CAPTURE PROPERTIES

In this chapter you will learn about the available Capture Properties.

GENERAL

This section contains the possibility to set a name for the capture device and define the resolution for all cues that will be referring to the captured stream.

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  • Name a user defined name for the capture device.
  • Width defines the width, in pixels, of the cue associated with the stream being captured
  • Height defines the height, in pixels, of the cue associated with the stream being captured.

SOURCES

This section gives you the possibility to configure which streams the capture device should listen to.

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  • Streams List shows a list of the streams that this capture device will listen to.
    • Remove All removes all streams that have been added to the capture device.
      • The order in which streams appear in the list will decide the order in which we try to display streams. Streams are prioritized from top (highest priority) to bottom (lowest priority). If the topmost stream in the list is unavailable WATCHOUT attempts to stream the one below it etc.
  • Add NDI® Source
    • Stream lists all available NDI® streams.
  • Add Capture Source
    • Host defines the name of the host/node/machine to create a capture stream from.
    • Source lists all available, non NDI®, streams that can be captured on the selected Host.
    • Format defines the format to use for the stream.