Harmonic’s DiviCom® Electra™ 7000 Encoder is the world’s first 1-RU high definition (HD) encoder with multi-service capability, flexibly delivering multiple full and low resolution services to a range of devices.
Designed to address the ever-increasing demand for advanced video and audio services, the high performance Electra 7000 provides up to four channels of superior quality constant bit rate (CBR) or variable bit rate (VBR) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video. It is the industry’s first HD encoder based on ASIC processing technology and provides a full 20% compression gain over the first generation of DSP-based MPEG-4 HD encoders. As with most advanced technologies, programmable devices provide faster time-to-market, but as deployment volumes increase, dedicated ASIC processors offers greater performance and density.
Highlights
- Ultra-low bit rate encoding
- Advanced MPEG-4 AVC HP@L4 video compression
- Low resolution channels for applications such as picture-in-picture (PiP), dynamic mosaics and streaming to the PC
- MPEG-2 TS/UDP or RTP/UDP over IP output
- Multi-pass LookAhead CBR or VBR encoding
- Supports multiple HD formats including 1080i and 720p
- Fade/dissolve and scene cut detection
- Flexible GOP structures with Adaptive I-frame and B-frame insertion
- ENRGY™ integrated noise reduction with Motion Compensated Temporal Filtering
- Supports SCTE104 DPI triggering of SCTE 35 cue message insertion in TS
- Digital audio/video inputs
- Up to ten stereo or twenty mono audio channels
With its standard IP interfaces, the Electra 7000 can be easily incorporated into Harmonic’s DiviTrackIP™ closed-loop statistical multiplexing solution. DiviTrackIP provides significant operational advantages and cost benefits by connecting encoders and multiplexers via a switched IP network rather than port-to-port ASI interconnects. As a result, any encoder anywhere in the network can efficiently be part of any multiplex, essentially creating a “virtual headend”.
Backed by Harmonic’s track record of innovation, system interoperability and exceptional support, the Electra 7000 is the most advanced HD encoding platform for IPTV, satellite, video-to-the-handheld, cable or terrestrial applications available today.
DTH satellite operators can quickly and efficiently launch new HD services and improve service-carrying capacity with the Electra 7000 by combining several MPEG-4 AVC HD channels in a single statistical multiplex. For telcos and other IP-based service providers, the Electra 7000’s highly bandwidth efficient MPEG-4 CBR encoding and native IP output make it possible to deliver exciting and competitive HD services.
Benefits of the Electra 7000
- Outstanding performance with system-on-chip compression engine - Leveraging the increased processing power of a cutting edge MPEG-4 AVC compression ASIC, the Electra 7000 performs larger, denser motion estimation searches and delivers true multi-pass MPEG-4 encoding. Coupled with Harmonic’s industry-leading ENRGY video pre-processing and multi-pass LookAhead encoding, the Electra 7000 presents a dramatic improvement in MPEG-4 AVC video quality.
- Flexibility and density - By offering up to four HD channels and multiple low resolution channels per device, operators can provide multiple, feature-rich services utilizing less space than required in a traditional headend.
- New applications - The Electra 7000 is capable of simultaneously delivering low resolution channels for new applications such as picture-in-picture (PiP), dynamic mosaics and streaming to PCs.
- Native audio encoding - Up to 10 stereo pairs of audio encoding are supported, in formats such as MPEG-1 Layer II, Dolby® Digital (AC-3) and AAC/aacPlus™.
- Support for all-IP infrastructure - The Electra platform’s native IP interface seamlessly integrates into scalable, low-cost IP networks.
- Network management - Harmonic’s NMX Digital Service Manager™ simplifies mass configuring, monitoring and automated redundancy in both centralized and distributed architectures.
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