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EssentialHABITECH
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The Stream system presents an attractive, powerful and easy to follow search interface
Custom installers, we have a proven high-end home
entertainment platform that’s perfect for you and your
customers. It’s a powerful, reliable and connected
server/player system, expandable to as many rooms
as you need and recently upgraded to include a
wealth of new features. It offers greater flexibility and
faster storage than its only major rival and with highly
competitive pricing, much wider market opportunities.
In the Stream ContentCentre server and its companion
ContentPlayer we’re giving you the state-of-the-art AV
performance of the best disc players combined with
excellent storage capacity, extraordinary ripping speed,
simultaneous rip and play and simultaneous multiple
playback of movie and music streams from players
all around the home. On top of this, the new Stream
platform offers multiple control options from iPad, iPhone
and Android; multiple database lookup, AirPlay and
Sonos compatibility, easy integration with home control/
distribution systems such as Control4, Crestron, RTI and
Wyrestorm and a handy new mobile feature, which creates
versions of movies,
TV shows and music
ready for use on mobile
devices in compatible
MP4 format. With
iPlayer on board and
NetFlix soon, the new
invigorated Stream
media platform delivers
customisable versatility
and performance
that simply eclipses
anything the VOD world
has to offer. It’s in a
different league.
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AS FLUID AS A STREAMStream’s award-winning two-box server/player platform is faster
and more versatile than ever. Habitech’s technical manager,
Justin Martin-Lawrence, dips in.
Habitech’s technical manager, Justin Martin-Lawrence, says stream delivers an unmatched package of reliability, performance and price point
The Stream system is not just about movies, but also provides comprehensive access to the rest of the client’s entertainment content
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Easy to Install, built for Custom ConfigurationThe Stream Media Server system comprises one or more ContentCentre media
storage servers connected via Ethernet to one or more ContentPlayer media
players. ContentCentre stores BDs, DVDs, music and pictures and delivers
this content to ContentPlayers connected locally to AV systems. Equipped
with gigabit networking capability, the ContentCentre appears as simple NAS-
style network shares of music, movies, TV shows and pictures on screens or
touch tablets. Drag files to the folders from other NAS on the network, or from
the ContentCentre to one or more players as you would with any network
management. The design of the Stream Media Server system is such that it is
infinitely expandable, according to network capacity and allows for playback
of different media per room with different audio
soundtracks if required.
The ContentPlayer can
automatically down-mix multi-
channel audio soundtracks for two-channel
audio playback devices (e.g. Smart TVs) when
required. For example, in installations where the
equipment is centrally located in an equipment rack, one
ContentPlayer can be installed for dedicated multi-channel
full HD audio and video playback in a home cinema, whilst another can be
connected to an HDMI distribution system to provide stereo playback to other
areas in the home. Local control over what to watch is through a new optional
2.4GHz remote, which flips to reveal a keyboard for fast title search through
a window that automatically appears on the TV or projection screen. There’s
a comprehensive choice of menu views including YouTube preview links for
each film and a wide range of audio and video calibration tools, which offer
useful functionality such as the memorising of resume points for every stored
movie and audio offset for the perfect syncing of sound and picture. Content
can be managed as well via iOS and Android devices through Apps like XBMC
Constellation and XBMC remote.
For ContentCentre management, a new clear and simple WUI, available
from any web browser, auto-scales to the browser window, shows rip progress,
the cover art of media being captured, the disk space available and a colour
bar-graph representation of media storage.
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Stream Features:
Luxury expandable multi-box solution for simultaneous rip and play in multiple rooms.
High Quality High Speed slot-loading media drive, capturing BDs in as little as 35 minutes.
High-speed, High Reliability Energy-efficient 24/7 storage drives (combined up to 12TB) provide multiple high definition streams to players around the home.
Silent passive-cooled all aluminium design of both server and player
New clear, simple WUI, available from any web browser.
Storage Formats: BD/DVD: Lossless MKV Storage, Optional MP4 backup; CD/DVD-A: FLAC (lossless), Optional ALAC (lossless) or MP3 backup.
NAS Capabilities: DAAP (iTunes) Server, DLNA Media Server Windows, Linux, Apple SMB/CIFS shares for Music, Movies, TV Shows and Pictures.
Integrates with Control 4 and other home control systems. AirPlay enabled
One-touch bi-directional control from tablets.
Choice of powerful in-play menus and navigation
1080/24fps for lifelike images and smooth action, audio up to DTS HD formats and including DVD-A.
New Multiple Database lookup via optional mymovies.dk database.
New Mobile feature additionally creates mobile versions of Movies, TV Shows and Music ready for use on mobile devices in compatible MP4 format.
A new optional remote flips to give access to a keyboard for fast title search
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Super-Cool, Super Quiet And with capability comes bullet-proof reliability. The
ContentCentre server has a stable, Linux-based core
enhanced by specialised storage, processing and power
supply technology selected for minimal heat, noise and
energy consumption, proven and optimised for 24/7
operation in rack environments. A high-speed slot-loading
media drive (capable of BD rips in as little as 35 minutes)
feeds up to three highly reliable energy-efficient 24/7 4TB
hard drives designed and extensively tested for use in NAS
applications. All this in a slender, passively cooled design,
manufactured entirely from aluminium and, as installers
have told us, resolute in any hot rack.
From the ContentCentre you’ll have instant access to
up to 12TB of upgradable storage for Blu-ray, DVD, CD
and picture content, distributed across drives, which are
combined in a single logical volume and multiple high
definition streams - video up to 1080p/24, two-channel audio
to 24/192 and multi-channel DTS HD - to players around the
home. Video processing in the player is from a dedicated
video co-processor that frame-matches media playback to
avoid the annoying glitches inherent in competing products -
watch 24fps capability for totally smooth movie action.
Versatile, Compatible Media storageDepending on type, the ContentCentre stores uncompressed
media in standardised formats ready for delivery to
ContentPlayers and other playback devices. In addition to the
read-only shares of music, movies, TV shows and pictures, an
overall SMB/CIFS share called ‘Files’ provides read and write
access to all of this media, which is useful for applications
where the user may want to delete or rename the media.
When the ContentCentre detects optical media, it uses a
number of algorithms in combination with online databases
to ID the media. To provide improved metadata and artwork,
particularly for European region media, the ContentCentre’s
lookup engine now offers the option of using the mymovies.
dk database, licensed for around $20 (£13) and instantly
available to use.
During capture, the ContentCentre automatically identifies
the main content on the disc and discards adverts, trailers
and junk, saving space and time.
TV shows are automatically stored in a separate folder,
which can be easily accessed from the ContentPlayer
TV Shows menu. Captured movies and TV shows are
contained in lossless .mkv format, which preserves
all their HD video and audio integrity – even subtitles.
Music is stored as uncompressed FLAC files and made
available as a network share for NuVo, Control4 and
Sonos media players. FLAC not only provides a highly
compatible space-conscious file format, it also supports
advanced media tagging and high bitrates unavailable
from other lossless formats. By implementing FLAC, the
ContentCentre even has support for the capture of media
from higher resolution DVD Audio discs.
Stream’s system is designed to be the ultimate high
performance media platform for whole-house entertainment,
allowing command over a vast library of HD content from a
range of control devices including tablets. Built for complete
reliability and offering plug-and-play integration with all
leading home control systems, the advanced Stream server/
player platform is a powerful, versatile and customisable
option designed for the creativity of custom installers.
More information: +44 (0)1420 540054,
www.habitech.co.uk
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Stream also creates ‘mobile’ friendly versions of content for end-users to take with them on their travels
Stream’s two-box solution provides simultaneous rip and play and multiple playback of movie and music streams all around the home
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