HPE Media Server can ingest video directly from a DirectShow device, such as a video capture card or camera.
Ingestion from a DirectShow device is supported only on Windows.
To ingest video from a DirectShow device
Create a new configuration to send to HPE Media Server with the process
action, or open an existing configuration that you want to modify.
In the [Ingest]
section, set the IngestEngine
parameter to the name of a section in the configuration file that will contain the ingestion settings. For example:
[Ingest] IngestEngine=CaptureCard
Create a new section in the configuration file to contain the ingestion settings, and set the following parameters:
Type
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The ingest engine to use. Set this parameter to libav . |
Format
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The video format. Set this parameter to dshow . |
IngestDateTime
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(Optional) The ingest engine produces output tracks that contain timestamped records. You can use this parameter to control the timestamp values, which is useful if you are ingesting video that was originally broadcast at an earlier time. Specify the time in epoch milliseconds or ISO 8601 UTC. |
For example:
[CaptureCard] Type=libav Format=dshow
There is no configuration parameter to specify the source. You must specify the name of the DirectShow device that you want to use as the value of the Source
parameter in the Process
action, when you start processing.
For more information about the parameters you can set to configure ingestion, refer to the HPE Media Server Reference.
Save and close the configuration file. HPE recommends that you save your configuration files in the location specified by the ConfigDirectory
parameter.
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