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Conducting Speed Test on the Livebox Instacast Encoder Device

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To check the performance of the  Livebox  Instacast (portable hardware encoder), Login the Encoder Settings page. Go to the  Speed Test  column. Click the  Go  button to start the Speed Test. The  Download  and  Upload speed  of the Encoder device will be shown within a few seconds.

Transcoding Using the Inbuilt Playout and Encoder Software

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Adaptive bitrate streaming (Transcoding) is available only in the higher-end versions of Livebox. Create both output and input server channels in  Livebox. Then go to  Manage Channels  from the navigation menu under which click  Transcoding . A Transcoding page opens up. Under  Select a Channel , select your  Input channel . In  Output Channels , select the channel where the video has to be transcoded. Then give  Turn on  near transcoding. Once you give a turn on, the new options for transcoding show up, where you can set the  Preset . And then click  Save . Note:  Both the Transcode Output URL and Transcode Embed Code are generated by Livebox. After clicking save, give  Service Restart  to get your changes applied and to start off with your transcoding. Then go to  Livebox Playout  software and click  Add File  to browse video source from your PC and to add ...