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XStream Live 2™ is a live video encoding and streaming software solution. It is designed with flexibility in mind for live event production, IPTV, church streaming, media publishing, telepresence, newsgathering, and sporting event production. Achieve a better viewer experience, longer audience retention, and lower distribution cost with the highest quality per bitrate H.264 video streams in the industry including native support for Flash™ and next generation HTML5 based HTTP streaming. Access the largest global penetration of playback devices and browsers providing a seamless playback experience for your audience . Utilizing Kulabyte’s proprietary

Stream 720p 30 at only 1.8 Mbps or 1080p 30 at only 4 Mbps

Broadcast quality H.264 video with AAC stereo audio

Accepts HD-SDI, SDI, analog or DV inputs and delivers up to 4 primary streams and 4 backup streams

encoding technology, XStream Live 2 provides significantly higher live HD/SD H.264 video quality than any other encoder on the market, while maintaining a lower uplink bandwidth requirement. XStream Live 2 provides an easy to use encoder GUI including an encoding preset selector and a video preview window. A preset builder GUI application is also included for easily creating customized encoding profiles by selecting preprocessing, audio and video bit rate, RTMP/HTTP publishing point, and encoding mode. For users with more advanced needs, XML preset files may be edited directly providing access to all available encoder variables and settings.

Live Video Streaming. Transformed.

WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION•Akamai HD Network•CDNetworks•Limelight•Level3•UStream•Livestream•Other Premium CDN’s

LIVE STREAMING SERVERS•Adobe® Flash® Media Server 3.5•Wowza Media Server Pro•HTTP Web Servers Live HD video encoding and

streaming software without breaking your distribution budget.

Proprietary encoding technology ensures the highest quality H.264 streams

Replace costly satellite uplinks with high quality, high definition IP-based live video broadcasting

PLAYER PLATFORM•Windows•Mac•Linux•iPhone™/iPad™•Android•BlackBerry•Windows Mobile

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Input Support•Video Formats

• SD: 480i 29.97 (NTSC) & 576i 25 (PAL)• HD: 720p 50, 720p 59.94, 1080i 29.97, 1080i 50

•Blackmagic Intensity Pro (Analog only)*• HDMI 4:2:2• Composite• Component HD• 2-channel Unbalanced Audio (RCA)

•Blackmagic Decklink SDI (Digital only)*• HD-SDI/SDI • SDI embedded audio

•Blackmagic Decklink Studio*•Digital• HDMI 4:2:2• HD-SDI/SDI • SDI embedded audio• 2 channel AES/EBU•Analog• Composite • S-Video• Component • 2-channel Balanced Audio (XLR)

TECHNICAL SUPPORTXStream Live 2 comes with 2 hours of installation support and training. Quarterly upgrades, email and telephone support package is optional.

WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTIONStream from and stream to anywhere in the world over broadband.

Pre-Processing• De-interlace• Frame rate conversion (for 720p 59.94, 720p 50 & 1080i 50)• Crop & Scale

Recommended Hardware Configuration• Quad Core Intel or AMD processor 2.66 GHz or higher• 2GB physical memory• Discrete Graphics Controller• 1394 DV Devices

• Canopus ADVC 110/300/700/1000• 1394 DV Cameras

• Capture Cards • Blackmagic Intensity Pro and DeckLink /SDI/Studio• AJA Io Express with PCIe card or ExpressCard interface card• AJA Xena

Interface• Encoding preset selector and a video preview window GUI• Preset builder GUI• Remote via VNC or RDP

Output Support• Supports up to 1920x1080 output resolution• H.264 / AAC in Flash 9 or 10 RTMP stream• H.264 / AAC HTTP Streaming• H.264 / AAC MP4 archive file

*Please refer to Blackmagicdocumentation for exact specifications.


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