If you want to work with video on a machine that does not support all of today's codecs (preferably via hardware), you will often come up against limits. This ranges from a stuttering timeline to clips that are not displayed at all. Then there are the clips from smartphones, which are usually recorded with a variable frame rate. Professional editing systems usually don't like this either, which can lead to asynchronous picture and sound or even rendering errors.
New MultiCoder software engine from Teracue AG for creating, converting and implementing IPTV streams available now. MultiCoder enables encoding, transcoding and transrating of IPTV streams in real time.
With StreamZHD, Canadian manufacturer Digital Rapids presents a multiformat encoding system with which it is possible to generate corresponding HD files from a wide variety of sources (SDI, Analog, File). All common formats such as MPEG1/2/4, WindowsMedia, Realmedia, Sorenson, Quicktime, AVI, AC3 are supported. The "WXS" extension will be presented for this at NAB, accelerating all WindowsMedia encodings (SD and HD) to above real time.
Based on the award-winning CCE Pro Encoder, Cinemacraft Japan launched its new MPEG2 DVD encoding system last week. Highlights include virtual multipass encoding, which allows 2-8 analysis passes to be made in one real-time pass. Also now included: Segment Re-Encoding, for the subsequent re-encoding of segments.
The Real-Time Encoder Server for Streaming-Media Formats Is Based on Two 3.06 GHz Xeon CPUs and Is Designed as a Rackmount System with an Ingetrated RAID Level (0,1,5) and up to One Terabyte of Hard-Disk Capacity.
The agreement integrated DigaMedia editing, browsing and transcoding modules into Blue Order’s Media Archive platform for newsroom and archive workflows.
DVD Producer 3.5 added menu-design tools, automated motion buttons, transcoding improvements and complementary DVD proofing and audio-authoring products.
At IBC 2001, dcp introduced onassys, a modular Fibre Channel broadcast platform for automated playout, streaming, transcoding and information channels.
Media 100 presents automated, database-driven enterprise streaming solution based on Cleaner 5 - scalable streaming engine for high volumes, ideal for the production of large quantities of streaming content
CineStream from Media 100 with integrated "EventStream" technology enables web developers and content creators to realise software-based interactive streaming media authoring
InterMedia Solutions will be presenting a scalable streaming media solution with remote encoding for the first time at NAB. The "Enterprise Solution" distributes encoding and control functions to different devices and is therefore scalable as required.