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Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Advanced Micro Peripherals | Subject: MPEG4000XLP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 February 2007
Video codec embeds four channels of
capture
Single low power PC/104+ MPEG4 codec board encodes up to four concurrent full-size real-time analogue inputs from Pal or NTSC video and audio sources.
Advanced Micro Peripherals' new MPEG4000XLP is a single low power PC/104+ MPEG4 codec board that encodes up to four concurrent full-size real-time analogue inputs from Pal or NTSC video and audio sources It can also decode and playback video and audio recordings from storage to display
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 1 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The VSP2000 is a high-performance multichannel video surveillance processor integrating motion detection for up to 12 Pal/NTSC video sources on a single PC104+ card.
Embedded CAN interface has Wi-Fi option
The CAN104 implements a two-port high-speed Controller Area Network interface in the rugged and reliable PC/104 form factor.
Audio/video synchronisation is provided on each channel.
Text and graphics annotation can be superimposed on any channel using the high resolution text overlay function.
The MPEG4000XLP can record all four channels at full size concurrently, by reducing the frame rate.
Other configuration tradeoffs allow resolutions to 720 x 576, frame rates to 120 frame/s and MPEG4 compression on one, two or four concurrent input channels.
Incoming video can be previewed at the same time on the host screen.
The high performance MPEG4 video data compression and reduced bus utilisation allows up to four MPEG4000XLP boards within a single PC/104+ system, providing up to 16 concurrent video streams to disk or across a network.
The MPEG4000XLP consumes less than 1.7A from a single 5V supply, and operates from 0 to 60C.
An extended temperature -40 to +85C version is available.
Because the MPEG4000XLP processes multiple channels of real time Pal/NTSC video with minimal host CPU intervention, even a 166MHz Pentium-1 class CPU is sufficient to host multiple cards rather than a power-hungry fan-cooled 1GHz Pentium-4 computer.
The high performance, low power requirement, inherent low heat dissipation and rugged construction of the MPEG4000XLP equip it for mobile computing, transportation, industrial and other demanding environments.
Typical applications include remote surveillance, multiple-camera security installations, solid state DVR, Intranet/Internet video streaming, traffic monitoring and control, medical archiving, vehicle based codec and video acquisition and analysis.
MPEG4000XLP is supported by a suite of drivers for Windows XP/XPE/2000/NT, Linux and QNX.
AMP also provides example video recording applications in C/C++ source code.
Lee Foss, Advanced Micro Peripherals' Technical Director, commented "The MPEG4000XLP offers an exciting opportunity to systems integrators, because it offers more functionality and better performance than earlier generation products, yet is competitively priced". Request a free brochure from Advanced Micro Peripherals ...
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