3480TXE Platform

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Software Defined Accelerated Platform

The TXE platform's flexible architecture utilizes both software and hardware acceleration to allow for superior video quality and density, while maintaining flexibility. The compression engine supports both CBR and VBR (statmux mode as well as capped VBR) and has been fine tuned to provide superior video quality. The TXE platform provides the highest encoding/transcoding density and lower power consumption resulting in reduced OPEX.

A True Converged Platform

One platform is used for many applications. Specifically the TXE platform supports distribution encoding/transcoding, multiscreen encoding/transcoding, contribution encoding as well as other features such as Muxing, Statmuxing and audio Intelligain. The TXE platform also supports a comprehensive list of inputs including SDI, IP (both compressed and uncompressed) and file inputs.

Superior Control System

The TXE platform can be controlled using a web interface as well as Vistalink CSM - Compression System Manager. This is a complete compression network provisioning, monitoring and management solution for configuring Evertz's full range of headend and broadcast digital video compression products. VistaLINK® CSM provides a service oriented view of the network coupled with a rich toolset in order to provide easy and intuitive management of compressed digital audio video services and networks.

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Features

• Superior video quality at lower bitrate
• Industry leading video pre-processing and pre-analysis
• Main screen encoder/transcoder
• ABR transcoder (multi-screen)
• Live and file inputs
• Multi-path processing: single input can be encoded to different formats and resolutions
• Advanced configurability: Bit rate, GOP structure, noise filters, output resolutions
• Support for CBR and VBR applications
• Seamless integration with Evertz end-to-end solution, simplifies monitoring and control
• Inband metadata on private pid
• High resilience with dual power supply
• Easily managed with web interface or VistaLINK® CSM Compression System Manager
• Provides both adaptive bitrate outputs plus high quality mezzanine output (for distribution and archive)
• Capable of commercial insertion switching based on detection of SCTE35/104 triggers
• Integrates with YouTube Live to enable the streaming of live events
• Future-proof support for HEVC, UltraHD
• Advanced software system integration: MAGNUM, DreamCatcher, VistaLINK CSM, Mediator and VUE

Typical Applications

• High density contribution encoding of up to 16 SDI signals per box for getting signals from remote sites at a high bitrate, low latency and high video quality encode.
• IPTV, multicast to the home, typically utilizing H.264 codecs with constant bit rate (CBR) or capped variable bit rate (VBR) and IP multicast networks. Includes Picture in Picture (PIP) generation as a software option
• DTH Satellite with stat muxed streams, including hybrid SD/HD, MPEG-2/H.264 stat mux pools
• Cable IPTV over broadband, bonded RF carriers. Typically H.264 multicast, and stat muxed
• Cable or satellite DTH networks with MPEG-2 delivery to a mixed population of legacy set top boxes and modern ones
• SDI, IP, file or combined inputs transcoded into GOP aligned adaptive output profiles which are packaged into HLS, LSS, rtmp, mpeg DASH and delivered to the CDN or local origin server. Various DRMs are supported as well the insertion of SCTE-35 messages into the output manifest files
• Terrestrial ATSC Encoder: High VQ MPEG2 SD/HD Statistical Multiplexed encodes up to 2x HD-SDI and 4x SD-SDI simultaneously (future-proofed for H264)

Specifications

• Distribution Encoder
• Multiscreen Encoder/Transcoder
• Mainscreen Transcoder
• Contribution Encoder

• Two Ethernet connectors 1000Base-Tx
• Main and redundant connector RJ45

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