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High definition video anywhere, any time, any format

Broadcast, post production, archive, digital dailies, video on demand (VOD), IPTV, Blu-ray and many other professional applications all depend upon the visual quality offered by HD acquisition, production and distribution. Meanwhile, distribution to multiple platforms – from HDTV to the Web and mobile devices – has become essential to maximizing opportunities in today’s competitive media landscape. Digital Rapids StreamZHD media encoding systems are the industry's most versatile HD content creation and repurposing tools, letting you capture, encode, transcode, stream and deliver your content in multiple formats ranging from uncompressed HD video to high-quality streaming media, all from a single, intuitive interface.

Combining the performance and quality advantages of hardware based preprocessing with the flexibility of software codecs and powerful, robust software features, StreamZHD encoders are ideal for creating and transforming HD content for network-based distribution and file-based production workflows. From real-time HD encoding and HD streaming from live sources or decks to transcoding from existing media files, StreamZHD seamlessly brings together IP-based networks, file-based workflows and high definition video, boosting your productivity, efficiency and output quality.

Multiple formats, one easy workflow

StreamZHD encoders are format agile, on both input and output. StreamZHD can capture HD (1080i, 1080p and 720p) or SD video in its native format, or format convert it in hardware during capture from HD to SD, SD to HD, or between HD resolutions.

Source video can be encoded to multiple formats, resolutions and bit rates simultaneously in real time – ideal for optimally reaching multiple audiences and when creating content for adaptive bit rate delivery. StreamZHD offers the industry’s highest performance and quality for live and on-demand adaptive streaming technologies including Adobe® Flash® Dynamic Streaming, Apple® iPhone® and iPad® HTTP Streaming, and Microsoft® IIS Smooth Streaming (H.264 and VC-1).

StreamZHD’s Batch Encoding mode captures any HD or SD input format to an uncompressed media file in real time and automatically transcodes it to multiple formats without user intervention, enabling easy HD encoding to even the most complex combinations of formats. Existing media files from differing resolutions, frame rates and sources can be transcoded to any other output format and concatenated if desired.

StreamZHD supports standard and optional compression and container formats including AVC (a.k.a. H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10), VC-1 (Windows Media, Silverlight), Adobe Flash (H.264 or On2 VP6), MPEG-2, XDCAM HD, Avid DNxHD®, DVCPro, JPEG2000, H.264 for Apple iPhone/iPad with integrated segmenting, Dolby® Digital and Digital Plus, QuickTime®, MXF, GXF, LXF, Omneon and many more, with a flexible architecture ensuring easy expandability to support future formats. Dozens of file formats, including additional formats such as QuickTime-wrapped Apple^® ProRes, can be used as sources for transcoding.