Adding PID Mapping Profiles

To add a PID Mapping profile: 

1. In the main navigation, click Transformations > PID Mapping Profiles.
2. Click + Add.
   The Create New PID Mapping Profile screen is displayed.
   
3. In the Name field, enter a name for the PID Mapping profile.
4. In the Access Tags field, select one or more of the predefined Access Tags from the drop-down list.
   Access Tags are used for access control. By selecting an Access Tag, you are relating this PID Mapping profile to that Access Tag. Access Tags are associated with certain roles (through the Users & Roles screen), and roles, in turn, are associated with users and user groups. If you would like to create a new Access Tag see Creating an Access Tag.
5. Under Default Action, select the default action that you would like to apply to all PIDs for which a specific Rule does not apply. Select one of the following actions:
   • Pass – passes the PIDs through unchanged, with the existing PID numbers.
   • Set Null – sets the PID value as null. This is useful for maintaining the integrity of CBR streams.
   • Remove – removes the PIDs from the stream

6. Under SPTS/MPTS, select the type of stream to which the profile will be applied. Options are: SPTS (default) or MPTS.

   If you apply an SPTS profile to an MPTS stream, it will fail.

7. Under Mapping Mode, select the type of rules that you would like to apply (i.e. the way the PIDs will be selected for processing). Select one of the following types:
   • Elementary PID# - the number of the incoming PID

   • PID Category – the general category of the PID (e.g. audio, video, SCTE-35 etc.)

     If the stream has multiple PIDs of the specified category, then the rule is applied to the first PID and all others are treated with the default process.

   • PID Type – the specific type of codec (e.g. MPEG1 Video, AVCH/.264, HEVC etc.)
8. In the PMT Rules section, you can specify rules for mapping PMTs (optional). If you would like to map the PMts, use the following procedure, for each rule that you would like to create:
   1. Click on the  button.
   2. Under Action, select from the drop-down list the action you would like to apply for this rule. Options are: Pass, Set Null, Remove or Map. (Set Null and Remove are only relevant for MPTS)
   3. For MPTS profiles, in the Program Number field, enter the program number for which the rule applies.
   4. In the New PID field, for rules with the Map action selected, enter the new PID that will be applied.
   5. In the New Program Number field, you can enter a new Program Number that you would like to assign to this PMT (optional). If this field is left empty, the original Program Number is retained.
9. In the Elementary Stream Rules section, for each rule fill in the following details: 
   1. Under Action, select from the drop-down list the action you would like to apply for this rule. Options are: Pass, Set Null, Remove or Map.
   2. For MPTS profiles, in the Program Number field, enter the program number for which the rule applies.
   3. In the PID selection section, specify which PID/s the rule applies to, as follows (depending on the selected Rule Type):
      • For Elementary PID # - specify a specific incoming PID number
      • For Stream Category – select the desired Category from the dropdown list
      • For Stream Type – select the desired Type from the dropdown list
   4. In the New PID field, for rules with the Map action selected, enter the new PID that will be applied.
10. If you would like to add additional rules, click on the  button and fill in the fields for the new rule in the same manner as described above.
11. If you would like to remove a rule, click on the  button.
12. Click Save.
    The PID Mapping profile is added to the list of available profiles.
    
    

PID Mapping Configuration Parameters Table