ViewCast 2120 manual Custom Fields

Niagara 2120 User Guide

Step Action

∙Standard – Square pixels for a VGA monitor

∙CCIR-601– Elongated pixels for a TV monitor

Click the setting that reflects the type of display on which your viewers will view your content. For example, if you want to stream your video on the Internet for the user to view on a computer monitor, click Standard. If you select an inaccurate setting, your video will distort.

4.In the Size field, click the pixel size of the encoded video. The standard sizes include:

∙Full-size for full screen video

∙CIF for video scaled from full-size to ¼ size

∙QCIF for video scaled from full-size to ¼ of CIF size

∙Custom

You can also specify a custom size for your video. This customization is useful when you are capturing video to play on a mobile video-device that requires a non-standard size for compatibility.

When you click Custom, two additional fields appear so you can enter the exact size you want the resulting video to be (Figure 23).

Figure 23. Custom Fields

IMPORTANT! Ensure all of the encoders using the same video Proportion and Size settings also use the same Video and Audio Source settings. For example, all encoders capturing at Standard proportion and CIF size are set to Osprey-5x0 video Device 1.1 while encoders capturing at Standard proportion but QCIF resolution are set to Osprey-5x0 Video Device 1.2.

5.Enter the frames per second in the Frame Rate field.

6.Enter the Bitrate.

7.Drag the sliders to adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation (Figure 24).

Figure 24. Video Filter Settings

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