Creating New Adaptive Groups

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Last updated: 27 Jun 2018 by israel drori (Unlicensed)
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To Create a New Adaptive Group:

  1.  In the Zixi Broadcaster administrative screen, click the Adaptive tab.
  2. Click Add Group. The Adaptive live streams group window is displayed.
  3. In the Group Name field, enter the unique string as the adaptive group's name. 
  4. Under StreamID, select a stream from the drop-down list to create an adaptive bitrate.
  5. Enter the desired Bitrate[kbps] for that stream in the adjacent field to Stream ID.
  6. Click  to add as many streams as you want to include in the group and repeat steps 4 and 5 for every stream that is added to the group.
  7. Select one or more Protocols with that will be supported for this adaptive group.
  8. Specify the duration to Keep recorded files for [hours]. If the file is left as blank, the system will use the global settings specified in the Settings > Live Protocols screen in the HLS DVR Maximum Recording Duration field.
  9. Click OK.
    The new Adaptive Group is created and appears on the Adaptive screen.
ParameterDescription

Group Name

Specifies the unique identifier for this group.

Stream ID

Specifies the unique name for the stream.

Bitrate [kbps]

Specifies the bitrate for selected stream.

Protocols Zixi, HLS, HDS, DASH, HLS over multicast
Recording

Keep recorded files for [minutes]

Specifies the maximum time for storing the recording. If the file is left as blank, the system will use the global settings specified in the Settings > Live Protocols screen in the HLS DVR Maximum Recording Duration field.

File name template

Specify the file name pattern that Zixi will use to generate when saving the recorded content. A separate file will be generated for each recording up to the time specified in the Max recorded file duration parameter (see above). After this duration a new file will be generated.

The file name pattern can include any string and up to five variables listed below. Only the %T=HH.MM.SS creation time is mandatory. You can change the order of these variables and add text as long as you maintain the legitimate structure of the file in Linux and Windows:

  • %S=stream id - optional.
  • %Y=year - optional
  • %M=month - optional
  • %D=day - optional
  • %T=HH.MM.SS creation time - mandatory

For example, the following pattern %Y_recording%T.ts will generate the following file name 2017_recording15:32:35.ts.