IPTV OTT Encoding & Streaming

Capture from Webcam or Video Capture Cards on Windows

In IPVTL channel settings, select dshow as the source type and click ... to select and preview the available video and audio capture devices.

Tip: On some capture cards, video and audio are produced from the same device. In this case, enter "video=<device_name>:audio=<device_name>" in the URL field.

If there are multiple cards with the same device name, append the video_device_number and audio_device_number parameters (starting from 0) to the device address. For example:
video=<device_name>:audio=<device_name>?video_device_number=0&audio_device_number=1 (to select the 1st video and 2nd audio device)

Stream Screen or Desktop via Windows GDI

In the IPVTL interface, select file as the source type and enter "desktop" in the Media Source field. Navigate to Advanced Format Settings, click the Custom Options tab, and enter "-f gdigrab -framerate 5" in the Source Options field.

Tip: You can also stream screen with audio via NDI from third-party streaming applications such as vMix, XSplit, and OBS, see the Newtek NDI section.

Stream Screen on Linux via Video4Linux

In the IPVTL web administration interface, select v4l2 as the source type and enter the device name in the Media Source field, such as /dev/video0.

Stream from Microsoft Windows Media Services

Select mms (Media Stream over HTTP) as the source format and enter the URL that can be played in Windows Media Player, for example: mms://192.168.0.1/vod/playlist.wsx

Normally, MMS works in most cases. If issues occur, try mmst (MMS over TCP) instead.