Appear TV’s encoding and transcoding functionality furthers Appear TV universal head-end philosophy. This functionality means that Appear TV solutions now provide total flexibility and control over inputs, outputs, encoding and transcoding, so that the company’s head-ends are truly universal, being capable of taking any input and providing any output.

Total flexibility in the Appear TV head-end has been achieved by the production of the new real-time, high-quality broadcast video encoding and transcoding modules. The universal head-ends save space and provide the level of functionality required as broadcast architectures gain in complexity.

High density broadcast quality encoding (HD/SD SDI Encoder)
Appear TV’s MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC (also know as Part 10 or H.264) encoder solution is able to encode digital video data in all common distribution profiles from SD to HD. Input is SDI/HDSDI with embedded audio.

The encoder variants are: High VQ version: Single HD/Dual SD version, Dual HD/Quad SD Encoder and Dual SD/HD Encoder with AES input option.

High performance rate and format conversion (SD/HD Transcoder)
Appear TV’s Transcoder solution is able to transcode digital video data in all common distribution profiles from SD to HD. The transcoder module is able to transcode AVC to MPEG-2, MPEG-2 to MPEG-2, MPEG-2 to AVC, and AVC to AVC. It supports transcoding of 4 SD channels or 2 HD channels.  The module is SW upgradeabloe from 4 SD to 2 HD. The transcoder operates in three different encoder rate control modes: Constant Bit Rate (CBR), Capped Variable Bit Rate (CVBR), as well as Statistical Multiplexing (in future release).

The new multi-format encoder and transcoder module fits into the Appear TV head-end and can be used in combination with any input and output modules available, thus eliminating the need for an external encoder or transcoder unit.

Note: Please contact Appear TV for chassis requirements.

HD/SD SDI Encoder

• Encodes up to 2 HD or 4 SD channels
• 2 HD-SDI or up to 4 SD-SDI inputs, BNC connectors
• 1 slot wide
• Available in 3 variants:

- High VQ version: Single HD/Dual SD version
- Dual HD Encoder with AES option
- Quad SD upgradeable to Dual HD

Note: Same module supports MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC Picture-in-Picture for IPTV portal, Monitoring or Mobile applications

SD/HD Transcoder

• Transcodes up to 2 HD or 4 SD channels
• Full decode and re-encode
• 1 slot wide
• Operates in three different Encoder Rate Contol modes:

- Constant Bit Rate (CBR)
- Capped Variable Bit Rate (CVBR)
- Statistical Multiplexing (in future release)

Note: Please contact Appear TV for chassis requirements.