High-end broadcast applications have future-proof, format-integration expectations and the Cobalt 9992-4ENC-4K-HEVC Software-Defined Broadcast Encoder is a state-of-the-art, multi-channel, broadcast-grade encoder card that keeps your workflow one step ahead of the curve. Fully supporting MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), and HEVC (H.265) formats, this industry-standard card module meets the most stringent requirements for today's broadcast applications, offering compatibility with existing openGear frames.
Four independent 1080p60 input streams, or a single UHD 4Kp60 input stream are supported, with compatibility with all network protocols. The unit also offers 4:2:0 8-/10-bit decoding, upgradeable to 4:2:2 with an optional license, and multi-standard NTSC and PAL support for 480i, 480p, 576i, 720p, 1080i, 1080PsF, 1080p, and UHD 4K video.
- Support for arbitrary down-scaling input video, extending down to 320x240
- Support for up-scaling input video (future release availability)
- Interlaced to progressive conversion
- Progressive to interlaced conversion (future release availability)
- Frame rate conversion
- Basic noise-reduction filter and spatial filter
- Enhanced pre-processing filters (future release availability)
- High dynamic range (HDR) support
- MPEG-2
- MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
- HEVC (H.265)
- Support for up to four independent 1080p60 encode sessions (all encode sessions must use the same standard; mixed-standard encoding is not supported)
- Support for UHD encoding in AVC and HEVC modes (maximum resolution: 4096x2160p60)
- UHD (4K) encoding: 150 Mb/s
- HD encoding: 40 Mb/s (the first HD channel can be as high as 150 Mb/s)
- Support for 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 color spaces in all modes
- Support for 8-/10-bit encoding in all modes
- Full control of GOP size and structure
- Advanced compression controls available
- MPEG-1 Layer II
- AAC-LC
- HE-AAC (v1/v2)
- Dolby AC-3
- Dolby EAC-3
- LPCM (SMPTE-302M)
- Dolby AC-3/EAC-3 pass-through support (5.1-Surround encoding available for AAC-LC, HE-AAC, Dolby AC-3 and Dolby EAC-3; subject to licensing)
Maximum number of channels supported (subject to licensing):
- MPEG-1 Layer II: 16 stereo pairs (32 audio channels)
- Dolby AC-3: 16 stereo pairs (32 audio channels)
- Dolby EAC-3: 8 stereo pairs (16 audio channels)
- AAC-LC: 8 stereo pairs (16 audio channels)
- HE-AAC (v1/v2): 8 stereo pairs (16 audio channels)
- Optional support for 5.1 surround sound encoding in AAC and Dolby modes
- Optional audio module increases the capacity to 32 stereo pairs (64 audio channels), allowing full 16-channel support for the four HD inputs, in all compression modes (future release availability)
- Closed-Captioning: SMPTE-334M (EIA-608 and EIA-708 supported), Line 21 (SD sources)
- OP-47/SMPTE RDD-08 teletext subtitles (future release availability)
- AFD: SMPTE-2016, Line 20/22 WSS (SD sources)
- SCTE-104 to SCTE-35 conversion
- SMPTE-2038 generic ancillary data transport (timecode, KLV, etc.)
- +MP1L2-AAC: additional MPEG-1 Layer II, AAC-LC, and HE-AAC audio encoding per pair. Three AAC licenses can be combined to allow one 5.1 surround encode
- +ENCD-2.0: Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus stereo audio encoding license
- +ENCD-5.1: Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround sound audio encoding license
- +RIST/ARQ-ENC: RIST RTP/ARQ support (transport stream-based option; only one license needed)
- +SRT-ENC: SRT support (per unit)
- +RIST/ENCRP-ENC: RIST Encryption/authentication support (per unit; requires the +RIST/ARQ-ENC license to also be present on the encoder)
- +SMPTE2022: SMPTE-2022 support provides one FEC insertion per device ethernet port (transport stream-based option; only one license needed per unit)
- +422: Adds 4:2:2 encoding support (transport stream-based option; only one license needed per unit)
- +ULL: Adds support for HEVC ultra-low latency support (per unit). Encoder latency is 10ms for the common frame rates (in this mode, the maximum encoder capacity is one 4K or two HD streams)