Channels

WHAT TO EXPECT

The Channels tab on the Settings page allows users to create and remove channels from wXcked Eye. In addition, users can add and remove converters, which connect streams together to form a Channel.

Channels tab view:

Channels are a pipeline of streams with a converter between each of them. This setup allows users to articulate their particular workflow for their content. Using one of the channels above, a broadcaster for one particular TV Channel could have 4 steps where the initial stream changes to a new stream as it is enhanced or changed during processing of that channel. In this example, there are 4 times the stream is enhanced or changed during the process.

1. Starts with an initial stream from an encoder

2. Tachyon Live then takes in the stream and up- or down-converts it from PAL to NTSC, or somehow enhances the video and outputs a new stream.

3. A graphics product enhances the stream by adding graphics and then outputs a new stream.

4. Finally, a playout system enhances the video by adding commercials or ads and puts out a new stream that actually gets played out.

On this page, a user will learn how to Create Channels from a list of available streams, Edit Channels, Remove Channels and adding converters that connect them using the example above.

For more information on how these settings assist in the Topology Graph and Topology Table.

• Topology Graph/Filter By Bar/Filter by Channels to see how you can filter the Topology Graph for the created channel.

• Topology Graph/View By Channels to see how you can view by one or more channels the Topology Graph for one or more created channels.

• wXcked Eye Topology Table/Channels to see the channel in a table format showing from ingest to playout all of the streams as they progress through the various cloudSwXtch components.

The Channels page is organized into the following functions:

• Creating Channel

• Editing a Channel

• Remove Channel

• Adding Converters

Creating Channel

1. Click Create above the Channels section. A new window will open.

   

2. Assign a name to the new Channel.

   

3. Select the streams to be added to the Channel configuration from the Available streams list based on the order of your processing. As you select, they will be added with a converter between the selections.

   

   1. Alternatively, select New Stream to add a new stream to the list. This will open a new window where the user can name and assign a color to a Stream IP.

4. Edit the converter that links each stream by selecting the notepad by the placeholder.

   

5. Select an existing converter from the dropdown menu.

   1. Alternatively, select Create a new converter placeholder and name it.

      

      Please note: wXcked Eye does not create these converters. This feature only allows users to name the existing converters in their network that will connect these streams.

6. Click Create. A new Channel will appear.

wXcked Eye will automatically assign an ID to the Channel. These channel configurations will carry throughout the UI. Users can edit or remove the channel using the action buttons on the right-hand side.

Below is an example of what the configuration from above might look like after the channel is configured and streams are running through the system in the Topology Graph.

Editing a channel

1. Click Edit in Actions on the Channels section.

2. A new window will open.  

3. If desired change the name.

4. If desired Uncheck items that are no longer needed, check boxes that are needed.  Note that the order that the check boxes are checked sets the order for the channel.  Select Save.

The channel is edited.

Remove Channel

Remove a single channel.

1. Click remove in Actions on the Channels section.

   

2. Confirm selection.

   

3. The channel is removed.

Remove multiple channels

1. Check boxes for channels to be removed and select Remove.

   

2. Confirm selection.

3. The channels are removed.

Adding Converters

Users can add a converter by clicking the Add button in the Converter section. A new window will open where users can name existing converters in their network. These can be a range of different transformations, such as Tachyon LIVE.

PLEASE NOTE

wXcked Eye does not create converters. This feature only allows users to name a placeholder to connect streams visually in the UI.