the DVEO Encoder Transcoder Family Overview

Digital Video ExtraOrdinaire™
DVEO Encoder Transcoder Family
Multi-network, Multi-Format, Multi-Protocol
with Automated UDP Packet Recovery
Overview
(v1.5)
Computer Modules, Inc.
DVEO Division
11409 West Bernardo Court
San Diego, CA 92127, USA
Telephone: +1 858 613 1818
Fax: +1 858 613 1815
www.dveo.com
Copyright © 2015 Computer Modules, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
DVEO is a trademark of Computer Modules, Inc.
Specifications and product availability are subject to change without notice.
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DVEO Encoder Transcoder Family
High-Performance Media Encoding, Transcoding and Delivery
Until recently, broadcasters and enterprises have had to make significant investments in fragmented systems
for high-performance media encoding and delivery. Now, all of that has changed. With the DVEO Encoder
Transcoder Family, organizations get everything they need from one company at affordable cost.
The DVEO Encoder Transcoder Family is an affordable way to encode, transcode and deliver the highestquality live and on-demand media with outstanding performance for IPTV, OTT and more. Offering proven
technology built on the Intel Xeon platform it provides extremely low latency and efficient content
distribution to help any organization become more competitive.
Utilizing the family’s advanced capabilities together with commercial grade content security and digital rights
management (DRM), organizations can respond with confidence to a constantly evolving media landscape.
Moreover, couple that with the DOZERbox™ technology, an integrated option in the DVEO Encoder
Transcoder Family, for error-free UDP video transport over any type of IP network.
Advantages
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Encode and deliver live and on-demand services
Provide outstanding reliability and performance
Improve content security
Increase efficiency of content distribution
Support IPTV, OTT and more
Benefit from extremely low latency
Reduced CAPEX and OPEX investment
Features
Linux OS − Reliability 24x7
Linux is universally acknowledged as the most reliable and efficient OS for mission
critical applications. It also happens to be extremely cost effective.
Multi-Network Content Distribution Architecture
Efficiently deliver live and on-demand media via multicasting and unicasting, featuring multi-protocol
and multi-wrapper IP output (UDP, RTP, and multiple HTTP protocols), live grooming, optional forward
error correction (FEC) or DVEO's patent pending Automated Packet Recovery technology, DOZERbox™.
Scalable Encoding
Encode large numbers of HD and SD channels at various quality levels from a single, Linux-based
appliance (please refer to the table on the next page).
Low Latency
Benefit from low latency that meets or exceeds industry standards.
Live Cloud Encoding
Encode content directly from the cloud to reduce CAPEX requirements.
DRM Protection
Integrated with industry leading content security, such as the Verimatrix® Video Content Authority
System (VCAS™), to protect content and service revenues across various adaptive bitrate streaming
protocols: HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), MPEG-DASH, and Microsoft® Smooth Streaming.
Media Distribution Ecosystem
Connect to any streaming architecture and network types while accommodating diverse sets of live
ingest and on-demand content, and deliver to multiple device types, including iOS and Android smart
phones and tablets, PCs, Macs, and smart TVs.
Support for various input formats such as SDI, HD-SDI, HMDI, GigE and 10 GigE.
Tested and confirmed compatible with leading CDNs and video streaming service providers: Akamai
(incl. Octoshape), Limelight, Ustream, Verizon (incl. Edgecast), etc.
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DVEO Encoder Transcoder Family Comparison
DVEO Encoder Transcoder Family is offered in a range of models as listed in the table below to support a wide
variety of broadcasting requirements and budgets.
Mamba™
MultiStreamer™
Gearbox™
Gearbox II™
Brutus V™
Portable Unit
1RU
3RU
3RU
1RU
HD 1080p
2
2
4
10
30
HD 720p
4
4
8
20
40
SD 480p
8
8
16
40
120
SD 360p
12
12
24
60
160
SD 240p
16
16
32
80
180
Cost/Encoded Channel
$312
$237
$312
$225
$183
No. Input Boards
1
1
4
4-6
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Form Factor
No.
Output
Channels
Technical Specifications
Inputs
Video
SDI, HD-SDI w/genlock, HDMI, DVB-C, Digital QAM (Annex A, B, C), DVB-S/S2, DVB-T,
DVB-ASI, 8VSB (SMPTE 310), Analog (component/composite)
Audio
SDI Embedded, AC3 Embedded, AES/EBU
IP Inputs
Outputs
Video
SDI, HD-SDI (input monitoring)
Codecs
H.264, AAC, ogg Vorbis, MPEG-1 Layer II, MP3, Dolby Digital AC3, H.263, VC1
Formats
mp4, flv, f4v, 3gp, 3gp2, wmv, QuickTime, RealAudio, RealVideo, mp3, SmIl
Protocols
Admin.
UDP,RTP, SDP, RTSP, HTTP, HLS, Smooth Streaming, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, RTMPT, RTMPS, FTP, MMS,
Windows Media Video 9 with HTTP/ASF, IP-Unicast, IP-Multicast
80GB Internal SSD for OS and application
External Storage: USB, nFS, Samba, iSCSI, Fiber channel
Storage
Security
UDP, RTP, RTSP, HTTP, HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), FTP, RTMP, Windows Media Video 9 with
HTTP/ASF
Qualys
Certified to Level 2 for Critical Vulnerabilities
Access
Web interface
SSH access
Monitoring SNMP
Mamba (at left) and MultiStreamer (mini)
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DVEO Perfects IP Video Transmission via "DOZER" UDP Packet Recovery Technology
Video operators need to deliver high-quality services at the lowest possible cost, which increasingly leads
them to IP network based approaches including the public Internet. However, neither the Internet nor
dedicated networks are optimized for time critical streaming video delivery during periods of high packet
volume, thus impacting video service quality.
The UDP real-time data delivery protocol was designed for streaming video applications and assumes
network nodes are not congested. However, IP network routers will simply drop UDP packets when
overloaded, without notifying the sender. This is the most critical problem with video delivery over IP
networks, and especially when UDP video has to compete with TCP/IP data traffic. It is well understood that
streaming video using UDP is affected by TCP traffic and its demanding flow control mechanism whenever TCP
and UDP share a node, and hence the UDP transmission may experience packet loss. Since TCP traffic
accounts for 75% of all Internet traffic, the potential problem is obvious. Therefore, delivering studio quality
video over IP networks represents a formidable challenge to achieving a high quality television experience
that consumers are accustomed to from traditional broadcasting.
Enter the award winning1 "DOZER" technology, integrated in a wide range of DVEO encoders/transcoders and
receivers. DOZER routes video through all types of IP networks, including the public Internet, in a
deterministic way thanks to its ability to correct for UDP packet loss, thereby enabling a broadcast quality TV
experience. DOZER literally “bulldozes” through routers and enables IPTV/OTT operators to improve the user
experience by ensuring smooth, low latency UDP video services.
DOZER is a real-time IP gateway technology featuring an end-to-end error
correcting protocol that delivers time critical video reliably over UDP,
whether unicast or multicast. It enables smooth MPEG-2 and H.264 SPTS
and MPTS delivery of both SD and HD services by implementing DVEO
patent pending Automated Packet Recovery algorithms for alleviation of
packet delay variation or outright packet loss, and re-ordering out-ofsequence packets.
DOZERbox is commercially available in three versions (click links for datasheets):
1. DOZERbox II IP/IP™, a compact stand-alone product (pictured)
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DOZER Racks IP/IP™, 1 RU form factor
DOZER APR: LIC™, a software license for third-party products, and an option in DVEO
encoders/transcoders and receivers
About the DVEO Encoder Transcoder Family
The DVEO Encoder Transcoder Family helps organizations encode, manage and securely deliver media to
users on a wide range of platforms, formats and devices. This fully-supported, end-to-end solution allows
organizations to automate the creation and delivery of high-definition, live and on-demand media. Easily
integrated and managed, this solution helps educators, governments, enterprise organizations, broadcasters,
carriers and OEMs reach more people with the content they want through a solution that saves money by
streamlining the entire media delivery process. Couple that with the DOZER technology, an integrated option
in the DVEO Encoder Transcoder Family, for error-free UDP video transport over any type of network.
Contact Us
Call DVEO at +1 858 613-1818 or visit www.dveo.com
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Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Technology Award 2014 for DVEO's DOZER IP video traffic smoothing technology
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About Computer Modules, Inc. (CMI) – DVEO Division
Company Overview
Founded in 1982, Computer Modules, Inc. (CMI), the parent company of DVEO, is a privately held company
headquartered in San Diego, California. CMI manufactures a wide range of high-quality niche OEM and enduser solutions. In addition to manufacturing its own products, CMI is also a distributor for a variety of
complementary products from well-known international corporations. DVEO, the Broadcast Division of CMI,
was launched in 2001.
DVEO Vision & Mission
DVEO develops innovative digital video, broadcasting and Telco TV/carrier grade products and solutions for
progressive service providers and equipment manufacturers globally. DVEO's vision is to offer state-of-the-art,
cost efficient and standards-compliant products for IPTV, OTT and broadcast applications that anticipate the
evolving needs of our discerning customers.
Our mission is to enable the deployment of high-quality, yet affordable solutions that enhance our clients’
profits and success by reducing CAPEX and OPEX. Since its launch DVEO has focused on fostering long term
relationships and this client-first attitude has positioned it as a trusted solutions provider for customers of all
types regardless of size and country. DVEO continuously pursues advanced R&D efforts into key technologies
in the digital video, broadcasting, IPTV, OTT and communications fields.
Market Approach
Today’s progressive video operators and equipment vendors are seeking a wide range of innovative solutions
and partnerships to improve their competitive positioning while containing cost. In addition to its service
provider products, DVEO designs OEM solutions that shorten technology vendors’ time-to-market while
reducing project risk and cost. DVEO’s products are scalable from single and custom units, to thousands of
units a month to meet dynamic customer and partner requirements. Above all, DVEO pursues long term
partnerships with both customers and technology vendors for sustained mutual benefits.
Products
Traditionally DVEO offered a wide range of MPEG-2 multi-standard transport stream and modulator PC cards,
format converters and various receiver types. Today, DVEO provides software-defined encoders, decoders
and transcoders, video servers, digital signage and ad insertion solutions. For the past several years DVEO has
increasingly focused its development efforts on carrier grade IPTV and OTT streaming solutions, together with
patent pending IP gateway technology ensuring error-free delivery of video traffic over UDP. All solutions
utilize Linux OS on industry standard hardware platforms to ensure 24x7 reliability, and feature DVEOdeveloped software for maximum flexibility, upgradability and cost effectiveness.
The high quality products are matched by valuable pre-sales consultancy, outstanding post-sales customer
support, and – not least – unusual affordability.
Customers
Customers include, among else, the BBC, Fox, Time Warner, Sinclair Broadcast Group, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS,
Sony, Arris, Cisco, Harmonic, Intel and Lightsquared. In fact, most major broadcasting organizations worldwide
have become our customers over the years, together with trail-blazing IP video operators. From traditional
broadcasting to the demands of leading-edge IPTV and OTT, we stay at the forefront of the digital and IP video
revolution so that our customers can improve their competitive positioning and market share.
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