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CodecWorks Gateway

A powerful media gateway—a software solution for seamless switching between live streaming protocols and adapting video streams to different network environments. 
This 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

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Explore how our media gateway can fit your project requirements. Our specialists will help you 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 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 input to any format

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

Forward Error Correction (FEC) for reliable data transfer

Automatic and manual changeover to a redundant source

Seamless switching with SMPTE 2022-7

TS restreaming across one or multiple protocols

Broadcast stability control (rate control)

Stream filtering support via Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)

Application

Ideal for TV stations and studios, teleports, media houses, playout facilities, and live events broadcast systems to address various broadcasting challenges: 

 

  • Live Streaming: From Studio to Viewer

    Organize live broadcasts—such as sports events or studio-based shows. Capture signals and redistribute them to client stations.

  • Local IPTV Distribution

    Enable local IPTV broadcasting—for example, in hotels or enterprise networks.

  • Source Redundancy

    Organize source redundancy within local networks.

  • ST 2022-7: Transmission Path Redundancy

    Ensure transmission reliability using SMPTE ST 2022-7 standard for seamless path redundancy

Elecard CodecWorks product line

Elecard CodecWorks modular architecture allows you to build unique product configurations fitting various application scenarios. Available as a software solution or a turnkey hardware server.

  1. CodecWorks Transcoder

    Encoding and transcoding. Learn more

  2. CodecWorks Mux

    Live stream multiplexing. 

  3. CodecWorks Gateway

    Live stream protocol switching.

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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® 4th gen and newer, Xeon E7/E5/E3 v3 and higher, Xeon E/W/D, AMD Zen gen and higher)

•  16 GB RAM (dual-channel mode required)

•  Any graphics card

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

•  Linux (Ubuntu 24.04)

 

  • GPU encoding (Intel® QuickSync): 

•  CPU (Intel® 5th gen and newer, Xeon E3, Xeon E)

•  16 GB RAM (dual-channel mode required)

•  Intel Graphics Technology

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

•  Linux (Ubuntu 24.04)

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  • GPU encoding (NVIDIA): 

•  CPU (Intel® 4th gen and newer, Xeon E7/E5/E3 v3 and higher, Xeon E/W/D, AMD Zen gen and higher)

•  16 GB RAM (dual-channel mode 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

•  Management 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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