Source

The media source to process. Specify one of the following:

  • a path to a file residing on a file system that Media Server can access. To strengthen security, Media Server can be configured to read files only from specified directories. For information about the directories that Media Server is permitted to read from, see the parameter AllowedInputDirectories.
  • the URL of a stream.
  • the name of a DirectShow device (to ingest from a DirectShow source, such as a capture card).
  • to ingest video using the Milestone ingest engine, specify either:

    • a camera name (not supported with XProtect Corporate when you set MilestoneDirectory).
    • a camera UUID.
    • (Milestone XProtect Corporate only) a camera UUID followed by a stream ID, in the following format:

      id:camera_uuid,streamid:stream_id

      If your camera produces multiple streams and you do not specify a stream ID, Media Server ingests the stream that is configured as the default in the Milestone XProtect system.

  • to ingest video using the Genetec Ingest Engine, specify a camera logical ID.
Actions: Process
Type: String
Default:  
Example:

The following example specifies the path to a file:

Source=./videoarchive/broadcast.mpeg

The following example specifies a camera ID and stream ID, for ingesting from a Milestone XProtect Corporate system:

Source=id:939690e7-634c-4f70-844e-b6a079db0177,streamid:2762d39d-a779-4ac8-bdb7-91aab494ebe8

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