The high performance DiviCom® Electra™ 5400 Encoder is Harmonic’s third generation MPEG-4 AVC standard definition encoder and the industry’s first product based on ASIC processing technology. 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.
The Electra 5400 allows operators to quickly and efficiently launch SD services while providing the highest-quality viewing experience. Its encoding flexibility enables operators to deliver up to four simultaneous MPEG-4 AVC channels in high and low resolution formats, increasing revenue per program and enhancing customer satisfaction by flexibly delivering multiple services to any device.
With its standard IP interfaces, the Electra 5400 can be easily incorporated in 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 5400 is the most advanced encoding platform for IPTV, satellite, cable or terrestrial applications available today.
Benefits of the DiviCom Electra 5400
- Outstanding performance with system-on-chip compression engine - Leveraging the increased processing power of a cutting edge MPEG-4 AVC compression ASIC, the Electra 5400 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 5400 presents a dramatic improvement in MPEG-4 AVC video quality.
- Density - By offering up to four SD channels and multiple low resolution channels per 1-RU device, operators can provide multiple, feature-rich services utilizing less space than required in a traditional headend.
- New applications - The Electra 5400 is capable of simultaneously delivering low resolution channels for new applications such as picture- in-picture (PiP) and dynamic mosaics, within a given bandwidth, without compromising video quality.
- 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.
- Advanced audio support - The system supports a wide spectrum of audio formats including AAC, HE-AAC, Dolby and MPEG1-L2.
Highlights
- Ultra-low bit-rate encoding
- Advanced MPEG-4 AVC MP@L3 video compression
- Low resolution channels for applications such as picture-in-picture (PiP), dynamic multi-channel mosaics
- Multi-pass LookAhead constant bit-rate (CBR) orvariable bit-rate (VBR) encoding
- Single slice encoding
- Flexible GOP structures with adaptive I-frame and B-frame insertion
- ENRGY™ integrated noise reduction with Motion Compensated Temporal Filtering
- Support for SCTE104 DPI triggering
- Digital audio/video inputs
- Up to ten stereo or twenty mono audio channels
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