Build your own capture, encoding and streaming workstation

Digital Rapids DRC-Stream PCI capture and processing boards allow you to add professional high-quality, real-time, multi-format video/audio encoding and web streaming capabilities to your existing workstation. With the included Stream LE software, Digital Rapids Stream encoding solutions combine the performance and quality advantages of hardware-based preprocessing with the format flexibility of software codecs, all controlled by an intuitive, streamlined user interface.

The multiple format encoding capabilities of Digital Rapids Stream solutions allow you to reach a wider audience than you ever have before, with video and audio optimized for each viewing environment. You can encode into formats including Windows Media, SMPTE VC-1, Real, QuickTime, MPEG and more in real time, saving you time and effort. The only limitation to the number of simultaneous real-time encodes is the processing power provided by your workstation’s CPU. You can encode video from live sources or transcode from existing digital media files. Whether you’re webcasting live events; streaming live channels of IPTV; capturing media for archive or production; or encoding on demand content for the web, mobile devices, VOD or DVD, Stream can encode to the compression formats and bitrates needed to reach your target platforms with the highest quality video and audio possible.

Tightly integrated hardware and software

The secret to our industry-leading encoding quality is the powerful media processing architecture of the DRC-Stream hardware. DRC-Stream PCI capture cards are at the core of all Digital Rapids encoding solutions, and are available in configurations ranging from single-channel analog to dual-channel analog and digital. Dual-channel models feature two discrete channels of advanced video processing capabilities and up to eight channels of audio processing. Each video channel features powerful real-time preprocessing including motion adaptive de-interlacing, scaling, filtering and motion adaptive 3D noise reduction, delivering higher quality video that makes more efficient use of bandwidth than video created using competing systems. (See samples in our Example Clips section.) Each audio processing channel features 7-band parametric EQ and dynamic range compression/expansion to make sure your message gets through loud and clear.

The included Stream LE software gives you one simple, consistent interface that leads you through the process of creating multiple encoded formats in just a few steps, and lets you deliver your content with as little as one mouse click. One interface that controls all of the encoding parameters and manages the distribution, streaming and archiving of your media. One click and you can reach a whole world of new audiences.