Reception
Tech specs

Input

Compressed input

  • Type: IP (IGMPv3-based redundancy and dual multicast redundancy), Dual source redundancy (active / active & active / passive modes). Pro-MPEG FEC, SRT.
  • Protocols: MPEG-2 TS (MPTS & SPTS), RTMP
  • Codec: Video: MPEG-2, H.264, HEVC 4:2:0; Audio: MPEG-1 LII, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3), AAC, HEAAC v1 and v2, Dolby E
  • Data rate: SD / HD (up to 50 Mbps)
  • Input resolutions: Full video resolution for 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080i25, 1080i29.97, 720p50, 720p59.97, 567i25, 480i29.97

Satellite input

(optional cards)

  • 4 independent demodulators
  • Frequency range: 950MHz to 2150MHz DVB
  • FEC decode
  • LNB max. 19V
  • Connector: 4x F-type 75 ohm
  • Modulation: DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-S2X
  • QPSK, 8PSK, 16PSK, 32PSK, 64PSK
  • Packet length: 188/204 byte packets

Decoding

Video decoding

  • Full video resolutions for 2160p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94
  • Full video resolutions for 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080i25, 1080i29.97, 720p50, 720p59.97
  • UHD (4k) HEVC Main/Main 10/Main 4:2:2 10 Profiles @ Level 5.1, up to 150 Mbps
  • UHD (4k) HEVC Main 4:2:0 up to 50 Mbps
  • HD HEVC Main/Main 10/Main 4:2:2 10 Profiles @ Level 5.1 1
  • HD MPEG-4 AVC Main/High profiles @ Level 4 2, High 4:2:2 Profile (includes 10-bit) @ Level 4.2 2
  • HD MPEG-2 4:2:2 Profile 2
  • HD MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC or HEVC 4:2:0 up to 25 Mbps
  • UHD, HD JPEG-XS over TS input as per ISO 13818-1:2019

Video conversions

  • 1080p50/59.4 compressed input to 1080i
  • UHD 4:2:0 to 720p50/59.94

HDR to SDR

  • HD HDR HLG or HDR PQ10 to BT.709 conversion
  • HDR to SDR conversion for UHD and Multiple 1080p channel support (HDR HLG, HLG with custom LUT, PQ10 or HDR10)

Audio decoding

  • Max. 8 stereo pairs per service (depending on codec) for SDI output
  • Max. 4 stereo pairs per service (depending on codec) for ST 2110-30 output
  • MPEG-1 Layer-II, AAC, HE-AAC v1&v2, HE-AAC 5.1, Dolby Digital® (AC-3) 2.0 & 5.1, Dolby Digital® Plus (E-AC-3) 2.0 & 5.1, MPEG-H
  • Audio sampling rate: 48 kHz
  • Phase-aligned audio supported

Data decoding

  • CEA-608 & CEA-708 Closed Captions
  • Time Code
  • Generic VANC
  • Teletext
  • AFD/BAR data

Video transcoding

  • HD MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC or HEVC 4:2:0 to HD or SD MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC or HEVC 4:2:0
  • SD MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC or HEVC 4:2:0 to SD MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC or HEVC 4:2:0

Audio encoding

  • Audio codecs: MPEG-1 Layer-II, AAC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2 1. Dolby Digital® 2.0 / 5.1, Dolby Digital Plus® 2.0, 5.1, Dolby AC-3
  • Audio channels: Up to 8 stereo pairs per service.
  • Passthrough: Dolby E®, Dolby Digital®, Dolby Digital Plus®, Linear PCM (as SMPTE 302)
  • Data rate: From 4.75 kbps to 320 kbps (from 64 to 1024 kbps for DD+).

Compressed output

Transport stream output

  • Single or multi-service MPEG Transport Stream(s)
  • UDP or RTP encapsulated
  • RTMP/RTMPS

Reliable transport

  • SRT and RIST input/output:

    • Carriage of UDP or RTP streams over the SRT protocol

    • SRT listener or caller mode

    • RIST sender mode

    • RIST listener mode

  • Zixi input/output

    • Zixi sender
    • Zixi feeder or Zixi Receiver mode

High availability

  • Automated (standalone) 1+1 output synchronization with PTS alignment (either SDI or ST 2110 inputs)

Uncompressed output

Baseband over IP

  • SDI over IP (SMPTE ST 2022-6)
  • SMPTE ST 2110
    • SMPTE ST 2110-20 uncompressed video up to UHD resolution,
    • SMPTE ST 2110-30/31: uncompressed audio,
    • SMPTE ST 2110-40: data (VITC/Time code, AFD/BAR, Closed captioning, OP-47 Teletext, SMPTE 2031 Teletext),
    • All SMPTE ST 2110 essences can be input as ST 2022-7
    • NMOS IS-04 and NMOS IS-05 support

SDI

  • Up to 8xHD-SDI or 8x3G-SDI or 1x12G-SDI
  • Connector: BNC (F) 75 ohms

Multiplexing

Inputs and outputs

  • IP (UDP or RTP) input and output of MPEG Transport Streams
  • RTP re-ordering
  • IGMP V3 redundancy
  • Input bitrate monitoring and CC error detection
  • SMPTE 2022-1 FEC on input and output

Processing

  • PID filtering and PID remapping by re-multiplexing input programs Real-time PSI regeneration

Content security

Decryption

  • Decryption of BISS-1/E and BISS-CA
  • Decryption via CAM with option card fitted

Director

  • A full conditional access system to secure delivery of digital content encrypted using rotating keys that are distributed within the transport stream

  • Director 6

Ad insertion

  • Ingest format:
    • MPEG-TS over IP (SPTS), with a video buffer of 1 second minimum
    • Assets pre-encoded and stored locally
  • Scheduling control: Triggered via advanced scheduling control options:
    • Signal-based: based on submitted SCTE-35 signal (with matching criteria)
    • Signal based / fallback to time: SCTE-35 expected, but not present, fallback to out-of-band operations triggering
  • Asset management (RX1 v16):
    • Storage of up to 90 minutes of assets in the unit
    • Assets and schedules fetched automatically from a central asset server
    • Automatic housekeeping of the asset store

Monitoring & control

  • Remoted control: Provided via the Mediakind MK.IO portal
  • Direct control and status monitoring: Provided via Web browser user interfaceand REST API
  • Standard protocols: SNMP, NTP, IGMP
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