Zixi Broadcaster
Provides exceptional performance, security, resilience, and flexibility for live video streaming over IP networks
Offers advanced processing, monitoring, and reliability features to ensure high-quality live video transmission
Supports ultra-low latency acceleration, program mapping, transcoding, transmuxing, and more
Includes error correction, bandwidth shaping, and real-time feedback mechanisms
Usually ships within 24 Hours
Description
UNIVERSAL MEDIA GATEWAY AND VIDEO PROCESSING SOLUTION
Zixi Software Defined Video Platform (SDVP) features Zixi Broadcaster, a universal media gateway that delivers exceptional performance, security, resilience, and flexibility. With advanced in-flight processing, monitoring, and reliability, Zixi Broadcaster enables high-quality live video routes over any IP network. It supports ultra-low latency acceleration, transcoding, transmuxing, program mapping, on-demand recording, and packaged distribution optimized for any device. Zixi Broadcaster provides error correction, bandwidth shaping, and real-time feedback for premium live video transmission over any network, including commodity internet and mobile networks, for live event and linear production, contribution, primary distribution, re-distribution and OTT workflows.
- Ultra-Low Latency Live Video Management
- High-Performance Video Throughput & Processing Efficiency
- Wide Support for Video Formats & Delivery Protocols
- Layered Security with End-to-End Encryption
- Scalable Deployments On-Prem, Virtual, or Cloud
- Intuitive User Dashboards & Easily Integratable REST Open API.
Inputs
Zixi, NDI, RIST, RTP, RTP+FEC, UDP, HLS, RTMP(S), SRT, Multipath TCP, TCP BBR, RTSP, HTTP, ASIOutputs
Zixi, NDI, RIST, RTP, RTP+FEC, UDP, HLS, LL-HLS, LL-CMAF, DASH, RTMP(S), SRT, Multipath TCP, TCP BBR, HTTP, ASI, WebRTCCaptions
- ATSC 608/708 ES passthrough to Zixi TS, HLS, DASH, and RTMP
- DVB track passthrough to Zixi TS
- WebVTT generation from ATSC 708 Elementary Stream
Audio Processing
- Transcode up to 16 audio tracks
- Passthrough of all audio tracks
- PID mapping and pass-thru
- Audio Sample Rate Conversion – 44.1KHz to/from 48KHz
Audio Decode
- AAC Low Complexity, High Efficiency V1, High Efficiency V2
- ADTS and LATM encapsulation
- AC3 (Dolby Digital)
- MP2 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer II)
- MP1 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer II)
- Opus
Audio Encode
- AAC Low Complexity, High Efficiency V1, High Efficiency V2
- E-AC-3 (Enhanced Dolby Digital)
- Opus
Video Processing
- MPTS De-multiplexing
- Passthrough
- 10-bit to 8-bit color downscaling
- Thumbnail extraction as HLS playlist
- Deinterlacing (non-telecine) on all input codecs
- Interlaced output (only with X264 S/W encoder and NDI)
- PID mapping and PID pass-thru
- Black bar insertion
- Cropping
- Smooth framerate conversion – up and down
- Image Overlay/Logo Insertion
- Copy GOP from source or generate new GOP
- GOP synchronization when generate new GOP
- Omit or keep closed captions
- I-frame synchronization of outputs with different FPS
- I-frame injection at SCTE-35 markers
- Preserve all video source color primaries
Video Decode
- Up to 1080p60 MPEG-2 4:2:0
- Up to 2160p60 H264 4:2:0
- Up to 2160p60 HEVC 4:2:0|4:4:4 8-bit|10-bit
- NDI
- CDI
- JPEG-XS
Video Encode
- Up to 1080i30 MPEG-2 4:2:0
- Up to 2160p60 H264 4:2:0|4:4:4 8-Bit
- Up to 2160p60 HEVC 4:2:0|4:4:4 8-bit|10-bit
- NDI
Advanced Features
- ML-based adaptive bitrate control based on network conditions
Ad Insertion
- SCTE-35 passthrough to Zixi TS
- SCTE-35 converted to CUE-OUT/CUE-IN in HLS
- SCTE-35 converted to Splice Events in DASH
- SCTE-35 converted to OnCuePoint in RTMP
- API Injection with output to SCTE-35 in Zixi TS
- API Injection with output to CUE-OUT/CUE-IN in HLS
- API Injection with output to Splice Events in DASH
- API Injection with output to OnCuePoint in RTMP
