NAB 2012: Digital Rapids Products Preview

2012 NAB Show Preview
Digital Rapids

Booth SL5624

Website: www.digitalrapids.com 

Digital Rapids connects content to opportunity, providing solutions, technology and expertise that let media organizations and professionals bring live and on-demand video to wider audiences more efficiently, more effectively and more profitably.

Digital Rapids Transcode Manager 2.0

This next generation of our automated, high-volume media file transcoding software, combines superior quality, intelligent automation, rich format support and outstanding performance for transcoding applications from production and archive to revenue-expanding multi-screen distribution. Built on our groundbreaking new Kayak technology platform, new features in version 2.0 include adaptive, logic-driven process automation with rich metadata support to reduce effort, errors and processing time; intuitive, visual workflow design tools; and elastic scalability with dynamic, on-demand deployment.

StreamZ Live Broadcast

The new, carrier-grade StreamZ Live Broadcast hybrid live encoder combines Digital Rapids’ renowned multi-screen output versatility and quality with robust features for the unique demands of broadcast, cable, telco and satellite television operations. StreamZ Live Broadcast features simultaneous H.264 or MPEG-2 encoding for ‘traditional’ television applications and multi-format encoding — including adaptive bit rate (ABR) streaming — for “any-screen” delivery to devices including mobile phones, tablets, PCs, IPTV, over-the-top (OTT) services and more — all in a single encoder.

StreamZ Live

The StreamZ Live family of encoders provides superior output quality, outstanding reliability and flexible, multi-screen output format support for audience-expanding live streaming applications. Available in single or multichannel models with HD, SD and IP input choices, StreamZ Live features rich adaptive streaming (ABR) support and simultaneous multi-format output for streaming to devices from mobile phones and tablets to PCs, game consoles and ‘smart’ TVs. Multiple StreamZ Live encoders can be combined with the Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager software for enterprise-class management, automation, monitoring and failover.

StreamZHD

A new version of the software for our versatile StreamZHD multi-format, live and on-demand encoding system will be showcased, building on StreamZHD’s feature set with further extensions to its robust output, automation and workflow integration capabilities. StreamZHD provides quality, flexibility, format support, efficiency and automation for transforming media for applications from post production to multi-screen live and on-demand distribution.

TouchStream

TouchStream portable live streaming appliances deliver our output quality in a fully self-contained form factor ideal for corporate and government communications, education, worship and more. TouchStream appliances combine flexible features with unparalleled ease of use through an intuitive touch-screen interface, with multi-format models providing easy adaptability to varying requirements.

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