The BE9400 is a scalable, fully programmable, broadcast quality encoder for high definition and standard definition video formats. It combines Telairity’s uniquely powerful hardware and software technology with leading-edge H.264/AVC (MPEG-4) video compression to achieve industry-leading video quality at very low bit rates, below 1Mbps for SD and 6Mbps for HD formats. The versatile, multichannel BE9400 encoding platform can be configured with either 2 HD channels, or 1 HD and 1 or 2 SD channels, or 4 SD channels, addressing the needs of IPTV and other providers to improve system density, or simultaneously encode a single input for up to 3 different types of displays (HD, SD, and Mobile formats).

Applications:

The BE9400 multichannel HD/SD encoder platform offers state of the art AVC/H.264 video compression for both HD and SD television formats in a cost-effective, 1 RU form factor. It excels at low bit rates, and is targeted to IPTV, ITV, mobile and other applications where low bit rates are needed and multiple channels must be accommodated, or flexible display encoding abilities are needed for HD-SD-Mobile formats.

Benefits:

Handles multiple independent SD/HD channels, with up to 4 stereo audio programs (up to 8 audio channels) per video channel.
Based on the fully programmable Telairity-1 video architecture; full software upgradeability for easy maintenance and improvements.

MPEG-4 AAC-LC option for high audio quality at very low compressed bit rates; Dolby Digital (AC-3) pass-through also supported.

“Instant on” two-second startup and one-second restart times

Non-stop design includes dual redundant power supplies. Price includes unconditional one year service guarantee.

Models:

BE9400-2- 2SD
BE9800-3 - 3SD or 1HD+1SD
BE9800-4- 4SD or 1HD+2SD or 2HD


HD channels offer dual-mode auto-switching (by input) SD capability

BE9400-Back Panel - I/O Configuration Option - Dual-redundant Power Supplies

Supports up to 8 audio channels per each video channel!

Video Encoding Features:

• 2 to 4 fully independent channels with SD I/O per channel pair (1 & 2, 3 & 4)
  • SD: Digital or Analog input with dual outputs (2 ASI, 2 IP, or 1 each)
  • HD: SDI input with dual ASI and dual IP outputs
• H.264/AVC - HD: High Profile, Level 4; SD: Main Profile, Level 3
• Formats: HD:1080i, 1080p30, 720p; SD: 576i (PAL), 480i (NTSC), 352p (CIF)
• Horizontal Resolutions:
  • HD: 1920, 1440, 1280, 960
  • SD: 720, 640, 544, 480, 352, 240/288 (CIF)
• Rate Control - HD: 15 to 2 Mbps; SD: 5.0 to 0.1 Mbps
  • Constant Bit Rate (CBR), Variable Bit Rate (VBR)
• Scene change detection
• Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic entropy Coding (CABAC)
• Adjustable Spatial Preprocessing and Deblocking (Loop) Filters

Audio Encoding Features (per channel):

• SDI embedded audio input - per SMPTE 299M for HD, 272M for SD
  • Four programs (stereo pairs) per channel: Stereo, Dual Mono, Mono
• MPEG-1 Layer 2 encoding, bit rates: 32 to 384 Kbps
  • MPEG-4 AAC-LC option for better quality at lower bit rates
• Dolby Digital (AC-3) pass-through

Control Features:

• On-board Flash memory for fast program upload at boot
• Web browser control via Ethernet interface