MAX-CSE Web Interface

Stream Profiles Page Features (Cont.)

Feature

Description

 

 

• Video In Rate

A drop-down list of data rates which allows the user to choose the amount of incoming

 

video data throughput available for use by the MAX-CSE.

 

• The larger the amount of available video data coming through the unit for encoding,

 

the better the outgoing video quality to the target IP device.

 

• Available video data rates: 6Mbps - 500Kbps

• Resolution

 

A drop-down list of resolution settings which allow the user to choose from two preset

 

resolution types. These options relate to the display size/resolution used by the

 

outgoing video stream.

 

• Available resolutions: D1 (default) or SIF:

 

D1 is a resolution standard. In the NTSC system, "Full D1" means 720x480 pixels @

 

30 fps, and in PAL systems, full D1 is 720x576 @ 24 fps.

 

• SIF (Source Interchange Format) is a resolution standard defined as 352x240 @

 

30fps for NTSC and 352x288 @ 24 fps for PAL.

• Mode

 

These two radio boxes refer to the mode assigned to the bit rate encoding quality of the

 

outgoing A/V stream.

 

Available bit rate encoding modes: CBR (default) or VBR

 

CBR (Constant bit rate) relates to the bit rate quality used by the outgoing streamed

 

video data. Constant bit rate encoding means that the rate at which a codec's output

 

data should be consumed is constant. CBR is useful for streaming multimedia

 

content on limited capacity channels since it is the maximum bit rate that matters, not

 

the average, CBR would be used to take advantage of all of the capacity.

 

VBR (Variable bit rate) relates to the bit rate quality used by the outgoing streamed

 

video data. Variable bit rate encoding varies the amount of output data in each time

 

segment based on the complexity of the input data in that segment. The goal is to

 

maintain constant quality instead of maintaining a constant data rate.

 

 

Audio:

This section allows the user/administrator to define the encoding parameters for the

 

audio portion of the outgoing stream.

 

 

• Codec

A drop-down list of audio codecs from which the user can choose the type of MPEG

 

audio compression used for the audio portion of the outgoing stream.

 

Available audio codecs: MP2 or MP3

 

• MP2 (MPEG Audio Layer-2) is used as a file extension for files containing audio data

 

of this type. It remains a dominant standard for audio broadcasting. This file type

 

allows the coding of audio programs with more than two channels. The main

 

difference between these two types is that MP2 audio files are generally larger than

 

their MP3 counterparts and are mostly used with MPEG-2 video streams.

 

Note: MP2 is recommended for use with a high bandwidth video stream (ex: MPEG-4

 

or 6 Mbps - 3 Mbps).

 

• MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) is a popular digital audio encoding and lossy

 

compression format. It was designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to

 

represent the original audio data, yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the

 

original uncompressed audio to most listeners.

 

Note: MP3 is recommended for use with a low bandwidth video stream (ex: MPEG-2

 

or < 3 Mbps).

 

 

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MAX-CSD10, MAX-CSE specifications

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