Operation Manual

GoStream Series User Guide
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Starting an encoder
The GoStream system is a dual-channel encoder. You can stream the same audio and video at multiple
data rates and multiple formats to provide the best user experience for different viewing audiences.
For example, you can stream Microsoft® Windows Media at full resolution at 1500 kbps and at the same
time stream Adobe® Flash® at CIF resolution at 500 kbps.
The LCD screen displays a list of available encoder profiles you can use and the status of each.
To start an encoder:
1.
Press Menu. The system menu appears.
Note: Encoder is already selected.
2.
Press Enter. The encoder screen appears.
3.
Press the Up or Down arrow buttons to select the encoder profile you want to use for this
encoding session.
4.
Press Stream. The starting screen appears (Figure 45).
Figure 27. Starting Screen
5.
The system menu appears with encoder selected. Press Enter.
The encoder screen appears indicating that the encoder you selected has begun streaming
(Figure 28).
Figure 28. Encoder screen
Note: If the encoder you started is assigned to one of the Preset ABC buttons, the
corresponding button flashes and steady illuminates during and after the starting
process.
6.
You can repeat this method to start streaming multiple encoders at the same time.
WARNING! There is a limit to how many encoders the system can stream at one time. If you
exceed this limit, the streams will drop frames and the video will apppear to stutter
resulting in a poor viewer experience. If you do not reduce the number of streams to
lessen the CPU load, all encoders could self-terminate without warning. Refer to the
Checking CPU usage section to understand the limitations.