Key Benefits:

• Next Generation Open Standards: 3GPP Rel 6 with H.264
  
• Deliver High Quality Live and On-Demand
  
• Ease of Use
  
• High-Volume Management Tools
  

Features Include:

HIGH QUALITY ENCODING

• Multiple file formats — The Helix Mobile Producer supports a variety of file formats. Supported file formats include RealAudio, RealVideo, 3GPP Rel 5, and 3GPP2 Rel 6 and 3GPP2 (wireless industry standards).
• Multiple encoding formats — The Helix Mobile Producer supports a variety of video and audio encoding formats. For video, it supports RealVideo, MPEG-4, H.263 and H.264 formats. For audio, it supports RealAudio, AAC, AACPlus, Enhanced AACPlus, AMR (NB and WB), QCELP and MP3 formats.
• Variable bit rate encoding — This feature enables the video codec to vary the bit rate throughout the clip, depending on the type of content being encoded (high action scenes, low action scenes etc.). This allows for more consistent quality of video encoding for downloadable content, while keeping download times as short as possible.
• Video Scaling — For 3GPP, 3GPP2, and RealVideo output formats, imported video files can be scaled to standard resolutions from SQCIF (128 x 96) up to CIF (352 x 288). Helix Mobile Producer Professional can also encode RealVideo at up to VGA (640x480).
• Prefiltering — Cropping, frame rate conversion, inverse telecine, deinterlacing, noise filtering, brightness, contrast, and gamma adjustments all combine to allow you to create even better quality video.
• Brand integration — Ability to burn logos as part of the video stream/feed
• Encoding options — Live and on-demand encoding
  

EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY

• Input file support — The Helix Mobile Producer can accept a variety of filetypes for encoding. Supported file types include AVI, MOV, DV, MPEG1, MPEG2 (with an additional DirectShow or Quicktime plug-in), MP3, MPEG4 and WAV.
• Intuitive GUI — The Helix Mobile Producer has an intuitive GUI which displays both the source multimedia content and the encoded content in separate panels. You can visually observe the encoding, and determine the start and end points.
• XML job files — Define all of the settings for encoding (what format, what codec to use, configuration for the specific codec that you are using, bit rate etc.) in an XML file, for fast reuse of the same settings for multiple input files.
• User's guide & sample settings files — The included user's guide will help you get started quickly, and will provide the information you need to define your own preset and project files to provide the best encoded content to your viewers.
  

HIGH-VOLUME MANAGEMENT TOOLS (PROFESSIONAL EDITION ONLY)

• Graphical Batch Interface — Designed for processing large volumes of content.
• Scriptable Command line encoding — If you prefer scripting to using a GUI, you have the option of running the encoder from a command line interface.
• SNMP Monitoring — remotely monitor encoding with an SNMP network management system.

System Requirements:

• Windows 2000 or Windows XP (Latest service packs recommended)
  
• Pentium III or equivalent (minimum)
  
• Pentium 4 (recommended)
  
• 128 MB of RAM (minimum); 256 MB of RAM (recommended)
  
• A Video card and display supporting 1024x768 or greater.
  
• Software Direct X 8.1 or Later (to read .avi, .wav, and windows media files) (minimum)
  
• QuickTime 6.5 (to input .mov, .mp4, .3gp, and other filetypes) (recommended)
  
• DirectShow MPEG-2 Decoder (to input MPEG-2 files) (recommended)

Technical Specifications

Video Codec/Output

• H.264 Baseline Profile (Level 1, 1b, 1.2, 1.3)
  
• RealVideo 8, 9, 10
  
• MPEG4 Simple Profile (Levels 0, 0b, 1, 2, 3)
  
• H.263 Profile 0 (Level 10, 20, 30)

Audio Codec/Out

• AAC Plus
  
• Enhanced AACPlus
  
• AMR-NB
  
• AMR-WB
  
• AAC-LC
  
• QCELP
  
• MP3
  
• RealAudio

Input File Formats

• AVI
• MOV
  
• DV
  
• MP3
  
• MPEG-4
  
• WAV
  
• MPEG-2**

Output File Formats

• 3GPP Rel 6 singlerate
  
• 3GPP Rel 6 multirate
  
• 3GPP Rel 5
  
• 3GPP2
  
• ISMA Profile 0
  
• AMR
  
• QCP
  
• MP3
  
• RealAudio/RealVideo

Network Transport

• IPv6 and IPv4 support
  
• RTP Unicast and Multicast (3GPP)
  
• Broadcast (RealVideo and RealAudio)
  

** Note: MPEG-2 requires a separate DirectShow MPEG-2 reader, not included

Supported Capture Devices

Osprey 100

• Video: S-Video and Composite
  
• Audio: None

Osprey 200/210/220

• Video: S-Video and Composite
  
• Audio: Analog RCA and XLR

Osprey 500DV or 500 DV Pro

• Video: S-Video and Composite, IEEE 1394/DV and SDI
  
• Audio: AES/EBU

Osprey 540

• Video: S-Video and Composite, IEEE 1394/DV and SDI
  
• Audio: Analog RCA, XLR, AES/EBU and Embedded SDI Audio
  

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