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Real Time Multichannel Streamer, Integrated RF Receiver and Transcoder

Model: Gearbox™ MF

  • Inputs: simultaneous choices from HD-SDI, SDI, DVB-S-S2, Encrypted DVB-S-S2, 8VSB, QAM (digital or analog), DVB-C, DVB-T+T2, DVB-ASI, ISDB-Tb, or GigE and IP (H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1, or optional H.265)
  • Outputs: Simultaneous SDI, HD-SDI, IP, or ASI
  • IP output protocols: UDP, RTP, RTMP (Open Flash), HTTP, with DLNA support
  • Supports HLS (adaptive) for output to mobile devices
  • Supports logo insertion, text overlay, and SCTE 35 compliant cue tone insertion ("ad markers") on outputs
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The Gearbox™ MF is a real time multichannel streamer, integrated RF receiver, and transcoder designed to receive satellite and terrestrial RF signals and transform them into streams that are best suited for today’s digital environments. It is designed to be scalable, easily adaptable, and field upgradeable to meet the needs of cable and IP network operators who are very comfortable with embedded Linux® based appliances. It relies on an Intel® 16 Core CPU as an accelerator. We have also optimized the transcode engine for reliability, efficiency, and flexibility. The Gearbox MF is an MPEG-2 to H.264 transcoder or transcaler. It receives transport streams several ways and transcodes them to H.264 or optional H.265, and outputs them to an IP network. Resulting streams can be viewed with standard IP capable set-top boxes, streaming video, smart phones, or software clients such as VLC or JW Player. The Gearbox MF receives transport streams, demultiplexes the requested services and streams these services using UDP, RTP, RTMP, DASH, Adaptive streaming, or HTTP via IP networks as either IP multicast or IP unicast streams. The system transcodes individual streams into H.264 format up to a maximum individual bitrate of 15Mbps.

  • Inputs: simultaneous choices from HD-SDI, SDI, DVB-S-S2, Encrypted DVB-S-S2, 8VSB, QAM (digital or analog), DVB-C, DVB-T+T2, DVB-ASI, ISDB-Tb, or GigE and IP (H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1, or optional H.265)
  • Outputs: Simultaneous SDI, HD-SDI, IP, or ASI
  • IP output protocols: UDP, RTP, RTMP (Open Flash), HTTP, with DLNA support
  • Supports HLS (adaptive) for output to mobile devices
  • Supports logo insertion, text overlay, and SCTE 35 compliant cue tone insertion ("ad markers") on outputs
  • Supports rotating key servers like Verimatrix® VCAS™
  • Performs AES-128 encryption
  • Supports 50 HLS users natively. Optional built-in server supports 1,000+ simultaneous HLS, DASH, and/or RTMP users.
  • Supports NTSC or PAL
  • Transcoding bit rates: .1 to 15Mbps
  • Creates simultaneous High, Medium, and Low bitrate streams
  • Supports 1080i, 1080p, 720p, 576i, 480i, and 480p and any other broadcast or video format
  • Simultaneous demodulation, transcoding, and encapsulation
  • Transcodes up to 20 720p60 HD streams, or 13 1080i/p HD streams, or 52 SD streams from MPEG-2 to H.264, or vice-versa
  • Optional H.265 transcodes are up 5 720p HD streams, or 3 1080i/p HD streams, or 20 SD streams from MPEG-2 or H.264 to H.265, or vice-versa
  • SNMP, REST, SOAP support for remote management and monitoring
  • Support for Variable Bit Rate (VBR) encoding maximizes adaptive streaming video quality and bandwidth efficiency
  • Tested to work with Atlas™, Wowza®, and Adobe® Flash® media servers
  • Tested to work with Akamai, Tulix, Verizon, etc. CDN's
  • Tested compatible with major brands of IP devices including Amino™, Roku®, Telergy, Android™, and Apple iPad® and
  • iPhone®
  • Tested compatible with major brands of professional H.265, H.264, and MPEG-2 decoders and video servers
  • Audio support: AAC, Embedded pass-through, MPEG-1 Layer II, optional MP3, and/or optional “SurCode for Dolby Digital” AC-3
  • Settings are remembered when power cycled
  • Based on embedded Linux®
  • Remote GUI includes some scheduling
  • Redundant power supply
 
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