Live Multi-Screen Video Encoder

4Caster C4 Gen III

High Performance Live Multi-Screen Video Processing

The Envivio 4Caster C4 Gen III is the superior encoding/transcoding solution for producing live Broadcast, IPTV, OTT and Mobile TV video services from a single platform, eliminating the need for separate headends. Envivio solutions deliver unmatched performance and quality. Ingesting and processing video once apply the same compression excellence applied for every screen on any network. From bandwidth-limited mobile delivery to full 1080p HD over high-speed networks, for traditional TVs or revolutionary hand-held mobile devices, to viewers at home or on the move, the 4Caster C4 enables you to deliver impressive images to the widest array of screens in the industry. The result of years of innovation and hands-on development experience, the 4Caster C4 delivers high-quality services to tens of millions of subscribers worldwide. It meets todays goals while providing the exibility to address future opportunities and make the most of your investment.

Product Highlights
Live Multi-pro le encoder/transcoder with the largest number of supported devices: - Smartphones - Tablets - PCs - Set-Top Boxes - Connected TVs Includes support for MPEG-2 and H.264 HD and SD, CBR and Statistical VBR encoding to address broadcast ecosystems as well as Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) technologies for Internet delivery High-quality preprocessing, including video ltering, cross scaling and automatic audio level adjustment Closed Captions, DVB-Subtitle and DVB-Teletext support for multi-screen applications Envivio best-in-class video codecs, including Elite, Premium and Extreme compression Embedded encryption and built-in interface to CDNs for Over the top Services N+M redundancy management with 4Manager Upgradeable unit with continuous features and quality improvements thru rmware upgrades

Applications
Multi-screen convergence headend IPTV Digital Cable DTH Mobile Broadcast Over-the-Top (OTT) TV delivery Internet TV / TV everywhere Mobile TV

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A PREMIUM EXPERIENCE

Live Multi-Screen Video Encoder

Envivio has long been recognized as providing high-quality compression. How? Envivio has created all of the codecs and algorithms used in our 4Caster C4 platform we dont license them. Before encoding begins, advanced pre-processing prepares the source to appear and sound its best. Input signals are ingested and processed once on a single platform, and repurposed for any kind of network.

The Best Gets Even Better

With the latest 4Caster C4 release, weve improved on our own technology with the introduction of the Envivio Foresight algorithm, which provides even higher quality results on H.264 to H.264 transcoding applications. By analyzing the structure and complexity of the incoming streams and utilizing this information to tune output parameters, Envivio provides better quality on all Satellite to IPTV turnaround applications, where a VBR to CBR conversion must be done. DTH: The new Envivio Statistical VBR algorithm further pushes the limit of compression, providing bandwidth and operation savings immediately. Thanks to its open IP-based architecture, the 4Caster C4 achieves the e ciency of closed-loop Statmux without imposing a closed ecosystem. As the e ciency is independent from the multiplexer, Envivio encoders can be readily deployed within Statmux headends. Cable: 4Caster C4 not only supports the emerging requirements for multiscreen applications, but thanks to new support for MPEG-2 SD and HD, CBR, and Statistical VBR encoding, it also supports traditional applications, making 4Caster the most versatile encoder in the cable space.

EXTEND YOUR REACH

One Platform to Support All Subscribers
Each screen and network has its own requirements that must be met to deliver the best service. With its multi-pro le encoding, the 4Caster C4 serves multiple networks and many di erent consumer devicesboth those viewers have today and those they will crave tomorrow. This enables a single headend to deliver the best television experience for many consumer devices including: Mobile phones and mobile broadcast receivers Smartphones, Tablets, PC and Mac Digital Set Top Boxes and Connected TVs Legacy Set Top Boxes and Satellite Receivers

Output to the World

Broad support for standards and seamless interoperability with leading systems vendors helps to cut through geographic and technical boundaries. Multi-screen TV: Envivio Genesis multi-rate MPEG transport stream for optimized interfacing with Envivio Halo Network Media Processors Broadcast, Cable, Satellite and IPTV: ATSC, AVS, DVB, ISDB-T, SBTV Mobile TV: 3GPP, 3GPP2, ATSC Mobile DTV, CMMB, DVB-H, DVB-SH, ISDB-Tmm Internet TV: HTTP Streaming: Apple HLS, Flash Media, ISMA, Silverlight, Windows Media

Common Encoding for Multi-Screen Distribution

By utilizing a common encoding approach whereby content is encoded once and packaged it into multiple formats, the processing capacity of the 4Caster C4 platform is optimized. This in turn provides major performance savings and empowers the 4Caster C4 to produce substantially more resolutions and output formats than before.

Envivio Convergence Headend

Main Encoding

Distribution Network

Multi-Screens

Satellite Distribution

TV

STB

Digital TV / Connected TV SD HD PiP Internet TV / Mobile TV Envivio Genesis Flash Silverlight Android iOS 3GPP / 3GPP2

A/V Content

Cable / Broadband Network

Tablets

PC

4Caster C4
H.264 Encoder / Transcoder Key Exchange change h

Internet / Wireless

Smart Phones

Management System
4Manager
Control & Supervision System

Content Protection
DRM Servers (PlayReady, HLS-compatible Third-Party)

The Best Video Delivery for Every Network

Ensuring a high-quality experience on heterogeneous networks is a complex task because every network has unique characteristics and limitations. Broadcast networks have xed bandwidth constraints. Satellite and 3G networks must maximize every bit of their limited bandwidth. The open Internet has no inherent Quality of Service mechanism or dedicated throughput guarantees. Envivio has developed technologies to optimally address the caveats of each network: Envivio Statistical rate control for Broadcast distribution over Cable and Satellite E cient CBR for IPTV services Adaptive bit-rate (ABR) streaming for Internet applications Network-aware rate control for 3G, LTE and 4G

See the Best Picture Everywhere

The explosion of the number of formats and resolutions required to provide multi-screen services makes quality control and monitoring an even more di cult and necessary task. With the 4Caster C4, ingest and output formats are internally monitored and a video score is provided for all resolutions and all bit rates. This enables the operator to easily monitor the quality of service without having to deploy separate and costly quality control equipment.

DEPLOY WITH CONFIDENCE

A Perfect Fit
Built to complement every video delivery network, 4Caster C4 provides a high-quality, all-digital signal ow that ts new and existing environments, while simplifying operations, reducing equipment requirements and cutting expansion costs. 4Caster C4 encoders support a variety of broadcast interfaces including analog, SDI, HD-SDI inputs, and ASI output, as well as direct ingest of MPEG-2 and H.264 video over IP. Interfaces comply with speci c regional needs to smoothly t into broadcast architectures. Furthermore, 4Caster C4 has built-in interfaces to major CDN service providers, enabling faster over-the-top live TV deployments.

THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB

Di erent networks, services and devices have di erent requirements. So, Envivio supports all the latest standard video/audio codecs and related transport protocols: H.264 Baseline, Main and High Pro le, MPEG-4 Simple Pro le, AVS, VC-1 as well as MPEG-1 LII, AAC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2 and WMA.

Branding, Ads and Blackout

The multi-screen approach introduces several opportunities and challenges: ensuring that content distribution agreements are met, creating e ective branding for programming, and realizing new advertising options. Through new image insertion tools, the 4Caster C4 Gen III enables: Insertion of transparent image overlays for branding Content blackout without additional equipment Ad insertion per device and/or network without additional equipment, utilizing SCTE-35 and EBIF triggers

Absolute Reliability
A great subscriber experience begins with a service that is on-air, all the time. Envivios high-availability platform is built with server-grade components to deliver 99.999% uptime and unshakeable performance. Features include: Stream source error stats Redundant Ethernet ports for all I/O and control interfaces Dual, hot-swappable power supplies 4Manager automatic N+M redundancy protection

Metadata for Multi-Screen

In some regions, metadata-driven capabilities are required by government agencies. 4Caster C4 now provides support in the multi-screen space for Closed Caption, DVB-Subtitles and DVB-Teletext for alternative languages and easier navigation. 4Caster C4 automatically transposes all these enhanced functionalities for devices utilizing Apple HLS and Microsoft Smooth Streaming.

Long Term Thinking

We not only make use of the latest Intel processor capabilitiesEnvivio algorithms are built into Intels designs. The exible software architecture makes the 4Caster C4 the only encoder that can be enhanced throughout its life. A simple software license enables the appliance to be recon gured at any time, for any consumer screen, enabling you to o er services to new devices as these are introduced to the market.

Protect High-Value Content

Integrated content encoding and encryption safeguard high-value content from the headend to the consumer device. Supported technologies with standard interface with traditional CAS vendors include: Microsoft PlayReady DRM Windows Media DRM AES encryption for Apple HLS ISMACryp, Simulcrypt for DVB-H CMMB encryption for CMMB

Input | Output
Dual Power Supplies Hot Swappable 1 x Primary 1 x Secondary IP Output Connection to Network 1 x Primary Input 4 Composite + analog audio or 4 SD-SDI + embedded audio or 2 HD-SDI + embedded audio or 1 HD-SDI + 2 ASI outputs

1 x Secondary

IP Input Content Ingest 1 x Primary; 1 x Secondary

Monitor and Control Connection to NMS 1x Primary; 1x Secondary

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Input Baseband Input IP Stream Input Pre-Processsing Aspect Ratio Metadata and VBI Image Settings Enhancement Filters Image Insertion Video Encoding Video Codec Rate Control Data Rate Resolutions Multistream Output Audio Encoding Audio Channels Per Service Audio Encoding Pass-Through Data Rate Post Processing Metadata Encryption (1) Video Quality Monitoring (1) Output Output Type Output Format

Live Multi-Screen Video Encoder

Cable, IPTV, DTH
Dual HD-SDI; 4 SDI; 4 analog

Mobile and Internet TV

Terrestrial Broadcast TV

Dual redundant Gb Ethernet ports; MPEG-2 TS with MPEG-2; H.264; MPEG-1 Layer II; AC3; AC3+; AAC; HE AAC and HE AAC v2 MP PEG-2 AC3; WSS; AFD; Video index SCTE-3 35; VBI SCTE-35; IA 608/708 Closed Caption; DVB Teletext; DVB-V DVB-VBI Brightness; Temperature Presets: Brightness; Contrast; Saturation; Hue; Gamma; Temperature etter 3 Video: Deinterlacing; Cropping; Le Letter boxing; Stretching; SD and HD cross-scaling; 3:2 pull down; Denoising filter (1) Audio: Automatic audio level adjustment; Audio gain adjustment Au utomatic adjust tment Scheduled image insertion Image insertion on input loss; Logo insertion; B n; Black-out management insertion; H.264 Extreme/Elite Baseline / Main / High profile; H.263 profile 0; MPEG-4 Part 2 Simple profile; WM9 Simple/Main/Advanced, VC 1 Main/Advanced CBR / Capped VBR / Available bit rate From 20 kbps to 5 Mbps (4) Ranging from 80x64 to 1920x1080 (1080p) Common encoding and Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR): Up to 15 streams per input Up to 4 stereo pairs MPEG-4/MPEG-2 AAC; HE-AAC v1 and v2; AMR-NB; AMR-WB; Windows Media Audio / Audio Voice / Audio Pro MPEG 1 Layer II; AC3; Enhanced AC3 (5.1 or stereo)(7) From 4.75 kbps to 320 kbps H.264 Main / High profile; Premium (2)/ Extreme compression; AVS Jizhun profile (2); MPEG-2 Main Profile CBR / Capped VBR / Available bit rate / Statistical VBR From 128 kbps to 20 Mbps(4) 576i and 480i @ 25 / 29.97 / 30 fps; 1080i/p @ 25 / 29.97 / 30 fps; 720p @ 50 / 59.94 / 60 fps PiP: 96x96; 128x96; 192x192 (6) H.264 Extreme Baseline / Main(3)(5)/ High(5) profile; H.264 Elite Baseline profile CBR / Capped VBR / Available bit rate / Statistical VBR From 20 kbps to 20 Mbps (4) DVB-H and CMMB: up to CIF DVB-SH: up to SD ATSC Mobile DTV: up to 640x360 ISDB-T: LD, SD and HD PiP(5): 96x96; 128x96; 192x192 ISDB-T: up to 8 stereo pairs Other: up to 2 stereo pairs MPEG-4 AAC; MPEG 1 Layer II(5); HE-AAC v1 and v2 MPEG 1 Layer II(5); AC3(5); Enhanced AC3 (5.1 or stereo)(5) From 8 kbps to 320 kbps

Up to 8 stereo pairs MPEG-4/MPEG-2 AAC; MPEG 1 Layer II; HE-AAC; HE-AAC v2 MPEG 1 Layer II; AC3; Enhanced AC3 (5.1 or stereo) From 32 kbps to 384 kbps

Thumbnail generation for HLS; Subtitles for Envivio Genesis (MPEG-2 TS multirate); EIA 608/708 Closed Caption; Closed HLS and Smooth Streaming; EBIF; DVB Teletext; DVB-VBI; SCTE 35 pass-through ; SCTE-35 pass-through or translation AES encryption for HLS; Windows Media DRM; ISMACryp; Simulcrypt OMA BCAST DRM; PlayReady; Internal or external Key generation SCP profiles MPEG-2 TS input stream mo monitoring; Output stream monitoring with user-def onitoring; user-defined qualify thresholds fined Dual Gb Ethernet ports 3GPP; 3GPP2; Flash; HTTP Live Streaming (HLS); ISMA; Silverlight; Windows Media; Envivio Genesis (MPEG-2 TS multirate) Dual Gb Ethernet ports DVB; ATSC; AVS(2) Dual Gb Ethernet ports; Dual ASI output DVB-H and SH; ATSC Mobile DTV; CMMB; ISDB-T

(1) Option. (2) SD only. (3) DVB-SH only. (4) Depends on codec and resolution. (5) ISDB-T only. (6) Extreme video codec only. (7) TS outputs only.

Monitor and Control

Front panel LCD control interface Dual Gb Ethernet monitoring and control ports (primary and spare) Control and System protocols: SOAP, HTTP, NTP, FTP, IGMPv2 & v3, SNMP v2 Automated Redundancy with Envivio 4Manager NMS MPEG-2 TS input stream monitoring

Physical and Power

Dimensions (chassis)
H x W x D: 1.7 (43 mm) x 17.76 (451.2 mm) x 26.42 (671.1 mm) Weight: 26 lb (12 kg)

Environmental
Operating temperature: 50 to 95 F (10 to 35 C) Storage temperature: -40 to 158 F (-40 to 70 C) Storage humidity: 50 to 90% non-condensing with a maximum wet bulb of 28 C (82 F)

Power
Input: 100-240 VAC auto-ranging or -48 to -60 VDC Consumption: 295 W maximum Supplies: dual load-balancing hot-swappable power supplies

Agency Certi cations

FCC Class A, CE, cTUVus, CB, VCCI, KCC RoHS-compliant, WEEE-compliant

For more information or to contact Envivio visit:

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Copyright 2011 Envivio, Inc. Envivio and the Envivio logo are registered trademarks and 4Balancer, 4Caster, 4Manager, Envivio Genesis, Envivio Halo, Envivio Foresight, Extreme Compression, Elite Compression, Premium Compression and TV without Boundaries are trademarks of Envivio, Inc., all of which may or may not be used in certain jurisdictions. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations. Product speci cations and pictures are subject to change without notice. Rev01 (08/15/2011)