Real-time Mobile Newsgathering Via Broadband and IP

The Streambox® ACT-L3™ Portable Video Transport solution enables broadcasters, government agencies, and enterprises to deliver high quality live and stored broadcast video over low data rate connections such as broadband, BGAN, and other IP and satellite networks.

Typically used for mobile newsgathering, Streambox’s real-time portable video transport systems are ideal when portability, flexibility, and a low power requirement are needed. Performance, reliability, and low end-to-end latency are hallmarks of Streambox solutions. These features ensure unrivaled video quality at low data rates for a wide range of applications including live newsgathering, emergency response, and mobile command centers for the armed forces.

During power outages, Streambox systems seamlessly switch to battery power and continue to deliver video without interruption. The ability to gather, edit, and transmit high quality live video, even from the most challenging locations, provides field reporters with ultimate flexibility when reporting and delivering breaking news.

Streambox® ACT-L3™ Codec

The ACT-L3™ Codec features an advanced proprietary video compression technology optimized for interlaced video. ACT-L3™ matches MPEG-2 video quality up to a 75% lower data rate and it is up to 50% more efficient than MPEG-4. The ACT-L3™ Codec is adaptable to differing data rate requirements.

The robust family of ACT-L3™ Video Transport solutions features innovative error correction technologies and bandwidth shaping technologies which enable users to manage, control, and mitigate packet loss and correct irregularities inherent in video delivery over satellite and IP/T1/E1 networks.

• Powerful portable encoder containing all advanced features of the Streambox® ACT-L3™ rack-mount encoder
• Unrivaled video transmission over lower data rate satellite phone, IP, or wireless 3G networks
• Advanced forward error correction and burst error protection. Helps recover and cancel packet loss, overcome jitter, and network buffering
• 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 color profiles
• Adjustable forward error correction and burst error protection
• Sophisticated video post filtering including de-blocking, de-mosquito, and anti-aliasing
• Adaptable to differing data rate requirements
• Upgradeable software
• User configurable presets for quick and flexible field setup

• Video Formats: NTSC/60i, PAL/50i
• Video Encoding: Resolution: D1, 3/4, 2/3, 1/2, CIF, QVGA
• Frame rate: full, 3/4, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/10
• Audio: AAC, GSM, and CELP Codecs
• Streaming Rate: User selectable from 64 kbps to 8.0 Mbps
• Video Inputs: DV via FireWire: IEEE-1394
• Audio Inputs: Embedded DV
• Editing: Works with existing NLE video editing packages
• Video Post Filtering: Interlaced/progressive Post filtering, including de-blocking, de-mosquito, and anti-aliasing
• Video Pre-filtering: Noise pre-filter, de-interlacing
• Network Interface: Ethernet, optional: 802.11 b/g
• Network Protocol: Multicast/Unicast, UDP
• Forward Error Correction: Adjustable, 0% to 50%
• Operating System: Mac OS X or Windows®
• Encoding Latency: Adjustable from 200 ms to 10 secs
• Burst Error Correction: Adjustable from 0 to 20 packets