Transcoder | Harmonic (USA)

Electra-XT| XTREAM â„¢ HIGH-DENSITY TRANSCODER

Description

Possessing the highest real-time transcoding density on the market and any-to-any format support, the Harmonic Electra® XT Xtream™ transcoder delivers significant CAPEX and OPEX savings and accelerates time to market for operators faced with fast channel lineup growth and a rise in

multiscreen applications.

Now more than ever, digital TV delivery is changing at a rapid pace, with an increasing number of channels to broadcast, more formats to support and an explosion in the range of multiscreen devices such as tablets, smartphones and connected TVs. Service providers have to tackle these challenges while continuing to increase their subscriber base, develop new web TV business and sustain average revenue per user. The Harmonic Electra XT transcoder helps operators succeed in this new paradigm.

A cost-effective appliance for live content transcoding, the Electra XT provides high-density and scalability for traditional broadcast over cable, IPTV, DTH and DTTV, as well as for multiscreen applications.

Any-To-Any Format Support

The Electra XT receives compressed video over IP streams and can transcode audio and video content from any format to any other format. For video, the device supports MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC and HEVC decoding and encoding in SD and HD resolutions. A wide range of audio codecs is also addressed, including MPEG-1 Layer II, Dolby® Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), AAC-LC and HE-AAC v1/v2 in mono, stereo and surround modes.

Highest Density & Scalability

Leveraging extensive experience and innovation in video compression algorithms, the Electra XT provides best-in-class transcoding density with up to 288 channels per platform, depending on codec and resolution. It is designed with efficiency in mind, and supports operator business growth with a modular architecture that accommodates up to nine hot-swappable audio/video processing modules. Each module can transcode a mix of channels independent of their codec (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC or HEVC), resolution (HD, SD and low resolution) and frame rate (up to 60fps) through per-channel software licensing.

The high-density benefits of the transcoder significantly reduce rack space and minimize power consumption. A flexible web-based graphical user interface facilitates the configuration and supervision of hundreds of simultaneous transcode channels.

Beyond Transcoding

The Electra XT is much more than a basic high-density transcoder. To bring added value to workflows, the unit embeds efficient and advanced features, including user-defined text and logo insertion, and manual and automatic loudness control on transcoded audio channels. For satellite, terrestrial and cable applications, the Electra XT supports internal statistical multiplexing to meet end-user demand for video quality while optimizing bandwidth. For multiscreen applications, adaptive bitrate encoding is supported. Video can be delivered to an external packager,

or it can be internally scrambled and packaged in the Apple® HLS, Microsoft® Smooth Streaming and MPEG-DASH formats.



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