Add a Distributed Media Engine (DME) Video Stream

Devices : DME Management : Add a Distributed Media Engine (DME) Video Stream

DMEs may be designated as streaming devices on the network where content may be distributed and viewed. Presentation Profiles and Zones may use these defined streams. Video streams on a DME may be set up manually or dynamically by the DME itself. Both methods are described below.

Note: An RTSP unicast stream is required for recording live Webcasts in Rev. Make sure that your stream has a keyframe interval between 2 to 5 seconds and do not use B-frames. Please see your individual Encoder (stream source) documentation for setting information.

Add a DME Video Stream Manually

The Advanced tab under Video Streams is used to create your own manual stream.

To add a manual DME video stream:

1. Navigate to Admin > Devices > DME Management > Add DME button.

2. Add a DME device as you normally would. See Add a Distributed Media Engine (DME).

3. Click the Advanced tab in the Video Streams section.

Field Name	Required	Description
Name	Yes	A name for your video stream.
URL	Yes	The URL of your video stream. Copy your created URLs to this field.
Encoding Type	Yes	The encoding type that will be used; select from the drop-down menu.
Is Multicast		Select if your video will be multicast.

Add a DME Video Stream Dynamically

The Create URLs tab under Video Streams is used to create your own dynamic stream playback URLs in Rev so that you do not have to create them manually and then copy them to Rev as described above. Note that creating a dynamic stream works with DME v3.4 and above only. If you do not have v3.4 or above, you must create a manual video stream.

To add a dynamic URL DME video stream:

1. Navigate to Admin > Devices > DME Management > Add DME button.

2. Add a DME device as you normally would. See Add a Distributed Media Engine (DME).

3. Click the Create URLs tab > Add URL button in the Video Streams section.

Field Name	Required	Description
Name	Yes	A value representing the stream name. The stream name must be unique within the DME that you are currently adding. If you are setting up several DMEs to distribute the same stream, consider using the same stream name across DMEs so that you can easily trace the stream across multiple DMEs. Stream names must be alphanumeric and contain no spaces. Stream names are not case sensitive.
Enable HLS		Select if you want an HLS stream created. The default is no.

When the DME is saved or updated, the following will occur:

●An RTMP (Flash) stream will be created and enabled using the provided stream name.

●An RTSP stream will be created and enabled using the provided stream name.

●If HLS was enabled, an HLS stream will be created and enabled using the stream name.

Note: If for any reason one or more of the URLs cannot be created, none of the URLs will be created and an error message will be displayed.

When a Presentation Profile or Zone list available URLs for each DME that has playback URLs created using this method, they will use the source name you selected and append the stream type.