Standalone VGA Grid User's Guide

Standalone VGA Grid User Guide
Configure encoding
3. Click the Codec drop-down menu to change the size and speed of the compression and decompression
and the quality of the image. Choose one of the following options from the Codec drop-down menu.
Value Description
H.264
H.264 is the default value and provides high quality video while using low
bandwidth. This is the preferred codec for the system.
Motion JPEG
This is suitable for live streaming and video, however may have low quality
images while using high bandwidth. Motion JPEG does not support audio.
MPEG-4
This may be suitable for presentations. Provides good image quality, while using
moderate bandwidth.
4. If the selected codec is Motion JPEG, you can configure the Page refresh time. Specify a time in a
seconds.
5. If the selected codec is H.264 (default), click Video encoding preset to define how the video stream is
encoded. Choose one of the following:
Value Description
Hardware
Accelerated
This is the default H.264 encoding preset. Choose this setting for best
performance.
Software
This matches the default from previous generations of Epiphan products. Choose
this only if you need software encoding or X.264 encoding to match results
created with previous generations ofEpiphan products or firmware.
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