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24-11-2014, 07:53
Artesyn Embedded, Vantrix partner for video transcoding, media processing Details Michelle Clancy | 23 November 2014 Artesyn Embedded Technologies and Vantrix have developed a video transcoding and media processing platform to enable multiscreen content for broadcast and communications service providers. The integrated Artesyn SharpStreamer hardware and Vantrix software solution enables higher channel density for virtualised, ultra-high density media processing functions, including encryption and adaptive bitrate (ABR) packaging. For example, a single accelerated server could replace up to 40 non-accelerated servers for a video-on-demand (VOD) over-the-top (OTT) content transcoding application, the companies said, or up to 24 servers for a linear real-time broadcast ABR application. These substantial capital expenditure savings are matched by significantly reduced operating expenditure, thanks to power consumption that has been estimated at between 6% and 10% of that required to run the same applications on non-accelerated servers. "Content service providers would prefer to use standard servers versus proprietary hardware for their video encoding and transcoding applications, but those standard servers today don't scale cost effectively to support ultra-high densities with software-based video processing solutions,