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# UP.Capture Channels

UP.Capture enables you to set up and configure IP-based sources and channels to capture live video streams via event schedules, triggers, or by gang recording. UP.Capture also provides real-time data, content previews, and status information on capture operations. UP.Capture also lets you monitor capture jobs.

With UP.Capture, you can:

* Configure and manage channels: information, previews, and status
* Monitor a channel group’s status
* Configure labels, variables, and recordings
* Start and stop channel recording. Control the operation of each channel manually by an operator or automatically via web services
* Notify operator of high resource consumption that may require attention.

## **Viewing a Channel’s Recording History**

To display the recording history for a channel, do the following:

1. On the channel card, click the More (three vertical dots) button.
2. Select  *Channel History* from the drop-down menu.

The *Channel History* panel provides information about the selected channel—queued, in-process, stopped, or completed.

The Recordings panel displays information in columns, described here:

**Date** — The date of the recording.

**Duration** — The duration that was specified to record, or the final duration. The Start and Stop timecode may also be displayed.

**Capture Status** — Indicates the real time state of the capture process (represented by the Capture action itself) for this channel’s recording job.

## **Loss of Signal (LOS) Behavior**

**If LOS is detected on an input at start-up and the state doesn’t change, then:**

The thumbnail and preview displays the message, *Source is not available*. Starting an UP.Capture recording when the input is in this state results in a job failure.

## Viewing Information for a Source

To preview a media source and to view the transport statistics and metadata for the source, do the following:

1. In the UP left-side navigation bar, under *Capture*, select *Channels*.
2. Click the channel card for the desired source.\
   UP.Capture opens the channel display and information panel to the right, with the *Preview* button selected by default.
3. To view the transport statistics for the source, click the *Preview Statistics* button.
4. To view the metadata for the source, click the *Metadata* button.

## Adding a New Channel

1. In the UP left-side navigation bar, under *Capture*, select *Channels*.\
   UP.Capture opens the channels preview panel.
2. Click the *Add New Channel* button.
3. Select the type of source from the drop-down menu.\
   UP.Capture opens the *Add New Channel* panel to the right.
4. Fill in the required fields, and click the *Next* button.
5. Select a source from the *Live Source* drop-down menu, and click the *Next* button.
6. Fill in the required fields, and click the *Next* button.\
   In the channels preview panel, UP.Capture displays a channel card for the new channel.

# Configuring a Recording

1. Add one or more video sources to UP.\
   See [Configuring Live Sources](/platform/configure-live-sources).
2. In the UP left-side navigation bar, under *Capture*, select *Channels*.\
   UP.Capture opens the channels preview panel.
3. On the desired channel card, click *Edit Recording Configuration*.\
   UP.Capture displays the *Configurations* pane in the *Configure Recording* view.
4. To change the configuration, click the Edit (pencil) button.
5. Change any of the configuration settings as desired.
6. Click the *Save Configuration* button.

# Capturing Video

1. In the UP left-side navigation bar, under *Capture*, select *Channels*.\
   UP.Capture opens the channels preview panel.
2. On the desired channel card, click the Activate button.\
   UP.Capture activates the worker, changes the Source Status to Ready to Record, starts timecode, and opens the Channels Display and Information Panel—with *Preview* selected by default.\
   See **Activate Button**, **Source Status**, and **Channels Display and Information Panel** in [UP.Capture Windows, Controls, and Menus](/platform/UP-Menus).
3. To start recording, click the Start/Record button.\
   UP.Capture starts recording, changes the Source Status to *Recording*, and changes the Start/Record button to the Stop button.\
   See **Start/Record Button** in [UP.Capture Windows, Controls, and Menus](/platform/UP-Menus).
4. To stop recording, click the Stop button.\
   UP.Capture displays a dialog asking you to confirm.
5. To confirm that you want to stop recording, click *Yes*.
6. UP.Capture displays a message confirming that it has stopped recording.