User Manual

Pearl-2 User Guide Configure video encoding
Setting Description
H.264, then you can set the bitrate to improve the image quality.
For example, an HD Blu-ray video is typically in the range of 20 Mbps,
whereas a standard-definition DVD is usually 6 Mbps.
If you're unsure what bitrate value to use, start at 5000 kbps(slightly less
than a typical DVD) and test to see how this looks for your viewers.
To configure video encoding for a channel:
1. Login to the Admin panel as admin, see Connect to the Admin panel.
1. From the Channel menu, select a channel and click Encoding. The encoding configuration page opens.
2. Select a video Codec and do one of the following:
a. If JPEG is selected, click Page refresh time and enter a time in seconds.
b. If H.264 is selected, select a Video encoding preset and a Video encoding profile.
Item Options
Video encoding
preset
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. Only select this if you need software encoding or X.264 encoding
to match results created with previous generations ofEpiphan products or
firmware
Video encoding
profile
Baseline: Choose this option when streaming to an application that
requires robustness and cannot tolerate data loss, for example video-
conferencing.
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