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The Production Starter Pearl2 Bundle with EC20 PTZ Camera from Epiphan comprises the Pearl-2 Base Video Mixer and the EC20 PTZ Camera with wall and ceiling mounts. This single-camera kit is ideal for small event capture or basic corporate studio setups, providing professional streaming and recording in a simple package.
The Pearl-2 Base Video Mixer from Epiphan is a powerful live-production mixer that lets you create visually appealing live video programs by combining, encoding, switching, and recording up to six video sources and two audio sources. With Pearl-2 you can share any kind of video, anytime, anywhere. Simple to use with a web-based portal for initial configuration, you get a drag and drop interface to create completely customizable layouts for your live stream. You can choose to keep Pearl-2's default encoding settings or customize them to meet your exact needs. Control the video recorder and video switcher capabilities via the touchscreen or the tablet-friendly Epiphan Live interface.
- Reliable, simple live streaming with Pearl-2's integrated live video production workflow
- Works with video sources from SD to 4K (separate add-on required for 4K)
- Connect up to six sources at once to encode and stream one 4K Ultra HD program, or up to six 1080p Full HD programs
- Use any combination of your video sources connected to the HDMI, 4K HDMI, or 12G-SDI, USB video input ports, or from network sources via NDI, RTSP, or SRT
- Sixth generation Intel i7 processor
- Use the touchscreen or Epiphan Live to preview and change the live content in your video programs
- See changes immediately in your live video stream, and on displays connected to Pearl-2’s 4K HDMI video output ports
- Simultaneously send live stream to YouTube, Facebook, and any other CDN or video portal
- At the same time, use the built-in streaming server to stream locally to web browsers, smart TVs, and set-top boxes
- Control your streaming and recording from any mobile device or computer on your local network
- Capture embedded HDMI and SDI audio, or use the XLR/RCA ports for professional level audio from mixing consoles and sound equipment
- Built-in attenuation and gain adjustment
- Design your own custom layouts, including picture-in-picture, by using the drag and drop editor in Pearl-2’s web-based Admin panel
- Combine, crop, and scale up to six video sources
- Customize the video source completely with backgrounds, overlay images, text, and timestamping
- Hold hundreds of hours of HD recordings on the 512GB solid-state hard drive
- Configure automatic file transfer to a networked storage or local USB drive via USB 3.0, to ensure your files are always protected
- Connect your headphones and monitor audio using the front-mounted 3.5mm audio jack and on-screen VU meter
- Send the content to a larger confidence monitor with Pearl-2’s two 4K HDMI video output ports
- Use Pearl-2’s built-in streaming server to share via unicast or multicast stream to up to 50 viewers with popular streaming protocols such as HTTP, HLS, FLV, ASF, UPnP, and SAP
- Publish your live video stream to a large audience using an enterprise streaming server or CDN using RTMP or RTSP
- Supported CDNs including Facebook Live, YouTube, Wowza, Livestream, Akamai, Ustream, and more
- Stream your final program output, in any desired resolution, while also recording high quality ISOs for post-processing
- Pearl-2 integrates easily with content management systems (CMS) and with learning management systems (LMS) such as Blackboard, Kaltura, Mediasite, and Moodle
- Built-in chroma keying for any input
- Send and receive SRT signals for hybrid or virtual productions
- Direct integration with Zoom and Teams
- Playback videos and add html graphics to your program for a dynamic production
- Remotely access and control from the cloud using Epiphan Edge
- The EC20 camera's features a 1/1.8" 4K CMOS 8.42MP sensor for crisp, broadcast-quality imagery.
- The integrated zoom lens has an optical zoom range of 20x, and you can zoom in further with up to 16x digital zoom.
- With 255 programmable preset positions via serial control, you can set the camera to rapidly move between positions using IP, RS-232, or RS-485 with separately available controllers.
- The camera supports audio embedding and de-embedding via a 3.5mm stereo line-level input jack and a 3.5mm audio output.
- Power is provided by the included AC adapter or via PoE+ (Power-over-Ethernet) on a supported network.
- Monitor, control, and manage a fleet of EC20 cameras from a single interface through the Epiphan Edge cloud platform.
