As the number of media outlets continues to grow, driven by an increasing array of services—such as mobile, connected TVs, video on demand, and OTT—content owners and service providers require an effective solution for delivering rich video content to multiple devices. They also need to control costs. Harmonic's ProStream ACE® 9100 helps overcome these challenges with the industry's highest density solution for SD and HD video and audio broadcasting, as well as multi-screen distribution processing and transcoding. Harmonic leverages the latest advancements in its market-leading ProStream platform, with the 1-RU ProStream 9100 ACE delivering exceptional video quality and flexibility, supporting a variety of complex digital processing applications, such as digital video conversion, any-to-any audio and video transcoding, and real-time adaptive streaming. It addresses current broadcast and multi-screen I/O formats—and scales easily to accommodate future formats.
The ProStream 9100 ACE features an ultra-high-density architecture that significantly reduces the required rack space to meet the growing demands for processing and transcoding. The system's flexibility and versatility in implementing workflows are enhanced by modular audio/video processing modules and next-generation high-capacity IP processing cards. Low power consumption, high reliability, and simplified maintainability are combined into one of the best-in-class multi-format platforms, delivering exceptional video quality and OPEX.
Features:
High Performance, High Efficiency
The cornerstone functionality of the ProStream 9100 is its high-performance data throughput. The platform's next-generation Gigabit Ethernet I/O modules provide 1 Gb of throughput for IP multiplexing, scrambling 250 programs.
The ProStream 9100 can accommodate up to 4 ACE audio/video processing modules per chassis.
Processing capabilities provide high density, helping users maximize the value of their assets with any-to-any transcoding:
• Up to 60 SD or 20 HD MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) broadcast services, 1RU
• Up to 20 SD/HD multi-screen input and 80 output profiles, 1RU
• Dolby® E, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital+ (E-AC-3), AAC, HE-AAC, MPEG-1 Layer II audio codecs