| FEATURE BRIEF |
VBSTAR (VBrick Stream Transfer And Record) Appliance Hard Drive
Purpose
Record MPEG-2 from an encoder in the same unit
Record MPEG-2 from a VBrick on the IP network
Deliver MPEG-2 files as a stream ("StreamPump") on a continuous or semi VoD basis
Transfer recorded MPEG-2 or WM to up to eight remote locations (see FTP)
Deliver WM via progressive download for low volume VoD applications
Deliver conventional web services for low volume web page delivery
Description
The VBrick hard drive is the ideal vehicle for recording high quality video without regard to potential network issues that could otherwise disturb the quality of a recording, and the ideal vehicle to use the exclusive VBrick StreamPump technology to stream the recorded MPEG-2 video file. The VBSTAR in the WM appliance is called the "Archive" feature.
Key Functions Key functions include:
MPEG-2 Table
|
Feature |
Details |
Application |
Notes
& Limitations |
|
Record
from a single local encoder or decoder |
Hard
drive records from a single local encoder or decoder. |
Portable
or mobile encoding and recording. |
-
Up to 2 encoders or decoders plus hard drive per VBStar. -
1 file can be recorded at a time -
Can FTP or pump stored video file while
recording (b/w limits) |
|
Record
from the network |
Hard
drive can record any VBrick MPEG-2 video from the network |
Archiving
remote video |
Can
FTP or pump stroed video file while recording. (b/w limits) |
|
Record
a file incrementally |
Example:
turns a 60 minute recording into 60 one minute recordings |
Surveillance (24 x 7) recording. Eliminate editing of larger files. Enables
real-time store and forward of high quality video in low bandwidth
enviornments |
Incremental
recording interval and duration is configurable. |
|
Record
based on event triggering |
Use
contact closure or other event to trigger recording & FTP transfer |
Surveillance,
remote control, etc. Record and forward critical events. Capture only
needed video. |
|
|
Pump
single video |
Unicast
or multicast pumping |
Digital
Signage, advertising, broadcasting, emergency alerting |
Pumped
file can be continuously looped |
|
Pump
batch of videos |
Videos
in batch file are pumped sequentially |
Automatic
Playlist |
Pumped
batch file can be continuously looped.
Up to 4GB and 99 files in a batch. |
|
Auto
pump new file |
File
is automatically pumped upon FTP reception |
Store
& forward. |
Automatic
playback to the network or to a local decoder |
|
FTP
file after recording |
Auto
FTP up to 8 destinations |
Ideal
for sending higher quality video over low bandwidth links. |
FTP
destination can be a a VBrick Media Control Server (autoingest),
another VBStar, or FTP server |
Windows Media Table
|
Feature |
Details |
Application |
Notes
& Limitations |
|
Record
from any local encoders |
Hard
drive records from any local encoders |
Portable
or mobile encoding and recording. |
-
Record 2 files simultaneously (from up two encoders) -
Can FTP or stream while recording.
|
|
Record
from the network* |
Not
currently available |
|
Not
currently available |
|
Record
based on event triggering |
Use
contact closure switch to trigger recording & FTP xfer |
Surveillance,
Remote Control, etc.. Record and forward critical events. |
|
|
Pump
video* |
Not
currently available |
|
VBSTAR
does not have a true VoD server or "pump" for WM content.
However, see "Progressive Download" below. |
|
FTP
file after recording |
Auto
FTP up to 8 destinations |
Ideal
for sending higher quality video over low bandwidth links. |
FTP
destination can be a VBrick Media Control Server (autoingest), WM server,
another VBSTAR, or any FTP/Web server |
|
Progressive
download from built in web server |
Limited
to approx. 10 simultaneous users, with bandwidth limitations |
Self-contained
VoD for small office, classroom, conference room, etc. |
Video
files recorded to, or placed in /Public folder on the hard drive.
Access content using FTP protocol (use VideoAlive.com players for
simplicity). |
|
VBCorpCast
VBEduCast VBPresenter |
WM
appliance w/hard drive can record presentations. |
Self-contained
presentation server for small office, classroom, etc. |
Recorded
presentations can also be FTP’d to VBrick Media Control Server server
for archive. |
MPEG-4
Table
|
Feature |
Details |
Application |
Notes
& Limitations |
|
Hard
drive |
MPEG-4
only unit not available with a hard drive |
|
If
the VBrick has a MPEG-2 encoder or decoder then VBSTAR is an available
option but ONLY performs the MPEG-2 functions described above. No
MPEG-4 recording operations are available. |