Transcoder

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Features

  • SRT, RTMP, RTSP, HLS, Low Latency HLS, HTTP MPEG-TS, MPEG-DASH, and WebRTC streaming protocols.
  • High-performance graphics core.
  • H.264, H.265, AV1, MPEG-2 Video, AAC, MP3, VP6, Speex, and G711 a/u codecs for ingress and egress.
  • Flussonic can form a cluster with unlimited number of ingest, origin, and streaming servers.
  • Smart routing of video streams between servers in cluster.
  • Multiple redundancy options based on Flussonic Cluster mechanism, including N+1, N+M, Source Stream Failover, and many others.
  • 3000+ simultaneous connections per single Edge server.
  • Efficient video archive that can store years of uninterrupted video recordings.
  • Live Video archives and VOD content can be stored on local disk drives, CEPH, NFS, or in S3/Swift clouds.
  • Instant access to live video feed and to archived recordings.
  • Advanced monitoring system that controls system load and performance.
  • Support for all major DRM systems and Cloud Multi-DRM providers.
  • Full support for DVB-Subtitles and Closed Captions.
  • User-friendly Web-UI.
  • Rich and well-defined API for programmatically controlling and managing all functions of the Media Server.

Technical specifications

MPEG TS Ingest. SPTS, MPTS, Data PID Passthrough
MPEG TS Monitoring TR101290
MPEG TS electronic program guide EPG EIT
MPEG TS advertising SCTE35
MPEG TS constant bitrate output PCR accurate CBR NULL Pid Stuffing
Video resolutions From 188i to 2160p (4k)
Frame rates From 1 to 120 FPS
Streaming protocols RTSP, RTMP, HLS, MPEG-DASH, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, WebRTC, MSE-LD, M4S, M4F
WebRTC models Playback and publish streams over UDP and TCP transports
MPEG DASH features Gap handling, CDN-Compatible playout, Subtitles, and Closed Captions support
DRM support DASH Widevine, HLS Fairplay, MSS Playready, Plain AES-128, Plain CAS
Supported cloud DRM vendors Conax DRM, BuyDRM, PallyCon, EzDRM

Transcoding and video processing

MPEG TS Monitoring Video codecs Mpeg2, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC
Audio codecs AAC, AC3, Opus, MP3, MPEG2 Audio, PCMA/PCMU, E-AC3
Video processing Transcoding, Transrating, Scaling/Re-Sizing, Transmuxing
Logo insertion YES
Mosaic generation YES
DVB subtitles YES
Conversion to WebVTT YES
Ads insertion YES

CDN support

Push protocols HLS push, RTMP push, UDP multicast retransmit
Akamai HLS-Push YES
Peer redirection YES
SSP cluster support YES
SSP cluster ingest YES
DVB access YES

Management

Web-UI YES
Web-UI YES
Event Handlers HTTP API YES

Redundancy

Stream ingest failover Automatic recovery to primary source, user configurable parameters and duration thesholds
SSP cluster load balancing YES
Independent transcoding modules YES