Broadcast Quality, Highly Reliable, 1 RU, 19 Inch Wide, 2 x 8 Core Intel® CPU Based Real Time, Multi Definition, Multichannel IP Transcoder and or Streamer (up to 1080p/i), with Ability to Transcode 40 SD Streams from MPEG-2 to H.264 or H.264 to MPEG-2.
Standard Features:
• Input or output format can be MPEG-2 or H.264 or a mixture of both
• Can sit in the cloud as a Cloud reEncoder to generate High, Medium, and Low bit rate streams from inexpensive original encoder
• Supports HTTP adaptive Smooth and Live streaming protocol for output to mobile devices
• Input: IP (H.264, MPEG-2, or VC-1)
Supports IP content protection with rotating Key Servers like Verimatrix, Widevine, etc.
Optional inputs: DVB-ASI, DVB-S/S2, QAM, DVB-C, 8VSB, DVB-T, SDI/HD-SDI with our OnRamp XX/IP gateway
• Output: IP (MPEG-2, H.264, HLS, UDP, RTMP, and others)
• Supports M3u8 playlist files (standalone and through HTTP Live)
• Transcoding bit rates: .1 to 15 Mbps
• Creates simultaneous High, Medium, and Low bitrate streams
• Resolutions: qHD, H.264up, SQVGA, QCIF, QVGA, CIF, or any custom size up to 1080i/p
• Transcodes up to 20 720p HD streams, or 10 1080i/p HD streams, or 40 SD streams from MPEG-2 to H.264 or vice-versa
• Able to upconvert incoming SD streams to HD, and scale down
• SNMP support
• Tested to work with Wowza®, Adobe® Flash®, and RealNetworks® Helix® servers
• Tested compatible with major brands of IP devices including Amino™, Roku®, and Apple iPad® and iPhone®
• Audio support: AAC, Ogg Vorbis, MPEG-1 Layer II, optional MP3, and/or optional “SurCode for Dolby Digital” AC-3
• Supports 8 audio pairs if embedded
• Settings are remembered when power cycled
• Based on embedded Linux®
• Supports Reliable Scrambling via Rotating Key Encryption or classical AES and DES standards
Applications:
• IPTV Unicasting, Multicasting, Streaming
• OTT and Mobile
• Replicating single streams into Low, Medium, and High bit rates
• Telco TV
• Hotels, Cruise Lines, Universities, Resorts
• Rendering and Encoding Farms
• Digital Media Distribution
• VBR to CBR
• Resolution Reduction
• Transrate H.264