Product category:
Networking Hardware
News Release from: Pixelmetrix Corp | Subject: DVStor and DVShift
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 April 2007
Disaster recovery broadcast tools
A global expert in Preventive Monitoring for digital television and IPTV networks offers operators and service providers ease of mind in the wake of a catastrophe.
Pixelmetrix, a specialist in preventive monitoring for digital television and IPTV networks offers operators and service providers ease of mind in the wake of a catastrophe Having identified the critical need for digital television network operators to plan ahead in anticipation of disasters of any magnitude, Pixelmetrix offers resilient and reliable tools to tackle disaster recovery and compliance recording
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Tester dedicated to monitoring MPEG over IP
DVStation-IP is billed as the world's first real-time test and monitoring tool for MPEG over IP, addressing the emerging market for video transport over IP networks.
Monitor aids antarctic transmissions
The Pixelmetrix DVStation is helping Japan Telecom's high-definition transmission service from the South Pole.
These two tools are the DVStor and DVShift, both of which will be showcased at NAB 2007, on Booth SU12109.
The DVShift serves as a backup playout system in the event that the main playout device malfunctions.
This MPEG TS time shifter renders frame-accurate shifting, and supports autoshifting upon recovery from failure and SNMP traps.
Further reading
Module provides real time RF monitoring
Pixelmetrix has developed a new DVB-C QAM interface module for its DVStation.
DVStation gains OmniView
OmniTek and Pixelmetrix have formed a strategic partnership to enhance the capabilities of the DVStation family of products.
It also provides Dynamic Programmable Shift Delay, allowing users to configure the Delay table by defining a variation of delays over a particular duration.
This is primarily useful for changes in the time gap between two timezones, in view of daylight savings.
Some countries on the receiving end of the shifted media may impose restrictions on a bulk of television programmes.
DVShift can resolve such issues as it allows weekly playlist configuration.
The weekly playlist can be set up simply by specifying substituted media to be broadcasted over different periods of time in the week, instead of the usual shift.
Additionally, should there be a loss of input signal, DVShift will run a loop playout from previously recorded files, in order to prevent blackouts in the output.
"Awareness of the financial implications of not putting in place a reliable disaster recovery systems is vital", says Danny Wilson, Pixelmetrix President and CEO.
"Commitment to quality user experience takes top priority and so is addressing service quality challenges to sustain business continuity".
"Pixelmetrix DVStor and DVShift can help operators and service providers establish an effective disaster recovery strategy".
The DVStor Programmable Scheduled Loop Playout allows the DVStor to perform scheduled ASI recording and playout of the recorded material in a loop until the next scheduled recording.
Compliance Recording is achieved with its continuous recording and the ability to schedule TS backup to a pool of external USB hard disks.
Like the DVShift, the DVStor can also be used as a backup playout device for disaster recovery when the main playout device malfunctions.
Other significant features include the Call Centre Application (video thumbnail sequence generation capability and embedded video display of recorded TS), ASI playlist playout and IP recording option.
Pixelmetrix IPTV Testing Platform, the DVStorIP-Gen, provides real IPTV network emulation, generates up to 700 streams and 900Mbit/s of IPTV traffic with real content of any length, supports dynamic insertion of impairments (packet loss and packet jitter), low packet jitter generation, and more.
• Pixelmetrix Corp: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
• Electronicstalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
