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Starting a Live

You can start a live manually or you can enable the Auto-live at startup. See (4.1) Enabling/Disabling Auto-Live at Startup.

Unit Panel

To start the Live: 

  1. From the Home menu, tap Play button . The video preview appears on screen and the live profile selected is reminded. When tapping Arrow left or Arrow right , the Live menu provides some additional information.

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    A icon Selected Live Profile
    B icon Selected Record Profile
    C icon Auto-record is enabled or not (OFF/ON)
    D icon The Selected Destination Profile

  2. To select another Live profile:

    1. Tap the field beside Play icon .

    2. Tap another Live profile.

  3. To select another Record profile:

    1. Tap the field beside Record icon .

    2. Tap another Record profile.

  4. To modify the Auto-Record mode:

    1. Tap the toggle button to enable or disabled Auto-Record.

  5. To select another Destination profile:

    1. Tap the field beside Destination icon .

    2. Tap a different Destination profile.

  6. Tap Play button to start the Live. The video preview appears on screen.

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    A icon Audio Bars indicating Audio Levels
    B icon Record Indicator
    cc.png Live Indicator
    dd.png Live Duration

  7. Tap Left arrow to display information about the Live action.

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A icon Network Bitrate
B icon End-to-End Latency configured in the Live Profile or modified remotely from StreamHub interface
C icon Source Standard
D icon Live Duration

Note

Refer to the StreamHub User Guide to set another delay during Live operation.

In case of a Live and simultaneous Record, a different screen appears: 

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A icon Remaining recording time possible on SD card
B icon Space used on SD card

To stop the Live:

  1. Tap Right arrow .

  2. Tap AR_stop_filled_green.png > Stop Live.

To stop the Record:

  1. Tap Right arrow .

  2. Tap  AR_record_off_red.png > Stop Record.

Connection Loss during a Live with Simultaneous Record

Recordings of your Live events will continue even if the network connection is lost and Live is interrupted.

If the network connection is lost:

  1. You will receive an error message.

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  2. Tap OK to return to the Live preview, where you will see the recording still in progress.

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  3. Tap  AR_arrow_left_thin.png to view the resolution and remaining recording time possible on the SD card.

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Web Interface

To start the Live:

  1. On the Dashboard, in the Streams section, click the Settings icon icon to check that the unit settings are configured and selected as required.

Note

If you enable the Auto-Record option, the video file is automatically recorded during the live.

  1. Click the Save button.

  2. Click the  AR_play_outlined_grey.png icon to start the Live.

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To stop the Live:

  1. Click the  AR_stop_filled_grey.png icon.

  2. Confirm to stop the video transmission.

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Connection Loss during a Live with Simultaneous Record

Recordings of your Live events will continue even if the network connection is lost and Live is interrupted.

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Network loss will be indicated by the No Network warning on the Live preview panel. When this occurs, you have the option to: 

  • Stop the Live and the Recording by clicking the  AR_stop_filled.png icon,

  • Stop the Recording only by clicking the  AR_record_off.png icon. 

Note

The Forward  AR_forward.png function is disabled when network connection is lost. 

Camera

Note

Before starting a live, make sure that the REC button, the Live profile, and the Destination profile have been configured. Please see (4.1) Configuring the Camera's REC Button and (4.1) Configuring Live Profiles.

  • Press the camera's REC button.

The Live is in progress.