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Chapter 10: MPEG-4 Options and Settings
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Tab Description
• Fields remain available whether device runs or remains idle (Figure 130).
Figure 130. MPEG-4 Audio Settings
Output
• Allows users to set output options (Figure 131).
• Check Save to File if you want to save the encoded content to a file.
• Enter a file destination in the provided field.
• Remember the encoder system references the file name and not the system
running SCX Explorer.
• Always start your browse for files at My Network Places and work down or
enter the entire file pathname beginning with the system name when Niagara
SCX and SCX Explorer reside on different computers.
• If you simply enter a file name, you may inadvertently browse your local
computer when the media file resides on the remote computer.
• Set the output destination on this tab under Save to Media Device, Save to
File, or both, simultaneously.
• Check Save to Media Device and fill in the requested information to save the
stream to a RealNetworks
®
server for live streaming.
• Select Enable Streaming to stream your MPEG-4 content.
NOTE: Selecting Enable Streaming disables the Save to File option.
• Adjust the port settings as required.
NOTE: You most likely do NOT need to change the default settings.
Default settings enable multicast streaming. To disable multicast streaming,
change the IP address for the Destination to the IP address of the server
you want to use to stream to from the encoder.
• Give your stream a name in the Stream Title field.
• Note any additional information in the Stream Info field.
• Enter a required name and destination path for the resulting SDP file the system
created when it started the stream in the Save sdp file field.
• Refer to online documentation or message boards for setup details specific to
individual stream servers if you stream to a Helix®, Quicktime®, or Darwin®
server.
NOTE: You can stream point-to-point by selecting a share destination directory