Hi Gil,
Thanks!
Maybe we should start a Gofundme page where we can contibute to a fund for R&L
Media to write a manual for Masterplay. 🙂 There is so much that I don't know
about what the software can do.
Blessings,
Keith
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Here is one....
Just right click on one of your input's or outputs and click "Add input"...
then select stream, then add the line.
[m3u8.png]
Gil Reynolds
VP / Station Manager
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| Yelcot - Ch 68-75 | NEXT - Ch 40
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 10:58 AM Keith Leitch
<keith@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:keith@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Rick,
Wow, that's a wonderful idea to get a Black Magic Clean switch. It would be
nice if they had a 13'th output that had thumbnails of all of the other 12
inputs. 🙂
May I ask for step by strep instructions how to set up an m3u8 playlist stream
in Masterplay? Alternatively, can you just copy the entry in the playlist as
an example of one these (note: you can obscure the actual URL listing).
Blessings,
Keith
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It may be my early experiences and the networks have invested in bigger
pipes. I 100% agree with the monitoring function in Masterplay. And have
thought about putting the Black Magic “Clean Switch” in front of the igolgi to
act as a “Frame Sync” so an interruption in the stream going to the igolgi does
not cause it issues. And it may be that issue has been fixed in the newer
igolgi.
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I tend to disagree with Rick, I've had zero issues with the network feeds being
received by Masterplay. I've got 1 feed being received via SRT and 3 being
received via an m3u8 playlist stream. In the settings of Masterplay when you
setup the stream, You can tell it to automatically restart if you lose a
connection, and you can change the command line argument to increase buffering
if needed. I think the key is to make sure you have a good internet connection
at your end, with a business class router / switch / network / IT setup.
However, on the flipside... we actually use D2D boxes as well and send our ASI
output of our encoder from one of our stations via over Internet thru a D2D box
to our other station which has a D2D box on receive end then to transmitter.
Have zero issues with it as well. Great boxes.
Gil Reynolds
VP / Station Manager
Hometown Television:
XL7-TV (K07XL Mtn. Home)
K26-TV (K26GS Harrison)
Over the Air - Ch 26 | COX – Ch 843 | Suddenlink – Ch 22 | Ritter – Ch 21 - 28
| Yelcot - Ch 68-75 | NEXT - Ch 40
1226 Commerce Drive
Mountain, Home, AR 72653
Office: 870-424-6957
Cell 870-391-6060
HometownTV.net<http://www.hometowntv.net/>
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 9:35 AM Keith Leitch
<keith@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:keith@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Rick,
Yes, I love the D2Flex3000. Every time I find a bug in it, I report it to
Steve, and he fixes it. Now, the D2Flex3000s are really reliable for sending
video over the internet, and they are not expensive. You can buy cheap Sencore
3187Bs off of Ebay to take an ASI feed and get an SDI output. You do have to
encode to ASI on the sending end. I have GeoSat Pro to encode one of my feeds
to ASI. For one of my links I encode 2.5 Mbps MPEG4 over ASI and then decode
it.
Yes, I do have an issue that pops up with one of my iGolgi encoders that takes
in an ASI input. If the ASI input goes away, then that input channel can trip
off. It is best to feed the iGolgi SDI video or video over ethernet. The nice
thing about using a Sencore 3187A/B to feed into the iGolgi is that if the
network feed drops, the Sencore always maintains SDI video to the iGolgi
encoder.
So, what I think I'm hearing from you is to use some sort of buffering device
to receive an internet stream and switch that into Masterplay instead of using
Masterplay directly to receive a stream. That makes sense. Perhaps taking in
an internet feed directly works 95% of the time, but that 5% of the time that
it doesn't work can mess up things!
Blessings,
Keith
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The issue is the software changes so often, it is hard to make an up-to-date
manual.
As for IP streams, you set each stream up as a separate “input” and “switch”
between them. But a word of caution. Yes, Masterplay will decode streams. But
it is only as good as the streams coming in. The internet is not an “ideal”
beast and there is no direct link between point “A” and point “B”. So networks
through the internet are going to have issues. You can use SRT which buffers
the stream so if something drops out it can try to replace what dropped out.
But that only does so much. And some encoder like the Igolgi can lock up when a
feed is interrupted even if the feed continues. So be prepared for headaches
from internet IP feeds. There is a reason the big networks use satellite or
playout the programming locally. The internet was not designed with a 24/7 feed
in mind. Even IP networks like Disney+ buffer in the local box to work around
the issues. And Disney has big servers and “pipes” on their end but they cannot
control between point “A” and “B”. Just a word of caution before you start
cursing the Masterplay when it is not it’s fault.
So the point is yes, Masterplay can decode the IP streams. But if the network
has an external box with buffering built in and can hand you an SDI video feed,
that may be a more reliable solution. And you can put a monitor inbetween the
two boxes to isolate issues. And sometimes that external box is as much as a
Masterplay.
Maybe an SRT box like the D2D that the network goes into, buffers, then out
of that into the Masterplay. IP & Cat5 will soon replace SDI and video cables.
But video through the internet requires buffering.
Richard Goetz
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Funny thing about masterplay is that no manual is provided for users. I’ve been
told that one exists but it’s so bad or old that it is obsolete.
Orson
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Hi list, we are Masterplay newbies and would like to receive streaming inputs
from three network feeds that we switch to hour-by-hour as well as at times run
local shows from files.
While we would love to be able to a) turn these streams on/off as needed, we
could live with b) having them on full-time. Would someone please suggest us
how to do either one?
Am I missing a manual that tells how to do this?
Stephen
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