Portable Live Encoding and Streaming Appliance TouchStream® Portable Live Encoding and Streaming Appliance
TouchStream Bringing live video to wider audiences has never been easier www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Digital Rapids’ renowned live streaming quality in a fully self-contained, portable appliance Intuitive touch-screen interface with integrated video monitoring for unparalleled ease-of-use Ideal for: Live event coverage (sports, concerts, news, etc.) Worship services Courtroom proceedings PEG (public, education and government) applications Corporate communications and more www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream TouchStream Benefits Exceptional ease of use Superior quality Self-contained portability Format flexibility Live and file-based output Flexible professional features Comprehensive input choices Quiet operation Easy upgradability Remarkably affordable www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Unprecedented Ease of Use Intuitive touch-screen interface has even novice users streaming quickly All operations – from basic ‘start’ and ‘stop’ to project selection and output configuration – controllable through the touch screen Password-protected interface customization limits functions available to basic operators to as little as desired – even just start and stop Simple on-site deployment Connect power, network and video source If changing settings from previous usage: select new project file (encoding parameters), input source and/or output destination Start encoding www.digital-rapids.com
Digital Rapids motion-adaptive (pixel-level) de-interlacing TouchStream Superior Quality Same exceptional output quality that has made our rack-mount encoders the preferred choice of leading studios, networks and facilities worldwide Advanced video pre-processing technology delivers superior visual quality while making most efficient use of bandwidth in resulting output Motion adaptive de-interlacing analyzes each pixel and varies the algorithm applied to each area to maximize quality and avoid visual artifacts such as trails and motion blur Video noise reduction minimizes impact of noise- creating issues such as low lighting that can greatly affect compression quality Top-quality scaling, filtering and more No De-interlacing “Basic” De-interlacing Digital Rapids motion-adaptive (pixel-level) de-interlacing www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Self-Contained Portability Touch-screen interface and integrated video/audio monitoring eliminate the need for laptops, keyboards, mice or monitors No laptop/computer needed even for switching project (parameter) files On-screen video display provides confidence monitoring directly on appliance and enables interactive adjustments to video www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Format Flexibility Available in a range of application-tailored models supporting all popular viewing platforms Web Mobile phones IPTV set-top boxes TouchStream Web models support both H.264 (for Adobe Flash or QuickTime) and Windows Media/VC-1 (Silverlight) in the same unit Encoding to multiple compression formats, resolutions and bit rates simultaneously lets you optimally reach broadest possible audience All models can be expanded with additional formats through field-upgradable optional modules www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Format Flexibility Format options: www.digital-rapids.com On2 VP6 for Adobe Flash MPEG-2 / MPEG-1 (archiving for on-demand use, DVD etc.) TouchStream Model Included Formats LE models Microsoft Silverlight / Windows Media / VC-1 Web models Adobe Flash (H.264/AVC over RTMP) H.264/AVC over RTP/RTSP (e.g. to Darwin Server for QuickTime) AAC, MP3 audio Mobile models 3GPP (H.263, H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2; AAC and AMR audio) TS models H.264/AVC in Transport Stream MPEG-2 in Transport Stream AAC audio www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Live and File-Based Output Output live streams, archive to files (on external or optional internal storage), or do both simultaneously Concurrent live streams and files can be different frame sizes/bit rates Can also be different compression formats on multi-format models (e.g. H.264 live stream for Flash with MPEG-2 archive for DVD) www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Flexible Features Customizable graphic overlay with configurable fade in/out Video and audio adjustments Scheduling GPI triggers “No-click” automatic streaming on power-up (if desired) www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Comprehensive Input Choices TouchStream models are available with analog, SDI or HD-SDI inputs HDi models support 1080i, 1080p, 720p and SD video inputs for HD sources, on-board down-conversion to smaller frame sizes or lower frame rates may be required (dependent on chosen codec format) Model Inputs Analog models Composite (RCA) and Y/C (S-video) video Balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) audio SDI models Standard: SDI video with embedded SDI audio With optional breakout cable or breakout box: Composite (BNC), Y/C (S-video) and component analog video Balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) analog audio AES/EBU (XLR) digital audio HDi models Standard: HD/SD SDI video with embedded SDI audio With optional breakout box: AES/EBU (XLR) digital audio www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Comprehensive Input Choices www.digital-rapids.com HDi Models Analog Models www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Extremely Quiet Operation Field Upgradable Affordable Allows unobtrusive use in noise-sensitive environments Field Upgradable Additional format options New or enhanced functionality Affordable Despite its unmatched capabilities, TouchStream is surprisingly affordable and very competitively priced www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Options 500GB internal hard drive storage for archive files Professional carry case Rack-mountable video/audio breakout boxes Additional codec (format) modules www.digital-rapids.com
TouchStream Accolades “Best of Show” TouchStream has earned accolades from experts around the globe “Best of Show” www.digital-rapids.com
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