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Program Configuration
RTCP Transmit Interval
If RTCP Transmit is enabled, this setting tells the appliance how often (in seconds) to send the reports. Default = 10 seconds.
Announce Settings
This section contains parameters that are used to modify announcements from the appliance. Announcements are advertisement packets that are transmitted by VBrick appliances to other VBrick appliances and VBrick applications such as the EtherneTV Portal Server and StreamPlayer. They are used to identify streams present in the network.
Announce | This section is used to announce the RTSP streams to the local |
| network allowing viewable RTSP announcements in programs |
| like StreamPlayer. The unit must be on the same segment of the |
| network or the router must be configured to retransmit |
| broadcast packets for the announcements to be accessible using |
| the IP address 255.255.255.255. |
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Use Global Announce IP | Use Announce IP Address for Servers and Announce Port |
and Port | defined on Program Configuration > Global page. If checked, |
| the Destination and Port fields are greyed out. |
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Destination IP Address | The destination IP address the announcement is sent to. By |
| default, the announcement is sent to the multicast network. If |
| using an EtherneTV Portal Server, enter the Portal Server IP |
| address. |
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Port | The destination port the announcement is sent to. |
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External Announce Settings
These settings configure an external announcement that can be used when the stream is reflected to a
External Announce | This section is used to announce RTSP streams to a network |
| device outside of the broadcast domain. |
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Use Global Announce IP | Use Announce IP Address for Servers and Announce Port |
and Port | defined on Program Configuration > Global page. If checked, |
| the Destination and Port fields are greyed out. |
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Destination IP Address | The destination IP Address or Host Name the announcement is |
| sent to. If using an EtherneTV Portal Server, enter the Portal |
| Server IP address. If using a reflector, enter the reflector server |
| IP address. |
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Port | The destination port the announcement is sent to. |
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URL | The URL of the reflector (i.e the source of the reflected |
| stream). This URL is embedded in the announcement. |
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