Broadcast Quality, Multichannel, Real Time, Standard or High Definition (up to 1080i), Integrated RF Receiver, and MPEG-2 to H.264 or H.264 to MPEG-2 Transcoder, Scaler, and Standards Converter. 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 can Report its Status to Remote Network Operations. Will Transcode and Process Multiple Streams up to CPU Limitations. Typical Dedicated Transcodes are up to 15 SD Streams, 3 1080i Streams, and 4 to 6 720p Streams. There is a version with IP In and Out. Audio Support is AAC (MPEG-4), Ogg Vorbis, or Dolby Digital® AC-3 Passthrough.

Broadcast Quality, Multichannel, Real Time, Standard or High Definition (up to 1080i), Streamer, Integrated RF Receiver, and MPEG-2 to H.264 or H.264 to MPEG-2 Transcoder, Scaler, and Standards Converter. 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 can Report its Status to Remote Network Operations. Will Transcode and Process Multiple Streams up to CPU Limitations. Typical Dedicated Transcodes are up to 15 SD Streams, 3 1080i Streams, and 4 to 6 720p Streams. Supports RTMP, HTTP, Smooth, Live, and Dynamic Streaming and Works with Wowza®, Adobe® Flash® and RealNetworks® Servers. Audio Support is AAC (MPEG-4), Ogg Vorbis, or Dolby Digital® AC-3 Passthrough. Supports Adaptive Bitrate Streaming, RTSP, RTMP, and HTTP.

Standard Features:

• Input or output format can be MPEG-2 or H.264
• Input and Output:  DVB-ASI
• Supports NTSC or PAL
• Will work as a PAL to NTSC converter 
• Transcoding bit rates: .1 to 15 Mbps
• Resolutions: 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 compatible with major brands of H.264 decoders
• Audio support: AAC, Ogg Vorbis, or AC-3 passthrough
• Settings are remembered when power cycled
• Based on embedded Linux® (via flashdisk)

Applications:

• Cable TV
• Telco TV
• Reduce distribution bitrate by up to 60% with no change in picture quality
  

Standard Features:

• Input or output format can be MPEG-2 or H.264
• 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: IP (H.264, MPEG-2, or VC-1) – HTTP Live (HLS), UDP, RTP, RTSP, HTTP, FTP, RTMP (Open Flash), WMV9 with HTTP/ASF
• 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
• Tested compatible with major brands of IP STB's including Amino™, Roku®, and Atlanta DTH
• 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)

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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