Description

The CE1 Contribution Encoder is an essential part of MediaKind’s Contribution and Distribution offering, which enables live events to be captured reliably, in the highest possible quality and with low transmission latency and bandwidth.
The CE1 is the latest generation of contribution encoder from MediaKind and provides exceptional performance, low latency video compression capability, with the additional benefits of support for the latest IP standards such as UHD SMPTE ST 2110, SRT, RIST and Zixi as well as BISS-CA encryption to prevent unauthorized access to valuable, high quality contribution feeds.
The satellite modulator output option is available for news gathering applications making MediaKind CE1 the 7th generation DSNG platform.
The CE1 provides a highly flexible contribution encoding platform that can provide basic MPEG 4:2:0 8 bit HD video encoding all the way up to the highest quality, low bitrate HEVC 4:2:2 10 bit UHD, High Dynamic Range, Wide Color Gamut video encoding. It also offers lossless light compression using JPEG-XS
A basic CE1 can be configured today and easily upgraded when required by the addition of software licenses, or hardware option cards.
In a world of rapidly changing standards and technology it is important to invest in equipment that offers confidence in future-proofing.
The CE1 is based on a ruggedized X86 server platform, with four PCIE option card slots, giving it great potential to support new standards and protocols as they are developed and adopted.

Features:

The CE1 base unit is a compact single ‘RU’ unit that is only 560 mm deep, thus fitting in standard racks and flight cases as well as OB environments.
Dual hot swappable power supplies help provide the reliability required when covering premium events.
There are four option card slots which enables a wide range of options to be supported so that the unit can not only be customized to meet your needs today, but can easily have its capabilities expanded in the future if required.
The option cards available include:
•SDI Input (4 x SDI ports) with an additional External Sync input
•Dual 25GbE NIC with SMPTE ST 2110 acceleration
•Dual 10GbE NIC with SFP+
•Encoder Accelerator card for 4 x HD or 3 x1080por 1 x UHD for low latency 4:2:0 or 4:2:2 MPEG-4AVC and HEVC compression
•ASI Input/output (4 ports)
•Satellite Modulator
The CE1 feature licenses include:
•HD (includes SD) and UHD encode licenses containing audio encode and pass-through capabilities
•Advanced Stream Processing that includes multiplexing, SRT, RIST and Zixi
•Content Protection that enables BISS-CA encryption(BISS-1/E encryption is included as standard)