Encoding for everything

Multi-platform content delivery and digital media distribution has evolved from "promise and potential" to a necessity for content and rights owners striving to stay ahead in today's competitive media environment. Maximizing the value and reach of your content means dealing with an ever-increasing array of formats to support the network-enabled platforms and devices that are defining the future of digital video. From storage encoding of file-based deliverables to live streaming, Digital Rapids StreamZ and StreamZHD studio media encoding systems give you the power to efficiently repurpose your media at top quality in any format for any audience, anywhere.

Combining the performance and quality advantages of hardware based preprocessing with the flexibility of software codecs and a powerful yet easy-to-use user interface, StreamZ encoders are ideal for creating and transforming content for today’s expanding array of network-based distribution platforms and file-based production workflows. From real-time encoding and streaming from live sources or decks to faster-than-real-time transcoding from existing media files, StreamZ can dramatically increase your productivity and output media quality easily and cost-effectively.

StreamZ encoding systems feature a comprehensive range of input options for standard definition video sources. For high definition applications, StreamZHD provides HD/SD format agility.

Multiple formats, one easy workflow

The StreamZ family supports standard and optional output compression and container formats including AVC (H.264, MPEG-4 Part 10), VC-1 (Windows Media, Silverlight with live and on-demand IIS7 Smooth Streaming), Adobe Flash (H.264 or On2 VP6), MPEG-2, XDCAM HD, Avid DNxHD, Dolby Digital and Digital Plus, QuickTime, MXF and many more, with a flexible architecture for easy future format expansion. Strict output compliance ensures broad compatibility with devices from PCs to set-top boxes. Additional formats such as QuickTime-wrapped Apple ProRes files can be used as sources for transcoding.

Source video can be encoded to files or streamed in multiple formats, resolutions and bit rates simultaneously in real time, giving you exceptional productivity while targeting multiple distribution channels with individually optimized outputs. The number of simultaneous real-time streams is limited only by the CPU horsepower needed for each chosen format. For complex combinations of formats exceeding available processing power, StreamZ’s Batch Encoding mode captures any input to an uncompressed media file and automatically transcodes it to multiple formats without user intervention. Existing media files from differing resolutions, frame rates and sources can be transcoded to any other output format and concatenated if desired.

With unparalleled quality, versatility, performance and reliability, StreamZ is the ultimate encoder for today's multi-format, multi-platform media opportunties.