VBrick Systems VB4000 manual Archiver and Recorder Functionality, Archiver/Recorder Functionality

Introduction

WM encoder and an MPEG-4 decoder in the same appliance. In general, encoders are installed in Slot1; decoders are installed in Slot2. WM encoders, if present, are always installed in Slot1.

Note VBrick WM, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 appliances all run the same codebase. The configurable options and user interface vary according to the type of appliance (e.g. MPEG-2, MPEG-4, etc.) on which the code is installed.

Archiver and Recorder Functionality

Archiver/Recorder functionality may be different in mixed model appliances depending on how the slots are populated. In other words, the behavior of the device in a given slot may change depending on what combination of appliances are installed. See Figure 6 below and note the following distinctions:

•An archiver only records from an associated encoder. For example, a WM Archiver is associated with a specific WM encoder.

•A recorder is not associated with any encoder. It independently records one stream at a time from an encoder, a decoder, or from the network.

•On MPEG-4 appliances, there is no archiving or recording.

Figure 6. Archiver/Recorder Functionality

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