Cost-Effective, Real Time, Remotely Manageable, Auto Detection of SD or HD, H.264/AVC Encoder. Supports Composite or Component Input Only and IP Output. Audio Support for AAC. Encodes at 1 to 12 Mbps. Ideal Encoder for Re-encoding YPrPb, DVI, or CVBS Analog Feeds. Perfect for Private IP Networks in Hotels, Bars, Etc. from Devices that Output Composite or Component Video and are Targeted at IP STB's via Multicast. Tested to Work with Wowza® and Adobe® Flash® Encoder Software.

Broadcast Quality, Multichannel, Real Time, Remotely Manageable, Multi Definition (up to 1080i), Encoder, Transcoder, or Streamer with Integrated RF Receiver, and MPEG-2 to H.264 or H.264 to MPEG-2 Transcoder, Scaler, and Standards Converter. If needed streams Concurrent Multiresolution IP streams with Multiple Wrappers, Containers, and Multiple Protocols. Based on Embedded Linux®, it Boots Quickly from Flash Drive and Remembers all Settings. Easy to Use GUI Allows Full Config of Each Stream and via SNMP and can Report its Status to Remote Network Operations. Will Transcode and Process Multiple Input Streams up to CPU Limitations. Typical Dedicated Transcodes are up to 15 SD Streams, 3 1080i Streams, and 4 to 6 720p Streams. Supports HLS, RTMP, HTTP,Smooth, Live, and Dynamic Streaming and Works with Wowza®, Adobe® Flash® and RealNetworks® Servers. Supports Multi Function RF cards with DVB-S, DVB-S2, HD-SDI, DVB-T, 8VSB, QAM, Analog, and DVB-C In, Concurrently, and Simultaneous SDI, HD-SDI, IP, or ASI Out. Supports Adaptive Bitrate Streaming, HLS,RTSP, RTMP, and HTTP. Ships with one stream set up for HLS for instant QA via iPhone® or iPad®. Perfect for automated transcoding of multiple streams with the specified formats...

Standard Features:

• Input: YPbPr, DVI, or CVBS
• Output: transport stream over IP (UDP)
• Compliant with H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard
• AAC audio encoding or Dolby Digital® AC-3 passthrough
• Encoding bit rates: 1 Mbps to 12 Mbps
• Configure and operate via web-based remote management
• Constant Bit Rate (CBR)
• Supports unicast or multicast
• Tested to work with STB’s (set-top boxes)
• Tested to work with Wowza® and Adobe® Flash® Encoder software 
• 1 RU with mounting holes
  

Applications:

• Encoding analog video for transmission over IP
• IPTV unicasting or multicasting
• Hotels, Restaurants, Resorts
• Streaming to designated VideoLAN VLC, Mplayer, or Windows Media Player clients, or to Amino™ or other set-top boxes
• Reduce MPEG-2 distribution bitrate by up to 60% with no change in picture quality
  
  

Standard Features:

• Supports both HD and SD H.264/ MPEG-4 AVC transcoding, with auto detection
• Inputs: One HDMI input, one GigE IP input
• Optional HDMI input instead of SDI/HD-SDI input
• Outputs: Multiple simultaneous IP streams through GigE port (RJ45)
• Supports IP unicast, multicast, and IGMP
• IP Output protocols: HTTP Live (HLS), UDP, RTP, RTSP, HTTP multicast and unicast with transport stream envelope, HTTP Smooth, HTTP Dynamic, FTP, RTMP (Open Flash), or WMV9 with HTTP/ASF
• Support for all 3 flavors of segmented streaming: Apple® HTTP live, Windows® HTTP smooth and Flash HTTP dynamic. These streams can be played by Apple® and Android devices as well as Silverlight and Flash Clients.
• Able to upconvert incoming SD streams to HD
• Can serve streams in RTMP protocol for direct playback using Flash players or for publishing to CDNs
• Can output WMV9/WMA streams in Windows® HTTP/ ASF envelope for direct playback using Windows® Media Player
• Supports M3u8 playlist files (standalone and through HTTP live)
• Supports H.264 High Profile @ Level 4.0 (HP@L4)
• Supports 1080i, 1080p, 720i, 720p, 480i, CIF, QCIF, qHD, H.264up and many others, and custom resolutions
• Supports HDTV input formats SMPTE-274M/ SMPTE-296M-2001, ITU-R BT.656
• Built-in SSL VPN client for secure transport of streams across the internet or for traversing complicated networks. The tunnel is based on OpenVPN and it works for both multicast and unicast traffic.
• Audio Input: SDI Embedded, AC3 Embedded, or AES/EBU
• Audio Output: AAC, Embedded pass-through, or Ogg Vorbis
• Tested compatible with major brands of IP devices including Amino™, Roku®, Atlanta DTH, and Apple iPad® and iPhone®
• Tested compatible with major brands of H.264 decoders
• Supports hundreds of IPTV clients (depends on bandwidth)
• Configure and operate via Remote GUI
• Can be used to store or time-delay incoming stream with optional storage add in modules
• SNMP remote management with low power consumption due to Sandy Bridge Intel CPU
• Ships with one HLS streaming enabled port – for instant QA of functionality via iPhone® or iPad®
• Optional pre-configured Cisco® 4 port Gigabit router

Applications:

• Streaming video from remote sites to CDN's via HLS streaming
• Live streaming at Church Services, Festivals, Fairs, Lectures, Weddings, Funerals, etc.
• Occasional Live streaming by Broadcasters
• Backhaul of Video Content
• Digital News Gathering
• Law Enforcement (surveillance, etc.)
• Centralcast
• Telemedicine
• On Line learning

Standard Features:

• Input or output format can be MPEG-2 or H.264 or a mixture of both
• Supports HTTP adaptive Smooth, Live, and Dynamic Flash streaming protocol for output to mobile devices
• Capable of near real time FTP output of segmented TS streams with I-Frame boundaries
• Input: Simultaneous choices from HD-SDI, SDI, DVB-S, DVB-S2, 8VSB, QAM (digital or analog), DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-ASI, Analog, or GigE and IP (H.264, MPEG-2, or VC-1)
• Output: Simultaneous SDI, HD-SDI, IP, or ASI
• IP Output protocols: HTTP Live (HLS), UDP, RTP, RTSP, HTTP multicast and unicast with transport stream envelope, HTTP Smooth, HTTP Dynamic, FTP, RTMP (Open Flash), or WMV9 with HTTP/ASF
• Supports M3u8 playlist files (standalone and through HTTP live)
• Supports NTSC or PAL
• Will work as a PAL to NTSC converter
• Transcoding bit rates: .1 to 15 Mbps
• Resolutions: qHD, H.264up, SQVGA, QCIF, QVGA, SIF, VGA, or any custom size up to 1080i
• Simultaneous demodulation, transcoding, encapsulation, and optional time delay
• Transcodes 4 to 6 720p HD streams, up to 3 1080i HD streams, or 15 SD streams from MPEG-2 to H.264 (CPU dependent) or vice-versa
• SNMP support
• Tested to work with Wowza®, Adobe® Flash®, and RealNetworks® Helix® servers
• Deployable as Cloud based transcoder
• Tested compatible with major brands of IP devices including Amino™, Roku®, Atlanta DTH, and Apple iPad® and iPhone®
• Tested compatible with major brands of H.264 decoders
• Audio support: AAC, Ogg Vorbis, or Dolby Digital® AC-3 passthrough
• Settings are remembered when power cycled
• Based on embedded Linux® (via flashdisk)

Note: This system is typically deployed in "closed" systems where bandwidth is dedicated and is used for this purpose only. It is not guaranteed to work over the public internet. Performance depends on available bandwidth.

Applications:

• IPTV Unicasting or Multicasting
  
• Telco TV
  
• Hotels, Cruise Lines, Universities, Resorts
  
• Streaming to designated VideoLAN VLC, Mplayer, or Windows Media Player clients, or to Amino™ or other set-top boxes

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