H.264 Appliance

H.264 Appliance

VBrick has established itself as the leader in the online video space. Over the course of the past 10 years of delivering the industry’s most robust, feature rich, and reliable products, we have a clear understanding of customers’ requirements. At the same time, we understand that many of the new functions required by customers, especially High Definition, require a fundamental new architecture. So VBrick has redesigned its core product set to provide this new capability, while keeping all of the great product qualities that have made it the clear market leader up to this point.

VBrick is pleased to announce its new appliance architecture, that will power all of the VBrick products in the future. The architecture is based on the microTCA standard, which allows us to create blades that can be placed in VBrick appliances, and also into High Density rack mount units. The initial appliances on this new architecture are based on H.264 video standard and support standard definition and high definition appliances. The new architecture and products provide the flexiblity allowing for easy customization across various industries and application solutions.

Applications

• Corporate Communications
  - Deliver “one message” to your entire organization
  - A variety of delivery mechanisms – broadcasts, digital signage, training, etc.
  - Television distribution over corporate networks
  - News gathering – high quality distribution of news over low bandwidth links
• Sales and Marketing
  - Quickly and effectively update, train, and launch products to your sales team,
  channel, and customers.
  - Increase time to revenue
• Human Resources
  - Keep new and current employees up to date easily and effectively
  - Reduce amount of time answering questions
  - Training
• Operations
  - View all of your facilities around the world in real time
  - Process monitoring
  - Surveillance
• Federal and Government
  - Military Training
  - Military Exercises

Features

• Standard
  - Resolution up to full D1
  - Sub-second delay (latency)
• High Definition
  - High Definition video delivery at bit rates over 1.5 Mb/sec
  - Resolutions up to 720p (initial release) and 1080p (future releases)
  - Sub-second delay (latency)
  - Component, HDMI, and HD-SDI video inputs
• Higher Density Platforms (shelf)
  - High Density Shelf offering allows multiple VBrick encoders or decoders to be delivered in one shelf offering

Benefits

• Standard
  - Better quality for a given bandwidth.
  - Significantly improved quality for sub-T-1 applications that also require low delay
  - Reliable, Flexible, Portable, Scalable, Manageable
• High Definition
  - Stunning quality for video applications displayed on large format screens (i.e. plasmas)
  - Detailed quality for those applications that require detailed imagery (i.e. military, healthcare, etc.)
  - Reliable, Flexible, Portable, Scalable, Manageable
• Higher Density Platforms (shelf)
  - Reduces cost per channel
  - Reduces rack space usage
  - Reduces power consumption
  - Ease of management
  - Increased reliability (dual power, dual NICs, etc.)
  - Multiple rack sizes can be offered to fit different applications
  - Reliable, Flexible, Portable, Scalable, Manageable

Windows Media Appliance

Windows Media Appliance

Delivering Windows Media® video and audio has never been easier. Whether it’s corporate training, a new product launch, or a dean’s speech at graduation, VBrick’s WM Appliance enables video delivery over your enterprise network or the Internet.

Applications

• Live executive broadcasts
• Live training sessions
• Live event broadcasting
• Distance learning
• Surveillance and process monitoring
• Digital signage

Features

• Low delay
• Multi Bit Rate (MBR) encoding
• High video quality at low bit rates
• Excellent for one-way video communications over LANs, WANs, and the Internet
• 4 : 3 or 16 : 9 aspect ratio
• Supports both NTSC and PAL video formats
• Wide range of video resolutions, frame rates, and bit rates
• Easy to configure
• Industry-leading reliability and flexibility
• Supports closed captioning
• Intelligent networking feature set
• Dual serial ports for maintenance and data transport / camera control
• Meta data support for synchronizing rich media
• Encodes, multicasts, serves, reflects, pushes, and records

Benefits

• Integrates seamlessly into existing Windows Media® deployments
• Combines multiple capabilities into a single appliance
• Easy to configure and use – streaming in a matter of minutes
• Streams to publishing points via push or pull
• Portable solution is ideal for webcasting special events
• Much lower delay (3-5 seconds) than with PC based systems
• No desktop download necessary - streams directly to Windows Media® Player

Windows Media Reflector

Windows Media Reflector

Delivering Windows Media® video and audio has never been easier. Bridging low bandwidth bottlenecks, the WM Reflector enables live video across an entire WAN and extends live mulit-cast video to the edge of the network.

Applications

• Live video delivery to branch offices or satellite campuses connected by low bandwidth links
• Bandwidth amplification - bridging low bandwidth sections of the enterprise networks
• Enterprise-wide delivery of Internet video – allows multiple users within an organization to access a live Internet stream without impacting the Internet link

Features

• Reflecting - Receive a live stream over the network and deliver it locally via unicast or multicast
  - The Reflector functionality allows a WM Appliance to receive video over a low bandwidth link and retransmit onto a local area network. This important capability allows the appliance to bridge low bandwidth bottlenecks by only delivering one video stream over the low bandwidth link and then delivering video to multiple end users at the far end.
• Serving - Serve up to 200 live unicast streams or 20 on-demand streams
• Multicasting - Multicast a live video directly from the appliance
• Pushing - Push up to 25 simultaneous streams to VBricks or Windows Media® Servers
• Recording - Record video that is being received over the network (requires optional hard drive)
• Remote Management - Complete remote configuration and management solution via SNMP, or enable automated configuration download (new) via periodic configuration polling

Benefits

• Integrates seamlessly into existing Windows Media® deployments
• Eliminates Windows Media® Server requirements at the network edge
• Reflects any Windows Media® stream, including HD resolutions
• Easy to configure and use – streaming in a matter of minutes
• Streams to publishing points via push or pull
• Much lower delay (3-5 seconds) than with PC-based systems
• No desktop download necessary – streams directly to Windows Media® Player

MPEG-2 Appliance

MPEG-2 Appliance

Delivering MPEG formatted video and audio has never been easier. Whether it's corporate training, a new product launch, or a company wide executive address, VBrick's MPEG appliances enable video delivery with the broadcast quality of MPEG-2 over your enterprise network or the internet.

Applications

• Live executive broadcasts
• Live training sessions
• Live event broadcasting
• Distance learning
• Surveillance and process monitoring
• Digital signage

Features

• Best quality / lowest delay
• Encodes, multicasts, serves, and records
• DVD quality video at high bitrates (2-15 Mbps)
• Two video streaming destinations for unicast and multicast
• Supports multiple resolutions, including full D1
• 4 : 3 or 16 : 9 aspect ratio
• Supports both NTSC and PAL video formats
• Wide range of video resolutions, frame rates, and bit rates
• Easy to configure
• Industry-leading reliability and flexibility
• Supports closed captioning
• Intelligent networking feature set
• Dual serial ports for maintenance and data transport / camera control
• Meta data support for synchronizing rich media

Benefits

• Easy to configure and use – streaming in a matter of minutes
• Robust, reliable, appliance minimizes downtime and IT support requirements
• Automatic on-screen program display (decoder)
• Format flexibility enables portability and adaptability to any network requirement

MPEG-4 Appliance

MPEG-4 Appliance

Delivering MPEG formatted video and audio has never been easier. Whether it's corporate training, a new product launch, or a company wide executive address, VBrick's MPEG appliances enable video delivery with the broadcast quality of MPEG-4 over your enterprise network or the internet.

Applications

• Live executive broadcasts
• Live training sessions
• Live event broadcasting
• Distance learning
• Surveillance and process monitoring
• Digital signage

Features

• High quality / low delay
• Stream Metering
• Encodes, multicasts, serves
• Built-in video server (200 simultaneous users via standard RTSP)
• Automatic on-screen display for programs
• Picture-in-picture
• Dynamic image enhancement
• 4 : 3 or 16 : 9 aspect ratio
• Supports both NTSC and PAL video formats
• Wide range of video resolutions, frame rates, and bit rates
• Easy to configure
• Industry-leading reliability and flexibility
• Supports closed captioning
• Intelligent networking feature set
• Dual serial ports for maintenance and data transport / camera control
• Meta data support for synchronizing rich media

Benefits

• Easy to configure and use – streaming in a matter of minutes
• Robust, reliable, appliance minimizes downtime and IT support requirements
• Automatic on-screen program display (decoder)
• Streams to publishing points via HTTP push, enabling firewall tunneling (MPEG-4)
• Format flexibility enables portability and adaptability to any network requirement

VBSSM Appliance

VBSSM Appliance

The VBrick MPEG SSM product family offers video encoder solutions ideal for security and surveillance monitoring applications where high quality and bandwidth efficient video is required. VBrick offers solutions in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video formats, in rugged appliances that support temperature ranges from -20 to 70 C.

Applications

• Security, Surveillance, and Monitoring – any application which requires video surveillance, especially in environmentally challenging conditions
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) – Monitor highway traffic conditions
• Factory process monitoring - allow monitoring of production lines from remote locations

Features

• Encoding - Digitizing and compressing a video signal for delivery over an IP Network
• Serving - Serve up to 200 simultaneous unicast video streams
• Multicasting - Multicast live video directly from the appliance
• Remote Management - Complete remote configuration and management solution via SNMP, or enable automated configuration download (new) via periodic configuration polling
• Dual Serial Ports - For in-line camera control
• Format Flexibility - VBrick MPEG Appliances support NTSC and PAL video, 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios, a wide range of video resolutions, frame rates, and bit rates – including the ability to meter the output of the stream to fit the bandwidth constraints of any network

Benefits

• Robust, reliable, appliance minimizes downtime and IT support requirements
• Conformal coated circuit boards
• Automatic device discovery and configuration
• Low video transmission delay
• Industry standard video formats
• Streams to publishing points via HTTP push, enabling firewall tunneling (MPEG-4)
• Format flexibility enables portability and adaptability to any network requirement

VBSSM - WM Appliance

VBSSM-WM Appliance

The VBrick SSM product family offer video only encoder solutions ideal for security and surveillance monitoring applications where high quality and bandwidth efficient video is required. VBrick now offers solutions using Windows Media® video formats, in rugged appliances that support temperature ranges from -20 to 70 C.

Applications

• Security, Surveillance, and Monitoring – any application which requires video surveillance, especially in environmentally challenging conditions
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) – Monitor highway traffic conditions
• Factory process monitoring - allow monitoring of production lines from remote locations
• Distribute the video to a much wider audience than previously possible through the use of the ubiquitous Windows Media video format.

Features

• Encoding - Digitizing and compressing a video signal for delivery over an IP Network
• Serving - Serve up to 200 simultaneous unicast video streams
• Multicasting - Multicast live video directly from the appliance
• Remote Management - Complete remote configuration and management solution via SNMP, or enable automated configuration download (new) via periodic configuration polling
• Pushing - Push up to 25 simultaneous streams to VBrick Reflectors or to Windows Media® Servers
• Low Delay Windows Media® Video - When combined with VBrick’s Low Delay Windows Media® Technology, the VBSSM-WM can enable real-time video applications such as camera control and security monitoring typically reserved for MPEG formats
• Dual Serial Ports - For in-line camera control
• Format Flexibility - VBrick MPEG Appliances support NTSC and PAL video, 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios, a wide range of video resolutions, frame rates, and bit rates – including the ability to meter the output of the stream to fit the unique streaming requirements of any network

Benefits

• Robust, reliable, appliance minimizes downtime and IT support requirements
• Conformal coated circuit boards
• Automatic device discovery and configuration
• Low video transmission delay
• Industry standard video formats
• Streams to publishing points via HTTP push, enabling firewall tunneling (Windows Media®)
• Format flexibility enables portability and adaptability to any network requirement