tbs electronics TBS8520 User manual

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TBS8520 Transcoder Server User Guide
Copyright © TBS Technologies 2005-2018 All Rights Reserved
2018-06-21

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Catalog
1. Product Overview ................................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Product Presentation .................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Product Specifications ...............................................................................................................................4
2. Quick Start ...........................................................................................................................................................6
3. Home Page...........................................................................................................................................................8
4.Management Page................................................................................................................................................8
4.1 General Setting ..........................................................................................................................................8
4.2 Users Setting ..............................................................................................................................................9
4.3 Other page .................................................................................................................................................9
5.Content Page.......................................................................................................................................................11
5.1 General Setting ........................................................................................................................................11
5.1.1 Setting...........................................................................................................................................11
5.1.2 Advanced Settings.........................................................................................................................12
5.2 Profiles Setting.........................................................................................................................................12
5.2.1 Preprocessing Profile ....................................................................................................................12
5.2.2 Post-processing Profile(Transcode Profile) ...................................................................................13
5.2.3 Output Profile(HLS/ABR Profile) ...................................................................................................15
5.3 DVB Management....................................................................................................................................16
5.3.1 Transponders(DVBS/S2, DVBT/T2, DVB-C, ATSC…)........................................................................16
5.3.2 All Channels ..................................................................................................................................18
5.3.3 TV Channels ..................................................................................................................................20
5.3.4 Radio Channels .............................................................................................................................20
5.3.5 Tuner Cards ...................................................................................................................................21
5.3.6 Modulators ...................................................................................................................................22
5.4 Import Stream Management ...................................................................................................................22
5.4.1 Unicast Stream Import..................................................................................................................22
5.4.2 Multicast Stream Import...............................................................................................................23
5.4.3 HTTP Stream Import .....................................................................................................................24
5.4.4 HTTP Live Playlists.........................................................................................................................25
5.4.5 MPTS stream Import.....................................................................................................................27
5.4.6 Local Files Import..........................................................................................................................29
5.5 Broadcasting Status .................................................................................................................................30
5.5.1 Multicast Status ............................................................................................................................30
5.5.2 DVB-C Output Status.....................................................................................................................30
5.5.3 ASI Modulator Status ....................................................................................................................30
6.Status Page .........................................................................................................................................................31
6.1 Monitoring ...............................................................................................................................................31
6.2 Resources(Output Stream Address).........................................................................................................34
7.System Page........................................................................................................................................................35
7.1 General Setting ........................................................................................................................................35
7.2 Host Setting..............................................................................................................................................35
7.3 Services Setting........................................................................................................................................36
7.4 Network Setting .......................................................................................................................................37

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1. Product Overview
1.1 Product Presentation
TBS8520 multiple inputs H.264/H.265 IPTV transcoder is TBS latest product, which is designed for our TBS
TV tuner card customers. It’s a high-performance video server that features in high integration and reliable
hardware transcoding server. Because the original data rate from DVB-S/S2 channels is very high, send it to
internet directly will cost a lot of bandwidth, then you need both receiving server and transcode server to
lowdown the bit rate, this is not convenient and will greatly increase the cost of the solution.
Now with TBS8520 real-time transcoder server you can Receiving and Transcoding at the same time, this is
acost-effective solution for OTT IPTV providers. With Two Giga Ethernet Ports, it can be configured to transcode
up to 80SD or 30 Full HD streams simultaneously, and equipped with 2 TBS Tuner/Capture PCI-e card inputs(up
to 16 tuners) to receive channels directly from satellite or ASI / IP inputs to receive digital channels.
It can be easily managed through NMS system, and has become an ideal solution for operator to provide
high quality video transcoding. TBS8520 is a real multi-channel/formal transocoding server which answers all
market requirements and is thus the suitable solution to Terrestrial, Satellite, Cable, IPTV networks

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1.2 Product Specifications

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Size
2U
Input interface
2xRJ45, 1000M Base-T2
2xPCI-E slot
Input
Input Signal
DVBS/S2, DVBT/T2, DVBC, ATSC, ISDBT, DTMB, HDMI, ASI
Input Net Stream
UDP, RTP, HTTP, HLS, Media Files
Video codecs
MPEG-2, AVC / H.264, HEVC / H.265
Resolution
1920x1080P, 1920x1080i, 1280x720P, 720x576i, 720x480i, 480x576, 544x576,
640x576,704x576
Audio codecs
AAC, MP2, MP3, AC-3
Output
Output types
UDP, RTMP, HTTP, HLS, Media Files
Video codecs
MPEG-2, AVC / H.264, HEVC / H.265
Resolution
1920x1080P, 1920x1080i, 1280x720P, 720x576i, 720x480i, 480x576, 544x576, 640x576,
704x576
Audio codecs
AAC, MP3
Rate Control
CBR/VBR
Transcoder
up to 80 SD / 30 HD1080 AVC(H.264) streams
up to 50 SD / 26 HD1080 HEVC(H.265) streams
Power
Consumption
65W ~ 250W

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2. Quick Start
When you get your TBS8520 please use the default Ethernet LAN1 and use the DPI to VGA converter
coming with TBS8520 connect to your monitor
Then power on after a while you can get this information from your screen:
You can see that the server
default IP: 10.47.48.1/255.255.240.0
Username : admin
Password: kylone@1
Make sure that your PC is set to be the same range IP of TBS8520.

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You can using Google Chrome Browse to open the main page of TBS8520 like this :
after Sign in then you can see the whole panel of TBS8520:

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3. Home Page
Home page you can get the server CPU and Memory Usage status and Ethernet Input and Output status
4.Management Page
4.1 General Setting
Allow Remote Devices this option is used to enable or disable the stream can be play from TBS8520,if you set
to Yes then you can use VLC play the stream from TBS8520. if you are using RTMP send the stream to your CDN
then you can disable this to protect your stream .

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4.2 Users Setting
This page you can manage the login user account ,you can delete or create new account .
4.3 Other page
This is page show all clients connect information include which application and how long it has been
connected.

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And you can click one of the IP it will show the detail page, you can disable this IP do not let it get the
stream from our TBS8520 protect your stream you can set like this :