## Compressed Input ### IP input - **Type:** IP (IGMPv3-based redundancy and dual multicast redundancy) - **Protocols:** MPEG Transport Stream (SPTS, MPTS), RTP / UDP, RTMP, SMPTE ST 2022-7 - **Bitrate:** Constant Bitrate (CBR) - **Error Correction:** ProMPEG FEC ### Reliable transport - **Input:** IP based - **Protocols:** SRT, RIST and Zixi **SRT and RIST input** - Carriage of UDP or RTP streams over the SRT protocol - SRT listener or caller mode - RIST sender mode - RIST listener mode **Zixi input** - Zixi sender - Zixi feeder or Zixi Receiver mode ### Satellite input - **Standards:** DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-S2X - **Hardware requirements:** Requires one or more of the following cards **2-port satellite demodulator option card with 3G-SDI/ASI output (Dektec DTA-2127)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/DEMODSDI** (Dektec DTA-2127 DVB-S2X Quad Receiver with 3G-SDI/ASI Output) > **Info:** The Dektec DTA-2127 option card has 2 x RF input ports. Currently MK.IO Beam only supports > configuring one tuner/demodulator per RF input. Features: - **Frequency range:** L-band (950 – 2150 MHz) - **Standards:** DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-S2X - **Modulation schemes:** QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK and 32APSK - **Connector:** 2 x F-type 75 ohm - Each connector allows 1x independent tuner/demodulator powered by a single LNB control - Long FEC Frame only **4-port satellite demodulator option card (Digital Devices SX8)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/PCI/SAT/DEMOD** (Digital Devices SX8 Satellite Demod) > **Info:** The Digital Devices SX8 is only available as a full-height PCIe card and is therefore limited > to servers such as the C-series. Features: - **Frequency range:** L-band (950 – 2150 MHz) - **Standards:** DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-S2X - **Modulation schemes:** QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, 32APSK and 64APSK - **Connector:** 4 x F-type 75 ohm - Each connector allows 2x independent tuners/demodulators that share a single LNB control > **Warning:** Mixing both types of satellite demodulator cards within the same server is not supported. ### ASI input - **Standards:** DVB-ASI - **Hardware requirements:** Requires one or more of the following cards **4-port ASI/SDI option card (Dektec DTA-2174B)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/PCI/SDI/DTA** (Dektec 2174B SDI/ASI) Features: - **Port configurations:** 4x ASI input/output - **Connector:** micro BNC 75 ohms **8-port ASI/SDI option card (Dektec DTA-2178)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/PCI/SDI/8** (Dektec 2178 SDI/ASI) Features: - **Port configurations:** 8x ASI input/output - **Connector:** micro BNC 75 ohms ### Input redundancy - **Dual source redundancy:** Active Passive (one-hit); Active Active (one-hit); Active Active (switch on failure) - Supported across input types e.g. Primary satellite input, Secondary (Backup) IP input - **IP redundancy protocols:** SMPTE ST 2022-7 Seamless protection switching ## Video decoding - **Video codecs:** MPEG-2, H.264, HEVC, JPEG-XS - **Supported resolutions:** 480i, 576i, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 2160p - **Chroma:** 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 - **Bit depth:** 8-bit and 10-bit (codec-dependent) **Video formats and decoding standards** | Resolution | Frame Rate | Chroma | MPEG-2 | H.264 | HEVC | JPEG-XS (4:2:2 only) | | :--------- | :---------------------------------- | :----------- | :----- | :---- | :--- | :------------------- | | 2160p | 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 fps | 4:20 / 4:2:2 | | | ✔ | ✔ | | 1080p | 50, 59.94 fps | 4:20 / 4:2:2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | 1080i | 25, 29.97 fps | 4:20 / 4:2:2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | 720p | 50, 59.94 fps | 4:20 / 4:2:2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | 576i | 25 fps | 4:20 / 4:2:2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | 480i | 29.97 fps | 4:20 / 4:2:2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | **Full video width scaling** Horizontally subsampled video is automatically rescaled to full frame width, as detailed below. Supported for all video codecs listed above. | Input resolution | Output resolution | Expected sample aspect ratio | | :--------------- | :---------------- | :--------------------------- | | 1440 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 | 4:3 | | 1280 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 | 3:2 | | 960 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 | 2:1 | | 960 x 720 | 1280 x 720 | 4:3 | | 640 x 720 | 1280 x 720 | 2:1 | **Video down-conversions** Supported down-conversions: - 2160p > 1080p, 1080i, 720p - 1080p > 1080i, 720p - 1080i > 720p **Video up-conversions** Supported up-conversions: - 1080i > 1080p - 720p > 1080i **HDR to SDR conversions** - **Supported HDR inputs:** PQ10 (HDR10), HLG10 - **Output:** SDR BT.709 with tone mapping ## Audio decoding - **Audio codecs:** MP1L2, AAC, AAC 5.1, 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 - **Passthrough:** Linear PCM, Dolby E, Dolby ED2, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3) - **Audio sampling rate:** 48 kHz - **Audio Channels:** Up to 8 stereo pairs per service - **Phase Aligned Audio (PAA):** Supported ## Ancillary Data - **Closed captions:** CEA-608, CEA-708 - **Timecode:** VITC - **Teletext:** SMPTE 2031, OP-47 - **Metadata:** AFD/BAR, VANC - **Signalling:** SCTE-35 conversion to SCTE-104 ## Video transcoding ### Video encoding - **Codecs:** MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), HEVC (H.265) - **Chroma:** 4:2:0 - **Conversions:** - HD to HD or SD - SD to SD ### 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 Passthrough:** IP, ASI (requires multiplexer service), unmodified or decrypted - **Protocols:** IP, UDP, RTP, RTMP/RTMPS, ASI **SRT and RIST output** - Carriage of UDP or RTP streams over the SRT protocol - SRT listener or caller mode - RIST sender mode - RIST listener mode **Zixi output** - Zixi sender - Zixi feeder or Zixi Receiver mode ## Uncompressed output - **Output formats:** SDI, SMPTE ST 2022-6, SMPTE ST 2110 ### SDI output - **Standards:** SDI, HD-SDI, 3G-SDI, 12G-SDI, Quad‑Link 3G‑SDI - **Video formats:** 480i, 576i, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 2160p - **Hardware requirements:** Requires one or more of the following cards **4-port ASI/SDI option card (Dektec DTA-2174B)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/PCI/SDI/DTA** (Dektec 2174B SDI/ASI) Features: - **Output configurations:** - 4x independent 3G-SDI/ASI input/output - 12G-SDI (Single‑link UHD) or Quadrant (Quad‑Link 3G‑SDI, ST 425‑5 Annex B — Square Division) or Interleaved (Quad‑Link 3G‑SDI, ST 425-5 Two Sample Interleave) - 12G-SDI with 3G-SDI/ASI side channel - **Connector:** micro BNC 75 ohms **8-port ASI/SDI option card (Dektec DTA-2178)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/PCI/SDI/8** (Dektec 2178 SDI/ASI) Features: - **Output configurations:** - 8x independent 3G-SDI/ASI input/output - 2x 12G-SDI (Single‑link UHD) or Quadrant (Quad‑Link 3G‑SDI, ST 425‑5 Annex B — Square Division) or Interleaved (Quad‑Link 3G‑SDI, ST 425-5 Two Sample Interleave) - 2x 12G-SDI with 2x 3G-SDI/ASI side channels - **Connector:** micro BNC 75 ohms **2-port satellite demodulator option card with 3G-SDI/ASI output (Dektec DTA-2127)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/DEMODSDI** (Dektec DTA-2127 DVB-S2X Quad Receiver with 3G-SDI/ASI Output) Features: - **SDI output:** 1x SDI output supporting SD/HD/3G-SDI - **Connector:** BNC 75 ohms ### SDI over IP (SMPTE ST 2022-6) output - **Standards:** SMPTE ST 2022-6 - **Video formats:** 480i, 576i, 720p, 1080i, 1080p (2160p not supported) - **Hardware requirements:** Any network card with sufficient network bandwidth may be used ### SMPTE ST 2110 output - **Standards:** SMPTE ST 2110 - ST 2110-20: Uncompressed video for 480i, 576i, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 2160p - ST 2110-30: PCM digital audio output - ST 2110-31: AES3 audio output - ST 2110-40: Ancillary data (VITC/Time code, AFD/BAR, Closed captioning, OP-47 Teletext, SMPTE 2031 Teletext) - **Protocols:** Supports duplicate essence streams on separate output ports to facilitate SMPTE ST 2022-7 - **NMOS:** NMOS IS-04 and NMOS IS-05 support - **Hardware requirements:** Requires one of the following cards **NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx EN adapter card 25GbE (MCX621102AN-ADAT)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/PCI/NIC/25G/2PORT/B** (MCX621102AN-ADAT) Features: - NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx EN adapter card, 25GbE, **Dual-port SFP28**, PCIe 4.0 x8, No Crypto **NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card 25GbE (MCX631102AN-ADAT)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/PCI/NIC/25G/2PORT/C** (MCX631102AN-ADAT) Features: - NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter Card, 25GbE, **Dual-Port SFP28**, PCIe 4.0 x8, No Crypto **NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx EN adapter card 100GbE (MCX623106AN-CDAT)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/PCI/NIC/100G** (MCX623106AN-CDAT) > **Info:** The ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE card enables higher output bandwidth; however, it does not increase > decoding capacity on a COTS platform. Features: - NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx EN adapter card, 100GbE, **Dual-port QSFP56**, PCIe 4.0 x16, No Crypto > **Warning:** NVIDIA / Mellanox Ethernet network adapter cards must be sourced from NVIDIA rather than Dell, as OEM > variants may impose restrictions on firmware upgrades. ## 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 - **Conditional Access (CA):** BISS1, BISS2, BISS-CA, Director 6, DVB-CI - **Hardware requirements:** A _Trusted Platform Module (TPM)_ may be required or suitable option cards. See details below **BISS1 & BISS2** BISS version 1 (BISS1) - **Modes:** Mode 1 and Mode E - **Key length:** 48-bit - **Standards:** DVB-CSA BISS version 2 (BISS2) - **Modes:** Mode 1, Mode E and BISS-CA - **Key length:** 128-bit - **Standards:** DVB-CISSA **BISS-CA** > **Info:** A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) must be installed on the server. - **Key length:** 128-bit - **Standards:** DVB-CISSA - **Features:** Entitlement management, Self-generated key pairs, Injected key pairs **Director 6 CA** > **Info:** A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) must be installed on the server. - **Key length:** 128-bit - **Features:** Entitlement management, Over Air Control (OAC) **Dual Common Interface (CI) option card (Digital Devices Octopus Duo CI)** MediaKind marketing code: - **MKP/HWO/PCI/CI/DUAL** (Digital Devices Octopus Duo CI) > **Info:** The Digital Devices Octopus Duo CI is only available as a full-height PCIe card and is therefore limited > to servers such as the C-series. Features: - DVB-CI compliant - 2x CI slots for two independent Conditional Access Modules (CAM) on each option card - Capable of processing transport streams of up to 96 Mbps per CAM (though actual bitrate may be limted by the CAM) - All major CAMs supported - Multiple _Dual Common Interface (CI) option cards_ supported > **Warning:** Some CA descramblers will require a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to be installed on the server. ## 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:** - 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 - **Remote control:** Provided via the Mediakind MK.IO portal - **Direct control and status monitoring:** Provided via Web browser user interface and REST API - **Standard protocols:** SNMP, NTP, IGMP **High Availability (HA) Controller** - Automated (standalone) 1+1 output synchronization with PTS alignment (either SDI or ST 2110 inputs)