Manage feeds

Add a feed

To add a feed, follow these steps:

1. Browse to the Home Page. At the first connection, no feeds are created.

   

2. Click the Add feed icon. A new window is displayed.

3. You can either:

   • Create a feed using default configurations. When creating a feed for the first time, use this method.
   • Reuse a saved configuration.

Create a feed using default configurations

To add a feed, follow these steps:

1. Check that Channel types radio button is selected.

2. Select a feed type. The selected template is surrounded by a blue frame.

   Example of channel creation

3. Enter a name for that feed then click the Add feed button. A new feed is displayed on the Home page. This feed has some basic predefined settings for Encode and Stream process components, but you will need to complete and configure some parameters.

Reuse a saved configuration

Before you start: ensure you have previously saved an existing configuration.

To reuse an existing configuration, follow these steps:

1. Select the saved configuration from the list in the Saved Configuration section of the Add Feed dialog.

   

2. Set the Feed name.

3. Click the Add feed button. A new feed is displayed on the Home page. This feed can be edited, started, saved, or downloaded.

Save an existing feed configuration

You can save an existing feed configuration. The saved configurations can then be reused thus facilitating a new feed configuration process.

To save a feed, follow these steps:

1. From the Home page, select a feed then click then select Save Configuration from the menu.

   

   A new window is displayed.

   

2. Enter a Name and a Description then click Save.

   For the Description, we recommend entering useful details that will help to know what parameters are set.

3. Click Save to validate. A message informs you that the configuration was saved.

You can access the saved configurations by clicking the Manage configurations link in the top right corner of the Home page. Saved configurations can then be renamed, deleted, or downloaded.

Export an existing feed configuration

To export an existing channel configuration, follow these steps:

1. From the Home page, select a feed then click the then select Download Configuration from the menu.

   

   A new window is displayed.

   

2. Enter a Name and a Description then click Download.

3. Locate the folder where you want to export the configuration, enter a file name then click Save.

The configuration is downloaded. The exported configurations can then be sent by email, imported on the same device or onto another device.

Import an existing feed configuration

Before you start: ensure you have previously exported a feed configuration.

To import a configuration, follow these steps:

1. From the Home page, click the Manage Configurations in the top right corner.

2. You can either:

   1. Drag and drop a configuration file,

   2. or click on the Add from file area. A file explorer will be shown, select your file from the file explorer.

This new configuration is added to the saved configurations. You can change the name and description.

Show active feeds on top

The home page displays a maximum number of 32 feeds. You can toggle the Re-order feeds button to display the active feeds at the top of the home page.