Compact (6.7 inches) high profile, cost effective, portable, H.264/AVC encoder and live streaming appliance with HDMI or analog video input. low latency - one half second. Encodes incoming HDMI or SD analog (CVBS) video and audio into H.264 compressed IP transport streams with various resolutions and “wrappers”. Audio output is AAC or MP3. Encodes at 0.8 to 12Mbps. Converts computer output to H.264 streams. Ideal for streaming live productions and events such as concerts, electronic news gathering (ENG), educational webcasts, etc. to Wowza®, Adobe®, or other Streaming appliances.
- Supports both HD and SD H.264/ MPEG-4 AVC encoding up to 1080p
- Tested to work with USTREAM and Livestream
- Low latency – one half second
- Inputs HDMI or CVBS (one input channel at a time)
- HDMI input supports HDCP
- Outputs Multiple simultaneous IP streams through GigE port (RJ45)
- IP output protocols UDP, RTP, HTTP, RTMP, or RTSP
- Encoding bit rates 0.8 to 12 Mbps at high profile
- Supports image parameter settings
- Multi rate, multi protocol support Transport stream outputs can use different network protocols for transmission
- Able to upconvert incoming SD streams to HD
- Supports H.264 high profile at Level 4.0 (HP at L4)
- Supports 1080i, 1080p, 720p, 480i
- Audio Output AAC, MP3
- Mono audio output and stereo stream switching
- Supports GOP frame rate settings
- Video pre-processing De-interlacing, Noise reduction, Sharpening
- Supports VBR or CBR
- Tested to work with industry standard decoders
- Web-based GUI
- Low power consumption – 5 watts
- Companion decoder available – Spark-D™
- Applications
- Digital Signage from computer with HDMI out
- Streaming video to CDNs and web sites like Ustream®, Akamai®, Octoshape™, Verizon®, etc.
- Live streaming at Religious Services, Festivals, Fairs, Lectures, Weddings, Funerals, via Wowza®, etc.
- Occasional Live streaming by Broadcasters
- Backhaul/Monitoring for Broadcasters
- Digital News Gathering
- Law Enforcement (surveillance, etc.)
- Centralcast
- Telemedicine
- On Line learning
- Hotel TV systems
- Point to point video with latency of one half second
