TBS technologies TBS8510 User manual

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TBS8510 Transcoder Server User Guide
Copyright © TBS Technologies 2005-2021 All Rights Reserved
2021-04-07

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Catalog /content
1. Product Overview ................................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Product Presentation.................................................................................................................................4
1.2 Product Specifications ...............................................................................................................................5
2. Quick Start ...........................................................................................................................................................7
3. Home Page...........................................................................................................................................................8
4.Clients ...................................................................................................................................................................9
4.1 General Setting ..........................................................................................................................................9
4.2 Clients ........................................................................................................................................................9
5. Content Setting..................................................................................................................................................11
5.1 General Setting ........................................................................................................................................11
5.1.1 Summary.......................................................................................................................................11
5.1.2 Settings .........................................................................................................................................11
5.1.3 Advanced Settings.........................................................................................................................12
5.2 DVB Management....................................................................................................................................13
5.2.1 Transponders (DVBS/S2, DVBT/T2, DVB-C, ATSC…).......................................................................13
5.2.2 All Channels ..................................................................................................................................16
5.2.3 TV Channels ..................................................................................................................................17
5.2.4 Radio Channels .............................................................................................................................17
5.2.5 Tuner Cards...................................................................................................................................18
5.3 Import Stream Management...................................................................................................................19
5.3.1 Unicast Stream Import..................................................................................................................19
5.3.2 Multicast Stream Import...............................................................................................................20
5.3.3 HTTP Stream Import .....................................................................................................................21
5.3.4 RTSP stream import ......................................................................................................................22
5.3.5 HDMI/SDI Capture Import ............................................................................................................23
5.3.6 HTTP Live Playlists.........................................................................................................................24
5.3.7 MPTS stream Import.....................................................................................................................26
5.3.8 Local Files Import..........................................................................................................................28
5.3.9 Other file input (RTMP input) .......................................................................................................30
5.4 TS Submission ..........................................................................................................................................32
5.4.1 Multicast .......................................................................................................................................32
5.4.2 CDN (RTMP Output)......................................................................................................................33
5.4.3 MPTS Multiplexing........................................................................................................................36
5.4.4 DVB/ASI Modulators .....................................................................................................................38
5.5 Profiles Setting.........................................................................................................................................39
5.5.1 Preprocessing Profile ....................................................................................................................39
5.5.2 Post-processing Profile (Transcode Profile)...................................................................................40
5.7.3 Output Profile (HLS/ABR Profile)...................................................................................................43
6. Status Page.........................................................................................................................................................46
6.1 Monitoring...............................................................................................................................................46
6.2 Resources (Output Stream Address)........................................................................................................49

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7. System Page.......................................................................................................................................................50
7.1 General Setting ........................................................................................................................................50
7.1.1 Settings .........................................................................................................................................50
7.1.2 Data Time......................................................................................................................................51
7.1.3 Tools..............................................................................................................................................52
7.1.4 User Interface ...............................................................................................................................52
7.2 Users ........................................................................................................................................................53
7.3 Services....................................................................................................................................................53
7.3.1 SNMP ............................................................................................................................................53
7.3.2 Sharing..........................................................................................................................................54
7.4 Network ...................................................................................................................................................54
7.4.1 Interface........................................................................................................................................54
7.4.2 Diagnostics....................................................................................................................................56
7.5 Third-Party Plugins...................................................................................................................................57
8. Let the System parameter changes take effect..................................................................................................57

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1. Product Overview
1.1 Product Description
TBS8510 multiple inputs H.264/H.265 IPTV transcoder is specially 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. The original data rate of DVB-S/S2 channels is very high, which will take up a lot of
bandwidth if it is sent directly to the internet. So, you will need both receiving server and transcoding server to
compress the bit rate. But it is definite not a convenient solution, as it will greatly increase the cost of the
system.
Now, with TBS8510 real-time transcoding server, you can receive and transcode channels at the same time.
This is a cost-effective solution for OTT IPTV providers. With Two Giga Ethernet Ports, TBS8510 is capable to
transcode either 80 SD or 30 Full HD streams. Equipped with 2 pieces of TBS Tuner/Capture PCI-e card (up to 16
tuners), TBS8510 is also capable to receive channels directly from DVB RF or ASI / IP inputs.
TBS8510 can be easily managed through NMS system and has become an ideal solution for operators to
provide high quality video transcoding. TBS8510 is a real multi-channel/formal transcoding server that meets
all market requirements and is thus the suitable solution for Terrestrial, Satellite, Cable, IPTV networks.

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1.2 Product Specifications
D: IPMI is the Intelligent Platform Management Interface, you can setup the IP inside the BIOS
F: LAN1 is the default network port

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Size
1U
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, 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, MP2, MP3, AC-3
Output
Output types
UDP, RTMP, HTTP, HLS, Media Files
Video codecs
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
Version 1:
up to 60-80 SD/30 HD 1080 AVC(H.264) streams
up to 60 SD/28 HD 1080 HEVC(H.265) streams
Version 2:
up to 80-100 SD/40 HD 1080 AVC(H.264) streams
up to 80 SD/36 HD 1080 HEVC(H.265) streams
Power
Consumption
65W ~ 250W

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2. Quick Start
When using the TBS8510 transcoder for the first time, please connect the default Ethernet LAN1 and VGA
to your monitor.
Power on the server, then the following information will be displayed on the screen:
You can see the default IP configuration of the server:
default IP: 10.47.48.1/255.255.240.0
User name: admin
Password: kylone@1
Make sure that your PC is set to have the same range IP as TBS8510.

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You can use Google Chrome Browse to open the web page of TBS8510:
After login in, you can see the whole panel of TBS8510:
3. Home Page
Here you can see the transcoder’s CPU and Memory Usage status, Ethernet Input and Output status, and
detailed transcode modules status.

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4. Clients
4.1 General Setting
Allow Remote Devices this option is used to enable or disable the streaming from TBS8510. If you set to Yes,
then you can use VLC to play the stream from TBS8510. If you use RTMP to send the stream to your CDN, then
you can disable this to protect your stream.
4.2 Clients
This page shows the connection information of each client, including which application and how long it
has been connected.
You can click any IP to enter detailed page. If you want to protect the stream and prevent this IP getting
the stream from you TBS8510, you can set it as bellowed:

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5. Content Setting
5.1 General Setting
5.1.1 Summary
Here you can see the status of all channels, check the process profile in use. You can click any of them to enter
the detail setting page.
5.1.2 Settings
Streaming Configuration: This is the HTTP output option. You can choose the Ethernet interface for streaming.
The default mode is HTTP output.
Multicast (System Defaults): This is the global multicast output option. You can choose the Ethernet interface
for streaming multicast.

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5.1.3 Advanced Settings
Unicast/Multicast/HTTP Stream Acquisition: You can set the stream input/output buffer in this section.
TBS8510 Transcoder will cache the stream then start processing.
HTTP Live Stream Acquisition: You can set the HTTP import stream options in this section, including the
Connection Timeout and Buffer Time.

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5.2 DVB Management
5.2.1 Transponders (DVBS/S2, DVBT/T2, DVB-C, ATSC…)
Here you can create files to manage all the DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C, ISDB-T, ATSC transponders. Let’s take a
DVB-S2 transponder as an example:
Press New Record, then you will have follow dialog:
If you are using a TBS Multi Standard Tuner card such as TBS6590, TB6528, TBS6522, TBS6508, the Frontend
Number should be set to 1 when you lock DVB-S/S2 transponder.
In other modes, you can leave the value as Default.
Fill in all necessary values, then press Save, and go to the bottom of the transponder, press Scan:

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After press Scan, you can choose the tuner that you want to use to scan this transponder, please choose the
one which is not in use:
After successful scan, press OK. Then you can go to All Channels to configure the channels:
Here is an example of DVB-C:

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Here is an example of DVB-T/T2:
Choose system DVB-T input the Frequency (Hz), Press Save and then Edit to input the else parameters:
Here is an example of ATSC:

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Here is an example of DTMB:
5.2.2 All Channels
Let’s take CGTN channel as an example. it will display the channel properties. Press Edit to start configuration:
You can setup the transcode profile or change the channel PID information.

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Program Configuration
LCN: if you do not use it with modulator you can keep this value.
Engine Configuration
If you want to encrypt the stream, you can enable it. We are using DVB/CSA.
Additional Outputs
Multicast: You can set up multicast for this channel.
CDN: You can choose RTMP (push) to enable the RTMP streaming. After enable the RTMP, you still need to do
more configuration in this page .
External Modules
Preprocessing: Choose the soft decryption profile you want to use.
Post-processing: Choose the transcoding profile you want to use.
Output (HLS): If you want output HLS/ABR streams, you can choose the profile you want to use.
You can output default HTTP, UDP as Post-processing profile or HLS/ABR as Output profile
5.2.3 TV Channels
List all TV Channels
5.2.4 Radio Channels
List all Radio Channels

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5.2.5 Tuner Cards
Here you can see the status of all tuners. Following picture, you can see that the tuner is not used.
Press Edit to assign the transponder to the tuner.
(For the NEW TP make sure that it is already has been successfully scanned on the transponder page, then
assign it to the tuner.)
Please make sure to configure the idle tuners, when you assign TP to the tuner in transponder page.
Then press Save and Commit all the new settings:

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5.3 Import Stream Management
5.3.1 Unicast Stream Import
You can input the unicast stream here, press New Recorder to create a new one.
Record Details of Unicast Acquisition
Display Name: The name of the unicast stream.
Interface: Choose the interface we are receiving the unicast stream.
Port Address 4001-4250: The Port number of the unicast stream.
Channel Configuration
You can disable or enable the stream with Current State option.
Engine Configuration
Stream Model: We have two options Passthrough and Cached Streaming. Passthrough means the stream will
be directly streamed out. If the input stream speed is fast, you can use this option. Cached Streaming means
TBS8510 transcoder will cache about 5 to 10 seconds (You can set this value at Advanced Settings), then start
streaming. When the stream speed is not very fast, you can use this option.
Double Buffer: If the stream still not smooth, you can enable this option to set a double buffer.
Broadcasting
You can multicast the stream here.
CDN Upload
It is the same like channels CDN Upload settings.
External Modules
It is the same like channels External Modules setting:
As our server IP is 10.47.48.1. Let’s take this UDP stream as an example udp://@10.47.48.1:4001.

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5.3.2 Multicast Stream Import
You can input the multicast stream here, press New Recorder to create a new one.
Record Details of Multicast
Display Name: The name of the multicast stream.
Interface: Choose the interface we are receiving the multicast stream.
IGMP version: You can choose Automatic,1,2,3.
Multicast Address: the UDP multicast address.
Port Address: The Port number of the multicast stream.
Channel Configuration
You can disable or enable the stream with Current State option
Engine Configuration
Stream Model: We have two options Passthrough and Cached Streaming. Passthrough means the stream will
be directly streamed out. If the input stream speed is fast, you can use this option. Cached Streaming means
TBS8510 Transcoder will cache about 5 to 10 seconds (You can set this value at Advanced Settings), then start
streaming. When the stream speed is not very fast, you can use this option.
Double Buffer: If the stream still not smoothly you can enable this option to set a double buffer.
Broadcasting
You can multicast this stream here
CDN Upload
It is the same like channels CDN Upload settings.
External Modules
It is the same like channels External Modules setting:
Let’s take this udp stream as example udp://@239.255.0.1:1234