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Video Encoder
The first active stage of the headend. It takes a camera feed, a satellite receiver or an existing analogue source and turns it into a stream the rest of the chain can use.
Overview
Product overview
The first active stage of the headend. It takes a camera feed, a satellite receiver or an existing analogue source and turns it into a stream the rest
The first active stage of the headend. It takes a camera feed, a satellite receiver or an existing analogue source and turns it into a stream the rest of the chain can use.
The encoder defines the quality of everything downstream — once a source has been compressed, no later stage recovers detail that was dropped here.
Key features
- HDMI and analogue AV inputs
- HEVC and MPEG-4 AVC encoding
- Low latency, suitable for live
- Adjustable bit-rate and rate control
- IP stream output for the headend chain
- Browser configuration, no local software
- Rack mounted, front access
- OEM and ODM: custom interface and presets
Principle chart
How the signal moves through the unit, from the inputs on the left to the outputs on the right.
Specification
GWC-ENC — Video Encoder
Description
A rack-mounted encoder that converts HDMI or analogue AV sources into an IP stream for the headend chain. Configured from a browser and built to run unattended once commissioned.
Technical specifications
| Input | |
|---|---|
| Video input | HDMI / analogue AV, multiple channels |
| IP input | For contribution feeds |
| Video | |
| Encoding | HEVC / H.265, MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 |
| Bit-rate | Adjustable per channel |
| Rate control | CBR / VBR |
| Audio | |
| Sampling rate | 48 kHz |
| Gain | Adjustable |
| Output | |
| Stream | IP, for the headend chain |
| Ethernet | GE port, RJ45 |
| System | |
| Management | Web interface, remote configuration |
| Mounting | 19-inch rack |
| Environment | Indoor, headend room |
Applications
- Hotel and resort IPTV systems
- Campus and hospital TV
- Live channel capture and contribution
- Analogue-to-IP migration projects
Documentation
Full datasheets, including port detail, power specification and installation notes, are provided on request. Tell us the model and the destination market so we send the correct revision.
Datasheet and user manual
We send the full datasheet on request, so you receive the revision that matches the unit you actually have.
Related
Used with
These are the units that normally sit either side of the video encoder in a build.
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