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CodecWorks Gateway

A powerful media gateway — software solution designed for seamless switching between live streaming protocols and adapting video streams to different network environments. 
Elecard streaming protocol converter ensures reliable, scalable, and efficient video delivery for broadcasters, OTT platforms, and media operators.

 

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Efficient stream management

Efficient stream management

Content distribution, redundancy, and protocol adaptation

CENTRALIZED CONTROL

CENTRALIZED CONTROL

Managing several servers via GUI and web-interface

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Evaluate how our media gateway can fit your project requirements. Our specialists help configure the product as a video stream protocol bridge, tailored to your infrastructure.

Hardware Independence and Scalability

Hardware Independence and Scalability

Compatible with a wide range of hardware platforms — from compact solutions to high-performance servers capable of handling total stream bitrates up to 6500 Mbps CodecWorks Gateway is available for Windows and Linux OS

CodecWorks Gateway is available for Windows and Linux OS

 

 CodecWorks Gateway functions as SRT to UDP converter, RTSP converter, RTP streaming gateway, RTMP to HLS converter, Multicast to unicast converter, Transport stream (TS) converter, SRT gateway, low latency streaming gateway

Key Features

Contribution streaming: raw to any format

Receiver & decoder: any input to SDI/ASI/HDMI

Forward Error Correction (FEC) for reliable data transfer

Automatic and manual changeover to redundant source

Seamless switching with SMPTE 2022-7

Restreaming TS across one or multiple protocols

Broadcast Stability Control (rate control)

Stream Filtering Support  via Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)

Application

TV stations and TV studios, teleports, media houses and playout facilities, live events broadcast systems for resolving different tasks: 

 

  • Live Streaming: From Studio to Viewer

    Organizing a live broadcast—for instance, a sports event or a studio-based show. Signals capture and redistribution it to client stations

  • Local IPTV Distribution

    Local IPTV broadcasting—for example, in hotels

  • Source Redundancy

    Source redundancy organization within local networks

  • ST 2022-7: Transmission Path Redundancy

     Transmission redundancy based on the SMPTE ST 2022-7 standard

Elecard CodecWorks product line

Elecard CodecWorks modular architecture allows building unique product configuration fitting various application scenarios. Delivery: software solution or turnkey hardware server.

  1. CodecWorks Transcoder

    Encoding and transcoding. Learn more

  2. CodecWorks Mux

    Multiplexing of live streams. 

  3. CodecWorks Gateway

    Switching of live stream protocols.

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Software and Hardware specifications

Input formats

  • Interfaces: 

•  Ethernet IP

•  SDI, HD-SDI

•  DVB-ASI

•  HDMI

•  NDI®

•  ST 2110

 

  • Streaming: 

•  MPEG-2 TS UDP/RTP/SRT

•  HLS

•  MPEG-DASH

•  RTSP

•  RTMP

•  RIST

 

  • Video: 

•  HEVC/H.265

•  AVC/H.264

•  MPEG-2

•  Uncompressed (RGB, YV12, YUY2)

 

  • Audio: 

•  AAC/HE-AAC v1

•  MPEG-1/2 Layer I/II/III

•  AC3 (pass-through) 

•  Analog AES/EBU

•  PCM

Output formats

  • Interfaces: 

•  Ethernet IP

•  SDI, HD-SDI

•  DVB-ASI

•  HDMI

•  NDI®

•  ST 2110

 

  • Streaming: 

•  MPEG-2 TS UDP/RTP/SRT

•  HLS, Low Latency HLS

•  MPEG-DASH, Low Latency MPEG-DASH

•  RTMP

•  RIST

•  CMAF

 

  • Video: 

•  HEVC/H.265 

•  AVC/H.264 - up to 4K resolution

•  MPEG-2 - up to 8K resolution

 

  • Audio:

•  AAC

•  HE-AAC (v.1)

•  MPEG-1/2 Layer I/II

•  AC3 (pass-through)

•  Any (pass-through)

System Requirements

  • CPU encoding : 

•  CPU (Intel® from 4 gen, Xeon e7/5/3 v3 and upper, Xeon E/W/D, AMD zen gen and upper)

•  16 GB RAM (two-channels mode is required)

•  Any Graphic card

•  Windows® 10/11/Server 2019 (64 bit)

•  Linux (Ubuntu 24.04)

 

  • GPU encoding (Intel® QuickSync): 

•  CPU (Intel® from 5 gen, Xeon e3, Xeon E)

•  16 GB RAM (two-channels mode is required)

•  Intel Graphics Technology

•  Windows® 10/11/Server 2019 (64 bit)

•  Linux (Ubuntu 24.04)

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  • GPU encoding (NVIDIA): 

•  CPU (Intel® from 4 gen, Xeon e7/5/3 v3 and upper, Xeon E/W/D, AMD zen gen and upper)

•  16 GB RAM (two-channels mode is required)

•  NVIDIA GPU for Servers 

•  Windows® 10/11/Server 2019 (64 bit)

•  Linux (Ubuntu 24.04)

Input/output cards

  • SDI Capture cards: 

•  AJA KONA

•  SoftLab Forward (FD722, FD788)

•  DekTec

•  Other cards with DirectShow filter support

Control

•  Managing via GUI and web-interface

•  Management and monitoring via HTTP, SNMP

•  Command line

•  System information monitoring

Other

•  Closed Captions EIA-608, EIA-708

•  DVB subtitles

•  Teletext subtitles

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