Digital Rapids - Video Encoding and Streaming Hardware

• standard feature o optional feature

Inputs and Encoding Channels	Flux-3510	Flux-3550	Flux-6510	Flux-6550
Video encoding channels (simultaneous inputs)	1	1	1	1
SDI inputs (3G/HD/SD; combine for dual-link HD-SDI)			2	2
SDI inputs (SD)	1	1
Component analog video inputs (3 BNC)		1 (SD)		1 (HD/SD)
Y/C (S-Video) analog video inputs (Mini-Din)		1		1
Composite analog video inputs (BNC)		1		1
SDI embedded audio (8 stereo pairs)	•	•	•	•
AES/EBU stereo audio inputs (BNC)		4		4
Balanced analog audio inputs (XLR)		2		2
Unbalanced analog audio inputs (RCA)		2		2
LTC input (XLR)		•		•
Video/audio connectivity	Direct SDI connections to board	Breakout cable standard Rack-mountable breakout box optional	Direct SDI connections to board	Breakout cable standard Rack-mountable breakout box optional
Input Format Support	Flux-3510	Flux-3550	Flux-6510	Flux-6550
Supported input video resolutions and frame rates	486i @ 29.97 Fps (NTSC), 576i @ 25 Fps (PAL)		1080i @ 25, 29.97, 30 Fps 1080p/1080PsF @ 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30 Fps 720p @ 23.98, 24, 25, 30, 50, 59.94, 60 Fps 486i @ 29.97 Fps (NTSC), 576i @ 25 Fps (PAL) 1080p @ 60, 59.94, 50 Fps (upcoming software release)
VBI capture with Closed Caption support	•	•	•	•
SDI ancillary data capture (608/708 Closed Captioning, timecode)	•	•	•	•

Hardware Video Processing	Flux
Motion adaptive de-interlacing	•
Format conversion with cadence detection (including Inverse Telecine)	•
601/709 color space conversion (HD models)	•
Cropping, scaling	•
8-bit de-banding, dithering	•
Proc amp controls, gamma correction	•
Graphic overlay	•
Additional Hardware Features	Flux
System interface	PCIe x4
RS-422 interface	9-pin D female

Stream LE software features
Capture/encode to files from live inputs or decks (manual deck control)	•
Capture/encode to files from deck with RS-422 control	o
Transcode from existing media files	•
Live streaming	•
Archive to files during live streaming	•
Easy-to-use interface with unlimited customizable, reusable encoding profiles	•
Simultaneous output to multiple codecs, resolutions and bitrates	•
Encoding formats (codecs and containers) Click here for more details of standard and optional formats.	Standard: VC-1 (Microsoft Silverlight incl. IIS Smooth Streaming; Windows Media WMV), QuickTime, AVI, RealVideo and more. (Apple ProRes import available with third-party QuickTime filters). Optional: AVC (H.264, MPEG-4 Part 10), MPEG-2, MPEG-1, H.264 for Web (Adobe® Flash® incl. Dynamic Streaming; Microsoft IIS Smooth Streaming), On2 VP6, Dolby® Digital and Digital Plus, Dolby Pulse (AAC), JPEG2000, iPhone® H.264 with integrated segmenting, Avid DNxHD®, 3GPP, MXF, GXF, LXF, DVCPro, XDCAM HD, RED (import) and more.
Programmable event triggers (GPI , duration, custom keys)	•
Optional Stream FE software upgrade
RS-422 deck control for batch capture and logging	o
Batch Encoding (real-time capture with auto transcode)	o
Video and audio processing plug-ins (graphic and video overlay, open captioning, audio track mix-down and more) with support for third-party DirectShow and DMO plug-ins	o
E-mail notifications and automated FTP distribution	o
Watch Folder support and Batch Transcoding (clip lists) for media file transcoding	o
Automated template-based publishing	o
Forensic watermarking for content protection (Nexguard by Civolution) and tracking/monitoring (Teletrax)	o
SCTE 35 insertion (Cueing Messages for ad insertion)	o
Integration with Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager (sold separately)	o

Specifications