VoD server Anevia Toucan is designed for record and IP broadcasting of multiple simultaneous flows. Anevia Toucan fully complies with international standards and is fully compatible with the most of IP STB available at the market. In combination with Anevia ViaManager, several Anevia Toucan streamers can be grouped into cluster (with centralized management), thus allowing to serve the unlimited number of simultaneous users.
Anevia Toucan includes a full set of VoD functions and is the most versatile VOD server at the market.
5 VOD functions combined in single 1U server:
- VOD: storing and viewing the video on demand;
- nPVR: scheduled record and playback of video programs at the server – bypassing the personal hard drive;
- Start Over: option of rewinding to start of ongoing TV program;
- Pause TV: pausing the TV channel, replay, rewind, and fast forward;
- Catch-Up TV: viewing of TV programs, when their transmission is actually finished.
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Model |
Application area |
Number of simultaneous broadcast streams |
Number of simultaneously recorded flows |
Storage |
Hardware platform |
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Toucan VM |
Small companies, hotels |
30 |
1-5 |
External storage of any size |
Any (virtual machine) |
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Toucan 100 |
Small operators, hotels |
60 |
4 |
Built-in disk array up to 4 Tb |
Anevia server |
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Toucan 500 |
Large operators |
Unlimited, depending on hardware platform |
50-200 |
External storage of any size |
IBM X3650, HP ProLiant Series |
Recommended server platforms for Anevia Toucan:
HP ProLiant DL 120 G5
HP ProLiant DL 320 G5
HP ProLiant DL 380 G5
HP ProLiant DL 380 G6
IBM X346
IBM X3650
General features
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Video format |
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Output format |
Multicast or unicast |
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Output protocols |
MPEG-TS over UDP |
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Functions |
Record, playback, pause, stop, scheduled record, delayed viewing, support of playlists (regardless of video format) |
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Playback |
Fast forward and backward |
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Stream encoding |
Standard Ipsec (AES or Blowfish) with ViaManager |
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Control |
Anevia Quickstream (Web interface) or ViaManager |
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High availability |
With use of ViaManager |
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Operating system |
Linux (built-in to flash memory) |