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Starting a Live

You can start a live manually or you can enable the Auto-live at startup. See FKN_Enabling/Disabling Auto-Live at Startup.

Unit Panel

To start the Live: 

  1. From the Home menu, tap Play button. The video preview appears on screen and the live profile selected is reminded. When tappingArrow left or Arrow right, the Live menu provides some additional information.

    A icon
    Selected Live Profile
    B icon
    Selected Record Profile
    C icon
    Auto-record is enabled or not (OFF/ON)
    D icon
    The Selected Destination Profile

    You can modify these settings before starting the Live action.

    • To select another Live profile:

      1. Tap the field beside Play icon.

      2. Tap another Live profile.

    • To select another Record profile:

      1. Tap the field beside

        Record icon.

      2. Tap another Record profile.

    • To modify the Auto-Record mode:

      1. Tap the toggle button to enable or disabled Auto-Record.

    • To select another Destination profile:

      1. Tap the field besideDestination icon.

      2. Tap a different Destination profile.

  2. Tap Play button to start the Live. The video preview appears on screen.

    A icon Audio Bars indicating Audio Levels

    B icon Record Indicator

    Live Indicator

    Live Duration

  3. Tap

    Left arrow
    to display information about the Live action.


    A icon
    Network Bitrate
    B icon
    End-to-End Latency configured in the Live Profile or modified remotely from StreamHub interface
    C icon
    Source Standard
    D icon
    Live Duration

    Note

    Refer to the StreamHub User Guide to set another delay during Live operation.

    In case of a Live and simultaneous Record, a different screen appears: 

    A icon Remaining recording time possible on SD card

    B icon Space used on SD card

To stop the Live:

  1. TapRight arrow.

  2. Tap > Stop Live.

To stop the Record:

  1. Tap Right arrow.

  2. Tap   > Stop Record.

Connection Loss during a Live with Simultaneous Record

Recordings of your Live events will continue even if the network connection is lost and Live is interrupted.

If the network connection is lost:

  1. You will receive an error message.
  2. Tap OK to return to the Live preview, where you will see the recording still in progress. 
  3. Tap 

    to view the resolution and remaining recording time possible on the SD card.

Web Interface

To start the Live:

  1. On the Dashboard, in the Streams section, click the

    Settings icon
    icon to check that the unit settings are configured and selected as required.

    Note

    If you enable the Auto-Record option, the video file is automatically recorded during the live.

  2. Click the Save button.

  3. Click the   icon to start the Live.

To stop the Live:

  1. Click the   icon.

  2. Confirm to stop the video transmission.

Connection Loss during a Live with Simultaneous Record

Recordings of your Live events will continue even if the network connection is lost and Live is interrupted.


Network loss will be indicated by the No Network warning on the Live preview panel. When this occurs, you have the option to: 

  • Stop the Live and the Recording by clicking the 

     icon,

  • Stop the Recording only by clicking the 

     icon. 

Note

The Forward 

 function is disabled when network connection is lost. 

Camera

Note

Before starting a live, make sure that the REC button, the Live profile, and the Destination profile have been configured. Please see FKN_Configuring the Camera's REC Button and FKN_Configuring Live Profiles.

  • Press the camera's REC button.

The Live is in progress.

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