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CodecWorks Gateway

A software solution for switching between live stream protocols to adapt the stream for various network types.

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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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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

 

 transcoding

Key Features

Contribution streaming, raw to any

Receiver & decoder, any to SDI/ASI/HDMI

Forward Error Correction

Automatic and manual changeover to redundant source

Seamless switching with SMPTE 2022-7

Restreaming TS from one protocol to another 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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