Beaumont Products MPEG - 2, MPEG - 1, MPEG - 4 manual VBrick EtherneTV Set Top Box, Introduction

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Important

Information

1: VBrick EtherneTV Set Top Box

Introduction

Brick’s EtherneTV Media Distribution System includes the EtherneTV Set Top V Box as part of a total Video on Demand System. Although the greatest benefit

comes when the EtherneTV Set Top Box is integrated with the EtherneTV Video on Demand through the EtherneTV Media Control Server, the set top box might also be deployed as a decoder when other functions of the VBrick appliance decoders are

unnecessary. The VBrick EtherneTV Set Top Box enables end users to view MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 pre-recorded and live streams, anywhere the network reaches.

When the installation of set top boxes includes an EtherneTV-MCS, or Media Control Server, the set top box is directed to the Media Control Server for user control; the graphics and user interface reside on the EtherneTV MCS. In instances where the set top box is deployed independent of the MCS, it comes equipped (in local mode) with a user interface and internal graphics. The set top box internal graphics are accessed through the set top box and displayed on a monitor. The set top box is configured through a web browser on a PC, whether in Local or MCS mode. The main difference is that the set top box uses a hardware chip to perform the MPEG decoding on a television monitor, while the PC uses VBrick StreamPlayer components to perform a software-based decode.

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