Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

You can preview the input streams through the following video players:

  • VLC Player
  • Flash Player
  • Shoutcast
Info

VLC is only supported in Zixi Broadcaster. A ZEC device can be upgraded to a Zixi Broadcaster by activating a Broadcaster license.


Info

In order to preview an input stream you must first configure its output. See ZEC Outputs section for more details.

...

To Play Input Streams with a VLC Player:

  1. In the ZEC Inputs page, click the desired input stream that you want to play with VLC.
  2. Click the Image Removed button on the right end of the selected row and then Play with VLC. The Link Description window with the directory path for the desired file is displayed.
  3. Click Run VLC. The selected file is downloaded to the computer.
  4. Double-click on the newly downloaded file. This configured file runs using the VLC player and appears on a new output line on the Output screen wherein it can be monitored. Alternatively, copy the path and send it to the user so it can be entered in the Network URL of the VLC player.

To Play Input Streams with a Flash Player:

Flash Player enables playing the stream on a native browser with the Flash player.

  1. In the ZEC Inputs page, click the desired input stream that you want to play with Flash Player.
  2. Click the   button on the right end of the selected row and then Play with Flash. The Link Description window with the directory path and proxy path for the desired file is displayed.
  3. Click Run to view Copy the directory path and run the .flv file that appears on the first line of the window or Run Accelerated to run the file from the proxy server with better resultsclick Play from server to use HTTP pseudo-streaming for Flash player.


To Play Input Streams with a Shoutcast:

...