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Channels

Create a Channel by navigating to the Channels page and clicking Add Channel.

Channel Number​

Channel numbers can be whole numbers or can contain one decimal, like 500 or 500.5.

Streaming Mode​

Four streaming modes are currently supported. Ideally one of the two primary streaming modes should be used; secondary streaming modes are only needed in some edge cases.

Primary Streaming Modes​

The two primary streaming modes are HLS Segmenter (HTTP Live Streaming Segmenter) and MPEG-TS (Transport Stream).

  • HLS Segmenter transcodes content, supports watermarks and offers the best performance at program boundaries
  • MPEG-TS is a light wrapper over the HLS Segmenter streaming mode and provides support for clients that require an HDHomeRun tuner

Secondary Streaming Modes​

The two secondary streaming modes are HLS Direct (HTTP Live Streaming Direct) and MPEG-TS (Legacy) (Legacy Transport Stream).

  • HLS Direct does not transcode content and can perform better on low power systems, but does not support watermarks and some clients will have issues at program boundaries
  • MPEG-TS (Legacy) transcodes content and supports watermarks, though some clients will have issues at program boundaries. This mode will be removed with a future release.

FFmpeg Profile​

FFmpeg Profiles are collections of transcoding settings that are applied to all content on a channel. The default FFmpeg Profile is probably "good enough" for initial testing.

Channel logos can be added using the Upload Logo button and the logos will display in most client program guides.