Stream State

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The Stream state allows you to play an IP stream from a local or remote source.

State Properties

• Name: The name of the state

• Initial State: Select this to make this state the home screen

Source

• Audio: Play an audio stream.

• Video: Play an audio/video stream.

• MJPEG: Play an MJPEG stream.

• Stream URL: Enter a valid URL for any HLS, RTSP, PTP, or UDP stream. The URL can also include a number of optional parameters:

  • Specify a User Variable to replace all or part of the URL. To include the value of the variable in the URL, enter the variable name between two sets of dollar signs (e.g. "http://www.example.com/streams/{{my_URLvar}}").

  • Append the "latency" and "jitter" parameters to modify the default latency (see this How-to… for more details).

  • Append the "buffersize", "vcdbsize", and "acdbsize" parameters to modify the default streaming buffer size (see this How-to… for more details).

  • Append the "lowlatency" parameter to reduce the default latency.

Notes

This section lets you store important information about the Stream state for future users. It can be modified at any time.

Advanced

This section lets you add commands to your presentation to extend its functionality. See Commands and Conditional Targets | Commands for more information.

Examples

This tutorial video shows how to implement different use cases for the Stream State.