Configuring a Switcher Input

Configuration method

Select a row on the [Switcher Input] tab of the [System Settings] screen and configure each item in the [Input Settings] pane. When finished configuring items, press the [Apply] button to apply the settings.

Setup items

System Settings screen

  • [Port]: Displays the port name. Cannot be modified.
  • [Streaming Source]: Select the input source signal.
    • [Router Input]: Select to assign a router input configured on the [Router Input] tab.
    • [NDI]: Select if assigning an NDI signal.
    • [Clip Player]: Select if assigning a clip player. A clip player can play video files displayed on the [Clip] tab of the [File Manager] screen. Clip players can be assigned to up to four switcher inputs.
  • [Source Signal]: The selection options will vary depending on the [Streaming Source] setting.
    • When [Router Input] is selected: Select the router input that you want to assign from the list. In this system, a single router input stream can be distributed over four streams. Accordingly, a single router input can be assigned to a total of up to four switcher inputs and output destinations.
    • When [NDI] is selected: Enter the name of the NDI signal using up to 127 text characters.
    • When [Clip Player] is selected: Select one of [Clip Player1] to [Clip Player4] from the list. Clip players for which a different switcher input is already assigned are not displayed in the list.
  • [Reshape Mode]: Select whether to reformat the received SRT stream when inputting it to a switcher. Displayed only when the input selected using [Source Signal] is SRT.

    Hint

    • [ON] must be selected on some devices.
    • If audio is multi-track when linked with an external audio mixer, select [OFF].
  • [Number of Audio Tracks]: Select the number of audio tracks to output to an external audio mixer from the selected switcher inputs. Displayed only when output to an external audio mixer is enabled on the [Audio Mixer] tab.

    Hint

    • For details, see “Configuring an External Audio Mixer (option license is required).”

Note

  • The maximum number of lines for which the H.264/AVC codec can be used varies between the AWS version and on-premises version. For the AWS version, up to 16 lines can be operated and normal operation may not occur if there are 17 or more lines. For the on-premises version, the number is dependent on the performance of the server being used.
  • NDI is supported on up to 4 lines. Normal operation may not occur if there are 5 or more lines.
  • Modifying the following items when an event is running will display a confirmation message and may cause the event to stop.
    • [Streaming Source]
    • [Source Signal]
    • [Number of Audio Tracks]
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