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News Release from: Kane Computing | Subject: DS-4000 range
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 October 2003
Image capture cards compress to new
standard
The DS-4000 range of PCI image capture and compression cards is based on H.264/MPEG4-AVC compression standards.
The DS-4000 range of PCI image capture and compression cards is based on H.264/MPEG4-AVC compression standards The DS-4004H offers simultaneous real-time encoding of four video and audio streams and is the first real time H.264 compression subsystem on the market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The DS-4004H uses four media processors, each with its own video input, VIP (video input processor), plus memory and PCI interface.
The heavily optimised H.264/MPEG4-AVC codec runs on each processor.
The A/V streams are fed into the memory of the video display adapter directly without consuming any host CPU MIPS, as a result any PC is able to support four DS-4004H cards (16 channels) concurrently in real time, and more if there are more than four PCI slots.
In addition to the DS-4004H there is a two-channel version, the DS-4002H and a single channel version, the DS-4001H.
Each board comes with drivers, an encoder application and decoding multimedia player.
The PCI 2.2 compliant boards, run under Linux, Windows XP and Windows 2000.
All parameters for each channel can be set or adjusted independently and the software also offers picture quality control, adjustable frame rate, motion detection, time stamping and watermark support.
A board support package is also available for those who wish to develop their own software and includes: encoder SDK, decoder SDK, network SDK, SDK documentation, source code for the encoder application, source code for multimedia player, source code for streaming server application, and one year of technical support.
The new H.264/MPEG4-AVC video compression standard is the first to be ratified by both the ISO/IEC and ITU-T.
It raises the bar considerably compared with MPEG4-ASP and yields better picture quality while significantly lowering the bitrate.
This allows lower overall system cost and enables new video applications.
H.264/MPEG4-AVC is considered the greatest achievement in video compression in the past 10 years and is already finding its way into many mainstream video applications.
Boards are available for immediate delivery and prices start around GBP 740 for one-off quantities. Request a free brochure from Kane Computing ...
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