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Building a workstation to stream high quality video and audio files.
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To stream quality digital media files on the Internet, it is important that you have the right computer equipment.
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At NetroMedia, we strongly suggest a dedicated digital production work station. This is simply a computer system with specific software that is used to encode files that can be streamed on the internet.
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Minimum requirements
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The minimum computer requirement is a dedicated Pentium P4 class Intel 2Ghz PC with a minimum 500MB of RAM for audio and 1GB of RAM for video. Your system should also include high quality (AES/EBU) sound and (SDI) video capture cards and a network card that will be used to connect to your video console or soundboard.
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Professional Streaming Systems are designed to meet the needs of professional Internet broadcasters. They allow you to schedule content and encode in Windows Media formats to serve a global audience. These systems eliminate the costs associated with maintaining multiple hardware components. Theses systems are perfect for Radio, TV, Live Web Events, On-Demand Video and Audio, Training, Corporate Communications, Distance Learning and Security Surveillance.
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Rack it and forget it.
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Embedded audio/video streaming rack servers are capable of streaming high quality video and audio through broadband networks at various stream rates in multiple formats.
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ViewCast's line of Osprey
capture cards and codecs are the de facto standard in the streaming media industry. They capture, digitize, compress, transmit, receive, decompress and display full-motion video.
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Osprey brings professional-level performance to Internet streaming. Osprey has been hailed as the Rolls Royce of the industry by Streaming Media World. By adding a 64-bit PCI-X compatible interface for increased speed and throughput, Osprey has designed a high-performance capture solution for streaming media professionals.
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Typical Server, Encoder and Decoder Specifications
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- Video Input: DV, SDI, Composite (BNC), S-Video
- Audio Input: Balanced stereo (2 x XLR), Unbalanced stereo (2 x RCA), Embedded SDI, DV audio (IEEE1394), AES/EBU (XLR)
- Video Output: Composite (BNC), S-Video
- Audio Output: Unbalanced stereo line level (2 x RCA)
- 64-bit PCI Interface
- 32-bit/33MHz PCI Compatible
- 3.3 V PCI 2.3 compliant
- Windows 2000, XP and 2003
- Small form factors: 1U Rackmount, only 11" deep
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