On 11-09-30 10:30 AM, Hoover, Thomas wrote:
> Greetings,
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> We at Pepperdine University are in the process of setting up Matterhorn
> using Epiphan devices.
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> I was wondering if anyone could give us any guidance or suggestions
> (best practices) in getting started.
> 

First off, welcome!

Your first step is probably going to be upgrading the firmware.  The
newest firmware is available from
http://www.epiphan.com/downloads/firmware/Davinci_Matterhorn/beta.php.
The device has an onboard configuration system which appears at
http://$my_device/admin.

Some best practices for the encoding settings:

1)  Turn on all the streams if you might use them at any point.  The
admin UI will give you the option of turning off a stream, but it cannot
override the device's onboard input settings.
2)  Higher encoding settings require more processing power from the
device, and it is quite possible to overload it.  Experiment with the
settings, lower bitrates are entirely watchable much of the time.
3)  I recommend PCM audio.  It makes the files a little bigger, but the
mp3 encoding is done in software so it's fairly expensive for the device.

Please let us know on the matterhorn-users list if you encounter any
issues.  There are several other users on that list as well as myself
(who did the MH integration work).

G

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> I welcome and appreciate any feedback you might be able to provide.
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> Best,
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