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    1 SMD101 • Setup Guide The Extron SMD101 decodes video or graphics str eams from an IP network, plays back internal video and audio les, and plays Video On Demand les from network shares at their original r esolution or scaled up or down to any common SD, HD, or graphics resolution up to 1900x1200 (WUXGA). The SMD101 can be deploye[...]

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    2 SMD101 • Setup Guide (Continued) Output Connections b HDMI output – Connect an HDMI (or DVI with suitable adapter) display device to the HDMI output connector . The EDID of a connected display is read and the output automatically congur ed. For non-standard displays or devices, see the SMD101 User Guide for additional output resoluti[...]

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    3 Front Panel Featur es SMD 101 IR CONFIG 1 3 2 4 5 Figure 4. SMD101 Front Panel a Power LED – Lights solid green when the SMD101 is power ed. Lights solid red when in standby (low power) mode. b Playback status indicator — Dual-color LED indicates the current state of playback operation: • Solid Green – The SMD101 is actively deco[...]

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    4 SMD101 • Setup Guide (Continued) Play a Stream: NOTE: The SMD101 must be connected to a LAN to locate and play str eams. Clips or streams stor ed in internal memory can be played without the need for a network connection. 1. In the Browser panel, select the Streams tab (see gure 5). 2. Click on an available stream to select it for deco[...]

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    5 Operation With Extr on SME100 Encoders For SME100 stream discovery in the SMD101 str eams browser (see figur e 5 on page 4), the SME100 must have both Stream Control and SAP Control enabled to enable SAP announcements. The SME100 settings are shown below . From the SME100 default web page (see the SME100 User Guide ), select[...]

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    6 SMD101 • Setup Guide (Continued) Connecting to Streams W ithout SAP Announcements For a source that is not congur ed for SAP announcements (such as IP cameras), the RTSP (pull) str eam URI is entered dir ectly in the Source: eld of the SMD101 player controls. The URI pr ex ( udp in the example below) corresponds to the str eaming[...]

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    7 Play Video on Demand The SMD101 can play video on demand from network shar es and supports the following le types: Video: [mp4,ts,m2t,m2ts,mov*,264,m4v,v*,sdp] NOTE: *Supports files that use H.264 encoding and AAC audio only . Images: [bmp,jpg,jpeg,tif,tiff,png,gif], NOTE: TIFF files using JPEG compr ession are not supported. Audio: [wav[...]

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