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VIEWCAST NIAGARA STREAMING MEDIA ENCODER SYSTEMS

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V ideo and audio s tream ing are s trategic tools for c orp orations , educ ators , broadc as ters , governm ent, m inis tries and

other c ontent ow ners look ing to c om m unic ate dynam ic ally, effic iently, and w ith m ore interac tivity than ever

before. W ith over 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 p roduc ts ins talled and op erating around the w orld, if you have s een s tream ing video,

you have c ertainly s een V iew C as t.

W hether you need to s tream training videos , c ap ture broadc as t c ontent to p os t on a W eb s ite or w ebc as t, or s tream

a p ublic announc em ent by a C E O , you need high-q uality, reliable p roduc ts to trans fer your video c ontent into the

PC environm ent for s tream ing. Y ou need the ex traordinary p erform anc e, ex c ep tional q uality and reliability of

N iagara® Pro to c ap ture, p roc es s , digitiz e, c om p res s , and s tream your audio and video c ontent!

Th e P r o f e s s io n a l’s Ch o ic e f o r St r e a m in g Me d ia

The N iagara Pro is des igned for enterp ris e IT p rofes s ionals , p rofes s ional s tudios , broadc as ters , c able head-ends , IS Ps ,

and a variety of other p rofes s ional needs . The N iagara Pro is ideal for IPTV , w ebc as ting, video arc hiving, and

s tream ing training videos . This p ow erful s ys tem is an ex c ellent c hoic e as the high-end s olution for video c ap ture to

file for arc hiving, as w ell as rep urp os ing video for Internet and Intranet dis tribution.

The N iagara Pro c ap ture engine is bas ed on V iew C as t® O s p rey® V ideo s oftw are drivers and p rofes s ional c ap ture

hardw are. F or over a dec ade, p rofes s ionals in s earc h of ex c ep tional q uality — from broadc as ters to m ultim edia

p roduc ers w ho need 2 4 hour-a-day, 7 day-a-w eek p erform anc e — have relied on O s p rey V ideo for c ap turing and

s tream ing c ontent over the Internet.

The N iagara Pro is a p rofes s ional rac k -m ountable s tream ing m edia ap p lianc e des igned for high-q uality, high-

res olution video c ap turing and s tream ing. This dual-c hannel enc oder features three E Z S tream ® buttons , w hic h are

p re-p rogram m able us ing the N iagara c onfiguration W eb interfac e. This uniq ue feature allow s us ers to c reate

c us tom enc oding p rofiles , or us e p re-defined enc oding p rofiles , and ex ec ute thos e p rofiles by s im p ly p res s ing a

s ingle button on the front p anel of the N iagara Pro.

F EATU RES

• Ad v a n c e d s e t u p a n d p r o f ile s a llo w e x p e r ie n c e d u s e r s t o c u s t o m iz e c o n f ig u r a t io n s .• EASE Me n u s a llo w b a s ic e n c o d e /s e t u p f o r n o v ic e u s e r s f r o m t h e f r o n t p a n e l in t e r f a c e .• U SB p o r t s a llo w e a s y in s t a lla t io n o f s o f t w a r e u p g r a d e s , e n c o d in g p r o f ile s , a n d f o r t r a n s f e r o f a r c h iv e f ile s .• Clie n t m a n a g e m e n t a n d We b -b a s e d s o f t w a r e is in c lu d e d .

SP ECIF ICATIONS

• Vid e o In p u t : SDI, S-Vid e o , Co m p o s it e • Au d io In p u t : U n b a la n c e d St e r e o (2 x B NC), B a la n c e d St e r e o (2 x X L R), • SDI Em b e d d e d AES/EB U• 2 U SB P o r t s• Vid e o En c o d in g F o r m a t s Su p p o r t e d : Win d o w s Me d ia ®, Re a lVid e o ®, MP EG-4 , F la s h ®

a n d AVI• (2 ) 1 -Gig a b it Et h e r n e t P o r t s

H ig h -r e s o lu t io n St r e a m in g Sy s t e m

Niagara Pro Streaming Media Encoder System

EASE Menu SystemT h e Niagara Pro disp lays a comp lete set of controls for ease of local management and op eration of th e encoders.

F . R eal-time control of mu ltip le encoder sessionsG . R eal-time feedb ack on system p erformanceH . D irect-access for system conf igu rationI. R estore system to clean factory conf igu ration

F r o nt P a nel F ile Ex p o r t C o ntro lsNiagara Pro allow s u sers to ex p ort f iles to storage dev ices su ch as a U SB f lash driv e or map p ed netw ork driv e.

J . Ex p ort to a U SB f lash driv eK . Ex p ort to a p re-def ined map p ed netw ork driv e

W id e R a ng e o f A/ V a nd IP C o nnec tiv ityT h e rear p anel of th e Niagara Pro enab les seamless integration w ith p rofessional A /V eq u ip ment.

L . D u al-ch annel au dio and v ideo inp u tsM. T est signal inp u t and loop ed signal ou tp u tN. D u al Eth ernet p orts for simu ltaneou s h igh -b andw idth streaming and large f ile transferO . D u al-ch annel au dio and v ideo monitoring ou tp u ts on f ront p anel for easy access

Integ r a ted W eb -b a sed C o nf ig ur a tio n T o o lT h e Niagara Pro p re-sets can b e comp letely conf igu red u sing th e Niagara® SC X ® W eb C onf igu ration T ool f rom any L A N or W A N connected PC .

P. C reate, modify, and delete encoder p rof ilesQ . V iew and manage encoder log f iles and entriesR . Pre-conf igu re and assign A B C EZ Stream b u ttonsS. V iew du al-ch annel au dio and v ideo monitoring ou tp u ts on f ront p anel for easy access

Niagara Pro creates liv e streams in a v ariety of formats. It can b e conf igu red to sav e encoded content in th ese same formats to local or netw ork ed mass storage dev ices v ia tw o b u ilt-in 1 gigab it netw ork p orts.

V id eo & Aud io C o nf id enc e Mo nito r ing D isp lays th e v ideo inp u t signal f rom eith er C h annel A or C h annel B

A . Selectab le v ideo inp u t monitor (A /B )B . A u to-sw itch ing v ideo inp u t (alternating A /B )C . Selectab le test signal v ideo inp u t (A /B )D . C h annel A /B au dio lev el indicatorsE. H eadp h one inp u t jack w ith v olu me control

T h e Niagara Pro f ront p anel inclu des a v ideo conf idence monitor, w h ich is selectab le b y inp u t ch annel, or can b e set to au tomati-cally cycle b etw een inp u t ch annels giv ing a constant v iew of th e inp u t sou rce v ideo. Niagara Pro also featu res SD I, S-V ideo, and comp osite v ideo inp u ts w ith th e b enef it of emb edded SD I, A ES-EB U , and b alanced and u nb alanced au dio inp u ts.

W ith p ow er to sp are, Niagara Pro can deliv er tw o ch annels of f u ll D 1 h igh -q u ality streaming v ideo. Niagara Pro featu res D igitalSimu lStream, allow ing mu ltip le streams f rom a single ch annel inp u t. T h is p rov ides th e ab ility to simu ltaneou sly stream mu ltip leresolu tions at mu ltip le data rates in mu ltip le streaming formats!

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T h e Niagara SC X W eb Interface for Niagara ap p liances p rov ides an encoder list for encoder creation, editing, and monitoring.

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The Niagara SCX Web Interface for Niagara appliances prov id es an encod er list for encod er creation, ed iting, and m onitoring.

Niagara P ro sy stem inclu d es other V iew Cast com ponents to m ak e it a com plete stream ing solu tion. These softw are com ponents are pow erfu l configu ration, control, m anagem ent and m onitoring tools w hich inclu d e Niagara SCX P ro, Niagara SCX P ro Web Interface and O sprey D igital Sim u lStream .

Encoder Management & Monitoring Software - Niagara SCX ProNiagara® SCX® P ro is V iew Cast’s encod er m anagem ent and m onitoring softw are. Niagara SCX prov id es fu ll access to v iew and set encod ing param eters, start, and stop the encod ing process, and receiv e notification of id entified error cond itions.

Niagara SCX P ro is ex trem ely flex ible, particu lar-ly in applications inv olv ing liv e broad casting w here im m ed iate changes and tw eak s are req u ired . Niagara SCX P ro ex cels in prov id ing the req u ired controls to ensu re optim u m stream ing v id eo q u ality .

Niagara SCX P ro also prov id es control of: • Sy stem CO D E C and profile selection • Wind ow s M ed ia®, R ealV id eo, F lash, M P E G -4 , and A V I • M od ification of captu re resolu tion and attribu tes • A d ju stm ent of v id eo pre-processing filters su ch as d e-interlacing • A d ju stm ent of v id eo resolu tion throu gh scaling w hile m inim iz ing CP U load • B rand ing and protecting v id eo content throu gh logo w aterm ark ing • E nabling and d isabling O sprey ® Sim u lStream ®

V id eo form at ou tpu ts: • Wind ow s M ed ia 9 • Wind ow s M ed ia 1 0 • M P E G -4 com pression engine • H .2 6 3 /M P E G -4 P art 2 SP /A SP • H .2 6 4 /M P E G -4 P art 1 0 • 3 G P P /3 G P P 2 container su pport • M P E G -4 profile settings for m ost com m on applications • M P E G -4 — u nrestricted • H igh-d efinition — for H D -D V D play ers and set-top box es • H om e theater d ev ices — D V D play ers, set-top box es and gam ing consoles • P ortable — for play back d ev ices su ch as M P 3 play ers or P D A s • H and held — for play back on cellu lar phones • A pple® V id eo iP od ® — portable play back d ev ice • Creativ e® Z E N™ V ision — portable v id eo play er • P lay Station® P SP ®

• R ealV id eo 1 0 • R ealV id eo 9 • F lash® (F ile only ) • A u d io V id eo Interleav ed (A V I) (F ile only )

Encoder Configu ration T oolNiagara SCX Pro W eb InterfaceF or cu stom configu ration of the Niagara P ro sy stem settings, V iew Cast created the Niagara SCX P ro Web Interface tool, w hich is inclu d ed w ith all Niagara P ro sy stem s. This tool d oes not req u ire y ou to install special softw are on any other P C. Y ou only need a Web brow ser on any P C ru nning any operating sy stem , and y ou can control and configu re any Niagara P ro stream -ing m ed ia encod er.

This Web-based u serinterface allow s y outo brow se to any Niagara P ro on a L A N or WA N net-w ork and m anage the entire sy stem configu ration, inclu d ing: • Create, m od ify , and d elete encod er profiles • Start and stop ind iv id u al encod ers • P re-configu re and assign A B C E Z Stream bu ttons • V iew and m anage encod er log files and entries • M od ify sy stem netw ork configu ration settings (netw ork nam e, IP configu ration)

O s p rey D igital Simu lStreamD esigned to prov id e the optim al ex perience of a stream lined w ork flow , O sprey ® D igital Sim u lStream ® prov id es the ability to d eliv er m u ltiple stream s at m u ltiple bitrates from a single v id eo sou rce. O sprey D igital Sim u l-Stream is a prem iu m softw are enhancem ent to the Niagara P ro by ex tend ing the capabilities of a single channel au d io and v id eo captu re.

O sprey D igital Sim u lStream F eatu res: • O ptim iz ed stream s for a d iv erse Internet au d ience — all stream ing in real-tim e • M ax im u m efficiency w ithou t sacrificing q u ality • Com plete u tiliz ation of m u lti-core processors • M ax im u m channel d ensity for stream ing prod u ction • R ed u ced hard w are costs

Installed Softw are

V iew Cast Niagara Pro

Niagara SCX E ncod er nested v iew allow s y ou to easily see all encod ers on the netw ork and their cu rrent statu s.

Niagara SCX inclu d es ad v ance v id eo preprocessing control and Closed Caption ov erlay , em bed d ing or ou tpu t to file.

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Form FactorA / V C h an n e ls

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C ate g oryC omp os ite B N C

T e s t S ig n al Fe e d B N CS -V id e o M in i-D IN

S D IC omp os ite R C AC omp os ite B N C

S -V id e o M in i-D INV id e o P re s e n ce In d icator

B u ilt-in V id e o M on itorin g D is p layU n b alan ce d R C AU n b alan ce d B N C

B alan ce d X L RA E S / E B U

E mb e d d e d S D IS te re o H e ad p h on e Jack (3 .5 mm)

U n b alan ce d S te re o L in e L e v e l (3 .5 mm)U n b alan ce d S te re o L in e L e v e l (R C A )

N T S C (M / M -J )P A L (B / D / G / H / I)

S E C A M (B / D / G / H / K / K 1/ L / L 1)D e in te rlace

G amma C orre ctionT u n in g U tilitie s (V e ctors cop e / W av e form)

C rop p in gS calin g

B itmap O v e rlay3 2,4 4 .1, 4 8 k H z S amp lin g

H W g ain an d atte n u ationC los e d C ap tion E x traction & O v e rlay

C los e d C ap tion to T e x t O u tp u tW in d ow s M e d ia

R e al V id e oFlas h (v 6 )

A V IM P E G -4 P art 2 (H .26 3 )

M P E G -4 P art 10W in d ow s M e d ia

R e al A u d ioA V I

A M R N arrow b an dA A CM P 3

W in d ow s M e d iaR e alM e d iaFlas h (v 6 )

A V IA M R3 G P P

3 G P P 2U p to C IF R e s olu tion

U p to Fu ll R e s olu tionN iag ara S C X

N iag ara S C X P roN iag ara S C X W e b In te rface

O s p re y S imu ls tre amA C

+ 14 V D C (b atte ry p ow e r op e ration )FC C 4 7 C FR P art 15 C las s A

C E M arkR oH S

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V id e oM on itorin g

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S u p p orte dR e s olu tion

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5 5 lb s .2R U x 19 W x 24 .5 D

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O p tionO p tionO p tion

115 -23 0 V A C

R ack M ou n t2

5 5 lb s .2R U x 19 W x 24 .5 D

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7 0 lb s .2R U x 19 W x 23 D

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10 0 -24 0 V A C

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