Components |
Origin Server |
Edgeware Orbit 3020 and 3080 Appliances |
Packager (Optional) |
Built-in Just-In-Time (JIT) Packager or Selected 3rd Party Packagers |
Storage |
- Orbit Appliance internal flash memory
- Any 3rd party NAS Server HDDs
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Load Balancer |
Edgeware Convoy Request Router Software |
Control & Management |
- Edgeware Convoy Management Software
- 3rd Party packager Web GUI
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Input |
Formats |
- Real time ingest of adaptive MPEG2-TS over IP ingest (GOP-aligned, H264 encoding)
- IGMPv2/v3 support
- Adaptive Transport Stream (ATS) format as specified by Cablelabs OpenCable ™ Specification OC-SP-ATS-I01-140214
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Capacity |
Up to 8 Gbps (sustained) and +2080 fully concurrent MPEG2-TS channels per Orbit server |
Content Processing |
Packaging |
Just-in-Time packaging of live ATS channels and on-demand Apple HLS files |
Capacity |
Up to 512 live TS channels in multiple formats per RU |
Formatting |
Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), Microsoft Smooth Streaming, Flash HDS and MPEG DASH |
Subtitling |
- Closed Captions: Pass-through or conversion into WebVTT for HLS, Conversion into DFXP for Smooth Streaming
- DVB-Teletext subtitle page 888: Conversion into WebVTT for HLS, DFXP for Smooth Streaming
- DVB-Subtitles: Pass-through or conversion into ID3 for HLS, Conversion into DFXP for Smooth Streaming
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Multi Audio |
Multiple audio streams per output for HLS (iOS4 and iOS5-compatible) and Smooth Streaming |
Content Protection |
- Embedded Microsoft PlayReady DRM and AES encryption as specified by Apple
- Fairplay support for HLS
- Adobe Access support for HDS
- Key provisioning: interface to leading CAS & DRM vendors (external key generation)
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Output |
Content Publishing |
HTTP pull (GET) requests from any 3rd party CDN or Edgeware VCP Edge devices |
Capacity |
Up to 80 Gbps (sustained) and 128,000 fully concurrent sessions per Orbit appliance |
Timeshift |
Services |
Catchup, Start-Over, Pause Live TV and Network DVR |
Recording Capacity |
- Up to 24 TB NAND Flash memory per Orbit server (12,000 h of SD video @ 3.7 Mbps) for Catchup, Start-Over & Pause Live TV
- Unlimited 3rd party NAS devices for Network DVR eg HPDL380 @ 11 TB per shelf
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Software Load Balancing |
Session Manager |
Edgeware Convoy Request Router; DNS, redirect and manifest file re-write |
Redundancy |
- Built in N + 1 Redundancy for Orbit servers (with build-in packagers)
- Built in 1 + 1 Redundancy for 3rd party NAS storage devices
- Built-in 1 + 1 Redundancy for 3rd party packagers
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Clustering |
- Content-aware clustering to combine storage on up to 8 Orbits (up to 192 TB NAND Flash memory)
- Content-aware clustering to combine storage on unlimited NAS devices
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Workflow Management |
Scheduled Recording |
On-demand asset creation from live for all timeshift TV services. Recording scheduling via API |
Dynamic Processing |
Dynamic processing of TS ABR VOD assets in HLS and Smooth Streaming for multiscreen on-demand applications (catch-up TV, nPVR) |
Ad Management |
- Auto detection of broadcast ads with frame accuracy or from SCTE-35 triggers.
- Fully compliant with CableLabs ESAM specifications. Integrated with 3rd party POIS servers.
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Metadata Insertion |
Control in real-time insertion of metadata in the output streams (HLS and HSS) for applications such as EAS, Nielsen |
Control & Management |
Content Management |
Convoy Account REST API and Orbit server CLI for Configuration of recording, live and on-demand publishing points & timing |
Analytics |
Convoy Content Analytics Web GUI |
Monitoring |
- Convoy Dashboard GUI
- Convoy Operations REST API
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Content Processing |
- Convoy Account REST API and Orbit server CLI for built-in packager
- 3rd Party packager; Web GUI
- 3rd Party packager REST API; Packager status, publishing points and encryption parameters
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