Broadcast Quality, 3 RU, Multichannel, Real Time, Standard or High Definition (up to 1080p), 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. Runs on a 6 core Intel i7 CPU. Will Transcode and Process Multiple Streams up to CPU Limitations. Typical Dedicated Transcodes are up to 15 SD Streams, 3 1080i/p 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, AC-3 pass through, Ogg Vorbis, Optional MP3, or Optional “SurCode for Dolby Digital” AC-3 Output. Supports Adaptive Bitrate Streaming, HLS, RTSP, RTMP, and HTTP.

Broadcast Quality, Highly Reliable, 4 RU, 19 Inch Wide, 12-120 Core Intel Xeon CPU Blade based Real Time, Multi Definition, Multichannel IP Transcoder and or Streamer (up to 1080p/i), with Ability to Transcode 20-200 SD MPEG-2 to H.264 or H.264 to MPEG-2. Based on Embedded Linux® Running on 10 Blades with 12 Intel Xeon Cores Each... 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. Typical Real Time Transcodes Benchmarks Include 200 SD Streams, 120 720p Streams, and 60 1080p/i Streams. Supports Flash, HLS, RTMP, HTTP, Smooth, Live, and Dynamic Streaming and Works Well with Wowza®, Adobe® Flash® and RealNetworks® Servers. A Single Blade System will Allow You to Transcode Six HD (1080i/p) Streams. SDK Available for CDN's Who Wish to Offer Transcode Utility.

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: IP (H.264, MPEG-2, or VC-1) – UDP, RTP, RTSP, HTTP, HTTP Live, FTP, RTMP (Open Flash), WMV9 with HTTP/ASF
• Output: Multiple simultaneous IP streams (MPEG-2 or H.264) – HTTP Live (HLS), HTTP, UDP, RTP, RTSP, 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
• Transcoding bit rates: .1 to 15 Mbps
• Creates simultaneous High, Medium, and Low bitrate streams
• Resolutions: qHD, H.264up, SQVGA, QCIF, QVGA, SIF, VGA, or any custom size up to 1080p
• Simultaneous demodulation, transcoding, encapsulation, and optional time delay
• Transcodes 4 to 6 720p HD streams, up to 3 1080i or 1080p 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 to work with Akamai, Limelight, Edgecast, etc. CDN's
• 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, Embedded pass-through, Ogg Vorbis, optional MP3, or optional “SurCode for Dolby Digital” AC-3
• 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

• Input or output format can be MPEG-2 or H.264
• Can sit in the cloud as a Cloud Encoder
• 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)
  • Optional inputs: DVB-ASI, DVB-S/S2, QAM, DVB-C, 8VSB, DVB-T, SDI/HD-SDI
• 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, SIF, VGA, or any custom size up to 1080i/p
• Transcodes up to 12 720p HD streams, 6 1080i/p HD streams, or 20 SD streams from MPEG-2 to H.264 or vice-versa in each module
• Able to upconvert incoming SD streams to HD
• SNMP support
• Tested to work with Wowza®, Adobe® Flash®, and RealNetworks® Helix® servers
• Tested compatible with major brands of IP devices including Amino™, Roku®, Atlanta DTH, and Apple iPad® and iPhone®
• Audio support: AAC, Embedded pass-through, Ogg Vorbis, optional MP3, or optional “SurCode for Dolby Digital” AC-3
• Settings are remembered when power cycled
• Based on embedded Linux® (via flashdisk)
  

Applications:

• IPTV Unicasting, Multicasting, Streaming
• Telco TV
• Hotels, Cruise Lines, Universities, Resorts
• Rendering and Encoding Farms
• Digital Media Distribution
  

Quick Start Guide (pdf)

TV Technology Article about MPEG Gearbox

Broadcast Quality, Multichannel, Real Time, Standard or High Definition (up to 1080p), 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/p Streams, and 4 to 6 720p Streams. There is a version with IP In and Out. Audio Support is AAC or Embedded pass-through.

Broadcast Quality, Multichannel, Real Time, Remotely Manageable, Multi Definition (up to 1080p), H.264 and/or MPEG Encoder, or MPEG Transcoder with Gig/E input and output and optional Integrated RF Receiver, and MPEG-2 to H.264 or H.264 to MPEG-2 Transcoder, Scaler, and Streamer. 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/p 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 or output format can be MPEG-2 or H.264
• Input and Output:  DVB-ASI
• Supports NTSC or PAL
• Transcoding bit rates: .1 to 15 Mbps
• Creates simultaneous High, Medium, and Low bitrate streams
• 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 or 1080p 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 or Embedded pass-through
• 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 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 Gig/E HD-SDI, SDI, DVB-S, DVB-S2, 8VSB, QAM (digital or analog), DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-ASI, Analog
• Output: Simultaneous SDI, HD-SDI, IP, or ASI
• IP Output protocols: HTTP Live (HLS), HTTP, UDP, RTP, RTSP, 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
• Transcoding bit rates: .1 to 15 Mbps
• Creates simultaneous High, Medium, and Low bitrate streams
• Resolutions: qHD, H.264up, SQVGA, QCIF, QVGA, SIF, VGA, or any custom size up to 1080p
• Simultaneous demodulation, transcoding, encapsulation, and optional time delay
• Transcodes 4 to 6 720p HD streams, up to 3 1080i or 1080p 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 to work with Akamai, Limelight, Edgecast, etc. CDN's
• 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, Embedded pass-through, Ogg Vorbis, optional MP3, or optional “SurCode for Dolby Digital” AC-3
• 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

Quick Start Guide (pdf)

TV Technology Article about MPEG Gearbox

Broadcast Quality, Multichannel, Standard or High Definition (up to 1080p), Embedded Linux® Based, 3 RU, Core i7 6 Core Based, Real Time, MPEG-2 to H.264, H.264 to MPEG-2, Transcoder or MPEG-2/4 to MPEG-2/4 Scaler for the IPTV and Cable Industries and Others who Need to Deliver Digital Content in a Cost Effective Way. 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/p Streams, and 4 to 6 720p Streams. Supports RTMP, HTTP, Smooth, Live, and Dynamic Streaming and Works with Wowza®, Adobe® Flash® and RealNetworks® Servers. There is a version with IP In and Out. AAC, AC-3 pass through, Ogg Vorbis, Optional MP3, or Optional “SurCode for Dolby Digital” AC-3 Output. Supports Adaptive Bitrate Streaming, RTSP, RTMP, and HTTP.

Standard Features:

• Input or output format can be MPEG-2 or H.264

• Input:  IP (H.264, MPEG-2, or VC-1)

• IP Input protocols: HTTP Live (HLS), UDP, RTP, RTSP, HTTP, FTP, RTMP (Open Flash), WMV9 with HTTP/ASF

• Output: DVB-ASI

• Supports NTSC and PAL
• Transcoding bit rates: .1 to 15 Mbps
• Creates simultaneous High, Medium, and Low bitrate streams
• Resolutions: qHD, H.264up, SQVGA, QCIF, QVGA, SIF, VGA, or any custom size up to 1080p
• Simultaneous demodulation, transcoding, encapsulation, and optional time delay
• Transcodes 4 to 6 720p HD streams, up to 3 1080i or 1080p 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 to work with Akamai, Limelight, Edgecast, etc. CDN's
• 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, Embedded pass-through, Ogg Vorbis, optional MP3, or optional “SurCode for Dolby Digital” AC-3
• 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:

• Supports both HD and SD H.264/ MPEG-4 AVC encoding with auto detection and “virtual” stream replication
• Inputs: One SDI/HD-SDI 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), HTTP, UDP, RTP, RTSP, 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
• Creates simultaneous High, Medium, and Low bitrate streams
• 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, Ogg Vorbis, optional MP3, or optional “SurCode for Dolby Digital” AC-3
• 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

Quick Start Guide (pdf)

TV Technology Article about MPEG Gearbox