Update Kulabyte for Streaming to Patched Display Engine

Note: Before updating your Kulabyte, please make sure that you have applied Build 43 to your Display Engine(s).

Now that you've patched your Display Engine, it is time to update your Kulabyte with the new transmission URLs for our new DVR server.

Settings Reference

Server URL: ep2.storage.sardius.media/ep2/hls/accountID/name/
- accountID: Your Sardius Account ID
- name: Unique name for the DVR Stream
Variant Playlist Name: playlist.m3u8
Segment Duration (ms): 10000
Segment Count: 4800
Additional Settings
- enable_hls_buffer = true
- hlsbufferduration = 7200

New Kulabyte Channel

If you have an existing channel that you would like to update instead, please click here.

Access your Kulabyte UI. Click the three dots in the upper left corner and select "Add Channel"

In Step 1 of the modal, give the channel an easily identifiable name. Then click Next.

In Step 2 of the modal, select the appropriate input/baseband. Then click Next.

Don't make any changes to the Video/Audio sources UNLESS you need to send multi-channel audio to your satellite campus(es). To add additional channels:

Click the + button under "Audio Inputs"
Adjust the different inputs based on your audio board's Stereo/Mono configuration and assign the appropriate channel(s) to that input.

Click Next to advance to Step 3.

In Step 3 of the modal, select the H264-1080-AAC-192 Template.

Note: We do not want to select an ABR (Waterfall / Adjustable Bitrate) template as Display Engines only support 1 bitrate.

In Step 4 of the modal, select HLS as the output, then enter the following information:

Output Name: Sardius DVR (or something similar)
Protocol: http://
Server: enter the URL according to the following formula:
- TEMPLATE: ep2.storage.sardius.media/ep2/hls/accountID/name/
  - accountID: Your Sardius Account ID
  - name: Unique name for the DVR Stream
- FINAL RESULT (example): ep2.storage.sardius.media/1s2D3f4g/9amService/
Variant Playlist Name: playlist.m3u8
Segment Duration: 10000
Segment Count: 4800

Note: If you do not know your unique Sardius Account ID, contact Sardius Support.

Click on the Tool icon in the upper right corner of the modal.

Add the following parameters:

enable_hls_buffer = true
hls_buffer_duration = 7200

Click OK to close the parameters menu.

Click OK to finish with the Output Parameters.

Click Next.

Verify the information shown in the "Ready to Stream" modal. Then click "Done."

If you would like a higher bitrate for your stream, simply edit the channel and adjust the 1080p Video Encoder.

Be sure to click Apply to save any changes.

Congratulations! You have successfully updated your Kulabyte. Please advance to the final step, which is Add Playback URL to Patched Display Engine

Update Existing Kulabyte Channel

Locate your channel in the Kulabyte. Click on the 3 dots in the upper left corner and select Channel Details.

Under the Destination window, locate the HLS output you will be revising. Double click on it.

Enter the following information:

Output Name: Sardius DVR (or something similar)
Protocol: http://
Server: enter the URL according to the following formula:
- TEMPLATE: ep2.storage.sardius.media/ep2/hls/accountID/name/
  - accountID: Your Sardius Account ID
  - name: Unique name for the DVR Stream
- FINAL RESULT (example): ep2.storage.sardius.media/1s2D3f4g/9amService/
Variant Playlist Name: playlist.m3u8
Segment Duration: 10000
Segment Count: 4800

Click on the Tool icon in the upper right corner of the modal.

Add the following parameters:

enable_hls_buffer = true
hls_buffer_duration = 7200

Click OK to close the Destination menu. Then click Apply.

Congratulations! You have successfully updated your Kulabyte. Please advance to the final step, which is Add Playback URL to Patched Display Engine.