Unified Capture

Unified Capture typical use cases are:

• instant Live to VOD (Catch-up TV)

• providing nPVR on premise or in the cloud

• stream validation

Unified Capture supports capturing from the following formats:

Streaming protocol	Capture input from Origin	Capture output	Type
MPEG-DASH (recommended)	Client manifest: .mpd	fMP4: .ismv	VOD, Live, Timed Metadata
Microsoft Smooth Streaming	Client manifest: Manifest	fMP4: .ismv	VOD, Live
Apple HLS TS	Media Playlist: .m3u8	MPEG-TS: .ts	VOD
Apple HLS CMAF	Media Playlist: .m3u8	fMP4: .cmf[v|a|t]	VOD
Adobe HDS	Client manifest: .f4m	FLV: .flv	VOD

Table of Contents

• Program Usage
  • Command line options
  • Options for Capturing
  • Frame accurate
  • Decrypt using --key command-line option
  • Decrypt using CPIX with --decrypt_cpix
  • Filtering out specific tracks when capturing a stream
  • Exception handling
  • Using a dedicated capture server manifest

• Capturing VOD
  • Downloading an entire presentation
  • Downloading subclips from a stream (previews, chapters)

• Capturing LIVE
  • LIVE to VOD: Catch-up TV (start and end time in the past)
  • LIVE to VOD: Realtime (start time in the past, end time in the future)
  • Multiple sections into a single clip