AMX IS-XPT-2200 User guide

Brand: AMX

Model: IS-XPT-2200

Type: User guide

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Template Guide

Audio/LiveMedia Template Pack

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Inspired XPert

Last Revised: 2012 05 24

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Audio/LiveMediaTemplatePack

Introduction

The Audio/LiveMedia template pack (Audio-LiveMedia_Templates.tpk) contains Templates for

LiveMedia (displaying video feeds) and to play audio on the Player. LiveMedia is the mechanism used to

display digital video streams in a Player Layout Area, typically the main A16x9 area.

The different Templates contained in this pack are discussed in two sections: Audio Templates and

LiveMedia Templates below.

AudioTemplates

The audio template is called AudioFile Item. This template plays audio files on the Player. The following

file types are supported:

 MP3

 Wav

 AAC

 WMA

ToplayanaudiofileonthePlayer,proceedasfollows:

1. CreateanaudioMessagebasedontheAudioFileItemTe mplateandattachtheAudiofileyouwanttoplay

totheMessage.

2. AddthisnewlycreatedaudioMessagetothe

audioPlaylist.Note,theaudioplaylistissettoloop

automaticallysotheaudiofilewillplaycontinuously

3. Optional‐Toplaytheaudioatsettimes,ratherthancontinuously,youneedtosetthevalidityontheAudio

MessageusingtheContentManagement>Messages>SetMessageValidity

task.TheAudiowillnowonly

playwhentheMessageisvalid

LiveMediaTemplates

ThetemplatepackcontainstwoLiveMediaTemplates:

 LiveMediaAflexItem–thisTemplateisusedtodisplayafixedLiveMediachannel.Thechanneltodisplayis

choseninadvanceinComposerwhencreatingaLiveMediaMessagefromthisTemplate

 LiveMediaAflexExternalC ontrolItem–ThisTemplateisusedto

displayachosenLiveMediachannel,

howeverthechoiceofchanneliscontrolledbyusersviaapublicvariableoneachPlayerandcanbechanged

atanytime

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TousetheseTemplatestodisplayvideofeedsproceedasfollows:

1. Configureone/ormorePlayerstodisplayaLiveMediachannel

CreateaLiveMediaMessagebasedontheappropriateLiveMediaAflexTemplate

3. Optional–UsepublicvariablestoturnLiveMediaOn/Offandchangechannel (onlyifyouhaveusedthe

LiveMediaAflexExternalControlItemTemplate)

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ConfigurePlayerstoDisplayLiveMedia

ConfigureaPlayertodisplayLiveMediaasfollows:

1. LogintothePlayerWebConfigurationtool.Onceloggedin,selectLiveMediaintheWebConfigurationtool

menu

Enter a Channel name for the Network video feed to identify it. Make a note of this name, you will

need it later when using Composer.

Enter an IP address for the Network video feed, contact your network administrator for this

information. Note, currently the Player only supports MPEG2 or H264/MPEG4 UDP video streams.

Enter the UDP port for the Network video feed, contact your network administrator for this

information.

YouwillneedtorepeatthisprocessforeachLiveMediafeed(channel)andoneachPlayer.

CreateLiveMediaMessage

CreateaLiveMediaMessageasfollows:

1. CreateaMessageinComposerbasedontheappropriateversionoftheLiveMediaAflextemplate

2. AddthisMessagetotheLiveMediaPlaylist

BydefaulttheLiveMediaPlaylistispublishedtoallPlayers.

4. PublishContentChanges

UsePublicVariables

OnceyouhaveusedthePlayerwebconfigurationtoolandComposertodisplayLiveMedia,youcanturnLiveMedia

on/offorcontrolthechanneldisplayedusingthefollowingpublicvariables:

PublicVariable Effect

LiveMedia:Show Whether to show LiveMedia or not. 0 = turn LiveMedia

off,1=turnLiveMediaon

LiveMedia:ChannelName

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What LiveMedia channel to display, must match a

LiveMedia channel configured on the Player. Note this

will only work if you have published a LiveMedia

Message to the Player based on the LiveMedia Aflex

ExternalControl Item Template rather than the other

LiveMediaTemplate

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YouchangeaPlayerpublicvariablebyenteringthefollowingintoawebbrowser:http://<player

ip>/player/setpublicvariable.html?[varname]=[value]

 PlayerIPistheIPaddressofthePlayeryouwanttocontrol

 VarnameisthenameofthePublicVariableyouwanttomodify

 Valueisthevalueyouwant

tosetthevariableto

Herearesomeexamples:(WeareassumingthePlayerisonIPaddress192.168.1.1)

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 http://192.168.1.1/player/setpublicvariable.html?LiveMedia:Show =1 –turnLiveMediaon

 http://192.168.1.1/player/setpublicvariable.html?LiveMedia:Show =0 – turnLiv eMedia off

 http://192.168.1.1/player/setpublicvariable.html?LiveMedia:ChannelName=CNN–changeLiveMedia

channeltodisplaychannelcalledCNN

 http://192.168.1.1/player/setpublicvariable.html?LiveMedia:ChannelName=BBC1–changelivemedia

channeltodisplaychannelcalledBBC

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Figure1

PropertyName Type Details

Channel Text

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NameofChanneltodisplay,thisnamemustmatch

thenameofaLiveMediachannelconfiguredon

eachofthePlayersitispublishedto.

Mute Switch Disable/Enablesound

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HorizontalZoom Integer Horizontalzoompercentage(0‐100%)

VerticalZoom Integer Verticalzoompercentage(0‐100%)

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LiveMediaAflexExternalControlItem

PropertyName Type Details

Mute Switch Disable/Enablesound

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HorizontalZoom Integer Horizontalzoompercentage(0‐100%)seeEffects

ofHorizontalandVerticalZoomFactorsbelowfor

moredetails

VerticalZoom Integer Verticalzoompercentage(0‐100%)%)seeEffects

ofHorizontalandVerticalZoomFactorsbelowfor

moredetails

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EffectsofHorizontalandVerticalZoomFactors

Usehorizontalandverticalzoomfactorstoremoveblackbordersaroundvideofeedsandtoadjusttheaspectratio

ofthevideofeed.Examplesofsuchusagearegivenbelow:

Thefirstexample,

Figure 2,showstheoriginalvideofeedfromanexternalDVB‐Ttuner.Theblackbordersare

addedbythetuner.TheLiveMediaitemissetto100%zoombothhorizontallyandvertically

Inthesecondexample,

Figure 3,horizontalandverticalzoomfactorsareusedtohidebordersaroundavideofeed

andtoshowthefeedcoveringthewholemainarea.Inthiscase,horizontalzoom=110andverticalzoom=120

Inthefinalexample,

Figure 4,thevideofeedhasa4x3aspectratio.ShowingitinthefullLayoutAreawouldstretch

ithorizontally.Wecanusehorizontalandverticalzoomfactorstoshowthefeedinsuchawaythatitlooksas

naturalaspossible.Notethattheareabackgroundisshownin

therestofthemainLayoutarea.

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Figure2LiveMediaMessagewithunwantedblackbordersaroundthevideofeed

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Figure3LiveMediaMessagewithzoomsettingsusedtoeliminateblackbordersaroundthevideofeed

Figure4LiveMediaMessageforavideofeedwithadifferentaspectratiototheMainLayoutArea

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AMX IS-XPT-2200 User guide

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