Product Overview
BRIDGE LIVE 12G - 1RU Streaming and Transcoding Appliance 4-Ch HD, 1-Ch UltraHD I/O
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BRIDGE LIVE is a turnkey solution built for critical live video applications with high performance SDI and stream-based encoding/decoding/ transcoding, flexible multi-channel 12G-SDI I/O, comprehensive metadata and closed caption support, and all within a compact 1RU form factor with redundant power supplies.
Designed with the ability to support both low-latency and high-quality workflows across a range of codecs, containers, and protocols, BRIDGE LIVE enables numerous use cases including; backhauling remote live SDI video sources to the media production facility and returning a program feed, high quality reference video for remote collaboration in production and post, multi-input direct-to-audience streaming via platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, or Twitch, through to encoding for content distribution with ABR ladder profiles or hand-off for OTT packaging, and all supported via public internet.
Features
- Up to 4-channels of HD or 1-channel of UltraHD via 12G-SDI I/O
- H.265, H.264, and H.262(MPEG-2) encode, decode and transcode
- Optional JPEG 2000 encode/decode license
- Selectable profiles for 10-bit and 8-bit, 4:2:2 and 4:2:0
- Closed Captioning support
- RTMP/S, SRT (plus encryption), RTP/UDP, and MPEG-TS
- ABR Ladder Profiles
- Hand-off for OTT packaging
- Dual 10GigE interface for control and transport
- Local control or Remote WebUI operation
- Monitoring, Control and Automation supported via REST API or SNMP
- Dual power supplies for critical application redundancy
- Three year warranty
AJA and Comprimato
BRIDGE LIVE represents an exciting partnership between AJA and Comprimato, both long standing industry innovators. The merging of AJA’s hardware development and video I/O expertise with Comprimato’s transcoding and internet transport know-how means customers can expect the versatility, speed and quality needed for that competitive edge. The unique fusion of company talent between AJA and Comprimato ensures that BRIDGE LIVE delivers the performance and reliability needed for live H.265 (HEVC), H.264 (AVC, MPEG-4), H.262 (MPEG-2) and JPEG 2000* encode, decode, or transcode needs.*Full H.265, H.264, H.262 I/O functionality included with BRIDGE LIVE turnkey system, JPEG 2000 I/O license options available.
Hardware
BRIDGE LIVE supports up to 4x 3G-SDI simultaneously for multi-channel HD, or 1x 12G-SDI for UltraHD connections for I/O in 1RU. Dual 10GigE Ethernet ports provide network connectivity and dual power supplies provide peace of mind. Administration, monitoring and access to BRIDGE LIVE is supported via either network browser or local Display Port. Indirect agnostic monitoring and automation is supported via both REST API and SNMP.Supported Encodes/Decodes
BRIDGE LIVE supports the following configurations for encoding and decoding between SDI and streaming formats as standard. Multiple streams/formats/destinations can be derived from a single SDI input.H.265 (HEVC):
- 8-bit or 10-bit
- 4.2.0
- Up to 4 simultaneous 60p HD encodes/decodes or 1x 60p UltraHD encode/decode to/from SDI
- SRT, RTMP and MPEG-TS protocol support
H.264 (AVC):
- 8-bit or 10-bit
- 4:2:0 or 4:2:2
- Up to 2 simultaneous 60p 4:2:2, 10-bit HD encodes/decodes or 1x 30p UltraHD encode/decode to/from SDI
- Up to 4 simultaneous 60p 4:2:0, 8-bit HD encodes/decodes or 1x 60p UltraHD encode/decode to/from SDI
- SRT, RTMP and MPEG-TS protocol support
H.262 (MPEG-2):
- 8-bit
- 4.2.0
- Up to 4 simultaneous 30p/60i HD encodes/decodes or up to 2 simultaneous 60p HD encodes/decodes to/from SDIÂ with an HQ option
- SRT, RTMP and MPEG-TS protocol support
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