Nov 23, 2005 11:36 AM, Digital Signage Update e-newsletter
Media Excel’s SoftStream H.264 real-time transcoder
Media Excel has introduced the SoftStream HERA 3000, a real-time H.264 system for telecommunications, digital signage and VoIP applications.
The transcoder allows users to select between live video sources, digital broadcasts, video files, or MPEG files to generate H.264 streams in real-time that can be broadcast and saved to disk. The system can be configured as an H.264 encoder, transcoder, and streaming system.
The device uses six Texas Instruments' TMS320DM642 digital signal processors and interoperates with Media Excel's streaming media server and IP set-top boxes.
The FCC has issued captioning requirements for all online video. Learn how to meet the requirements of the new rules and how to automate the technical process.
Video compression, editing and displays is an in-depth tutorial on MPEG compression technology, editing MPEG content and evaluating color video monitors written by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph. D.
File-based technologies have replaced video tape methods for a majority of production and broadcast operations. The worlds of AV and IT are coalescing to create new methods and workflows for media
