Stream with Magewell encoder
Getting Started
Connect SDI, ethernet and power.
Login using the link written on the backside of the box.
View the Stream
The simplest way to view the stream is using the “Watch link”.
On computers, use Safari for best quality as it supports the higher quality H265/HEVC compression sent from the box. Firefox and Chrome does not support h265, so they get a h264 that is transcoded on our servers.
Best color accuracy and quality is in the iPhone, iPad or Apple TV apps. Download Pixelview Player from the app store and enter the Stream ID and Password.
Change bitrate
The box is set to 5 Mbit when you get it which is a good mix between quality and bandwidth. If you want better quality, and your clients can support it, you can increase it up to 12 Mbit.
Click “Encoding Parameters” and then Advanced settings. Change bitrate and save.
Then go to the login.pixelview page and change Chrome/Firefox h264 bitrate in Settings. This is the setting we use to generate a h264 on our server that’s used for Chrome/Firefox since they don’t support h265.
Connect to Wifi
Click “Network” and find the Wifi settings, select “Change”.
Adjust color settings
On the frontpage there is a button named “Color”. Here you can adjust Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation.
Click General on the left menu to access settings for Color Format and Quantization.
Latency
In the SRT protocol, this parameter is used to mitigate bad network between you and the server. It should be no less than twice the round-trip between encoder and ingest server. Increasing it will lead to slightly longer latency but a more stable stream.
Click “Streaming Server” and “Edit”. Increasing the latency value until you get a stable image.
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