Extra Information

Chapter 7: RealProducer Options and Settings
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Tab Description
Live Encoding
• Select the Live radio button.
• Select the video capture device in the Video field and select the audio device
in the Audio field for live encoding.
• The system lists all known video and audio devices in the drop-down
menus.
File
Conversion/File
Transcode
• Select the File Conversion/File Transcode radio button to encode a
previously recorded file (such as .avi or .wav files) into streaming format.
• Next, choose from the Input File dropdown menu for a file name to insert.
• Remember the file name applies to the encoder system and not the system
currently running SCX Explorer.
IMPORTANT! When Niagara SCX and SCX Explorer reside on different
computers, always start your browse for files at My Network Places.
Work down or enter the entire pathname beginning with system name.
If you simply enter a file name, you may inadvertently browse your local
computer when the media file resides on the remote computer.
Video Settings
• Control the capture properties for the selected video device (Figure 78).
• The Input field lists all input connectors available for the capture device.
• The Signal field lists the various video standards the capture device
supports.
• You can adjust capture properties such as proportion, video size, and
width/height using the provided fields.
• Adjust additional capture properties of brightness, contrast, saturation,
and hue individually for each input source using the sliding bars.
• When making such adjustments, verify your adjustments apply to the
selected input.
• Otherwise, your adjustments apply to all the input sources listed.
• These capture properties remain available regardless of whether the encoder
starts or remains idle.
Figure 78. RealProducer Video Settings
Gamma
Corrections
• Adjust the gamma of the incoming video.
• Allows users to configure both unicast and multicast ports.