CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................................1
How this Guide Is Organized.........................................................................................................1
CHAPTER 1: SYSTEM SETUP............................................................................................................................2
Setting up Helix Broadcaster .........................................................................................................2
Functional Connectors..............................................................................................................2
Power Switch............................................................................................................................2
Setting the WAN Address ..............................................................................................................3
Network Setup Screen...............................................................................................................3
DHCP Lookup..........................................................................................................................3
Static IP Address.......................................................................................................................4
Helix Broadcaster Interfaces ..........................................................................................................5
Touch Screen Interface..............................................................................................................5
Browser Interface......................................................................................................................7
CHAPTER 2: INPUTS........................................................................................................................................9
Capture Input...............................................................................................................................9
Capture Input Setup .................................................................................................................9
Startup Mode.........................................................................................................................10
Video Mode ...........................................................................................................................10
Audio Configuration...............................................................................................................11
Audio Channels......................................................................................................................11
Input Buffer Size.....................................................................................................................11
Network Input............................................................................................................................11
Network Input Setup ..............................................................................................................11
Startup Mode.........................................................................................................................12
Input Protocol........................................................................................................................12
UDP and RTP Input ................................................................................................................13
HTTP, RTSP, and RTMP Input ................................................................................................14
CHAPTER 3: OUTPUTS ..................................................................................................................................16
Output Selection ........................................................................................................................16
UDP and RTP Outputs................................................................................................................17
IP Address..............................................................................................................................18
Output Port ...........................................................................................................................18
Interface ................................................................................................................................18
Low-Latency Encoding Values .................................................................................................18
HTTP Output .............................................................................................................................18
HTTP Path .............................................................................................................................19
Bind Port ...............................................................................................................................19
Interface ................................................................................................................................19
Request URL ..........................................................................................................................19
HLS Output ...............................................................................................................................19
Stream Name .........................................................................................................................20
Master Name (Multi-rate Streams) ..........................................................................................20