Video Encoder

The 4Caster C4 currently supports one channel of high definition or multiple channels of standard definition encoding for IPTV, Internet TV encoding up to VGA resolution, and 3G Mobile TV encoding. For IPTV applications, C4 can be delivered in either Premium Compression or Extreme Compression encoding configurations using Envivio's new flexible encoding core. For Internet TV applications, C4 can deliver content for playback in Windows Media Player, QuickTime and VLC. For Mobile TV applications, C4 can deliver 3GPP, 3GPP2 compliant streams for playback on a wide variety of mobile devices. Envivio is rapidly developing new features for this ultra-flexible compression platform, most of which will be available to our existing customers without the need for any hardware change. 4Caster C4 is a truly unique, future-proof encoding platform ideally suited for today's IP-based media delivery applications.

4Caster C4 is the multi-service compression engine at the heart of Envivio's Convergence Generation IP video headend, which receives, decodes, re-encodes, and transmits programming all in IP. The all-digital processing of content eliminates the need for traditional intermediate analog or digital video interfaces between decoders and encoders, reducing both cost and system complexity.

Targeting Mobile TV, Internet TV and IPTV Applications