Broadcast Suite

Broadcast Encoder

Single bitrate and adaptive bitrate live encoder

About
Features
Specifications
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The Developer
About

Broadcast Encoder is a live encoding and transcoding software to create single bitrate or adaptive bitrate streams from video or stream sources.

Control and Monitor All Operations

Control the streaming operations of different and multiple sources on a single web interface and monitor multiple channels at the same time. Stream the most commonly used formats and codecs for best compatiblity with streaming server or stream receivers. Supports various stream sources and video input cards.

Scaling capacity and High Availability

Scale operations from a single server setup to farm distributed operations. Perform subsequent tasks like file transfer, webservices calls and housekeeping options. Get e-mail and visual notifications from the system to identify problems.

Runs jobs as n+1 or 1+1 redundancy configuration based on three layers of redundancy; frame-accurate video servers, redundant controllers, and multiple clients provide resiliency for different failure conditions. Automatically failing over to ensure sustainability and prevent any interruption such as black-frame, freeze-frame, or drop frames on the screen with router control gateway.

Integration with 3rd Party Systems

Designed to run operations on 3rd party systems by calling APIs and to be called by 3rd parties by exposing its own REST API.

Possibility to control BlackMagic, Bluefish, Decklink or AJA card based computers or 3rd party encoding software.

Features

An overview on the Broadcast Encoder features:

Features

  • SD/HD/UHD/4K/8K support (*)
  • Scheduled or crash encoding
  • Supports live video sources
  • Supports live stream sources
  • Single bitrate or adaptive bitrate support
  • UDP/RTP/RTSP/RTMP/HLS/MPEG-DASH/SRT for stream output
  • UDP/RTP/RTSP/RTMP/HLS/MPEG-DASH/SRT for stream input
  • Freeze frame, black frame and signal loss detection
  • Multiple formats and destination options for each channel
  • E-mail and visual notifications “Start/stop/split/pause” all sources with one click
  • (*) Depending on the type of video cards

Specifications

The Broadcast Encoder system specifications:

Hardware Requirements

Entry level system

  • Intel Xeon, 3.8 GHz, 6 cores CPU
  • 16 GByte RAM
  • 512 GByte SSD
  • 1 Gbps Ethernet
  • Windows 10 Pro
  • Supported Video Hardware for SDI

Best value system

  • Intel Xeon, 3.1 GHz, +20 cores CPU
  • 64 GByte RAM
  • 512 GByte SSD
  • 1 Gbps Ethernet
  • Windows 10 Pro
  • Supported Video Hardware for SDI

Supports all commonly used sources

  • SDI - SD to 4K
  • NDI - including Skype, MS Teams, Zoom and screen capture
  • Web streams - RTMP, HLS, SRT, RTSP, RTP, DASH
  • SMPTE 2110

Supported Encoding formats

  • Streaming formats: H.264, H.265/HEVC, AAC

Supported Capture Cards

  • BlackMagic - DeckLink
  • AJA - Corvid, Kona
  • BlueFish - Epoch
  • Deltacast - Delta
  • Streamlabs
  • Magewell - Pro Capture

(Call us for a detailed list.)


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The Developer

X-Dream-Media

Software integrator with an entire commitment to media IT, developing its own software products for file-based workflows and asset management. Part of the x-dream-group.

Based in Germany.

The Team

Stefan Pfütze

Stefan Pfütze

Managing Director and Co-Founder

Michael Weber

Michael Weber

Senior Developer

Michael Weber

Yousef Jaber

Senior Developer

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