Note: Make sure you configure your VBrick devices before you begin adding them. See: Device Initial Configuration and Set Up |
Field Name | Required | Description |
Device Name | Yes | This can be a name of your choosing. This is a required field. Descriptive location or host name is recommended. |
Status | The status of your device may be set to Active or Inactive upon adding it to your system. | |
MAC Address | Yes | The MAC Address is required. Refer to your device’s documentation for details on how to obtain its MAC Address. |
VOD Playback Device | Selected if the DME is intended to be used as a Video on Demand (VOD) playback device for serving stored video content. If more than one DME is designated as available for storage, then content will be pushed to all such designated DMEs. | |
Preposition Content | Available if VOD Playback Device is selected. Enable this setting to specify which DMEs on the network receive prepositioned video files for playback; should only be used if using MESH. | |
Video Streams | Yes | Name, URL, Encoding Type, and Multicast are all designated [through the Advanced tab > Add URL button if adding manually] and are required fields if the DME is intended to be utilized as a streaming device. These streams will later be selected on Presentation Profiles and Zones as viewing destinations. You may also generate your URLs dynamically through the Create URLs tab. Note: DME v3.10 and greater devices are capable of registering fully qualified domain names in order to play HTTPS content to the Rev HTML5 video player. Therefore, DME streaming URLs may or may not contain an IP address hostname. See DME documentation for set up details. For more information on DME Video Streams in Rev, see: Add a Distributed Media Engine (DME) Video Stream. |
Tip: If you add more than one DME to your system, be sure to designate your primary DME recording device. A DME is required if you intend to record video in VBrick Rev. |