How to change Channel Layout for your IP-HDMI-D4

While our IP-HMDI-D4 supports decoding up to four simultaneous IP streams, not every deployment actually requires all four streams to be active at the same time. In many real-world setups, users might only want one or two streams showing at the same time.

Here’s how to change your Channel Layout of your HDMI Decoder to optimize your view.

In this example, we only want to view 2 streams at once. However, we have a ton of dead space below our monitor where we aren’t using the 3rd and 4th streaming channel.

Right now our setup looks like this:

Once we’re finished, it will look like this:

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First, log into your IP Decoder using your preferred web browser. The IP, username, and password of the Decoder is on the silver sticker on top of the unit.

Once logged in, go to the Stream address setting window to change the number of channels to 2 (or however many you want in this case). Then, hit Apply.

Now, go to the Advanced Setting tab and select Channel Layout. Here, you can adjust the windows of each channel by clicking the box in the corner. Be sure to Enable Video Channel Layout at the top of your screen. Adjusting the aspect ratio here will reduce stretching/squishing.

You can also move the position of the window by clicking in the center and dragging.

Finally, hit Apply and your settings will be saved.

Now, our picture is clearer!