VITEC has introduced a hardware HEVC encoder

VITEC has introduced a hardware HEVC encoder

The basic standard for video compression high resolution is HEVC. The standard is very broad and has many options and modes, but increasingly popular solution, capable hardware to work with 10-bit color depth. If decoding such a video today cope with almost any PC, for encoding more efficient to use a specialized device on the basis of specialized chips (ASIC) or FPGA, as such decisions will have the best ratio of performance to power consumption. These devices includes the complex VITEC MGW Ace Encoder, shown at the event IBC2017, which is being held in Amsterdam and will end on September 19.

Outwardly this is a fairly common device in metal housing, but it is intended to compress the video stream in real time. Supported formats are H. 264 and H. 265 compression, fully hardware in both cases and occurs with minimal delay is around 60 milliseconds. Latest processor HEVC Gen2 provides, according to the company, the industry’s best-quality video compression formats up to 4:2:2 10-bit color depth. Advantage over competitors is 20 %. The device is fully Autonomous and supports signal input through the 3G-SDI, HD-SDI, SDI, HDMI, DVI, or Composite and has a convenient web interface for remote control. The operator can monitor the process at 1080p.

And now a little comparison: in the Arsenal of Intel a accelerator VCA, installed in slot PCI Express. Soldered on the Board three Intel Xeon E3 v4, and up to 96 GB of DDR3 memory. It is easy to calculate that the power consumption of this accelerator will be in the region of several hundred watts, and, moreover, he is unable to work independently. VITEC MGW Ace Encoder consumes much less and is satisfied by any DC source with a voltage of 28 volts. That is, the device can be used literally on the “front line” news and immediately sent to the Studio already compressed video with high quality. If necessary, it can on-the-fly encrypt the AES standard. In addition, supported the introduction of a video stream of tags and data from various sensors. Input supports all video standards, including legacy, up to 1080p with frame rates up to 60 frames per second.

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