the entered values Select Show RTMP Pushes then select the one you wish to remove Page 62 gt DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Create HLS DEVOS automatically delivers live video to iPhone iPad iOS and similar HLS capable devices In some cases you may wish to manually create HLS streams for adaptive bit rate ABR support It is important to remember that HLS streams can only be created from live streams that exist in DEVOS Admin Portal gt Advanced Options PULL STREAM PUSH STREAM DOWNLOAD MULTICAST RESTART HLS Stream Group Name Stream Name Bandwidth Kbps Show HLS Streams Create HLS Stream Group Name required The group name for ABR or enter the stream name if it is not ABR Stream Name required The existing stream name on the server For example you have a live stream called livel and you wish to add HLS enter livel Bandwidth required Used for ABR only enter any value but best to enter the actual approx rate of the live stream if known Show HLS Streams displays all configured HLS streams Create HSL Stream creates an HLS stream using the entered values Remove HLS Stream removes the HLS stream using the entered values Select Show HLS Streams then select the stream you wish to remove Your HLS URL is always Page 63 As DISCOVER VIDEO ee DEVOS Video Portal System http server or I
29. Persistent Streaming The Discover Video private Roku channel features persistent streaming Normally a Roku box will return to the menu when a video ends or the stream becomes unavailable With Discover Videos exclusive persistent streaming a Roku box will stay on the channel This means you can use DEVOS with a Roku box set to display a Page 84 gt DISCOVER lt VIDEO DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System live channel and when you start streaming the video will display when you stop streaming it will stop display and wait for the stream to return Persistent streaming allows you to use Roku for unattended decoding for example to feed a legacy cable TV system for live TV display in a lobby or common area etc Page 85 A gt DISCOVER VIDEO eee
30. VOS address without http and the DEVOS Remote Control ID as described above The program will remember the settings and will start upon computer boot up Now you may control your device from DEVOS Note that you may have as many DV Remote Control programs using the same ID control code as desired or you may use a different code for each device Page 59 DEVOS gt DISCOVER V VIDEO DEVOS Video Portal System Pull Stream DEVOS can be used to deliver live streams from the public Internet to multiple viewers in your network without each user connecting to the public Internet This is useful to prevent overloading your Internet access connection and is commonly used for popular live content To do this DEVOS can pull one stream from the public Internet and deliver it to the computers on your network Admin Portal Advanced Options PULL STREAM PUSH STREAM HLS DOWNLOAD MULTICAST RESTART RTMP or RTSP Pull RTMP or RTSP URL Local Stream Name Show RTMP Pulls Create RTMP Pull zl Remove RTMP Pull ou may tell the server to pull a live stream from another server via RTMP The RTMP URL is the address e Your new stream will be available from this s rtm p alpha discovervideo com 1935 live To remove a stream pull show RTMP Pulls select stream then select Remove RTMP Pull After you have created the stream you will want to go to Manage Live Video and create a new live channel using rtmp a
31. You must install the Priority Alert program on every computer that you wish to receive alerts This is a very small unobtrusive virus free program that sits in the system tray of the computer waiting to spring to action upon administrator control Initiating Alerts Priority Alerts are initiated by simply pressing a preconfigured button fa Hello Rmavro tt amp E E Account Overview Edit Profile Profile Admin Portal gt Priority Alert Name Rich Mavro ADD NEW ALERT 9 STOP ALERTS Joined Click on the Alert Boxs to Activate Last Login 2013 03 16 09 29 34 Status Ready Channels 2 Vod videos 112 ie Live videos 8 Text Alert Web Alert Most viewed vod Shrek Ill Delete Edit Delete Edit Most viewed live UCTV Last view vod video 3 16 2013 8 50 25 AM C C Last view live video 3 16 2013 10 03 39 AM Video Alert NASA TV Two Shared videos Minutes 35 Delete Edit Delete Edit 8 STOP ALERTS Get Priority Alert Application Creating Alerts Access the Priority Alert control panel from the administration interface Select Add New Alert to define a new alert button then follow the wizard steps Page 37 A DISCOVER VIDEO ioi DEVOS Video Portal System Admin Portal gt Priority Alert Wizard Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Name And Zone Setting Alert Type Alert Icon Soft Top Box Setting Finish Name And Zone Setting ALERT TITLE NASA TV Two Minutes SELECT ZONE ALLZONES y SELECT ALERT CO
32. acceptable quality There is little point in using high bit rates for talking head videos that have little motion Generally a rate of about 500 Kbps is sufficient for most standard definition content and about 1 200 to 2 000 Kbps for high definition content e You can use any output resolution however the most common format is 640 x 480 for SD 4 3 and 640 x 360 for SD or HD 16 9 Encoding resolution does not affect the size of the video that is displayed it only affects how much information is in the video e Use keyframes I Frames at least every 10 seconds More keyframes means lower compression but higher resiliency Set your reference distance P Frames to 2 3 or 4 You may use B Frames to increase compression if desired but is usually better to have no B frames A typical value for DVME is a keyframe setting of 25 to 60 e For iOS compatibility be sure to use AAC audio Older encoders such as Tricaster and older free FLME software encoders do not support AAC Streaming vs Progressive Video on Demand DEVOS allows you to configure each video for either streaming delivery or progressive play Streaming causes the video to be delivered to the player at the same rate it was encoded If the video was encoded at 1 000 000 bits per second then it will be Page 73 A DISCOVER VIDEO PUE DEVOS Video Portal System delivered at 1 000 000 bits per second and the viewer must have 1 000 000 bits per second of network
33. age navigate to a ppt or pptx file on a computer that has PowerPoint installed Select Convert and the program will create a folder in C DVPresentations with your PowerPoint images For example if your PowerPoint file is called MyShow ppt then your images will be in C DVPresentations MyShow Simply upload all of these images to an image playlist You can also save your PPT as images jpg directly from PowerPoint using the Save As function Note that you should set the size of output images to be as small as possible yet still provide good image quality for example 600 x 800 1024 x 768 etc Page 45 As DISCOVER VIDEO ee DEVOS Video Portal System Text Playlist Select Text Playlist Admin to add a new text playlist or to edit existing Add New Tex Playlist Page 1 Q Viewan date Q Tite 1 Dont Quit 8 Added 11 29 2013 8 58 26 AM Text s Eat Delete Enter a name for your text playlist Enter a title heading and description text that will be shown and select Add gt Admin Portal gt Signage gt v Text Playlists gt Edit Text Playlist Playlist Name 0 characters Title Description Add Title Description Up Down Remove When things go wrong as they M sometimes will Dont Quit Q 9 When the road you are trudging seems all uphill Dont Quit When the funds are low and e o the debts are high m i el When care is pressing you down a bit Dont Quit Res
34. alog interfaces composite SVideo Component RGB are not encrypted Encoding Content for VoD You can encode your content for VoD delivery using several methods e Play the content from a tape player DVD BlueRay or other device that delivers the content to an audio video output Use DVME to create a digital version and post it to DEVOS with appropriate metadata e Convert or Rip the private DVD or digital file to a standard H264 MPEG 4 part 10 video file with an MPEG 4 container mp4 file type Be sure to encode the video at streaming rates e g 1 Mbps Page 72 A gt DISCOVER VIDEO ird DEVOS Video Portal System e Use a video editor and output save as render the video as H264 for streaming Some editors have presets for iPad compatibility that may work well for you NOTE Just because a video file may play on your computer does not mean it is a good file for VoD The file for VoD delivery must be of the proper format have the MOOV atom at the head of the file and if it does not play via VoD you can conclude it is not a good file A bad file may exhibit any of the following behaviors will not play via streaming progressive playback will not start for a very long time no audio or no video does not display on iOS video is broken up will not play at all audio video is out of sync Encoding Parameters For best results follow these guidelines for encoding e Use the lowest bit rate that give
35. ard disk drives If your DEVOS does not support RAID you cannot increase storage capacity You cannot use an external USB drive for video storage e You can increase live streaming capacity for branch offices or any location where there are multiple viewers by using the DEVOS Jumper slave units Page 78 A gt DISCOVER VIDEO irn DEVOS Video Portal System Master Slave DEVOS supports up to 1 000 slave units A DEVOS slave is a DEVOS server placed at a remote location such as a corporate branch office school or other location where there are multiple viewers The slave is plug and play after setting it with the DEVOS master address It contacts the master and exchanges information automatically Selected live videos that are available in the master are then pulled to the slaves and any viewer in the same network as a slave will receive the live video from the slave rather than from the master Thus if a live stream is 500 Kbps and there are 100 branch office viewers the branch office will use only 500 Kbps for all viewers rather than 5 Mbps 500 Kbps x 100 The DEVOS master operates normally and collects all viewing statistics including the current count of live viewers from all slave units If you are not in the branch office then your live video and the viewing web page is delivered from the master if you are in the branch office then your live video is delivered from the slave and the viewing web page is delivered fr
36. capacity for the duration of the video Progressive play causes the video to be delivered to the player as quickly as network conditions allow typically much faster than the video s encoded rate The player must wait for enough data to arrive before it can being playing the video and the data is temporarily stored in the player s buffer With streaming the server and the player are in constant communication and the player has no more data than it needs at any given instant With progressive the server delivers the data to the player as quickly as it can and there is no further player server dialog Streaming is more efficient because no video data is delivered to the player that the viewer does need while progressive delivers the all video data to the player whether the entire video Is viewed or not Progressive viewing via Flash player does not allow seeking moving the slider bar or using bookmarks beyond the portion of the video that has been received while streaming allows instant navigation to any part of the video This tends to be a non issue for small video files and on fast networks but can become an issue for very large video files and on slow networks In the enterprise where bandwidth is free and plentiful progressive is a good choice because the delivery to the player would be very fast an entire 1 hour video may arrive in the player in a few seconds On more bandwidth limited networks such as the public Internet streaming i
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38. delete files it does not recognize You can automatically set the publishing values by including a xml metadata file with the video file The xml file must have the same name as the video but end with xml For example if you upload a video myvideo mp4 then your metadata file must be named myvideo mp4 xml The contents of the xml file must be as follows Properties Title My Title lt Title gt Description Performance at the White House lt Description gt Artist The Author Artist Width 640 Width Height 360 Height Rating publish Rating lt comments gt true lt comments gt lt rate gt true lt rate gt lt showhits gt true lt showhits gt lt showlastview gt true lt showlastview gt lt requirelogin gt false lt requirelogin gt lt showbookmark gt true lt showbookmark gt lt category gt other lt category gt lt channel gt My Channel lt channel gt lt publish gt true lt publish gt lt Properties gt e title the title of the video e description the description of the video 250 char max e artist the author of the video e width amp height the size of the video e rating include the word publish to make the video available otherwise leave blank and the video will be private This field is used by DVME only e comments true false e rate true false e showhtts true false e showlastview true false e requirelogin true false e showbook
39. e Example Video Playlist 1 80 characters Select From The Videos Live Videos Videos on Demand BMW E 5th Element a mcel Breaking News music live Curosity Landing2 Nasa Epic Movie Trailer Voice Prank RMavro History of Everything russia in english History Of Stuff Home Home Trailer Hunger Games 2 zi Inception z Add Live Add VOD Progressive Duration in Sec Walter Mitty v o BJ Q 9 o J Edgar g 30 4 Q l eo o Hunger Games 2 r o 4 Q l 9 o T SEE a o rs o a mm o TU rm e e m 3 P e o inception cot 0600 kovaanisaatsi Z 240 a mE Q l 9 o JPL vA 120 m Q e i o Update Playlist Page 43 gt DISCOVER X2 VIDEO DENS DEVOS Video Portal System You may change the duration of the content playback where 0 means play a VoD for its natural duration play VoD via streaming for Progressive which is the preferred method change the playlist order by pressing the up down buttons or remove a video from the playlist You may have a playlist with only one item for example a live video that will play forever Select Update Playlist when done Note that for live video a duration of 0 means play forever and is only available when there is only one live video in the playlist Image Playlist Select Image Playlist Admin to add a new image playlist or to edit existing Admin Portal Signage gt image Playlists
40. e Viewing Page This is the direct link to the video page e Share Opens formatted email message that points to this video using your default email agent e Play Progressive Configures the video to play via progressive rather than streaming see Appendix Page 23 A DISCOVER VIDEO ee DEVOS Video Portal System Play Bookmark Select Play Bookmark to view the video and to insert bookmarks To insert a bookmark navigate the video to the desired position optionally press pause and enter bookmark text and description then select Insert Bookmark Bookmarks provide rapid navigation to the selected time in the video Note that bookmarks are only shown to the user if the Bookmark feature is checked Add New Videos You may add videos from YouTube and other sources This is a powerful capability that allows you to include videos from the millions available on YouTube while maintaining DEVOS control display and monitoring DEVOS HOME uve CHANNELS VDEOONCEuAND o kaeein Portal Manage Video On Demand Add New Video On Demand The process is identical to adding a local DEVOS video except you must z paste in the URL from YouTube into CEN the VIDEO URL field ram The YouTube URL is simply the web page address of the desired YouTube video for example http www youtube com watch v LOYNf76ZKsE DEVOS will automatically insert the thumbnail image but you may change it by inserting a diff
41. ell as existing public video streams Video files are created using DVME when capturing live events or when encoding a file from a video tape or from other sources DVME will automatically upload recordings to DEVOS Other file encoders may also be used Viewing of live and VoD uses Flash player Version 11 or above or HTML5 for desktops and is supported on PC and Mac and in IE Chrome Firefox and Safari browsers DEVOS delivers live and VoD to iPad iPhone and Android users PC Desktops may be equipped with the Discover Video Priority Alert program DEVOS may then issue video text or web page alerts to one some or all desktops without the desktop user needing to take any action DEVOS supports video signage using the Discover Video Soft Top Box the built in Digital Signage web player and or Samsung Smart TV Digital Signage allows you to Some early Android devices may not support live video Page 9 X DISCOVER VIDEO iod DEVOS Video Portal System display any live or VoD content on unattended TV s or computer monitors and to display text RSS feeds or web pages DEVOS allows you to add YouTube videos to your VoD list and to incorporate many public live streams into your live video lineup DEVOS allows you to view your live and VoD content on inexpensive Roku Set Top Boxes DEVOS supports Active Directory and allows you to give publishing privileges to multiple administrators and to enable viewers to log in usin
42. em and Security select Administrative Tools select Task Scheduler select Create Basic Task give it a name such as Video Sign Startup select Next and set the task to run the program videosign bat when the computer starts Set required security permission if required Page 51 A DISCOVER VIDEO ee DEVOS Video Portal System Soft Top Box The Discover Video Soft Top Box is a compact Digital Signage player that delivers HDMI and DVI VGA video to a monitor It is configured using the DEVOS signage URL wa Discover Video Samsung Smart TV App Install the Discover Video App by following the install steps listed on the DEVOS Online Manual page The Digital Signage App allows you to display your signage directly on a Samsung Smart TV or BluRay player without needing a Soft Top Box or computer Super Admin Signage The DEVOS Super Admin may create a Master Sign This is a Sign of signs where you can select existing signs and cause a display to cycle between those signs for a specified duration Start by logging in as Super Admin soled e Video Playlist Admin Image Playlist Admin Text Playlist Admin Banner Playlist Admin Add New Signage Admin and Signage Next ipis ciet select Signage Master C Q view an date Qe Admin as shown Select Add New Signage Master or edit existing The interface lists existing signs and you may select them and add them to your master sign list set the display time
43. erent image URL if desired You may also enter a rtmp URL from another DEVOS Page 24 A gt DISCOVER VIDEO uoi DEVOS Video Portal System Reports gt Admin Portal gt Manage Video Os Demand Report Select Report next to each video to view information about how often it has been viewed and by whom Embed Code You may wish to include one or more videos in your own web page for example your website home page special events page etc You can simply link to the target DEVOS player Tile an page or use embed code TS iframe width 420 height 315 src http foc discovervideo com embed watch id 217 t 1 w 420Eh 315 style border Opx gt Select Embed Code to display lt iframe gt the html for any one video Video size You may select from several 20315 I sizes or create a custom size for your embedded video player Copy the embed code e g highlight it with your mouse right click to copy it to your clipboard and insert it into your own web page You have embed code for each Video on Demand each Live Video and each DEVOS channel Embed code is not styled does not include title description rating comments etc or security features password login When using embed code you may wish to include your own text or graphics associated with the video Page 25 As DISCOVER VIDEO ae DEVOS Video Portal System Manage Live Video Select Mange Live video to view ed
44. es etc to distribute news and other information A properly formated RSS feed ends with rss although some xml feeds will work with DEVOS Examples may not be current CNN Top Stories http rss cnn com rss cnn_topstories rss NPR Top Stories http www npr org rss rss php id 1001 NASA http www nasa gov rss list of feeds The RSS reader only uses the title and description values in each RSS item Images links and formating is ignored For minimal example see http discovervideo com rss dv xml Displaying Signage Click on any created sign to open it Copy the URL for that sign and open it on any computer or Soft Top Box For Samsung Smart TV panels you should use the Discover Video Signage App Connect a computer to your display using your preferred method VGA DVI HDMI and open the listed Web Version URL in a web browser IE preferred To automatically start the display when the computer starts follow these steps e Use notepad or similar to create a file called videosign bat and insert a single line in the file start iexplore k the video sign Web URL e example iexplore k the video sign Web URL e Save the file Double click on it to test it It should open IE full screen and your video sign should be displayed Press Alt F4 to exit e Create a shortcut in your Windows startup folder or create a startup task that runs this file To create a startup task go to your control panel select Syst
45. est1 discovervideo com media 6f254396uv SHOW LAST VIEW REQUIRE LOGIN SHOW BOOKMARK SHARABLE Play Video Now gt lt Play Bookmarks Update Reference enter an optional reference URL e g a web page or location Reference URL displays on the player page Filename Right click to download this video from the DEVOS server Page 22 DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System e Thumbnail This is the image used as thumbnail of the video You may enter a URL for example a private image you maintain on your web site e Private Video check to make the video private When checked the video will not appear in the user facing video list Private videos can be added to a channel e Comments Check to allow users to post comments about the video The admin can delete any comments Comments have a built in profanity filter e Rate Check to allow users to rate the video e Show Hits Check to show the number of views hits for this video in the user facing video list e Show Last View Check to show the date time of the last view of this video in the user facing video list e Require Login Check to require login to view this video e Show Bookmark Check to show bookmarks for this video in the user facing video list e Shareable Check to allow other admins to be able to include your video in their channels and in Digital Signage Sharing does not give other the ability to edit or delete your video
46. ettings see Windows documentation or contact your Discover Video channel partner for help If you change the administrator password be sure to write it down and keep it in a safe place Warning If you change the administrator username or password you must also adjust the security settings for scheduled tasks DHCP vs static IP By default DEVOS server is set to obtain an IP address via DHCP While you can successfully use DHCP for the server it is recommended that you set the server to use a static IP address Your network administrator may set up a local DNS entry for the server so that you can reach it using a convenient name Page 11 Ay DISCOVER VIDEO doi DEVOS Video Portal System If your DEVOS server has multiple network ports you may elect to configure one port for your inside network e g 192 168 1 101 and the other for the outside public Internet e g XXX XXX XXX XXX Other network configurations are possible such as using multiple network ports for increased capacity etc DEVOS hardware is usually configured for NIC teaming which provides multiple network interfaces on the same IP address for increased capacity Page 12 A DISCOVER VIDEO pee gt DISCOVER VIDEO M DEVOS Video Portal System Administration DEVOS has simple but powerful administration features There are three levels of control e Super Admin System setup and control assigns Admins e Admins Each Admin has their ow
47. g their existing credentials DEVOS supports master slave configuration which allows slave units to be deployed at remote branch offices to distribute live video Each DEVOS slave then delivers the live video to office viewers locally rather than those viewers each consuming bandwidth and capacity from the DEVOS master This master slave arrangement provides a highly scalable solution for live video distribution even on bandwidth limited networks The slave units are completely automatic Just plug them in and they contact the master and exchange information When a viewer in a location with a slave watches a live video it automatically delivered from the slave rather than from the master Page 10 A DISCOVER VIDEO ae DEVOS Video Portal System Chapter 2 Administration This section will describe Y Installation v Operation Installation amp Configuration Setup is as simple as providing power and a conventional 10 100 1000 Ethernet connection The network should also have access to the public Internet to allow push pull streaming include YouTube videos and perform other functions For DEVOS server on your premises To change the IP address or make other server settings adjustments use a keyboard mouse and monitor not provided and log in to server using the default admin login Username X Administrator Password unique password provided by Discover Video If you are not familiar with Windows server s
48. ge 66 As DISCOVER VIDEO PEINE DEVOS Video Portal System Admin Profile Each Admin has their own profile They can view statistics about their content by selecting Account They can change their display name and profile picture by selecting Profile they can change their password by selecting Password for non Active Directory users and they can configure their Google Drive and Dropbox account Page 67 gt DISCOVER Ro DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Chapter 3 Viewer Operation User Interface The viewer interfaces are virtually identical when viewed on computers using IE Firefox Chrome or Safari and on iPad Desktops require Flash player V11 or greater if using Flash player or a modern browser if using HTML5 The initial page presented requires user login and allows guest access Guests have access to any content that has not been marked as requiring login although any content may require password Page 68 Ay DISCOVER VIDEO doi gt DISCOVER IDEO DEVOS Video Portal System Latest Videos list the most recent videos added to the system Video of the Day shows the video as configured by the super admin Live Streams list the live content Channels list the available channels Videos on Demand lists the available VoD content Popular Tags links to the most popular content tags Search Searches content for matches in the title description
49. ge as the alert e Web sets a web page as the alert Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Alert icon c Alert icon J pud Cui adiu m Yd e e e c AnnouncementEmergency Fire Flood Hazard Ex 4 45 AO Cancel Wizard Page 39 gt DISCOVER DRC DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Select the Icon desired for the alert button Adm n Portai Priority Alert Wizard Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Soft Top Box Setting Soft Top Box Setting If you are using Digital Signage then your alert will appear on the selected signs Enter the banner text to be displayed on the Digital Signage station s Admin Portal gt Priority Alert Wizard Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Finish Save or update your alert button Desktop Install Download the Priority Alert program from the link on the Priority Alert control page When prompted enter the address of your DEVOS server and your zone Optionally after install find the file config xml in the install folder and edit it using notepad or similar The config xml file is shown below discovervideo lt inputurl gt http 123 123 123 123 alert lt inputurl gt lt http yourDEVOSserver alert gt lt checkminutes gt 0 2 lt checkminutes gt lt minutes between updates lt visible gt true lt visible gt lt tru false gt lt usercontrol gt true lt usercontrol gt tru fal lt zone gt default lt zone gt lt enter zone name
50. is defined by simply inserting a USB dongle into the Roku box the box must have USB port older boxes do not The USB dongle communicates with the DEVOS server and displays one DEVOS channel This allows you extra control in what a Roku box can display and makes it easy to deploy these boxes in classrooms and other locations The Roku box can display one channel all channels or all channels created by one admin For example an admin named john has created channels Math Science History and Geography Another admin created channel English The Roku can be told to display channels created by everyone Math Science History Geography English just all of John s channels Math Science History Geography or just one named channel English How to deploy Roku boxes e Configure your box to display the DEVOS channel by using this link https owner roku com add EC8FT e Create your DEVOS channels View your channels on desktop e Contact Discover Video and provide the server address and either the admin name if you want to include all of that admin s channels the channel name if you want to include only one channel or all channels if you want to show all e Discover Video provides USB dongles Simply insert them into each Roku box e Navigate the Roku interface using Roku remote or iPhone app and select DEVOS Your live and VoD channels appear Select to view your live and on demand content NOTE YouTube conte
51. it add delete and manage your live video content settings gt Admin Portal gt Manage Live Streams Page 1 view an Date Title 4 1 e NASA TV Category Science Desc Live From The U S National Aeronautics And Space Administration A Views 12 Added 3 3 2013 5 17 39 AM Password None TELEVISION valid From 3 3 2013 5 17 39 AM To 3 3 2014 5 17 39 AM Edit Delete Reports EmbedCode UCTV Category Live Desc University Of California TV Views 17 Added 3 3 2013 5 23 41 AM Password None Valid From 3 3 2013 5 23 41 AM To 3 3 2014 5 23 41 AM Edit Delete Reports Embed Code Pentagon Channel Category Live Desc Live Channel For The U S Defense Community Views 10 Added 3 3 2013 8 56 46 AM Password None Valid From 3 3 2013 8 56 46 AM To 3 3 2014 8 56 46 AM Edit Delete Reports EmbedCode Select Edit Delete Reports or Embed Code for each video A Live Stream comes from some external source such as CSPAN A DVME Account enables the DVME encoder to stream directly to your DEVOS server Page 26 gt DISCOVER DRC DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Add New Live Stream Edit Existing Stream e Title __ the title of the live video Admin Portal Manage Live Streams Add New Live Stream e Description the description of TITLE the live video DESCRIPTION e Author the author of the live stream Pn 1 25 2014 11 56 50 FM e Date Time the date and time TEES of the
52. ivate e Streaming Recording Rate Enter the bit rate in Kbps that you want the encoder to use e Immediate Control Select the desired function and DVME will perform the function immediately allow up to 30 seconds for the function to take affect e Status Display shows the current status of the selected DVME Please note that DVME does not update status when it is idle Page 54 As DISCOVER VIDEO oe DEVOS Video Portal System A Channel is a unique collection of live and or on demand videos Any admin can create as many channels as desired For example if you have uploaded many SeenOnTheRoad videos about math and PN pentes RR many videos about 7 aoe eee ae science you may wish to create a Math Channel s c that contains only math MEE cp videos and a Science n Discus Channel that contains only science videos Each channel has embed code 99 available Mavro Category Discovervideo Desc Collection Of Live And VoD Views 0 Added 3 3 2013 1203 45 PM Password None Add Remove Video On Demand Add Remove Live Videos Add Remove Shared Videos EditChanne Delete Channel Create Channel Select Add Channel to create a new channel Select an image for your channel and upload it then enter a name and description for your channel Your NOH more channel name cannot contain any spaces or special characters Channel Info Name e Category Select fro
53. ktop Priority Alert program Page 41 A gt DISCOVER VIDEO oe DEVOS Video Portal System ETET LINI LET Video Signage also called Digital Signage displays your live or on demand video text RSS feeds images including PowerPoint or web pages on video monitors in lobbies common areas or anywhere you want content to be displayed continuously via the Discover Video Soft Top Box via the DEVOS built in Digital Signage display web page or via the Discover Video Samsung Smart TV App DEVOS provides an unlimited number of display configurations gt Admin Portal gt Signage Video Playlist Admin Image Playlist Admin Text Playlist Admin Banner Playlist Admin Add New Signage Page 1 viewan Date Title Example Sign 1 M D 0 ul Added 12 3 2013 2 41 47 PM Edit Video Playlist P EM ist Station Code 55f681fc Edit Banner Playlist Edit Delete Edit Text Playlist VIDEO Playlist Example Sign 2 Added 12 2 2013 9 44 24 PM Station Code 29393980 Edit Video Playlist Edit Text Playlist Edit Delete Example Sign 3 Added 12 1 2013 6 27 46 PM Station Code 6a4e110a IMAGE Playlist Edit Image Playlist Edit Text Playlist Edit Delete Example Sign 4 Added 11 30 2013 7 09 40 PM Station Code F455a444 TEXT Playlist Edit Text Playlist Edit Delete 0 TITLE Example Sign 5 Added 11 27 2013 5 45 58 AM VIDEO IMAGE Station Code 93475715 Pla
54. le in the desired folder Tainan Ninaa promt Man default CADVME Video live sdp If you E sin have multiple DVME s doing multicast be sure to give each sdp file a different name e g livel sdp live2 sdp etc This file tells video players how to receive the multicast stream and how to decode the audio video Upload the sdp file to DEVOS and distribute the DEVOS multicast viewing page Page 65 gt DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System iPad Streamsie Streamsie is an application for iPad that allows you to record live video and upload it to DEVOS Streamsie is available from the Apple iTunes store Simply enter your DVME streaming account settings for example Server http 123 123 123 123 dvme Account your DEVOS account e g 321321 Username myuser Password mypassword Optionally set the encoding rate and resolution Press the button to record and again to stop After recording you can enter a title description author and select whether you want to publish it to your DEVOS account upon upload e g make it available for immediate viewing and whether a viewer must log in to view it To upload select the upload folder icon and choose the videos you wish to upload then press the upload button Your streaming account settings are created by an Admin using Manage Live Video gt Add New DVME Account You may use the exact same account used for an existing DVME Pa
55. lect it and ensure the DVME audio level indicators are moving If your computer does not have an audio mix setting in the DVME audio selection dropdown list you may need to use a patch cord to connect your computer s headphone output to your computer s line input and make necessary audio level adjustments typically you must disable Microphone Boost in your audio control panel Internet Bandwidth DEVOS can deliver the live and VoD content to users on the public Internet as well as users in your local network provided Internet users can reach the DEVOS server i e DEVOS is available on an outside IP address In your local network bandwidth is generally free and plentiful and bandwidth bottlenecks are usually not a concern However when delivering video to Internet viewers each viewer will use your Internet access connection and will consume Page 77 gt DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System bandwidth equal to the streaming rate For example if you have a live stream running at 500 Kbps then six simultaneous viewers will consume 1 5 Mbps the capacity of a T1 line 100 live viewers will consume 50 Mbps To deliver live video to a large Internet audience you should consider using DEVOS Advanced Push function to send your live video stream to the Discover Video streaming service This allows you to send just one stream to the Internet Your viewers can still receive it from your DEVOS but the ba
56. live video Used for CATEGORY Select Category sorting TAGS e Category select a category from the list FROM DATE 1 25 2014 11 58 50 PM e Tags enter text separated by EXPIRATION DATE ett comma to rapidly identify the PLAYER RESOLUTION omit i VI d eo WIDTH 640 HEIGHT 360 e From Date Expiration Date STRETCH Uniform the dates and times during PASSWORD which the live video selection will REFERENCE appear in the video list Live RTMP oie e Player Resolution sets the err http B height and width of the video or THUMBNAIL allows for manual entry Stretch Hu Normally set to PRIVATE VIDEO SHOW LAST VIEW Uniform Other settings may COMMENTS j REQUIRE LOGIN improve the video display in RATE d SHARABLE certain cases e g anamorphic BENUME 2 eee video e Password enter optional Add password required for viewing the video Leave blank for none e Reference enter a URL to an external resource e g your web site e Live RTMP the live RTMP address of the video Page 27 gt DISCOVER OPREMI DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System e Live HLS the live HLS address of the video Required for viewing via iPad iPhone e Reference enter a web address that will be included as a reference for this video e Private Video check to make the video private When checked the video will not appear in the user facing video list Private videos can be added to Channels and
57. lpha discovervideo com 1935 live localstreamname as the live rtmp source You may also create a HLS stream using this a the source Popular RTMP URLs e RTMP or RTSP URL required The target inbound RTMP or RTSP stream e Local Stream Name required The name of the new stream on the server You can make up any name you wish as long as it is not currently in use You will want to add this as a live stream to the system e Show RTMP Pulls shows configured streams e Create RTMP Pull creates the stream using the entered values e Remove RTMP Pull removes the stream shown Select Show RTMP Pulls then select the one you wish to remove Page 60 DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Example 1 Enter rtmp cp76072 live edgefcs net live MED HQ Flash 42814 for the RTMP URL known to be available as of winter of 2012 2 Enter NASA for the Local Stream Name 3 Select Create RTMP Pull 4 Verify the pull was created by selecting Show RTMP Pulls The stream NASA now exists as a live stream inside DEVOS Next we must create a live stream to display it 5 Go to Manage Live Video and select New Live Stream 6 Fill out the live stream form with Title Description etc 7 For the Live RTMP URL enter rtmp serveraddress live NASA 8 For the Live HLS address enter http serveraddress autohls NASA NASA m3u8 9 Search Google Images for a thumbnail URL and copy the URL of the image not the web page to the Th
58. ls Manage Video Signage Upload New Content Priority Alert Control amp Schedule Encoders Advanced Page 20 Ay DISCOVER X VIDEO oe DEVOS Video Portal System Manage Video On Demand The Video On Demand interface allows you to view edit add and delete VoD content Content Is added to the system in a PE it is there you mange n i al i ai it using this interface Allele Click on any video to play It Select Edit ategory Movies Delete Report or Embed Code Desc Trailer Views 2 Added 3 21 2013 10 07 00 PM Password None Valid From 3 21 2013 10 07 00 PM To 1 1 2099 12 00 00 AM Edit Delete Reports EmbedCode Master Of The Deal Category Funny Desc Parody About Venture Capital Views 7 Added 3 19 2013 6 07 59 PM Password None Valid From 3 19 2013 6 07 59 PM To 3 19 2112 6 07 59 PM Sort your VoD list by date or title or by new Newly uploaded Edit Delete Reports EmbedCode videos that are not yet Who Invited Her Category published have a title oe APR 5 51 59PM Password None Valid From 3 19 2013 5 51 59 PM To 3 19 2112 5 51 59 PM n New Edit Delete Reports Embed Code You can upload a new video or add a new video The difference is that if you upload a video it is stored on and delivered from the DEVOS system while a new video may come from another source such as YouTube a different VoD server or another DEVOS system Page 21 gt DISCOVER
59. luster A cluster is two or more DEVOS that operate as a single system A cluster provides increased capacity and resiliency for both live and on demand video Clustering is an add on feature that requires a special cluster license that sets the cluster server IP addresses but the public IP and domain can be edited without needing a new license Page 18 x DISCOVER DEVOS gt VIDEO DEVOS Video Portal System Network Subnet You can define which network subnets will be served by the configured DEVOS Simply add the desired IP address and use x for wildcard entry Sonera Sting Change Your Password Add Remove Subnets Subnet Active Directory Add Video Of The Day Subnet list Admins Users Categories Priority Alerts Email Configuration Recording Setting Devos Slave Setting Cluster Network Subnet Page 19 gt DISCOVER X VIDEO DES DEVOS Video Portal System Admin Portal The Admin Portal provides access to all of the admin functions The functions can be accessed from the bottom of the page or by selecting Admin Portal from the top of the page Maryland Tran ADMIN PORTAL MANAGE VIDEO ON DEMAND MANAGE LIVE VIDEO MANAGE CHANNELS MANAGE VIDEO SIGNAGE UPLOAD NEW CONTENT PRIORITY ALERT CONTROL amp SCHEDULE ENCODERS ADVANCED Manage Video On Demand Manage Live Video Manage Channe
60. lustering is used Bandwidth Delivery of video to public Internet viewers will use a lot of bandwidth depending on the number of viewers If you have limited Internet access bandwidth you should consider using DEVOS cloud for Internet viewers DEVOS premises can send live video to DEVOS Cloud for Internet distribution You can also use Discover Video Arcus streaming service for Internet delivery If you have sufficient Internet uplink capacity to support your desired number of viewers exposing your DEVOS to the public Internet is a good solution Capacity Your DEVOS has the capacity to support a large number of viewers but not 100 000 s of Internet viewers Set your expectation appropriately In most cases you will be targeting special limited audiences e g employees students etc and not trying to broadcast a rock concert to a million viewers DEVOS can support an unlimited number of Internet viewers by using Arcus service where the stream is sent to the Discover Video Content Delivery Network CDN for distribution to larger Internet audiences Live RTMP Flash is generally limited to about 1 000 concurrent streams Security Exposing your DEVOS server to the public Internet will inevitably lead to robotic hacker attacks and security issues Install appropriate anti virus software on the DEVOS server only open necessary ports and follow best practices as you would for any web server exposed to the public Internet Roku
61. m the list Category Select Category Channel Security Password e Password Enter Ss ia ER password that mE users will enter to view your channel Create Channel e Private Check to not show your channel in the DEVOS home page e Require Login Check to require viewers to login to view your channel e Add to Roku Check if this channel is to appear on Roku see Roku Chapter Page 55 A DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS Manage Channel Content DEVOS Video Portal System Select Add Edit Video On Demand for your channel and simply check any video that you wish to include in your channel then press Save You can quickly see which content Is already included in your channel by sorting by Checked Select Add Edit Live Video for your channel and simply check any video that you wish to include in your channel then press Save Admin Portal gt Manage Channels gt Add Videos viwa Date Tite Checked West Side Story Category Music Desc White House Performance Views 2 Added 3 15 2013 9 41 59 PM Password None Valid From 3 15 2013 9 41 59 PM To 3 15 2112 9 41 59 PM Add to Mavro Channel Smokey Robinson And Sheryl Crow Category Music Desc White House Performance Views 2 Added 3 15 2013 9 34 01 PM Password None Valid From 3 15 2013 9 34 01 PM To 3 15 2112 9 34 01 PM Add to Mavro Channel Stevie Wonder Category Music Desc White House Performacne Views 2 Added 3 15 2013
62. mark true false Page 80 A gt DISCOVER C VIDEO iru DEVOS Video Portal System e category the category for the video must exist in category list Leave blank for category other e channel the channel where the video will be published the channel must exist Leave blank for no channel e publish true or false If true then the video will be published if false or blank then the video will be marked private This FTP feature is very useful to publish many videos and set the metadata values automatically For example you may have a library of many mp4 videos on your computer Simply create a xml file for each using any text editor e g notepad Sort your videos by name and your videos and xml files will be together Drag and drop your videos and xml files to a FTP upload program Dropbox or Google Drive and all videos will be published per the values you have set in the xml files The Metadata Creator program available from the Advanced Download page makes it easy to create metadata for your compatible video files Automatic Server Side Recording You can tell DEVOS to always record your live stream With DEVOS set up this way a new recording will be made every time you start a stream and the recording will be available as soon as you stop the live stream Setup Steps 1 Start a live stream 2 Go to Manage Live Video select the live video and view it Select Start Recording Note that the
63. n Choose File No fe chosen g Change Jooisimages Discover_Video_Logo_smal2 png For Android devices you may select the default behavior for playing video using either Flash or HTML5 You may also disable HTML5 playing see Appendix You can disable guest access by Enable Require Login Enter a Global Title to be shown for page titles in browsers Page 14 gt DISCOVER X VIDEO ORNO gt DISCOVER IDEO DEVOS Video Portal System Change Password Changes your Super Admin password Active Directory DEVOS can use your network s Active Directory to assign certain privileges If enabled then a user with an Active Directory user account may log in to DEVOS using their existing credentials when their Active Directory Group has been entered as either an Admin or User For example if you have an Active Directory group called MYUSERS you may type in MYUSERS select Users and then select Add to add this group to the DEVOS Users Similarly you may have an Active Directory Group called MYADMINS Type in MYADMINS in the Groups field select Admins from the dropdown list and select Add At this point any user in the MYUSERS group may now log in and have user privileges and any users in the MYADMINS group may log in and have administration privileges The admin function is very powerful When you add a group as admins DEVOS creates a unique account for each and every user in that group For example if yo
64. n independent publishing streaming and control privileges e User viewer Has no publishing privileges DEVOS can use existing Active Directory to control and monitor user access or it can be used independently of Active Directory Super Admin Open the User Interface Select Login and enter the Super User username and password T gt DISCOVER HOME LVE CHANNELS VIDEO ON DEMAND Y VIDEO Hello Super t amp mi A X Type and enter np Video of the Day Captiva J ot Live Streams o iew AN J A DISCOVER wan ox sky MCE Demo Sky TV Italy Tour Poker ROUGE TV French Rmavro 2 Rmavro Rmavro TV Rmavro Rmavro The Super User default username and password is Username super Password supersuper After login select Super Portal The Super Portal gives you access to System Information Active Directory Change Password Add Admins and Logo and Theme Page 13 DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Super Portal Info Displays information about your DEVOS system System Users 0 230 40 86 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 268 280 300 320 340 340 380 400 420 446 Total Videos General Settings Upload a new icon to change the icon shown in browsers Customize the logo by entering your logo URL Enter a full http URL that points to your logo and it will replace the DEVOS default logo The logo file must exist on a web server General Setting Change System Ico
65. ndwidth would come from the service DEVOS Capacity The capacity of your DEVOS depends on the hardware you have purchased your live and VoD streaming rates and your network For DEVOS Cloud accounts your capacity is determined by the service you have purchased Here are some general capacity guidelines e DEVOS is commonly shipped on hardware that supports 4 or 6 CPU s cores More CPU capacity provides faster service during moments of peak activity Depending on rate network and CPU DEVOS supports at least 1 000 live viewers Your limit is likely to be the network interface which is a 1 Gbps Ethernet port e VoD content delivery capacity is affected by disk I O access speeds Defragmented disks and fast spindle speeds improve VoD performance and video files with lower encoding rates require less disk I O than files encoded at higher rates e g standard definition is easier than high definition Most DEVOS systems can deliver to at least 1 000 viewers up to the network Capacity e Overall performance is affected by network capacity A 10 Mbps Ethernet connection can support about ten 1 Mbps streams a 100 Mbps Ethernet connection can support about one hundred 1 Mbps streams and a 1 Gbps Ethernet connection can support about a thousand 1 Mbps streams At 500 Kbps these capacity numbers double making CPU and disk performance more important e If your DEVOS hardware supports RAID you can increase storage capacity by adding h
66. nt to upload content of virtually any size and to convert many video formats into a form suitable for upload Page 32 DEVOS AX DISCOVER gt gt r VIDEO Web Upload DEVOS Video Portal System The web page upload allows you to upload new mp4 or mov H264 encoded files from your computer directly to your admin account Enter all publishing values and then browse your computer for the desired video file and select Upload Now Admin Portal TITLE DESCRIPTION DATE TIME AUTHOR CATEGORY TAGS FROM DATE EXPIRATION DATE 1 26 2015 12 20 AM gt Manage Video On Demand gt Upload New Content Disk Space 67 92 Gb used 13 100 characters 1 26 2014 12 20 AM Select Category add a tag 1 26 2014 12 20 AM PLAYER RESOLUTION Normal 16 9 z WIDTH 540 HEIGHT 360 STRETCH Uniform PASSWORD REFERENCE PRIVATE VIDEO COMMENTS J RATE SHOW HITS 4 PLAY PROGRESSIVE Please select your video 432 08 Gb available 8696 SHOW LAST VIEW REQUIRE LOGIN SHOW BOOKMARK SHARABLE Devos Upioacer v3 1 During upload progress will be shown Clear All CAUTION Do not navigate away from the page or close the browser until the Upload Complete banner is displayed at the top of the page Page 33 DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Dropbox and Google Drive DEVOS supports the popular Dropbox and Google Drive system for sharing files To c
67. nt will not appear on Roku channel do to apparent disagreement between Roku and Google The USB dongle for Roku may be configured to tell the box to display All channels OR All channels from one admin OR One channel You must specify your configuration when ordering the dongle s Page 71 A gt DISCOVER C VIDEO irn DEVOS Video Portal System APPENDIX Copyright Issues It is both illegal and wrong to make unauthorized copies of copyrighted material without permission You should follow advice of your council but the following is provided as a Starting point e The Fair Use doctrine and the Teach Act please search these terms on the public Internet allows for use in certain cases especially for educational use and especially when only portions clips of a copyrighted work is used e You can easily create your own content using DVME and with other tools in which case you may elect to declare a copyright Here is the create commons web site you may wish to explore http creativecommons org choose e You can generally deliver over the air broadcast TV content received via an antenna and encoded and delivered via DEVOS without issues provided the viewers are in the same broadcast area Most cable TV providers allow private distribution too e The interface for commercial HDMI ports such as Blue Ray players and Cable Set Top Boxes is encrypted and cannot be captured Cameras with HDMI are not encrypted An
68. ntly available in the main DEVOS interface mobile devices Digital Signage or Roku Multicast is normally not available to WiFi viewers and multicast may or may not be supported on your LAN Each multicast is defined by a uniquely named sdp file The sdp file contains the video values required to play the live multicast stream If you change a video value in the encoder e g resolution you must upload the revised sdp Page 64 Ay DISCOVER VIDEO DEN DEVOS Video Portal System file For example you might upload livel sdp make changes to your encoder delete the prior upload then upload livel sdp again Restart The Restart function will cause the media server to restart This is rarely necessary but may be used in case of a system error Multicasting via DVME DVME can be set to deliver live video via IP Multicast Multicast is an efficient one to many networking technology that is similar to a broadcast except the data only goes to computers that request it You can easily support a live broadcast to an unlimited number of viewers using the same bandwidth as if there were only one viewer provided your local network is configured to support multicast IGMP protocol To deliver a multicast configure DVME for H 264 multicast as shown below Select a class D IP address such as 239 1 2 3 and set an odd port number for video and an even port number for audio Begin to stream your live video and DVME m will create the SDP fi
69. om the master Usage Tips e Upon connection the slave will start pulling selected live video after approximately two minutes e Upon disconnect of the slave the master will return to delivering live video from the master in approximately four minutes e You can tell if you are receiving the live video from the local slave rather than from the master if the background color of the live desktop player is dark blue and from the master if the background color is grey e Setup slaves by selecting DEVOS Devos Slaves Settings Slaves using the Super admin account For master simply select 4 Enable Devos Slaves This Server is Enable Devos Slaves and select PM 9 stave Master For slaves select Slave PEE EE and enter a name for the slave and S Enter Master Devos Url enter the URL for the master e g http yourdevos com or http 123 123 123 123 Page 79 gt DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System FTP Upload and Metadata Files Every DEVOS administrator also has a FTP account on the DEVOS server To use the FTP account use the DEVOS server address and your admin username and password in virtually any FTP program such as Filezilla CuteFTP etc You may then upload a mp4 video to your account After the upload is complete your video will appear as New in the Manage Video On Demand list in a few minutes You may then add desired title description etc DEVOS will automatically
70. onfigure log in as administrator Access your profile by clicking your admin name next to your profile picture Select Dropbox or Google Drive Link your account by following instructions to enter your account username and password a popup web p page will appear Then enable linking ee Profile Disable Account Remove Account Password Create a folder called devos in your Dropbox and or Google Drive folder Simply drag and drop a mp4 video file to this folder and it will appear on DEVOS in minutes If you include the metadata file the video will be added to DEVOS with title description etc and can be automatically published Dropbox Depending on the size of the file s it could take a few minutes or hours for your content to sync Once the files are on DEVOS they can be removed from your Dropbox or Google Drive account and they will not be removed from DEVOS This means that you potentially do not need very large storage space on these systems Each admin can have their own linked account Google Drive will only work if your DEVOS server is on an outside IP address and has a domain name e g mysystem com The Google Drive system must be configured prior to use Please contact Discover Video and provide your DEVOS public domain URL Dropbox does not have these restrictions Page 34 Ay DISCOVER VIDEO ee DEVOS Video Portal System Upload Program The DV upload program not only
71. optional stream name and rtmp server When present DVME will stream to this server in addition to streaming to DEVOS Used for backup redundancy purposes uses twice the bandwidth as one stream e Private Video check to make the video private When checked the video will not appear in the user facing video list Private videos can be added to Channels and Digital Signage e Comments Check to allow users to post comments about the video The admin can delete any comments Comments have a built in profanity filter e Rate Check to allow users to rate the video e Show Hits Check to show the number of views hits for this video in the user facing video list e Show Last View Check to show the date time of the last view of this video in the user facing video list e Require Login Check to require login to view this video e Sharable Check to allow other admins to include your video in their channels and Digital Signage Shared videos cannot be edited or deleted by other admins e DEVOS Slave enables this video to be replicated to DEVOS Slaves if slaves are In use e Share Opens formatted email message using your default email program that points to your video The proper DVME settings are shown at the bottom of the page Enter these as shown in DVME Page 30 A DISCOVER VIDEO PES DEVOS Video Portal System Recording Live video that is delivered by the DEVOS streaming server can be recorded
72. ou may set any admin to have access to the Advanced Tab and Priority Alert When using Active Directory all admins that have accessed the system will be listed and can be managed as well A deleted admin will regain access as soon as they sign in unless you uncheck Enable Account Access Users The Super Admin may disable ban any user or en Conto Users Acess delete any user For Active Directory the Super chang Your asso Admin may only manage user privileges for trier pe those users that have already accessed the system at least once A deleted Active Directory Users list user will regain access as soon as they login a Note that you cannot add users Users are added to the system through user self registration or through Active Directory ons Stn Page 16 gt DISCOVER o DEUS DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Categories TOO The Super Admin may create delete and Ad Romove Categories modify category selections that are available to Category Nane other admins Act ec Email Configuration Other Delete Recording Setting Devos Slave Setting Priority Alert Zones f VIDEO The Super Admin creates Priority Alert zones which are used to alert one some or all SEDAN asia desktops Simply enter the desired zone name min Zone Name and select Add To allow alerts to multiple zones enter those zone names e g to alert dns mad ONE and TWO enter ONE TWO
73. ovision a Discover Video Multimedia Encoder Streamsie or other DV product Once created DVME users simply enter the DEVOS server Account Number Username and Password that you create here and that DVME Is ready to do live streaming recording uploading and it can be remotely controlled e Account Name this is a reference name for the account for example Room 1 My Office etc e Username a username that you create and must be entered in DVME e Password a password that you create and must be entered in DVME e Title the title of the live video e Description the description of the live video e Author the author of the live stream e Date Time the date and time of the live video Used for sorting e Category select a category from the list e Tags enter text separated by comma to rapidly identify the video e From Date Expiration Date the dates and times during which the live video selection will appear in the video list e Player Resolution select the size of the player or enter custom values e Stretch Normally set to Uniform Other settings may improve the video display in certain cases e g anamorphic video Page 29 gt DISCOVER VIDEO DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System e Password the password a viewer must enter to view the video Leave blank for none e Reference enter a URL to an external resource e g your web site e Secondary Stream enter
74. p hls groupname streamname playlist m3u8 Example You send two streams to DEVOS with the same live content but one is encoded at 200 Kbps and another at 1000 Kbps The first stream is called live1 and the second is called live2 You create an HLS stream with group name myevent and you add live2 You create another HLS stream also with group name myevent and you add live2 You give iOS viewers the URL http serveraddress hls myevent playlist m3u8 iOS will automatically detect the stream that is best for the viewer 3G users may get the 200 Kbps stream while WiFi users may get the 1000 Kbps stream Download Select Download to access downloadable programs and utilities You must have access to the public Internet Multicast DEVOS supports live video streaming via IP Multicast A multicast is configured by uploading a sdp file See the Multicast Admin section To create a multicast enter a page title then upload your sdp file Select Show Multicasts to view available streams Select Play to elman open the player page and view the live multicast stream the player page uses QuickTime snes MM which must be installed on the viewer s computer and of course the live multicast stream must be available You must send the DEVOS multicast viewing page URL to potential viewers via email or other means Admin Portal Advanced OpGons Multicast Date Time Action Multicast viewing is not curre
75. s often a better choice General Guidelines e Select Progressive for any video encoded at very high rate such as a high definition video encoded at 5 Mbps e Select Progressive for popular videos if you encounter system capacity issues videos will still be delivered but more slowly while streaming may deliver videos with excessive player buffering pauses during play e Select Streaming for very long videos where instant navigation is needed Page 4 As DISCOVER VIDEO ae X COVER VIDEO DEVOS Video Portal System DVME The Discover Video Multimedia Encoder DVME is the primary vehicle used by DEVOS for live video streams for creating VoD content and for recording live events DV Discover Video Multimedia Encoder Pro version loj xl C DVME jw je et Action e e amp 3 File File and One ame File settings Stream settings Encoder H 264 AAC Encoder H 264 AAC Video framerate 29 97 fps Video framerate 30 00 fps Video bitrate 2000 kbps Video bitrate 800 kbps Audio bitrate 96 kbps Audio bitrate 64kbps No action O on DV flash Server is available After installing DVME and assuming you have created streaming accounts select Settings DV Account and enter the values shown in the DEVOS Manage Streaming Account page x Schedule and Remote WMV Encoder h264 Encoder MPEG 2 Encoder Preferences Audio Video Type DV Account Metadata
76. t if you must Q But Don t You Quit You may edit any existing text change the display order by selecting the up down arrows or remove the text Select Update Playlist when done Page 46 Ax DISCOVER DEVOS Y VIDEO DEVOS Video Portal System Banner Playlist Certain signage templates support banners Select Banner Playlist Admin to add a new Banner playlist or to edit existing Add New Banner Playlist Page 1 Q vv Qo Qn Example Banner 3 Added 11 21 2013 11 18 43 PM Ean Delete Enter a name for your Banner playlist Add Title text and select Add Banner gt Admin Portal gt Signage gt Banner Admin gt Add New Banner Playlist Playlist Name 0 characters Title Add Banner Title Duration in Sec Up Down Remove Discover Video Signage Poco OQ OQ Supported in Samsung App and various playback devices and 30 fl computers ow Q Now is the time Update Playlist You can edit existing banner text change the display duration and move the play order by selecting the up down arrows or remove the banner Select Update Playlist when done Page 47 gt DISCOVER X VIDEO ORNO DEVOS Video Portal System Create Sign To create a sign select Add New Signage from the signage menu This will launch a wizard to guide you Step 1 Name Stepl Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Signage Name Your Signage Name Signage Name Give your sign a
77. umber of optional low cost multimedia encoders DVME may be used to create live or recorded video streams that are distributed to viewers via the DEVOS server The system is self contained and requires no special integration It is generally plug and play allowing you to be up and operational in minutes It is used and managed via its web page interfaces which are compatible with virtually all modern browsers including Smartphones Page 5 A DISCOVER VIDEO oe gt DISCOVER VIDEO MW DEVOS Video Portal System Typical Use Cases The purpose of video distribution within an enterprise is varied but the installation and operation are generally the same regardless of the purpose Here are a few typical use cases K 12 School e Deliver live or recorded morning announcements to every classroom e Cause any live or recorded video to be displayed on one some or all computers without a teacher needing to do anything for emergency alerts notifications Morning announcements etc e Eliminate classroom VCR DVD s and deliver all education and enrichment content from a server e Conduct live webcasts of sporting events both locally within the school and on the public Internet e Empower educators to make their own multimedia enrichment content for students to view on desktop iPads iPhone etc e Capture lectures including audio video and the computer screen e g PowerPoint demonstrations etc broadcast it li
78. umbnail field 10 Select Add You now have NASA TV available via DEVOS for both desktop and iOS devices Note that DEVOS will pull this stream 7 x 24 until you remove the pull Page 61 A DISCOVER VIDEO ae DEVOS Video Portal System Push Stream DEVOS can push an existing live stream to another server Discover Video Arcus streaming system or 3rd party CDN This is commonly used to make a live video stream available on the public Internet for large scale audiences Admin Portal gt Advanced Options PULL STREAM HLS DOWNLOAD MULTICAST RESTART RTMP Push RTMP Server Push Stream Name Stream Show RTMP Pushes Create RTMP Push fa Remove RTMP Push You may tell the server to push a live stream to another server via RTMP The RTMP server is the remote server address e g rtmp foo The push stream name is the remote server push stream name e g mystream The local stream name is the name of the live stream on this server that you will be pushed to the remote server e g newstream To remove a push select Show RTMP Pushes select the stream and then select Remove RTMP Push e RTMP Server required The server that you will push to e Push Stream Name required The name of the stream on the remote server e Local Stream Name required The existing live stream name e Show RTMP Pushes displays configured push streams e Create RTMP Push creates an RTMP Push using entered values e Remove RT
79. ur admin group is called teachers and it has 50 members then 50 DEVOS admin accounts will be created Each admin has their own independent publishing upload management capabilities DEVOS supports two levels of Active Directory For example you may have a group students and within that group there may be subgroups 2014 2015 2016 etc DEVOS will add these subgroups when you add the students group Groups in a lower level will not be added If a record is found in both users and admins then they will be added as an admin To upgrade or downgrade credentials you may have to delete the user from the displayed user or admin list Page 15 DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Video Of The Day Select Enable to display the video of the day t on the home page DEVOS will automatically select the most popular video based on views Ein or rating or you may select Custom and then lt manually select the video of the day from the cues Custom mean you will select the video from Manage video on demand or from i on Admin Portal us Manage live videos on Admin Manage Live or Video On Demand m ai page Admins If you are not using Active Directory then you may create new DEVOS Admins using the Add Admins function Simply enter the required information and select Create or select an existing entry and select Delete to remove an Admin You can also remove an admin by not enabling account access Y
80. ve ae r EAA E RRE 79 FTP Upload and Metadata Files 80 Automatic Server Side Recording 81 Qn PUA 83 Internet Delivery cuiii eR EE Erb cesses eases 83 Network Configuration ecce eee e eee eee eee ee eere ee eeee 84 NAC Na C 84 CA AC DC 84 vila P m 84 Roku Persistent Streaming c ccce eee eese esee ee eee eere 84 Page 4 X DISCOVER DEVOS 7 VIDEO DEVOS Video Portal System Chapter 1 Introduction This section will describe Y Purpose Y General Description v Typical Use Cases The Discover Video DEVOS is a powerful live and on demand video delivery system for offices schools corporate departments government agencies and other enterprises In addition to providing live and on demand video to desktops iPhones iPads and other devices DEVOS provides an emergency communications system called Priority Alert provides Digital Signage and can broadcast live and on demand video on the public Internet DEVOS delivers content to virtually all modern devices including PC MAC iPhone iPad Android and Roku boxes General Description DEVOS consists of a physical server or hosted Cloud and is available in multiple sizes and capacities Any n
81. ve and or make it available for on demand viewing e Make selected live TV Channels available for viewing and eliminate legacy analog coax infrastructure e Display video text and images for Digital Signage College University e Record lectures for on demand viewing e Provide enrichment videos for students e Provide emergency notification service with live timely instruction delivered from proper authorities e Display digital signage welcome videos in lobbies and common areas Page 6 DEVOS DEVOS Video Portal System Corporate Business e Conduct monthly CEO Address to all employees both in the office and to remote workers e Provide professional development training videos to employees e Capture the wisdom of Subject Matter Experts SMEs so that others can benefit without the cost or complexity of a professional studio e Provide emergency notification to all employees via their workplace computer e Display corporate videos news and information on monitors in corporate lobby and in common areas using Digital Signage Financial Industries e Deliver live financial news network feeds to all traders and other people to provide timely information e Provide industry specific videos for on demand viewing e Display the latest news on monitors via Digital Signage Healthcare e Provide a library of health videos to everyone in the organization and or to patents customers e Distribute live broadcast TV
82. yer tells the DEVOS server what part of the video to send when the viewer moves the player slider bar However for some administrators HTML5 playback can represent a security issue because it easily allows the viewer to download can copy the video file In many cases this is desirable e g education but in some cases the administrator may wish to make it difficult to copy the video so HTML5 can be disabled by the super admin note that of course you cannot prevent someone from aiming a camera at their computer screen and copying the content anyway Also note that HTML5 is available on all modern browsers but some viewers may have old browsers that does not support HTML5 e g IE 8 Internet Delivery DEVOS Cloud by definition is an Internet service and delivers video to viewers on the public Internet Special considerations may be necessary for DEVOS on the premises to deliver content to Internet viewers These considerations include network configuration bandwidth server capacity and security Page 83 A gt DISCOVER C VIDEO dra DEVOS Video Portal System Network Configuration To configure DEVOS premises to support public Internet viewers simply ensure the server is on an IP address that is exposed to the public Internet This can be done by putting the server in your DMZ or by NAT configuration Be sure the following ports are open 80 1935 21 and optionally port 3389 for remote support Also open ports 24 and 25 if c
83. ylist Playlist Edit Video Playlist Edit Delete Edit Image Playlist PowerPoint Example Added 11 26 2013 7 29 20 PM Station Code Ad46a7b Edit Image Playlist Edit Text Playlist Edit Delete Example Video Sign Added 11 17 2013 4 48 36 PM Station Code A12e3673 VIDEO Playlist Edit Video Playlist Edit Delete How To Create A Sign It is important to understand that a sign is a template plus one or more playlists Depending on the sign desired it could have a video playlist an image playlist a banner playlist and or a text playlist A playlist may have one or more items in it So the first thing you must do is create playlists that you will use your signage Page 42 Ay DISCOVER VIDEO ioi DEVOS Video Portal System Video Playlists Select Video Playlist Admin to add a new video playlist or to edit an existing video playlist Add New Video Playlist Admin Portal gt Signage gt v Video Playlists Page 1 Q viewan Date Title lt 1 gt Example Video Playlist 1 1 0 Added 12 2 2013 8 12 22 AM Video s Edit Delete Example Video Playlist 2 1 4 Added 11 13 2013 8 54 39 PM Video s Edit Delete Simply select the live or on demand video desired from the list and select Add Live or Add VoD Notice that you can add videos that other admins have marked as shared gt Admin Portal gt Signage Video Playlists gt Edit Video Playlist Playlist Nam

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