You can preview the input streams through the following video players:
- Flash Player
- Shoutcast
VLC is only supported in Zixi Broadcaster. A ZEC device can be upgraded to a Zixi Broadcaster by activating a Broadcaster license.
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 Flash Player:
Flash Player enables playing the stream on a native browser with the Flash player.
- In the ZEC Inputs page, click the desired input stream that you want to play with Flash Player.
- 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. - Click Run to view 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 results.
To Play Input Streams with a Shoutcast:
Shoutcast enables playing an audio file on a native browser.
- In the ZEC Inputs page, click the desired input stream that you want to play with Shoutcast.
- Click the button on the right end of the selected row and then Play with Shoutcast. The Link Description window will open with the directory path for the desired file.