IPTV OTT Encoding & Streaming
Software Specifications
Datasheet and Brochure
| System Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Minimum 2GHz. Intel Core i7 8th Generation or newer recommended. See FAQ for detailed recommendations. |
| RAM | Approximately 200MB per channel |
| Disk | 500MB |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, Tesla, or Ampere video card (optional) |
| Ethernet NIC | LAN (1 Gbps) and WAN support |
| Operating System | - Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 10, or 11 (64-bit) or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2,
2012, or 2016 (64-bit) with
Visual C++
2013 Redistributable Package - Linux 64-bit (Ubuntu, CentOS Stream, RHEL, Rocky Linux, Debian) with kernel 4.x or above |
| Input Stream Formats |
|---|
| Apple HLS |
| MPEG-TS over HTTP / UDP / RTP |
| MPEG-DASH |
| Video webpage (Youtube, twitch, bilibili, etc) |
| RTMP / RTMPE / RTMPS / RTMPT |
| RTSP over UDP / TCP |
| Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) |
| Newtek NDI |
| Blackmagic DeckLink Capture Cards thru DeckLink API |
| FTP / SFTP |
| MMS over TCP / HTTP |
| Microsoft DirectShow Compatible Capture / Crossbar Device - USB Webcam - Digital (Video) Camera (firewire cable connected) - PCI-E Video Capture Card (Blackmagic Intensity/Decklink, TBS, Osprey, etc) |
| Screencast - Windows GDI - Linux Video4Linux2 / Alsa Device |
| Multimedia File - Audio Files (pcm, wav, mp3, amr, wma, voc, ogg, au) - Video Files (avi, mpg, mp4, mov, mkv, ts, wmv, asf, 3gp, vob, flv, swf, rm, rmvb, webm) - Picture Files (bmp, jpg, gif, png, tiff, webp, svg) |
| Output Stream Formats |
|---|
| RTMP / RTMPE / RTMPS / RTMPT |
| MPEG-TS (SPTS/MPTS) over HTTP / UDP / RTP |
| MP4 over HTTP (HTML Web Video) |
| Apple HLS (.m3u8 playlist with MPEG-TS or CMAF segments) |
| MPEG-DASH (.mpd playlist with CMAF segments) |
| Newtek NDI |
| Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) |
| MJPEG over HTTP |
| Local/FTP/SFTP File (.mov / .mp4 / .mkv / .mpg / .ts) |
| Blackmagic DeckLink Playback Cards thru DeckLink API |
| RTSP |
| Encodings & Decodings | |
|---|---|
| Audio | AAC-LC / HE-AAC Webm Opus AC3 / E-AC3 MP2 / MP3 PCM / G.7xx AMR Real Audio Windows Media Audio |
| Video | AV1 H.265 / HEVC (Main/Main 10/Main SP) H.264 / AVC (Baseline/Main/High/High 10/High 4:2:2/High 4:4:4) Webm VP8 Webm VP9 MPEG-4/Visual H.263+/++ (aka H.263-1998/2000) H.263 JPEG/MJPEG MPEG-1 Video MPEG-2 Video Real Video Flash Video Windows Media Video On2 VP6 |
| Subtitle | dvb/dvd subtitle dvb teletext closed caption (CEA/EIA-608, CEA/EIA-708) srt/subrip webvtt movtext |
| GPU Acceleration |
|---|
| NVIDIA NVENC / NVDEC / CUVID H.264 / HEVC / AV1 Encoding & Decoding |
| NVIDIA Video Resizing (NPP Scale) |
| Intel Quick Sync Video H.264 / HEVC / AV1 Encoding & Decoding |
| AMD Advanced Media Framework H.264 / HEVC / AV1 Encoding |
| NETINT Quadra Video Processing Unit Encoding & Decoding |
| DXVA2 Accelerated Decoding (Available on Windows) |
| Output Video Resolution |
|---|
| UHD (2K/4K) |
| HDTV (1280x720/1920x1080) |
| SDTV (720x576) |
| 4CIF (704x576) |
| VGA (640x480) |
| CIF (352x288) |
| QVGA (320x240) |
| QCIF (176x144) |
| SQCIF (128x96) |
| Custom/User-specified (H.263+/H.264/MPEG-4/HEVC) |