Sixteen channels in one rack unit
Sixteen 1080p50 channels in one half-depth 1 RU box, with redundant power supplies. Less rack space, less power, fewer boxes to look after.
Use cases · Playout centre
Every channel from your playout centre, delivered to every operator.
Sixteen channels in one rack unit, from SDI or ST 2110 to the IP streams telcos, IPTV operators and streaming platforms take in. Each channel can go to several of them at once, and you watch them all in a browser.
The problem.
A playout centre ends up feeding the same channels to many operators: cable, IPTV, telcos and streaming platforms, each with its own address and its own way of taking a stream in. Encoders built for one or two channels fill racks, draw power and multiply licences as the channel count grows. Every operator wants a clean, standard stream, and when something goes wrong you need to see it before they call you.
How it works.
Out of playout
Your channels leave playout as SDI, or on an ST 2110 network.
Into one rack unit
A Framecastic encoder takes up to 16 of them and encodes each one in hardware.
Out to the operators
Each channel goes out as a standard stream, to one operator or to several at once.
In view
You watch every channel as a live thumbnail in the browser, and your automation can drive every setting.
What you get.
SDI or ST 2110, whichever your plant uses
The SDI Encoder takes SD, HD and 3G-SDI. The ST 2110 Encoder takes uncompressed video and audio straight off the network, with seamless protection and network timing.
One channel, many operators
Each channel can be sent to several destinations at the same time: MPEG-TS over UDP or RTP on a managed network, SRT or RIST over the internet, and RTMP to streaming platforms. One encode feeds every operator that takes the channel.
What operators ask for
Standard MPEG-TS in H.264 or HEVC, up to 16 audio channels per channel with language tags, and the audio formats operators expect. Timecode and closed captions can travel with the picture.
Verified as broadcast-ready
Our streams have been checked as broadcast-ready on broadcast-grade stream analysers.
Every channel in view
A live thumbnail of every channel in the browser, with automatic detection of whether a signal is present. Every setting is also reachable through the REST API for your own automation.
What you need.
| Where | Unit | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Your plant is SDI | SDI Encoder | 16 SDI channels to IP, in 1 RU |
| Your plant is ST 2110 | ST 2110 Encoder | 16 channels from the ST 2110 network to IP, in 1 RU |
| Your network | A managed IP network or an internet line to each operator |
In operation at a playout centre with 20+ channels
Its 1080p50 channels are encoded sixteen to a half-depth 1 RU box and delivered to telco and IPTV operators.
Good to know.
- HD only. The SDI and ST 2110 encoders handle sources up to 1920 × 1080.
- Fewer channels at 60p. Sixteen channels is at 1080p50. At 1080p60 a box carries fewer.
- ST 2110 output. The ST 2110 Encoder sends MPEG-TS over UDP, multicast or unicast. SRT, RIST and RTMP are on the SDI Encoder.
- Your own servers. The same software is available as a perpetual licence for servers you already own.
Try it on your own signals.
Remote access to a running unit first, then a unit in your plant for a couple of weeks, with a written report you keep either way.