NetUP Stream Processor is a multifunctional software-hardware complex designed to solve video streaming problems. General functions can be divided into several parts:

Before you start the NetUP Stream Processor:

1) Connect the Ethernet cable to the 1st port on the front panel;

2) Plug in the device to the power supply.

After turning on the device, wait a few minutes for it boot up. Now you need to launch the web interface.

For this you need:

1) Have a PC or Smart device with a web browser in the same local network;

2) Set up a network connection at the headend using the LCD-panel;

3) Make sure that any sources of IP streams are available from this network for interaction.

Launch the web interface and open the Stream Processor module, which is used for receiving, processing and streaming IP streams. The following articles will be helpful for you in setting up:

Stream Processor equipped with an LCD panel and control buttons. You can use them for the initial setup of the device, monitoring load of the LAN-interfaces and CPU and setup IP addresses for network adapters.

Stream Processor allows you to download arbitrary video files and collect playlists from them, if you have the required license. Each playlist broadcasting as a separate stream.

To start broadcasting from one or several files:

1) Open the Receiving tab, in the lower-right corner press Start receiving.

2) In the opened form choose Source type ⇒ Media file and fill inAlias (arbitrary).

3) Press on Media files to open uploading and settings menu.

4) Upload the files for streaming one by one. It will be displayed in the Uploaded media files list. To add file to the playlist click on it and it will move to the Current playlist

5) If there is only one file, then you can press Save If there are several files, then you can sort them using drag and drop or arrows. You can also activate the option Repeat.

6) After you have formed and saved the playlist, you need to configure its streaming

This function allows you to create a mosaic channel from arbitrary input streams:

1) Choose a tab Processing, in the lower-right corner press Start Processing Mosaic.

2) The field Resolution defines this setting to the final output mosaic channel.

The manual resolution limit depends on the selected codec.

3) Choose the optimal grid dimension. The grid is needed only for useful movement of elements with the mouse. The mosaic elements can be of arbitrary size and position. The exact settings of the size and position of elements can be set when adding them using the X, Y, width, height fields.

4) Select the required stream and place it on the screen. Add streams until you achieve the desired result.

5) Specify the processing settings.

6) Press Save. The operation is now started and you can create an output stream.

To overlay a one-time scrolling text, follow these steps:

1) Open the tab Processing, perform transcoding with the stream on which you want to overlay the scrolling text.

2) At the top of the transcoding settings window press button Run scrolling text.

3) Fill in the text. The operation will start immediately after press the Run button.

This function allows you to overlay an arbitrary image on any stream. The overlay takes place immediately without disruptions or artifacts in the stream. Application:

1) Open the tab Processing, perform transcoding with the stream on which you want to overlay the image.

2) After the transcoding settings, open the Overlay menu below.

3) Set the optimal Grid size. The grid is needed only for useful movement of elements with the mouse. More detailed editing of the image, it size and position is possible using the fields in the right of its preview when loading.

4) Download the needed image. Multiple images can be used.

5) Place the images, then press the Save button. The overlay takes place immediately.

You can quickly control the result by running the stream from the Streaming tab in any player or by using the preview icon:

To overlay animation you can use any popular codecs and containers, including with an alpha channel.

For the general method of setting up streams reception, see the section Quick start - How to receive a stream?

This function is intended for online monitoring of all recorded HLS streams, their actual Disk usage and viewing timelines. To launch the CatchUp manager, click on the icon in the upper-left corner of the interface.

When you create any HLS-stream in the Streaming tab (with storage duration = 0 hours by default), it immediately moves to the CatchUp manager and is marked as a not recording. If a non-zero hours storage duration is specified for a stream, then the stream is marked as recording.

You can set the storage duration for already created streams directly from the stream manager page. To do this, in the lower right corner, click the Edit CatchUP button. The opened window has its own quick help:

The option apply to existing records allows you to set a new storage duration for all old chunks of the stream. The time is counted from the date of creation of a specific chunk.

There are two tabs on the page: Modules and Services.

Module contains a certain set of functions that are responsible for the operation of a NetUP.tv component, for example, dvb-gw is responsible for the operation of NetUP DVB IP Streamer.
Service is a utility that is responsible for starting or stopping a module.

Use the Modules tab for the following actions:

After uploading and installing a new module, go to the tab Services to run this module. Click on the corresponding button in front of the service responsible for the module, and then confirm the action in the window that opens. Similarly, you can stop some services if you do not plan to use corresponding modules.

Open this page to upload, install or delete a firmware.

Firmware of different versions of the NetUP.tv system may not be consistent with each other.

If you need to downgrade to previous firmware releases, contact the NetUP technical support department

The NetUP.tv system provides automatic backup once a day.

Backups are tar.bz2 archives that contain the system settings.

The latest automatic backup is available for download at the link. You can open or close access to the archive, as well as copy or reset the link.

To create or upload backup , click on in the lower right corner and select an action.

To restore system settings, select an archive, click on and confirm the action in the window that opens.

Open this page to get information about uploaded licenses (license numbers, components, expiration dates and restrictions) or to upload a new one.

To update a license, click on
In the opened window, select the files you want to load, or drag them, wait for the download to finish and close the window.

Open this page to see all NetUP.tv systems. Each of the systems has a separate panel. The panel displays a list of services with which interaction is possible. Addresses of interacting services are links.

Expand a panel and click on the pen icon next to the service you want to edit. In the opened window write the address manually or check Auto detect box to detect the address automatically, then click on Save.

Open this page if you want to:

Each of the interfaces, DNS and NetUP support tunnel has a panel. Expand a panel to access the settings.

The page contains two lists of routing rules: System routing rules and User routing rules. You can edit, add or remove user routing rules. The system routing rules are needed for correct system operation and can’t be edited.

There are two tabs on the page: Users and Roles.

Use the Users tab for the following actions:

To create and configure a role, go to the Roles tab.

Open this page to set the date and time of your server, as well as select your time zone.

In the web interface, you can enable time synchronization with the time server of your choice. Time are synchronized with debian.pool.ntp.org by default

If you need to provide NetUP support with access to your server, follow these steps:

When a network connection to the NetUP server is impossible, use the debugging cable supplied with the server. Connect the port on the server’s front panel to the COM port on any PC and open a terminal program. A Linux console will show up in the terminal window.

Use the following connection parameters:

NetUP Stream Processor is designed for processing multimedia streams and includes three tabs: input, processing node and output.

The nodes are connected to each other, connected in a directed graph, in which the stream is directed from the input (source of multimedia data) through the processing node to the output.

The role of the input is to receive the stream (INPUT), the role of the processing node is to transform it (PROCESSING), the role of the output is streaming (OUTPUT).

One input can be a source for multiple processing nodes or connected to multiple outputs. One processing node can receive streams from several inputs (for example, a MOSAIC-type node) or duplicate data into several outputs (for example, a TRANSCODER-type node). This way, efficient use of resources is achieved.

All nodes have a common set of parameters:

To connect a node, specify the source - feed and its parameters in the request: id: number, node: string, select?: stringWhere id - source number (numbering from zero), node - source node identifier, select - a rule for choosing a program in the case of MPTS, by default - the first program in the order of their declaration in PAT.

After the start, each node announces its own set of elementary streams: video, audio, subtitles. In the case of MPEG-TS, many programs can be available in one stream, each of which has several elementary streams, thus, the number of elementary streams can be tens or hundreds.

Information about elementary streams is dynamic - constantly updated. For example, in the MPEG-TS format, the set of programs may change, or the set of elementary streams of each program may change due to advertise insertion. Each time the set of elementary streams changes, the node announces a new list, and subsequent nodes react to the changes.

Each elementary stream has a set of required parameters:

In addition, optional parameters are available: program, program_name, provider, provider_name, pid, codec, codec_profile, bitrate, resolution, language, frame_ratewhich in general may not be available. For example, program_name and pid are MPEG-TS specific parameters. They are not available with other streams.

If you have already worked with our API or with similar services on other platforms, you can skip this section.

Use Playground for preparing and testing requests. On the SCHEMA tab, you will find a list of operators and related parameters, and on the DOCS tab, their detailed descriptions.

API requests are divided into three types:

To pass input data with a query, write it to QUERY VARIABLES as a JSON object. Objects are made up of pairs key: value where key is string and value is a valid JSON data type (string, number, object, array, boolean, or null).

Replies to requests come in JSON format.

Only authorized users can work with the API.

If you use HTTP Basic Authentication, then each request must contain your login, password and header
Content-Type: application/json. For example,

POST request for authorization must be sent to http://<IP-address>/system/api/login
The request must contain:

For example,

As a result of the successful execution of the POST request, the API will return a JSON object containing the username and cookies (session and session.sig).

In case of an error, the API response will contain a JSON object with the message AUTH_LOGIN_OR_PASSOWRD_INCORRECT

Enter in the request the parameters that must be specified in the response for each stream, for example:

In response, you will receive a list of all available nodes that match your request, for example:

Use a request type mutation and insert in QUERY VARIABLES stream parameter values, for example:

Server response example:

Use a request type mutation and insert in QUERY VARIABLES transcoding parameter values, for example:

Server response example:

Use a request type mutation and insert in QUERY VARIABLES the IDs of streams that you want to include in the mosaic, for example:

Server response example:

To add an adaptive stream, first add a node of the Transcoder type with the options for streams you want to combine into an adaptive stream, and then use the request type mutation and insert in QUERY VARIABLES data of the streams you need, for example:

Server response example: