Operation Manual

Niagara SCX User Guide
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Description
Figure 84. MPEG-4 Properties
Input
Set the input sources to use for Live or File Conversion/File Transcode (Figure
85).
Figure 85. MPEG-4 Input Sources
Live Encoding
1. Click the Live radio button.
2. 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
 Click the File Conversion/File Transcode radio button to encode a
previously recorded AVI file into streaming format.
 Choose from the Input File dropdown menu by clicking the box to the
right of the field for a file name to insert.
NOTE: The Niagara SCX video and audio settings remain inactive
when you use File Encoding.
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. Then
work down or enter the entire file pathname beginning with the system name
(such as \\fileserver\c\videos).
If you simply enter a file name, you may inadvertently browse your local