Manual

a) In the Name field, enter a name for your media source.
b) From the Mode menu, select a mode (Multicast or Unicast).
c) For a multicast group enter the appropriate group IP address and, if required, the IP
address of the source device in the IGMPv3 Source IP field.
d) In the Port field, enter a port for your source.
e) Click Save.
A new bookmark is added to the Bookmarks panel list.
4. Select the Input tab.
5. From the Input drop-down list, select IP.
6. From the Source IP drop-down list, select the IP bookmark you want.
7. If you are decoding Dolby AC-4, select one of the presentations (if available) from the PA
Presentation drop-down list.
The decoded bitstream is rendered to the outputs.
8. Optional: To check the parameters of the IP input, click a component.
The parameters are displayed in the lower-right panel of the Input tab.
4.2.3 Decoding and monitoring SDI input
Monitor and control the channels and language presentation associated with the SDI input. The
DP580 functions as a monitoring decoder to ensure the integrity of an encoded bitstream.
About this task
The steps included here represent the workflow for a general example of an SDI input. There
may be cases in which the outcomes are similar but different in their details.
Procedure
1. On the DP580 web client UI, select the Input tab.
2. From the Input drop-down list, select SDI.
A list of channel pairs is displayed below the drop-down lists.
3. To decode a channel pair (two channels), double-click one of the named pairs.
The chosen channel pair status is displayed in the right-most panel of the page, and any
alternative presentations detected in the incoming bitstream are displayed in the PA
Presentation field drop-down list.
4. From the PA Presentation drop-down list, select one of the presentations (if available).
Language presentation metadata must be included in the bitstream to enable exposure in
the PA Presentation field. If metadata for only one language is present in the bitstream,
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