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The Inlet Technologies Spinnaker S3000/S5000 Series has been renamed as the Cisco S3000/S5000 Series

Media Processors. Beginning June 15, 2011, you will begin to see the Cisco name and company logo, along with

the new product name on the hardware, software, documentation and packaging. During this transition process

you may see both Inlet Technologies and Cisco brands and former product names. These products meet the

same high standards and quality that both Inlet Technologies and Cisco are known for in the industry.

Table of Contents

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................................................................................................................... I

Important Safety Information .............................................................................................. i

Unpacking ............................................................................................................................. i

Power and Cables ................................................................................................................ i

Choosing the Installation Site ........................................................................................... ii

Placement of Equipment .................................................................................................... ii

Enclosure ............................................................................................................................ iii

Modifications ...................................................................................................................... iii

EMC ..................................................................................................................................... iii

Compliance ......................................................................................................................... iv

1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1

2 GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................................. 3

Installing Connections ............................................................................................................ 3

Digital Video and Audio ...................................................................................................... 3

Analog Video and Audio .................................................................................................... 4

Video and Audio .................................................................................................................. 5

Ethernet Ports ..................................................................................................................... 5

Power Cable ........................................................................................................................ 6

Powering Up ............................................................................................................................. 6

Setting IP Addresses ............................................................................................................... 6

3 WEB INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................... 8

Remote Management via the Web .......................................................................................... 8

Opening the Interface ......................................................................................................... 8

Logging In ............................................................................................................................ 9

Summary Page .................................................................................................................. 12

Presets Page ..................................................................................................................... 15

Video Page ......................................................................................................................... 16

Audio Page ........................................................................................................................ 26

Output Page ....................................................................................................................... 27

System Page ...................................................................................................................... 32

Starting/Stopping Encodes .............................................................................................. 39

Session Timeouts ............................................................................................................. 39

4 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS .................................................................................................. 40

Front Panel Menu Layout ...................................................................................................... 40

Changing values via the Front Panel Controls ................................................................... 43

Front Panel Control Status ................................................................................................... 44

APPENDIX A: TECHNICAL GUIDE ................................................................................................ 45

Understanding VC-1 .............................................................................................................. 45

VC-1 codec specification ................................................................................................. 45

MIB for SNMP ......................................................................................................................... 46

APPENDIX B: MANAGING USER ACCOUNTS ............................................................................ 50

APPENDIX C: TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................................................ 51

Video Check Tool .............................................................................................................. 51

Resolve Security Certificate Warning ............................................................................. 51

Recovery Page .................................................................................................................. 54

APPENDIX D: SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................... 55

Inputs ...................................................................................................................................... 55

Video .................................................................................................................................. 55

Audio .................................................................................................................................. 55

Codecs .................................................................................................................................... 55

Output ..................................................................................................................................... 55

Local ................................................................................................................................... 55

IP ..................................................................................................................................... 55

Control .................................................................................................................................... 56

Additional Features .......................................................................................................... 56

Processing .............................................................................................................................. 56

Pre-processing .................................................................................................................. 56

Encoding ............................................................................................................................ 56

Physical and Power ............................................................................................................... 56

Dimensions ........................................................................................................................ 56

Power ................................................................................................................................. 57

Certifications .......................................................................................................................... 57

Operating Conditions ............................................................................................................ 57

Ambient Temperature ....................................................................................................... 57

Relative humidity .............................................................................................................. 57

INDEX ................................................................................................................................. 58

LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY .................................................................................................. 59

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Important Safety Information

Protect yourself from electric shock and protect your equipment from damage. Read these safety and operating instructions before operating this equipment, and retain them for future reference. Follow all operating instructions while using the equipment, paying attention to all warnings and cautions in this guide.

Unpacking

The Cisco Media Processor unit ships with the following items for installation and use. If any of these items are not received, contact Inlet support at support@inlethd.com.

 AC Power Cable

 Mounting Hardware Kit

 Breakout Cable Adapter(s). One cable is included for all units except S3200

units, which include two cables.

 Operation Manual

Power and Cables

WARNING: Electric shock hazard.

To reduce the risk of electric shock, perform only the instructions that are included in this operation manual. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel only.

WARNING:

Electric shock can cause personal injury or even death. Avoid direct contact with dangerous voltages at all times.

You must properly ground this Class I product. Do not violate the protective grounding by using an extension cable, power cable, or autotransformer without a protective ground conductor. The protective ground connection is essential to safe operation and must be verified before connecting the power supply.

This product plugs into a socket outlet. This outlet should be easily accessible and the cable and plug should not be walked on or stressed.

Before servicing this product, always disconnect the power cable by pulling the plug, not the cable itself. Units equipped with redundant power supplies must have both supplies disconnected before servicing.

Choosing the Installation Site

The installation site for your Cisco Media Processor must meet the following requirements:

 Protective ground: The protective ground lead of the site’s electrical installation

must comply with local and national requirements.

 Environmental condition: The site should be ventilated, dry, and clean, with no

risk to the equipment of contact with water.

Placement of Equipment

Install this equipment in a restricted access location. Make sure the mounting surface or rack is stable, can support the size and weight of this equipment and is appropriately anchored according to manufacturer’s specifications.

Ventilation and Temperature

This equipment has openings for ventilation to protect it from overheating. To ensure safe operation and equipment reliability, do not block or cover any of the ventilation openings. If this product is mounted on a rack, do not obstruct the cooling airflow through the rack.

Do not install this equipment near any heat sources such as heat registers, radiators, stoves, or other heat-producing equipment.

Rack Mounting

The rack should be placed on a stable surface, with any stabilizing devices already installed prior to mounting equipment on the rack.

A closed or multi-unit rack assembly’s environment may have a greater operating ambient temperature than the room ambient temperature. Ensure that the operating ambient temperature complies with the maximum rated ambient temperature.

The Cisco Media Processor unit is mounted to the rack using the hardware provided in the accessory kit. In server racks or cabinets four 10-32 x ½ inch size screws and #10 lock washers are used. For Telecom racks four 12-24 x ¾ inch size screws and #12 lock washers are used. The lock washers are placed between the Media Procesor unit mounting ear and the screw head.

Cabling from the Media Procesor unit should be dressed to prevent blocking air exhaust from the unit.

Instructions for Reconfiguring Rack Mounting Brackets for MidMounting:

1. Remove and retain the eight (8) screws securing the 2 rack mounting

brackets to the chassis side walls.

2. Slide both brackets back 5 inches (125mm) until all 4 countersunk holes in

each bracket align with 4 threaded holes in chassis side walls.

3. Reinstall the eight (8) screws through the 2 rack brackets and into the

threaded holes in the chassis side walls. Torque to 20 lbs-in (2.25 N-m).

Enclosure

Do not open the Media Procesor as this will void the product warranty. Do not allow moisture or any objects to enter openings in the enclosure.

Modifications

Do not make any modifications to this equipment. Modifications may put people or property at risk of injury or damage by potentially degrading the level of protection built into the equipment.

EMC

Where this equipment is subject to USA FCC rules, the following statement applies:

FCC Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device according to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when this equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with this operations manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area

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is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

Compliance

Electromagnetic Compatibility

 FCC Part 15 Subpart B: This equipment has been tested and found to comply

with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

 CE marked: According to EMC directive 89/336/EEC and 93/68/EEC

(European standards EN 55 022, EN 55 024, En 61000-3-2 and EN 61000-3-

3).

Safety

 cTUVus Certified to UL 60950-1:2003 and CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1-03

 CE marked: According to LVD directive 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC (European

standard EN 60950-1).

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Cisco Media Processor is a comprehensive advanced encoding solution that enables service providers to reach new audiences through new media networks. This professional-grade solution delivers best-in-class output quality for live media delivery applications such as IPTV, broadband TV, Web streaming, government, education or enterprise video.

Cisco Media Processor is a highly reliable, robust family of encoding solutions that optimizes bandwidth and delivers unique capabilities to transform an IP network into a true broadcast experience. It produces output in multiple resolutions for delivery to both TV and PC-based devices through IPTV set top boxes and Internet gateways, providing a broad reach of digital media to new subscribers.

Cisco Media Processor provides highly efficient device management capability through its Web interface. Cisco Media Processor encoders are highly flexible and scalable, supporting resolutions from Web to SD to HD. Cisco Media Processor provides core encoding that is fully supported both today and in the future for enhancements and longterm support of service providers. Cisco Media Processor is available in three configurations series to meet the price/performance needs of new media distribution. There exist multiple products within a model series, such as the S3200 which is a dual channel version of the S3000.

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Processor

S3000

Series

S5000

Series

S7000

Series

This manual contains information on getting started and operating the Cisco S3000 and S5000 Series Media Processors. In addition to having more processing power, the S5000 series is a superset of the S3000 series and contains additional features. Refer to Appendix D: Specifications for further details on model features.

Input Resolution Applications

SD IPTV, backhaul, SD IP media delivery

HD (720p and 1080i) IPTV, backhaul, HD IP media delivery

Government, education and enterprise

video, Web streaming

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Cisco Media Processor can be controlled by a Web interface (both remotely and locally), by SNMP, and by Front Panel Controls located on the system itself. How to use each of these to configure and manage the encoder is discussed. As the settings for these methods are basically the same, the detailed descriptions for the settings are contained in one chapter, the Web interface chapter.

The following diagram illustrates the input and output options for Cisco Media Processor:

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In addition to encoding video and up to three stereo audio streams, Cisco Media Processor can optionally process Line 21 Captioning information and convert this to both CEA-608 and up-converted CEA-708 captioned data. For VC-1 Advanced Profile, this captioning data is contained within the video bitstream. For any profile, the captioning data may also be saved in a SAMI (.smi) file. For applications where digital 608, 708 or SAMI captions can not be utilized, Cisco Media Processor also supports Open Captions which renders caption data directly onto the source video thus allowing for viewing of closed captions on any decoder.

The compressed data streams can be encapsulated in ASF or in a MPEG-2 Single Program Transport Stream, either of which may be saved to disk. The MPEG-2 Transport Stream may also be output over IP-Multicast. The ASF Stream can be pulled from the encoder and pushed to a Windows Media Server.

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Installing Connections

Use the following diagram for reference while installing connections to a Cisco 3000/5000 Series Media Processor unit:

Digital Video and Audio

For digital sources, connect the coaxial cable for the digital video and audio input signal to the SDI Input connector.

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Analog Video and Audio

For analog sources, connect the provided breakout adapter cable for the analog video and audio input signals to the Analog In 60-pin connector. For reference, consult the following diagram of the breakout cable connections:

Figure 1: Cisco S3000/S5000 Series Media Processor Analog Input Breakout Adapter Cable

Use the following table to determine the proper connectors to use for analog Component, Composite, and S-Video sources.

Color Label Component Composite S-Video

green Y/CVBS Y CVBS

blue Pb/Y Pb Y

red Pr/C Pr C

Cisco Media Processor utilizes locking BNC connectors for S-Video. If your source SVideo is not BNC based, you will need to use a BNC S-Video adapter such as an SVideo Male to Dual BNC Female Adapter 75 Ohm Coaxial.

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Use the following diagram for reference while installing connections to a S3200 Series unit:

Video and Audio

Connect each provided breakout adapter cable for the video and audio input signals to the 44-pin breakout connector for each channel that will be used for encoding. For reference, consult the following diagram of the breakout cable connections (outputs are not used):

Figure 2: Cisco S3200 Series Media Processor Analog Input Breakout Adapter Cable

See the chart on page 4 to determine which connectors to use for analog sources.

Ethernet Ports

Connect the cable for the network that will be used to manage your Cisco Media Processor to one of the available Ethernet ports. Use a Cat. 5 (or better) Ethernet cable.

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For ASF output, any of the Ethernet ports can be used to send data. For MPEG-2 TS output, only the Main data port is used.

For Web management, any of the Ethernet ports

can be used.

Do not use the IPMI port for network connections.

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Power Cable

Connect the properly grounded power cable to the AC power connector.

Powering Up

Except for the Cisco S3200 Series media Processor unit, place the On/Off switch on the back of your Media Processor in the On position. Next, press and release the Power switch on the front of the Media Processor.

Setting IP Addresses

The Ethernet ports for the Cisco Media Processor are configured to obtain IP addresses using DHCP. Once the unit has been powered on, the front panel can be used to see the IP address that was obtained using DHCP. If not using DHCP, you may use the front panel to set IP addresses manually.

For more information on how to use the Front Panel, see Chapter 4: Front Panel Controls on page 40.

NOTE:

To view or set the Media Procesor IP address, complete these steps:

1. For S3200 Series units only, press right at either the Channel 1 or Channel

2 menu item to get to the Main Menu.

2. Press the up or down keys to get to the IP Address Menu.

3. Press right to get to the LAN1 or LAN2 IP Menu.

4. Press right again to see the IP address. If this address is acceptable, then

you can now use a Web browser to connect to the machine. Go to Chapter 3: Web Interface for information on how to operate the Media Procesor remotely via the Web Interface.

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5. To change the address, press the Enter ( ) button.

6. The IP address is now editable. Use the up and down buttons to change

the number. Use the right and the left buttons to scroll across the numbers to the digit that needs changing. The IP address is always a fixed 12-digit value, with leading zeroes to pad each octet and decimal points in fixed positions. For example, 192.168.1.10 is represented as 192.168.001.010.

7. Once a valid IP address is entered, press the Enter ( ) button.

8. Press the down button to navigate to the Netmask and Gateway settings.

Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6 for the Netmask and Gateway settings.

9. Once the IP address, Netmask, and Gateway are set correctly, press the

down button to the DHCP menu item and confirm that it is off. DHCP should

automatically be turned off when you edit the IP address. If it is not off, then press the Enter ( ) button to edit the setting, then up to set it to Off, then press the Enter ( ) button again to save the setting.

10. Once DHCP is set to Off, press the left button to go back to the LAN1 or

LAN2 IP menu.

11. When asked whether to apply changes, choose yes to commit the changes.

12. To verify the IP address has been set correctly, press Cancel (X) to return to

the top level menu, and proceed through steps 1 through 4 to see the updated IP address. You can continue and set the other IP addresses through the front panel, but typically once the Media Procesor IP address is set, it is easier to set the remaining ports through the Web interface.

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Remote Management via the Web

The Cisco Media Processor Web interface will allow you to manage the encoder by browsing to its IP address. With this interface, you can:

 Load and save encoding profiles

 Configure the encoding parameters

 Start and stop the encoder

 Monitor status and general encoding statistics

 Display system information

 Manage the system

Opening the Interface

To open the Web interface of the encoder simply browse to:

https://<machine name or IP>/encadmin

For example:

https:://192.168.1.33/encadmin

If logged into Cisco Media Processor locally or remotely through Remote Desktop you can bring up the Web interface via:

https://localhost/encadmin

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NOTE:

The security certificate shipped with a Cisco Media Processor unit is a temporary certificate for test purposes only. A valid security certificate needs to be purchased and installed.

Until the new certificate is installed, each time you bring up the Web interface you will receive a warning message that will require you to accept the shipped security certificate to proceed.

For further information on security certificates, see Appendix C: Troubleshooting on page 51.

Logging In

Once you have browsed to the Cisco Media Processor Web interface, you must log in with a valid user name and password on the following page:

Cisco Media Processor defines two user groups: encoder users and encoder administrators. Encoder users are only allowed to view the status of the system. Encoder administrators are allowed to configure, start and stop the system.

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A new unit will always have a factory-provided initial user name and password for each group. The Use remote authentication checkbox must be unchecked to use these user names. The initial encoder administrator name is:

User Name: admin

Password:

The initial encoder user name is:

User Name: user

Password:

The login page will indicate if a login attempt is made with an expired password. Under the System tab, the User Account page allows passwords to be changed. Refer to the User Account Page description on page 37 for further information. On this same tab, the System Information page allows deletion and disabling of user accounts. Refer to the System Page description on page 32 for further details.

See Appendix B: Managing User Accounts on page 50 for information on how to create new users.

To log out, click the Logout link on the User Account page, then close the Web browser. If no activity is detected for 15 minutes, you will be logged out automatically.

After logging out, it is still possible to view cached web pages by manually entering them into the browser's address box. These pages, however, are simply cached from the last time that page was visited; they do not reflect the current state nor can they be used to modify the encoder state. The user must re-login in order to read or edit current values.

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Remote Authentication

You may also check the box to enable Remote Authentication. This feature allows a company to centrally manage user accounts with an authentication server.

For RADIUS, enter the address (server name or IP address) of the remote server to be used for authentication. Next, select the authentication method according to the server’s configuration. Finally, enter the secret key shared between the user and the remote server. RADIUS will use port 1812 for authentication.

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Summary Page

The main summary page shows status for Audio/Video, Output, Pre-Processing, and the IP network settings.

Each Cisco Media Processor Web interface page indicates in the top right whether the encoder is running or stopped.

Cisco S3200 Series Media Processor units offer two encoding channels, Channel 1 and Channel 2. Choose the appropriate channel on any Web page to view or modify information related to that channel. System information and advanced compression options will apply to both channels.

System Status Page

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The system status page displays the current status of alarms that are constantly being monitored. These alarms are global alarms for the Media Procesor unit. Therefore, on units with two channels, alarms will be triggered if the conditions are met on either channel for audio and video alarms. The following chart details the alarm triggers and recommended actions:

Alarm Indicator Recommended Action

Ethernet

Port

ALARM Check to make sure the cable is properly connected.

Make sure that video is active on the source currently

Video

Source

ALARM

selected on the Video page and that the cable for

that source is properly connected. Also, make sure

your video source equipment is powered on and

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working properly. On units with two channels, make

sure both channels have active video.

Audio has been silent on the selected audio source for at least 15 seconds during encoding. Make sure that audio is active on the source currently selected

on the Video page and that the cable for that source

Audio

Source

System

Temperature

System

Fans

ALARM

HIGH Contact Service personnel.

FAILURE Contact Service personnel.

CPU Usage HIGH Change options to make the encoding simpler.

is properly connected. On units with two channels,

make sure both channels have active audio. For

stereo analog audio, make sure audio is active on

both left and right. This alarm will return to OK after 1

second of audio is detected on the source during

encoding.

System

Memory

LOW Change options to make the encoding simpler.

Check if encodes are being saved to the local disk.

Disk Low LOW

Remove previously saved encoded files off the Media

Procesor unit. This alarm is triggered if available disk

space is < 2GB.

Check if encodes are being saved to the local disk.

Disk Critical LOW

Remove previously saved encoded files off the Media

Procesor unit. This alarm is triggered if available disk

space is < 1GB.

A system reboot is in progress. This alarm will

Warm Boot

or Cold Boot

ACTIVE

display OK after 5 minutes have elapsed from LCD

Panel service start, or 10 seconds after encoding

service start, whichever is sooner.

If these steps do not resolve the alarm, contact service personnel.

For any alarm, checking the Ignore box will turn off the notification of that alarm on this page, as well as the on the front panel display and in the log.

The audio alarm only sets or clears during encoding. During encoding, if stereo analog audio is missing on either left or right, the alarm will be triggered. On 2-channel units, missing audio or video

NOTE:

on either channel will trigger the alarm.

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Click the Encoding Statistics link to view live updated statistics from the encoder.

Encoding Statistics Page

The encoding statistics page provides several statistics while encoding is running. For the encoding session, total encode time is reported. For the current frame, you can see the frame’s number, quantization, type, and size. The quantization is a real time measurement of quality. This number ranges from 1 to 31 with a lower number corresponding to higher quality. If the quantization value is consistently high, this is an indication that your allocated bit rate is too low for the specified resolution and the current content being encoded.

Click Auto Refresh to refresh the encoding statistics once per second for approximately 60 seconds.

Presets Page

This page can restore factory default settings, save current settings in one of three custom profiles, or load previously saved custom profiles. You may type a unique name for each custom profile. A Media Procesor unit will ship with preloaded custom profiles that may be useful, or you may save your own custom profiles.

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The currently loaded profile name will be designated on this page and also will be displayed in the upper right corner of each Web page. For example, on the encoding statistics page displayed on page 15, the profile name in use is 320x240 MP.

Video Page

The main video page allows for viewing or modification of the following video settings:

Source

Choose from the following video sources: SDI, Component, S-Video, and Composite.

Format

You may choose between the NTSC formats of 720x480 or 720x486, or the PAL format of 720x576.

Field Order

By default the captured video is assumed to be bottom field first. You may change this by checking the Top Field First box.

Output Resolution

Choose from the available resolutions or choose Custom, which will make the Cropping and Resizing settings available for modification. The pixel aspect ratio is auto set for each of these presets.

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Cropping

The cropping parameters apply a crop to the input image. Note that if an odd number of lines are cropped from the top, the sense of which field is first (top or bottom) will change and you will need to set the Field Order option accordingly.

Resizing

Specify the output resolution to be applied to the cropped image. If the resolution is different than the original, scaling will be performed.

When changing a setting on any page, you must click Apply before proceeding to a different page. Otherwise, the settings will not be saved. Click Reload to return to the previously applied settings for

NOTE:

that page.

Video Encoding Parameters Page

From the main video page, click Encoding Parameters

to view or modify the following

settings:

Profile

Profiles for encoding include VC-1 Advanced Profile, VC-1 Main Profile, and VC-1 Simple Profile. Choose from the profiles available in the drop-down box for the specific Media Procesor unit being used for encoding. See Appendix D: Specifications on page 55 for information on which units support each profile.

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Mode

Choose CBR (Constant Bit Rate) or VBR (Variable Bit Rate) encoding. If the mode is VBR, a parameter to specify Maximum Bit Rate in kb/sec will appear and the Buffer Size parameter will be grayed.

Bit Rate

This setting indicates bits/sec in units of kb/sec. For example, a value of 1500 is

1.5Mbits/sec.

Key Frame Distance

This value (in milliseconds) sets the maximum distance between key frames. The encoder may output key frames sooner than this interval (if it detects a scene change, for example).

Buffer Size

The buffer size value (in milliseconds) sets the encoder buffer size. Two seconds (2000 milliseconds) is a typical buffer size.

Interlace Encoding

Check this box if you want to perform interlaced based encoding. If not checked, the encoder will process video as progressive. Interlace encoding is only available for VC-1 Advanced Profile. VC-1 Main and Simple profiles do not support interlace encoding. If you are not encoding as interlaced, then you should either choose to de-interlace your video (for video content) or perform an inverse telecine (IVT) on your video (for film based content). The Pre-Processing page is where these two options are set.

ASF Streaming Mode

Choose between Broadcast and Web for the ASF streaming mode. If Web is chosen, specify a value for Quality. The quality setting, from 0 to 100, is a tradeoff between smoother video (Quality 0) and better quality video (Quality 100). A good typical quality value is 80.

When Broadcast streaming is selected with Main Profile, the encoder emphasizes smoother video over quality video, equivalent to Web streaming mode with Quality

0. In this mode, the encoder may drop (not encode) frames as needed. When Broadcast streaming is selected with Advanced Profile, the encoder can encode skip frames for frames the Main Profile encoder would drop. This allows for the preservation of critical metadata, such as captioning and timecode.

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PIP Video Page

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From the main Video page, click PIP Video if you wish to encode a PIP stream. This option is available in the S5000 Series. When you check Enable PIP on the PIP Video page, the encoder will generate a separate video only PIP stream which is scaled from the output image size. PIP encodes are always progressive.

You must choose Advanced Profile for encoding if you will be enabling PIP video. See the Video Encoding Parameters Page on page 17 for more information on encoding profiles.

NOTE:

Bit Rate

Set the PIP bit rate in units of kb/sec. For example, a value of 100 is .1 Mbits/sec.. The encoder produces CBR PIP streams. The PIP stream will not have captioning information in it unless Open Captions are utilized.

Output Resolution

The default PIP output resolution is 96x96.

Pre-Processing Page

From the main Video page, click Pre-Processing

to modify the following:

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Interlacing Options

If your video input is interlaced and your resolution height is greater than the field height, choose de-interlace if you wish to convert interlaced video to progressive.

For resolutions less than or equal to the field height (320x240 for example), no deinterlacing is required and none should be selected.

Both Main and Simple profiles only support progressive encoding and therefore, unless the resolution is less than or equal to the field height, de-interlacing should be chosen if not performing inverse telecine.

Choose inverse telecine (IVT) to convert film-based interlaced 30fps video to progressive 24fps. If IVT is selected and the encoding mode is interlaced, the encoder will produce IVT flags (top field first, bottom field first, repeat first field) in the bitstream so that decoders know how to display the 24fps progressive video on an interlaced display.

Deinterlace Mode

If deinterlacing is chosen, Cisco Media Processor provides multiple methods for deinterlacing. The default, a motion adaptive deinterlace, attempts to preserve spatial information in areas of motion while removing interlace artifacts in areas of motion. The blend mode will blend two fields, maintaining temporal information through motion blur. The interpolate mode removes temporal information and interpolates even fields from odd fields, while interpolate denoise applies a noise reduction filter after the deinterlace. The line double option simply creates even field lines as direct copies of the odd field lines.

Miscellaneous Filters

Cisco Media Processor provides for various noise reducing filters. The normal filter provides for moderate noise reduction. The smooth filter provides for large noise reduction at the expense of softer images. For the dynamic filter, feedback from the encoder during encoding will cause the active filter to change from none to normal to smooth.

Advanced Compression Page

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The advanced compression page gives you control over many of the VC-1 encoding tools. This is important since, depending on your decoding solution (whether it be a mobile device, an STB or a PC), you may need to limit or want to expand on the tools used for encoding. All options have a <default> setting where the actual setting used internally depends on multiple encoding setup factors, such as encode profile, resolution and bit rate.

For S3200 Series units, advanced compression options will apply to both channels.

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Dquant Option

Dquant is the difference in the quantizer between the previous macroblock and the current macroblock. Using this optimization can produce better quality in smooth areas of the video picture, but increases the computation required to encode each frame. If this optimization is activated, the strength of optimization is controlled by the Dquant Strength value.

Setting Value Function

<default> Default based on encoder settings

Not used Dquant perceptual optimization disabled

I frames only Only I frames will be optimized

I and P frames Only I and P frames will be optimized

I, P, and B frames I, P, and B frames will be optimized

Dquant Strength

The Dquant Strength setting specifies the strength of the Dquant perceptual optimization that will be used. The stronger the optimization, the more CPUintensive the encoding will be. This value is used only if the Dquant Option is enabled.

Setting Value Function

<default> Default based on encoder settings

Codec-determined Strength of optimization will be determined by the

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Weak optimization Strength of optimization is weak

Medium optimization Strength of optimization is medium

Strong optimization Strength of optimization is strong

Force B Frame Delta QP

This setting specifies the delta increase between the picture quantizer of the anchor frame and the picture quantizer of the B frame. This setting can be from 0 to 31 and only takes effect when utilizing B frames.

In-Loop Deblocking

This setting specifies whether the codec should use the in-loop deblocking filter during encoding. When the codec uses the in-loop deblocking filter, the edges of the macroblocks in the output video frames will not be as noticeable. However, the filter makes the image softer in appearance.

Force Median

This setting specifies whether the codec should use a median filtering during encoding. Median filtering can reduce the encoded size of the video stream, but can introduce compression artifacts. The artifacts associated with this filter can include motion trails behind moving objects in the image.

Force Overlap

This setting specifies whether the codec will use overlap smoothing when encoding. Overlap smoothing effects I frames only. When in use, the edges of the macroblocks in the output video frames will not be as noticeable. However, the filter makes the image softer in appearance.

Macroblock Mode Cost Method

This setting specifies the cost method used by the codec to determine which macroblock mode to use. SAD/Hadamard uses only distortion to compute cost, while RD accounts for both rate and distortion in the computation.

Motion Match Method

This setting specifies the method to use for motion matching. Available settings are SAD, Hadamard, and Macroblock-adaptive, which configures the codec to make decisions about which method to use on each macroblock. This can potentially reduce overall computation required for encoding by performing the computationally-intensive Hadamard transform only when appropriate.

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Motion Search Level

This setting specifies the types of video information that are used in motion search operations. Depending on the resolution, more complex methods below may reduce search distance.

Setting Value

Luma Only

Luma with nearest-integer chroma

Luma with true chroma

Macroblock-adaptive with true chroma

Macroblock-adaptive with nearest-integer chroma

Motion Vector Coding Method

This setting specifies the method used to code the motion vector information in field pictures and only applies to VC-1 AP interlaced encoding. Choose Encoder defaults, or choose to improve encoding efficiency for highly spread-out horizontal delta motion vector distributions, vertical distributions, or both.

Motion Vector Cost Method

This setting specifies the method used to estimate the cost of motion vector coding. The cost is a measure of the amount of processing needed to encode the content. The codec uses the cost to determine which features will be used in encoding.

Setting Value Function

<default> Default based on encoder settings

Static The encoder will use a static motion vector cost. All

blocks and macroblocks use the same motion vector cost estimate.

Dynamic The encoder will use a dynamic motion vector cost.

The motion vector cost is varied between blocks to achieve optimal visual quality.

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Number of B Frames

This value is the number of B frames to use between other types of frames. It can range from 0 to 7, with 0 indicating that B frames will not be used. Note that some decoders or system networks do not perform well when using B frames and thus this setting should be thoroughly tested. For most applications, 0 B frames should be used.

Perceptual Option

This setting specifies whether the codec should use conservative perceptual optimization when encoding. Conservative perceptual optimization is a process by which the codec attempts to identify "important" and "unimportant" regions in the video frame. After identifying the regions of the frame, the codec will give a higher priority to the quality of important regions, at the expense of the quality of unimportant regions. The results of this feature will vary considerably depending on the types of video being encoded.

Lookahead

This setting specifies the number of frames after the current frame, up to 30, that the encoder will evaluate before encoding the current frame. Lookahead may improve encoding efficiency.

Closed Captioning Page

Open Captions

When Open Captions is enabled, Line21 CC1 captions are decoded and rendered on top of the incoming video. Thus, unlike 608, 708 or SAMI captioning, the rendering of closed captions is done on top of video in the encoder instead of in the

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decoder. This processing is independent of 608, 708, and SAMI captioning and none of these options need to be enabled for open captions.

608

Check the appropriate box or boxes if you wish to process field 1 (CC1/CC2) and/or field 2 (CC3/CC4) captioning on the input source and to either have CEA608 data inserted into the video elementary stream user data area (VC-1 Advanced Profile only) or to enable SAMI output.

708

For VC-1 Advanced Profile only, if you have checked the appropriate boxes under 608 to process field 1 (CC1/CC2) and field 2 (CC3/CC4) captioning on the input source, you may choose to enable the corresponding box or boxes to have upconverted CEA-708 data inserted into the video elementary stream user data area.

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Audio Page

When the video source is SDI, the encoder may optionally encode up to three WMA audio streams from an SDI source. These three streams are stereo and are composed of SDI audio channels 1 and 2 (stream 1), 3 and 4 (stream 2), and 5 and 6 (stream 3). Check the Enabled box to enable encoding of a stereo channel.

When the video source is any of the analog inputs, only a single stereo analog stream may be encoded.

Output Format

Use this setting to specify whether to encode audio using WMA or to pass through AC3 audio. AC3 audio is only available in S5000 Series units and above.

Bit Rate

Choose from the list of available audio bit rates. The “odd” value bit rates (such as

191) indicate the use of the low delay WMA codec. If the output format is AC3

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pass-through, you must specify the bit rate of input AC3 audio from the list of available rates.

Sample Rate

If the output format is AC3 pass-through, you must specify the sample rate of input audio from the list of available rates.

Language

Choose the language to apply to each stream.

Offset

Use this setting to specify an offset (in milliseconds) between audio and video. The offset can be a positive or negative value. Typically this value is 0 unless you know that your source audio and video are not in sync. If not in sync, you may use this setting to adjust timing such that they are re-synced prior to encoding.

Output Page

The encoder will optionally save encoded data to the encoder hard disk. Use this page to save to a user-specified WMV file at C:\inetpub\wwwroot\encadmin\output. If an output file is not required, then the file name should be left blank. Click the View Files… link to browse the output files and to copy them over your network.

When PIP is enabled, the encoder also generates PIP files. The PIP filename will be filename.wmv.pip.wmv.

Min. Packet Size

Use this setting to specify the minimum size of the packets in the ASF stream. The actual packet size may be larger based on audio and video compression requirements. For streaming applications, a value no more than approximately

your compressed video data byte rate is suggested. For example, 8000 is a

1/15 good setting for a 1Mb/sec stream.

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SAMI Output

If 608 Closed Captioning is enabled, check this box to generate a .smi output file in the same directory as the WMV file above. In order to output SAMI at least one of the 608 check boxes must be enabled on the Video tab’s Closed Captioning page.

ASF Network Push Page

Check the appropriate boxes to enable ASF Push and/or ASF PIP Push. The encoder can push ASF content to a local network port on the encoder. This creates and starts publishing points on a Windows Media Server.

Make sure you have enabled ASF Push for the main video if you enable ASF PIP Push.

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Server/Port (and PIP Server/Port)

Enter the name of the Windows Media server. This can be an alias, a fully qualified domain name, or an IP address of the Windows Media Server. The port is the UDP port that the stream should be sent on.

Publishing Point (and PIP Publishing Point)

Enter the name of the publishing point on the server through which the encoded stream will be broadcast. It should be one word name with no spaces. A checkbox is available on this page to automatically remove the publishing point once the encoder is stopped.

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ASF Network Pull Page

Check the appropriate boxes to enable ASF Pull and/or ASF PIP Pull. This enables Windows Media Servers and Windows Media Players to retrieve (“pull”) content as it is being encoded from the encoder UDP port.

Make sure you have enabled ASF Pull for the main video if you enable ASF PIP Pull.

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Network Port (and PIP Network Port)

Enter the UDP port that the Windows Media Server will pull the stream from.

Maximum Clients (and PIP Maximum Clients)

Enter the maximum number of servers that can connect to the UDP port/stream.

TS Settings Page

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The encoder can produce a MPEG-2 single program transport stream (SPTS) for S5000 Series units and above. This is an MPEG-2 TS containing VC-1 video and WMA or AC3 audio. The encoder can optionally save this stream to disk. Use this page to save to a user-specified TS file at C:\inetpub\wwwroot\encadmin\output. Click the View Files… link to browse the output files and to copy them over your network. If an output file is not required, then the file name should be left blank. When PIP is enabled, the PIP filename will be filename.ts.pip.ts. This page also provides the following transport stream configuration settings:

Make sure to specify settings for the main video stream if you specify settings for a PIP stream.

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Program Number (and PIP Program Number)

Enter the program number for the transport stream.

Program ID (and PIP Program ID)

Enter the Program ID for the transport stream.

Video PID (and PIP Video PID)

Enter the Video PID for the transport stream.

Audio PID

Enter the PID for the first audio stream. Note that subsequent audio streams are currently assigned PIDs 1 and 2 higher than the base audio PID. For example, if the Audio PID is set to 301, then the fist audio stream will have PID 301, the second will have 302 and the third will have 303.

PMT Interval

The PMT Interval is how often to send PMT (program map table) data, in milliseconds.

SEQ Interval

The SEQ Interval is how often to send sequence headers, again in msec units. If set to 0 or anything equal to or smaller than a frame time, a SEQ header is output for each I frame.

Miscellaneous

If it is desired to have the encoder insert NULL transport stream packets to smooth out its delivery, then check the Null Packets check box.

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TS Multicast Page

The encoder can multicast out compressed data encapsulated in a MPEG-2 Transport Stream for S5000 Series units and above. The Enable Multicasting check box enables multicast output.

Multicast Address (and PIP Multicast Address)

Enter the Multicast IP address that the encoder should use to output the TS

stream. The default address is 224.0.0.

Port (and PIP Port)

Enter the UDP port number for the multicast TS stream.

TTL

This setting is the time to live value for the multicast socket.

Number of Packets

This setting indicates how many packets to group together in each multicast send. No more than 8 packets can be grouped together. Each MPEG-2 TS packet is 188 bytes.

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System Page

The system information page provides the following information:

System Name

The system name is the computer name assigned to the encoder.

Serial Number

This is the serial number of the encoder.

Software Version

This is the currently installed version of software.

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The following functions may also be performed on the system information page:

Front Panel Display

Check this box to disable (lock out) the front panel controls.

Remote Desktop

Check this box to allow remote desktop access to the encoder.

Expired User Accounts

Click the Delete button to delete any user accounts that have expired.

Inactive User Accounts

Click the Disable button to disable accounts that have been inactive.

SNMP Agent

Check this box to start the SNMP v2 agent service. Unchecking this box will stop the service. For more information about the encoder settings that can be viewed and modified through SNMP, see the MIB documentation in Appendix A.

Encoding parameters may be changed using SNMP sets while Cisco Media Processor is encoding. However, the values will not be applied (used) until encoding has been stopped and restarted.

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If you click the Add button in any of the following SNMP sections, you may be asked by your browser to temporarily allow scripted windows. Click the bar above the page to allow the window, then click Add

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again to display the window and type the appropriate input.

SNMP Communities

The display area for SNMP communities lists all accepted communities. To add a community, click the Add button and type the name in the scripted window:

To assign rights to the community, click the community name to display the

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dropdown box to the right to choose the rights for that community. To remove a community, click the community name to highlight it, then click Remove.

SNMP Security

The Send authentication trap checkbox causes all SNMP authentication attempts to result in an authentication trap being triggered.

You may choose to allow any host providing a valid community name to communicate with the Cisco Media Processor SNMP agent , or you may choose to restrict incoming SNMP packets to a predefined list of allowed hosts. The display area for SNMP security lists all allowed hosts. To add a host, click the Add button and type the host name or IP address in the scripted window:

To remove a host, click the host name to highlight it, then click Remove.

SNMP Traps

The SNMP Traps section specifies the destinations of community-based traps. These destinations may either be IP addresses or host names.

To begin, add a community to the dropdown list by clicking the Add button next to it and type the community name in the scripted window:

To add trap destinations for a particular community, first select that community from the dropdown list, then click the Add button next to the “Trap Destinations” list box and type the destination in the scripted window:

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To remove a community or a destination, click its name to highlight it, then click Remove.

SNMP traps correspond to the system alarms detailed in the System Status Page description on page 13. Any change in alarm state will generate a trap that includes a variable indicating if the alarm was enabled or cleared. In addition, traps are generated by changing the encoding state between running and stopped. The following chart details the trap names, numbers, and severities assigned to each. Severity 4 (Informational) is used for all alarm cleared traps except Warm or Cold Boot, which generates a single trap after the system is rebooted. A trap will also include the time the trap was generated.

Trap Name Trap Number Severity

Ethernet Mgt Port 1 2 (Minor)

Ethernet Out Port 2 2 (Minor)

Ethernet Aux Port 3 2 (Minor)

Video Signal 4 1 (Major)

Audio Signal 5 1 (Major)

High Temperature 6 0 (Critical)

Fan Failure 8 0 (Critical)

High CPU Utilization 9 1 (Major)

System Memory Low 10 1 (Major)

Disk Space Low 11 1 (Major)

Disk Space Critical 12 0 (Critical)

Cold Boot 13 3 (Warning)

Warm Boot 14 3 (Warning)

Encoder 1 Running 15 4 (Informational)

Encoder 2 Running 16 4 (Informational)

A single channel Cisco Media Processor will generate an “Encoder Running” trap 15 when the encoding state changes.

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Software Update Page

The software update page shows the currently installed version of software and allows rollback to the previous version. Also, you may browse to the location of a new software version, then click Update to install it. Make sure the update file is located on the computer that is using the web interface to update the Media Procesor. Otherwise, the update will first copy the file to the local computer before sending it to the Media Procesor, which may take an extended time with slower connections.

During the update, the page will display an Updating message. Once the page goes blank, close the browser window and wait a few minutes before reopening the browser to re-login. Finally, return to the software update page to verify a successful update.

License Update Page

To update the license for future releases and features, click Get Current License to obtain the license information, then send the file to Inlet support. After Inlet updates and returns the license file, browse to it from this page, then click Update License to complete the license update.

License Update requires popup windows to be unblocked. If popup windows are blocked in your Web browser, first change the browser setting to stop blocking popup windows, then proceed with the

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User Account Page

This page displays the user name in use, as well as the last known web-based logon time. If there have been any failed attempts made since the last successful logon, then a message will be displayed indicating the number of failed attempts.

To change the login password, type the old password and the new password, then confirm the new password and click Change Password. Click the Logout

A new password must differ from the old password by at least two

link to log out.

positions.

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All passwords must conform to the following criteria:

 A minimum of 8 characters in length  Contain at least one number or special character  The same character must not occur in three consecutive positions  Passwords must not be blank or a repeat of the user ID

The Change Password function is not available for users who have logged in using remote authentication.

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Logging Page

Enter the IP address of the server where log messages should be sent. The log messages are sent using syslog format over UDP port 514.

User modification to any encoder setting, as well as to any machine-wide configuration setting, is always logged to the Windows system Event Log. If the Media Procesor is also set up to forward event log messages to a syslog server, then these audit messages will be sent to the syslog server as well.

These audit messages can be seen via the Windows Event Viewer applet at Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Event Viewer. The event Source will be listed as “EncodingService”, “InletE1”, or “InletCapture”. Opening each event will provide a description of what has been changed. For changes made via the front panel, the user will be listed as Front Panel User.

Network Adapter Configuration Page

Cisco Media Processor has two Ethernet ports: Main (LAN1) and Aux (LAN2). To use the Ethernet port, an IP address, subnet mask and gateway must be configured for the port. An optional DNS IP address may also be set manually for any port not using DHCP. By default, the Media Procesor will use DHCP to obtain IP addresses, which may also be set manually. The currently set IP addresses may be viewed on the main Summary page.

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Configuration of Ethernet ports is only allowed if the media is connected.

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Starting/Stopping Encodes

To start an encode, click the Start link in the top right corner of any Cisco Media Processor Web interface page. Once the encode starts, the encode status will change to Running and the Start

link will be replaced by a Stop link, which can be clicked to

stop the encode.

While an encode is running, the Web interface may be used to view settings, but the Apply and Reload buttons will be grayed, except for those on the System Information page and the Logging page. To make changes to other settings, stop the encode, then apply changes and restart.

Session Timeouts

After a period of inactivity on the Web pages, your login session will time out and you will be redirected to the login page. The default value is 15 minutes.

The web timeout is stored in the following registry setting: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Inlet\Spinnaker\SessionTimeout.

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The front panel controls can be used to configure a subset of the encoding parameters available in the Web interface.

Front Panel Menu Layout

The following section describes the menu structure. Items in parentheses are for clarification and do not show up on the display.

Use the ^ and v buttons to move up and down through the menu. Use the > (right) button to move to submenus. Use the < (left) button to move back to the previous menu. In submenus, the last setting viewed in a list of choices to select is immediately applied. At any time, use the X (Cancel) button to return to the main menu.

For 2-channel Media Procesor units, first choose “Channel 1” or “Channel 2”, then the > (right) button to go to the main menu for that channel. Cancel (X) returns to the Channel menu.

Main Menu Submenus

VC-1 SD Encoder (title screen)

IP Address Main (LAN1) IP IP Address

Netmask Gateway DHCP Update

Aux (LAN2) IP IP Address

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Main Menu Submenus

Netmask Gateway DHCP Update

Load Profile Profile 1 (Default Profile)

Profile 2 Profile 3

Save Profile Profile 1 (Default Profile)

Profile 2 Profile 3

Setup Input Settings Video In Size

Field First Video Crop T Video Crop B Video Crop L Video Crop R Video Out Size W Video Out Size H PIP Enable PIP Size W PIP Size H Process Captions Audio Ch 1/2 (Enable) Audio Ch 3/4 (Enable) Audio Ch 5/6 (Enable) Audio Channel 1/2 Lang Audio Channel 3/4 Lang Audio Channel 5/6 Lang Video Source

Encode Settings

Video Bit Rate Video Buffer ms I Frame ms

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Main Menu Submenus

Encode As (Interlace/Progressive) Bit Rate PIP Aud 1/2 Bit Rate Aud 3/4 Bit Rate Aud 5/6 Bit Rate Aud 1/2 Delay Aud 3/4 Delay Aud 5/6 Delay IVT Deinterlace

TS Output

Multicast Port Main Program # Main Program ID Main Stream ID Main Video PID Main Audio PID PIP Program # PIP Program ID PIP Stream ID PIP Video PID SEQ Interval PMT Interval Null Packets Multicast Enable Main MCast Addr Main Port PIP MCast Addr PIP Port TTL (Time-to-Live) Grouped Packets

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Main Menu Submenus

ASF Output Main Port

Main Max Clients PIP Port PIP Max Clients

Power Reboot Confirm Reboot

Shutdown Confirm Shutdown

Start (encoding)

Stop (encoding)

Status

Changing values via the Front Panel Controls

For the following menu items simply press the Enter key to take action.

 Start encoding

 Stop encoding

 Load Profile 1 (Default Profile)

 Load Profile 2

 Load Profile 3

 Save Profile 1 (Default Profile)

 Save Profile 2

 Save Profile 3

For some menu items, there is a list of valid values. For example, PIP Enable can be set On or Off. Use the up and down keys to scroll through this list. The last setting viewed is immediately applied.

For other menu items, pressing the Enter key will place the front panel into an Edit mode to allow the user to set values explicitly. Once Enter is pressed, a cursor will appear to enable editing of the item. Use the left and right keys to move the cursor. Use the up and down keys to change the value at the cursor. When finished, press Enter to apply the new setting. If the setting is determined to be invalid, the previous value will be restored. For IP addresses, you will be asked whether to apply changes

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after editing, even if the new setting matches the previous one. If you do not wish to change the setting, select no.

Encoding parameters may be edited using the front panel controls while Cisco Media Processor is encoding. However, the values will not be applied (used) until encoding has been stopped and

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restarted.

To verify an updated IP address after it is applied, return to the main menu by using the Cancel (X) button, then return to the IP address menu item to view the current setting.

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The audio output format setting is not available on the front panel interface. If you wish to switch between WMA and AC3 audio formats, you must use the Web interface.

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Front Panel Control Status

The front panel status item indicates a Ready… or Running… state. If the Alarm LED is lit, the front panel will display active alarms in rotation. For a description of alarms, see System Status Page on page 13.

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Understanding VC-1

Cisco Media Processor supports the following video profiles:

 VC-1 Simple Profile (WMV3)

 VC-1 Main Profile (WMV3)

 VC-1 Advanced Profile (WVC1)

Files encoded according to these profiles are identified by their Four Character Code (FOURCC). The FOURCC identifier is located at the beginning of a digital media file and tells the system what libraries to utilize for decoding the file. Note that these profiles are also equivalent to Windows Media 9 Video Simple, Main and Advanced.

VC-1 codec specification

The VC-1 standard was approved by SMPTE and is referenced as SMPTE 421M. Although VC-1 and WMV9 refer to the same codec technology as far as Microsoft is concerned, VC-1 is actually a superset of WMV9, containing more coding tools for interlaced video sequences than the original WMV9 codec which concentrated on progressive encoding for computer displays. The main goal of VC-1/WMV9 Advanced Profile development and standardization was to support the compression of interlaced content without first converting it to progressive, making the codec more attractive to broadcast and video industry professionals. Leading content companies, solutions providers and consumer electronics manufacturers are adopting Windows Media Video 9 (VC-1) to drive the widespread delivery of high-definition experiences to consumers. VC-1 has been accepted by both of the next-generation DVD committees, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

VC-1 contains a number of profile and level combinations that support the encoding of many types of video. The profile determines the codec features that are available, and determines the required decoder complexity. VC-1 supports the following three profiles: Simple, Main, and Advanced. The Simple and Main profiles have been complete for several years, and are most commonly referred to as WMV9. The completion of the Advanced profile and consequent standardization of all profiles in the VC-1(SMPTE 421M) spec represents the final step in a comprehensive specification that delivers high definition content—either interlaced or progressive—across any medium and to any capable device.

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MIB for SNMP

The following table lists valid MIB groups, objects and their acceptable values:

Group Name Object Name Valid Values

inletEncoderStatusGroup inletEncodingStatus 1=Start, 2=Stop

inletVideoInputConfigGroup (Main Video Page)

inletVideoOutputConfigGrou p (Main Video Page)

inletVideoCompConfigGroup (Encoding Parameters Page)

inletVideoInputSource

1=SDI, 2=Component, 3=S-Video, 4=Composite

1=NTSC720x480

inletVideoInputFormat

2=NTSC720x486 3=PAL720x576

inletVideoInputOrder

1=top field first, 2=bottom field first

inletVideoOutputWidth >0 and <= input width

inletVideoOutputHeight >0 and <= input height

inletVideoOutputCropTop >=0

inletVideoOutputCropBottom >=0

inletVideoOutputCropLeft >=0, multiple of 2

inletVideoOutputCropRight >=0, multiple of 2

0=VC-1 Simple,

inletVideoCompProfile

1=VC-1 Main, 4=VC-1 Advanced

inletVideoCompMode 0=CBR, 2=VBR

inletVideoCompBitRate [1, 9999] (in kbps)

inletVideoCompFrameDist [1, 9999] (in ms)

inletVideoCompBufferSize [500, 9999] (in ms)

inletVideoCompInterlacedEncEnable True/False

0=Broadcast Stream

inletVideoCompQuality

Mode, 1-100 (In Web Stream Mode)

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inletVideoPipEnable True/False (S5000+)

inletVideoPipConfigGroup

inletVideoPreProcConfigGro up (Pre-Processing Page)

inletOutCaptionConfigGroup (Closed Captioning Page)

inletVideoPipOutputWidth 96, 128

inletVideoPipOutputHeight 128

inletVideoPipOutputBitRate [1, 9999]

inletVideoPreProcDeinterlace True/False

inletVideoPreProcIVT True/False

0=default, 1=Blend, 2=Interpolate,

inletVideoPreProcDeinterlaceMode

3=Interpolate Denoise, 4=Line Double, 5=Motion Adaptive

inletVideoPreProcMiscFilter

0=None, 3=Normal, 4=Smooth, 5=Dynamic

inletOpenCaptionEnable True/False

inletCC608Cc1Cc2Enable True/False

inletCC608Cc3Cc4Enable True/False

inletCC708Service1Enable True/False

inletCC708Service2Enable True/False

inletCC708Service3Enable True/False

inletEncoderAudioConfig (Audio Page)

inletCC708Service4Enable True/False

inletAudioChannelIndex [1, 6]

inletAudioSrcEnable True/False

inletAudioSrcOutputFormat 1=WMA, 5=AC3 (S5000+)

WMA=63, 64, 95, 96, 127, 128, 160, 191, 192

inletAudioSrcBitRate

AC3=32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320, 384, 448, 512, 576, 640

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WMA=48000

inletAudioSrcSampleRate

AC3=32000, 44100, 48000

inletAudioSrcLanguage ISO language id

inletAudioSrcDelay [-9999, 9999]

inletAsfPushConfigGroup (ASF Network Push Page)

inletAsfPullConfigGroup (ASF Network Pull Page)

inletAsfServerIPandPort

Server:Port, blank to disable

Name of WM Server

inletAsfMainPubPoint

publishing point; blank to disable push

inletAsfMainAutoRemoveEnable True/False

inletAsfPipServerIPandPort

Server:Port, blank to disable

Name of WM Server

inletAsfPipPoint

publishing point; blank to disable PIP push

inletAsfPipAutoRemoveEnable True/False

inletAsfMainPort UDP Port, -1 to disable

inletAsfMainMaxClients [1, 50]

inletAsfPipPort UDP Port, -1 to disable

inletAsfPipMaxClients [1, 50]

inletMainMulticastEnable True/False

inletMainMulticastIpAddress aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

inletMainMulticastPort <=65535

inletMainMulticastConfigGro up (TS Pages)

inletMainMulticastTtl [1, 9999]

inletMainMulticastNp [1, 8]

inletMainMulticastProgNum [1, 65535]

inletMainMulticastProgId [0, 8191]

inletMainMulticastStreamId [0, 65535]

inletPipMulticastConfigGrou p (TS Pages)

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inletMainMulticastVideoPid [0, 65535]

inletMainMulticastAudioPid [0, 65535]

inletMainMulticastNpEnable True/False

inletMainMulticastSeqInterval [1, 9999]

inletMainMulticastPmtInterval [1, 9999]

inletPipMulticastEnable True/False

inletPipMulticastIpAddress aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

inletPipMulticastPort <=65535

inletPipMulticastProgNum [1, 65535]

inletPipMulticastProgId [0, 8191]

inletPipMulticastStreamId [0, 65535]

inletPipMulticastVideoPid [0, 65535]

inletMgmtNetworkConfigGro up (Network Adapter Configuration Page)

inletTsOutNetworkConfigGro up (Network Adapter Configuration Page)

inletAuxNetworkConfigGrou p (Network Adapter Configuration Page)

All objects that can be set can be retrieved with the get command. Additionally, the following objects are supported for the get command:

inletEncoderFrametype, inletEncoderFrameNum, inletEncoderFrameSize, and inletEncoderFrameOutput.

inletTsMgmtIpAddress aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

inletTsMgmtNetMask aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

inletTsMgmtGateway aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

inletTsOutputIpAddress aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

inletTsOutputNetMask aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

inletTsOutputGateway aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

inletTsAuxIpAddress aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

inletTsAuxNetMask aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

inletTsAuxGateway aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

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To add a new user account to Cisco Media Processor, perform the following steps:

1. Log in through Remote Desktop.

2. Open Computer Management.

3. In the console tree, click Users (choose System Tools, then Local Users

and Groups, then Users).

4. On the Action menu, click New User.

5. Type the appropriate information in the dialog box.

6. Select or clear the check boxes for:

 User must change password at next logon

 User cannot change password

 Password never expires

 Account is disabled

7. Click Create, then click Close.

8. Click Open Groups in the console tree and add the new user to either the

Encoder User group or the Encoder Administrator group.

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Video Check Tool

To verify the presence of an input signal to your Cisco Media Processor unit, the following tool is provided:

All Programs>Inlet Technologies>Inlet Spinnaker>Diag>Video Diag

After executing this program, the following window will appear:

After clicking one of the buttons to specify an input to Board 1 (or Board 2 for Channel 2 of a S3200 Series unit), a window will appear that displays any video on that input.

Resolve Security Certificate Warning

Installing a Security Certificate

Perform the following steps to install a valid, purchased security certificate:

Individual steps may vary, depending upon where the security certificate is purchased. Instructions from the chosen certificate company should supersede these steps when in conflict.

NOTE:

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1. Open the Internet Services Manager (IIS):

 Click Start, then click Control Panel.

 Double Click "Administrative Tools".

 Double Click "Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager".

2. Under Web Sites, right-click your Web site and select Properties.

3. Click the Directory Security tab.

4. Under Secure Communications, click Server Certificate. If this button is

grayed, no security certificate has yet been imported into the machine. Follow these steps to import a certificate:

 Click Start, then click Run, and enter “mmc.exe”.

 Click File, then click Add/Remove Snap-in.

 In the dialog, click Add, select “Certificates”, then click Add.

 Select “Computer account” and click Next.

 Select “Local Computer” and click Finish.

 Click Close to close the “Add Standalone Snap-in” box.

 Click OK to close the “Add/Remove Snap-in” box.

 Expand the “Certificates (Local Computer)” tree.

 Right click “Personal”, select “All Tasks”, and select “Import”.

 Browse to find your certificate file.

 Click Next, then click Finish.

 Close the “Console1” window and save settings.

 Return to the IIS management window and click Server Certificate in

the “Default Web Site Properties” box.

5. The Web Site Certificate Wizard will open. Click Next.

6. Choose “Process the Pending Request and Install the Certificate”, then click

Next.

Important: The pending request must match the response file. If you deleted the pending request in error you must generate a new CSR and replace this certificate.

7. Select the location of the certificate response file, and then click Next.

8. Read the summary screen to be sure that you are processing the correct

certificate and then click Next. You see a confirmation screen.

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9. After you read this information, click Next.

10. Restart the World Wide Web Publishing service:

 Click Start.

 Right click My Computer, then select “Manage”.

 Double click “Services and Applications”.

 Double click “Services”.

 Right click World Wide Web Publishing, then select “Restart”.

Turning Off Https

Alternately, you may choose to turn of https to resolve the security certificate warning message.

If you choose to turn off https, your password will not be encrypted.

WARNING:

Perform the following steps to turn off https for a Cisco Media Processor unit’s Web interface:

1. Rename the file C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\encadmin\bin\WebPageSecurity.dll to

*.bak (or any backup extension).

2. Rename the file C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\encadmin\Web.Config to *.bak (or any

backup extension).

3. Restart the World Wide Web Publishing service:

 Click Start.

 Right click My Computer, then select “Manage”.

 Double click “Services and Applications”.

 Double click “Services”.

 Right click World Wide Web Publishing, then select “Restart”.

After turning off https, use http to browse to the Web interface of your unit.

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Recovery Page

If logged in to a Cisco Media Processor unit, you may browse to the following URL to reach the Recovery page:

https://<machine name or IP>/encadmin/recovery.aspx

Encoder Control

Click the Restart Encoding Service 1 button to restart the Windows service responsible for encoding. For S3200 series units, this option will restart the service for both channels, but Restart Encoding Service 2 will only restart the service for channel 2.

Machine Control

Click the Reboot Machine button, then confirm, to reboot the unit.

Auto-start Encoder

By default, the encoder will restart after a reboot or a restart of the encoding service if the encoder was running. Uncheck this box if you do not wish the encoder to auto-start in this situation.

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The following specifications are for the Cisco S3000 and S5000 Series Media Procesors. Features may vary between models and some features may not be available at time of printing.

Inputs

Video

NTSC, PAL SDI (BNC) – SMPTE 259M Analog Component, S-video and Composite

Audio

3 stereo pairs over SDI embedded (BNC) 1 stereo pair of analog Balanced audio Dolby AC-3 (S5000 only)

Codecs

Windows Media 9 (WMV3) – Simple, Main Profiles VC-1 (WVC1) – Simple, Main Profiles VC-1 (WVC1) - Advanced Profile (S3005, S3205 and S5000 only) Windows Media Audio Windows Media Audio Professional (ASF) AC3 pass-through (S5000 only)

Output

Local

Simple/Main Profile: ASF file (.wmv) Advanced Profile: ASF file Advanced Profile: MPEG-2 Transport (S5000 only)

ASF pull from encoder and push to WMS

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MPEG-2 Transport Multicast (S5000 only) 2 x 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet

Control

Remote Web-based LCD front panel Programmable encoding templates

Additional Features

Easy-to-use front panel control Intuitive Web-based control Simple, preconfigured set-ups Encoder management service program

2-channel configuration available (S3200 and S3205 only)

Processing

Pre-processing

Scaling Cropping Deinterlacing Inverse Telecine Adaptive Noise Reduction Filters Open Captions

Encoding

Adaptive GOP CBR/VBR VBI closed captioning processing for SAMI and user data CEA 608 to 708 translation Interlaced (S5000 only) and Progressive modes Custom control over encoding tools Picture-in-Picture (S5000 only) Dynamic complexity balancing

Physical and Power

Dimensions

1RU: 17.0” (w) x 18.21” (d) x 1.72” (h) (S3000, S3005, S5000) 2RU: 17.0” (w) x 18.21” (d) x 3.47” (h) (S3200, S3205)

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Power

100-240 VAC Full Range, 350W (2RU), 160W (1RU)

Certifications

FCC Part 15 Subpart B: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

CE marked: According to EMC directive 89/336/EEC and 93/68/EEC (European standards EN 55 022, EN 55 024, En 61000-3-2 and EN 61000-3-3).

cTUVus Certified to UL 60950-1:2003 and CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1-03

CE marked: According to LVD directive 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC (European standard EN 60950-1).

Operating Conditions

Ambient Temperature

Operating temperature: 0 to 50°C Non-operating (storage): -10 to 60°C

Relative humidity

Non-operating: <95% non-condensing

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Advanced Compression, 20

Alarms, 13

ASF Pull, 29

ASF Push, 28

Audio, 26

Bit Rate, 18, 19, 26

Buffer Size, 18

Closed Captioning, 24

Connections, 3

Cropping, 17

DHCP, 38

DNS, 38

Encoding Parameters, 17, 19

Encoding statistics, 15

Field Order, 16

Front Panel, 6, 40

Front Panel Display, 33

Interlace Encoding, 18

Interlacing, 20

Key Frame Distance, 18

Language, 27

License Update, 36

Logging In, 9

NTSC, 16

Null Packets, 30

Output Resolution, 16, 19

Packet Size, 27

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PAL, 16

Password, 10, 37

PIP Video, 19

PMT Interval, 30, 42

Pre-Processing, 12, 19

Presets, 15

Recovery Page, 54

Remote Authentication, 11

Remote Management, 8

Resizing, 17

Safety Information, i

SAMI, 2, 28

SDI, 16

Security Certificate, 51, 53

SEQ Interval, 30, 42

Session Timeouts, 39

Setting IP Addresses, 6

SNMP Agent, 33

SNMP Traps, 34

Software Update, 36

Software Version, 32

System Status, 13, 35, 44

Troubleshooting, 51

TS Multicast, 31

TTL, 31

User Accounts, 10, 37, 50

VC-1, 17, 45

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Cisco 1-Year Limited Hardware Warranty Terms

The following are special terms applicable to your hardware warranty. Your formal Warranty Statement, including the warranty applicable to Cisco software, appears in the Cisco Information Packet that accompanies your Cisco product.

Duration of Hardware Warranty: One (1) Year

Replacement, Repair or Refund Procedure for Hardware: Cisco or its service center

will use commercially reasonable efforts to ship a replacement part within ten (10) working days after receipt of the RMA request. Actual delivery times may vary depending on Customer location.

Cisco reserves the right to refund the purchase price as its exclusive warranty remedy.

To Receive a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) Number: Please contact the party from whom you purchased the product. If you purchased the product directly from Cisco, contact your Cisco Sales and Service Representative.

Complete the form below and keep for ready reference.

Product purchased from:

Their telephone number:

Product Model and Serial number:

Maintenance Contract number:

Product warranty terms and other information applicable to Cisco products are available at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/go/warranty

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