SBT3-DIST040 Distribution Server,40 Channel

The Streambox® Distribution Server extends the routing capabilities of Streambox® Encoders, Decoders, and Media Players. It provides enhanced video management for centralized routing of hundreds of incoming ACT-L3™ video streams, all in real-time.

The Distribution Server is part of the management layer of Streambox video transport solutions and it facilitates scalable integration with all aspects of broadcasters’ newsgathering operations. The  Distribution Server enables live video reports from field journalists, remote bureaus, and SNG trucks  to be efficiently routed to available Streambox® Decoders/Media Players. It is particularly useful for mobile newsgathering over satellite and other IP networks.  

Features and Benefits

• Centralized video distribution server
• Manage, automate, and group Streambox Encoders and Decoders for optimized video distribution
• Scalable support for hundreds of video streams
• Rule-based video play-out on Streambox Decoders and/or Media Players
• Simultaneous play-out on desktop clients and TV monitors
• Convert unicast streams to multicast                    
• Easy-to-use web interface
• Enhanced control for video stream routing
• VOD mode for on-demand video stream delivery

The Streambox® Distribution Server is a rule-based video management system which routes individual   ACT-L3™ video streams from multiple Encoders to multiple Decoders. Control room operators automate  and group incoming video streams using a web interface to determine where the video streams should  be routed. This determination may depend on the source and relevance of the video stream and also on  what Decoders and/or Media Players are available at any given time.

Reliable Video Stream Management

When field reporters, remote bureaus, and SNG trucks around the world capture video and transmit  video reports to a central broadcast center via Streambox® Encoders, all live incoming video signals are  displayed on the Distribution Server web interface with a UDP port number unique to each Encoder. The Distribution

Server operator uses port numbers, along with metadata tag information, to determine how the  incoming video feeds should be routed to multiple Decoders,  Media Players, or other bureaus. Remote  Encoders transmit data to a single Distribution Server IP address for centralized management, control, and routing of all live video feeds as video reports are filed by multiple field journalists or bureaus  around the world.