anyON TV User Guide

anyON™ TV User Guide

This guide covers the main functions: Login, Open, Publish, Receive and Record. In particular, to Publish any channel, you must Login the anyON™ Directory Service (see anyON TV User Map for Username/Password of your area.) You also need to configure your PC to be visible to your source when you Receive a “Personal Push” from a foreign network and in some other cases (see Appendix: How to Configure DMZ).

1. Login:

In the main menu, click Open->Login to use the anyON™ Directory Service if needed.

In the popup window, input any available Username/Password at your choice, then click Confirm. Login window will also popup automatically when you try to Publish->User Streaming, or Receive Push channels. Username/Password are saved by default for future automatic login. When your choice is already used by an active user, you are prompted to choose another Username. You can always login as a new Username.

2. Open:

1) Open File:

In the main menu, click Open-> File to select and play a local media file.

In the popup window, browse and select your choice of a file then click Open to play.

2) Open URL:

In the main menu, click Open->URL to play a network media. You can input your link (format as mms://server:port) in the popup window, or select one from the pull down menu.

In the pull down menu, select a Web channel then click OK to receive streaming.

3) Open Device:

In the main menu, click Open->Device to open an installed video device.

In case of detecting multiple devices, you can select and configure one independently.

TV Tuner: click to popup a window, then configure channel, country and standard accordingly as shown below.

4) Open User Map:

In the main menu, click Open->User Map to view global online user distribution.

3. Record:

1) Instant:

In the main menu, click Record->Instant to record TV or selected video in real time.

Default path, encoding formats, types etc. are provided as well as other options. Click Start to begin, and Stop to end.

2) Scheduled:

In the main menu, click Record->Scheduled to record TV or selected video on a schedule.

A scheduled task must begin at least 30 minutes later from the time on its setting.

4. Publish:

1) Create Channel:

In the main menu, click Publish->Create Channel to setup and publish a channel.

In the popup window (see below), fill in the Channel Name, Description, Publish Key of your choice, then select Video Source and Publish Mode. Video Source can be any device or media file. A blank Publish Key by default creates an open channel.

There are three options to Publish Mode.

a) User Streaming:

Choose to stream over a limited number of viewers, within a network or globally.

Set Max Client to adjust the maximum number of allowed views to a channel.

User Streaming globally requires a public IP or premium service for the publisher. See Appendix on “How to Configure DMZ” for this purpose.

b) Broadcast:

Choose to broadcast to an unlimited number of viewers, within a network or globally.

Broadcast normally requires longer setup time as compared to User Streaming.

c) Personal Push:

Choose to push from anywhere even behide a firewall to a target, on-demand viewer, in particular across lossy networks.

2) Stop

In the main menu, click Publish->Stop to stop publishing a channel; also use to stop video device.

5. Receive:

In the main menu, click Receive to tune in a channel.

There are three types of channels:

1) Broadcast:

Click Receive-> Broadcast to popup the Channel List window; select your choice of a channel by Channel Name, then click Receive.

Click Receive-> Broadcast-> Stop to end an ongoing broadcasting.

2) User Streaming:

Click Receive-> User Streaming to popup the Channel List window; select your choice of a channel by User Name, then click Receive.

Click Receive-> User Streaming-> Stop to end an ongoing streaming.

3) Personal Push:

Click Receive-> Personal Push to popup the Channel List window; select your choice of a channel by User Name that is Idle, then click Receive.

Click Receive-> User Streaming-> Stop to end an ongoing push.

In case of tuning-in a protected channel, fill in the Channel Key in the popup Input Channel Key window, then click OK. A Channel Key is received from the publisher.

Appendix: How to Configure DMZ

A home PC connected to the Internet via a DSL or cable modem Web Gateway is normally inside a LAN using a private IP address. You can make such a PC visible globally by configuring your Web gateway to share its public (dynamic or static) IP address with the designated PC, when Publish a global User Streaming channel or Receive a Personal Push. Here is an example on how to configure a D-Link Web Gateway/Router for this purpose:

Step 1: Find the private IP address assigned for the PC.

- Open a DOS window or Run “cmd” from Start->Run;

- Type in “ipconfig” from the C:> prompt, it is under: IP Address (see below).

Step 2: Enable DMZ for the PC.

- Access the gateway (normally at 192.168.0.1) from a Web browser;

- Login as Admin (with password) and select Advanced->DMZ from the config menu;

- Type in the IP address of the PC found in step 1, click Enabled (see below).

Other gateways can be configured similarly.

Disclaimer: This is a beta release, so install and use at your own risks. eMedia Tech does not warrant the accuracy of this guide or other material, and has no liability for any errors or omissions here or other material, whether provided directly or by its licensors.

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