Date: 05/05/2010

High density video transcoding PCIe cards from Octasic

Octasic has introduced new TXP1000, PCIe high-density video transcoding cards for developing high channel density video transcoding system. Audio/video media processing and transcoding software stack and a host APIs are also provided along with the card. A single TXP1000 card delivers 335 channels of video transcoding.

"Growth in mobile video services like video telephony, video streaming, Interactive Voice and Video Response (IVVR), multimedia messaging, TV anywhere, and mobile conferencing is forcing telecoms, OEMs and Internet equipment providers to rethink their usual approach to media processing," said John Fry, director of business development at Octasic Inc. "Compared to standard x86 server-based solutions that suffer from serious power, cost and scalability limitations, Octasic's TXP1000-based systems provide tangible benefits that can cut video transcoding systems capital costs in half, reduce the power consumption by a factor of 8 and still deliver 5 times more channels per unit of rack space. Octasic is unique in that it has the right combination of low power DSP technology, video expertise and communications technology heritage to successfully meet the demands of this growing market."

"Octasic's TXP1000 products will allow Aylus Networks to offload video and audio transcoding as we scale to the largest network deployments," said William Kwan, vice president of product management at Aylus Networks. "This provides additional processing power for Aylus to deliver high-value services such as media optimization and mobile service enablement."

The media processing software stack provides H.264, MPEG-4 and H.263 CODEC support from QCIF to HD resolution, dynamic bit-rate and quality adaptation, frame rate and resolution scaling, advanced packet loss concealment, a flexible video mixing engine for conferencing, graphics overlay and stream insertion for video monetization, backed up by audio CODECs and voice quality enhancement functions.

"Designing products to meet the broad demands of real-time video communications systems isn't easy when using standard DSP technology," says Alain Legault, vice president of engineering at Octasic. "Many other solutions rely on fixed and inflexible hardware functionality as a crutch. At Octasic, we have pioneered the technologies required to make the lowest power and highest performing video transcoding engine without compromising programmability. All of our algorithms are executed purely in software, meaning that they are future proof and easier to maintain. By bundling Vocallo MGW technology into the TXP1000 form factor, we have enabled a broader range of customers to leverage these fundamental advantages."

For more information visit: http://www.octasic.com/en/products/txp1000/overview.php