Helix

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Producer

High-Quality, Professional Grade Encoding Tool

Helix Producer provides standards-based live and on-demand encoding of popular streaming media formats for organizations all from a single software encoding platform.
Helix Producer is a professional-grade software encoding product for H.264, MP4 and RealVideo encoding for live or on-demand delivery over broadband networks. Encoding advancements include support for multiple source inputs, capability to simultaneously write multiple outputs per input source, enhanced monitoring and advanced features such as Multi-Rate Live and On-Demand file creation. With multiple outputs encoding, content is simultaneously encoded for PCs and mobile devices such as iPhone and iPad. When paired with the Helix Server, the platform can deliver live and on-demand content to all playback environments including: Flash Player, RealPlayer, QuickTime X and QuickTime Player - and mobile devices including the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch family of devices. This includes support for Apples adaptive streaming to ensure the best stream quality is delivered to the device regardless of fluctuations in the networks bandwidth. Helix Producer is the content encoding component of the Helix Media Delivery Platform the gold standard for mobile video among mobile operators, media companies and device manufacturers.

NEW Helix Producer

The new Helix Producer teams up with the Helix Server and Helix client technologies to form the definitive end-to-end solution for future-proof video. Helix Producer offer support for multiple video inputs, multi-profile outputs and A/V quality monitoring.

High Quality Encoding Highly optimized H.264 and MPEG-4 video compression for both live and on-demand content for delivering the best video quality. High Capacity Multiple Input / Multiple Output Capacity Multiple outputs for a single input with a single pass on the source enables high-density simultaneous live and on-demand encoding, maximizes encoding capacity, throughput and supported devices. Live Multi-Rate Adaptation and Multi-Rate File Creation Create multi-rate file and live streams. Combined with the Helix server, this feature enables improved end-user QoS by delivering the highest bit-rate possible supported by the network at any given time for both live and on-demand content. Full Automation and Productivity Toolset Fully automate the encoding process with a powerful and complete command-line interface and maximize productivity with XML job file templates tailored recipes for standard profiles and mobile devices.

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Quality Monitoring and Advanced AV Signal Detection Let Helix Mobile Producer monitor your audio and video input signals and detect signal acquisition issues such as: - no signal (color bars or solid color) - noisy (static) - frozen video signal - no audio (silence) - imbalanced audio signal - audio clipping - out-of-phase audio stereo signal A graphical audio/video preview, encoding and broadcast statistics and session logging highlight bitrate, frame rate, latency, packets and quality. Settings Advisor Alerts user in real-time of standards compliance and quality issues with the current configuration settings and offers advice for correcting settings and optimizing the encoding quality in order to produce the best possible standards-compliant content. (No other product integrates advanced media knowledge into a real-time integrated advisor.) Its like having an industry expert standing over your shoulder and advising you on the complex MPEG standards. Timeline Editor The timeline editor enables setting starting and end points for the encoding job, thereby cutting unwanted video content at the beginning and end of the video clip. Ease of Use The Helix Producer boasts unsurpassed user-friendly interface. Comprehensive and logical layout of settings and options presents the user with a powerful yet uncomplicated tool. Both novice and professional will find themselves productive without a lengthy study of the manual.

Graphical User Interface and Timeline Editor in Helix Producer

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Product Features

Import job files from previous versions of Helix Mobile Producer or RealProducer Input from capture device or source files Supports almost any input file by dynamically selecting either DirectShow or QuickTime file reader Advanced encoding control such as Variable Bit Rate and Constant Bit Rate for the highest video quality Audio/video preprocessing: cropping, frame rate conversion, inverse-telecine, de-interlacing, noise filtering Real-time preview of input pre-filtering Supports hinted, unhinted or progressive download MPEG output files Broadcast content to multiple streaming servers for ultimate scalability and redundancy Forward error correction for reliable transmission over multicast networks Multi-rate streaming broadcast support using standards-based RTP or Helix-based broadcast technologies Push and Pull broadcast methods with TCP-based unicast, robust/reliable UDP-based unicast or multicast broadcast support Improved workflow through customizable defaults for encoding settings, metadata and other encoding parameters Productivity: Job files, batch encoding and command-line Token replacement provides support for dynamically naming output files, metadata or live streams with encoding settings, date/time and more Selection of which bit rate to preview in the graphical interface GUI that displays both the source multimedia content and the encoded content side by side for comparison and professional VU Meters displaying input and output audio levels Metadata attributes, such as title, author, copyright Standard and Professional versions available IPv6 support SNMP monitoring Live archiving allows for content to be archived at the source Works with Direct X and DirectShow Filter to ingest a wide range of media files. Transcode formats such as Windows Media and Flash to reach more media players and devices.

Technical Specifications
Input General 4 live input sources with professional version* 1 live input source with standard version
*Capable of doing more depending on the license file and hardware

Capture Card

Most capture cards that support Direct Show, VFW or WDM Osprey (100, 210/220, 230, 240e, 440, 450e, 500DV, 530, 540, 700e HD) Winnov (Videum Duo, Videum Quattro) USB and Firewire (IEEE 1394) based PC cameras AVI, MOV, DV, MP3, MPEG-4, WAV, MPEG-2**, FLV**, WM**
**Requires a separate Direct Show reader.

File Format

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Output Broadcast RTP Unicast Helix (RBS) support for push, pull and multicast Multiple destination support (live or file) H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) Baseline Profile up to level 3.2 MPEG-4 Simple Profile up to level 3 RealVideo 8, 9, 10 SQCIF (128x96), QCIF (176x144), CIF (352x288) or user-defined H.264 custom frame sizes up to 1280 x 1024 MPEG-4 custom frame sizes up to CIF (352x288) RealAudio/RealVideo custom frame sizes up to 1920x1080 AAC-LC HE-AAC v1 (AACPlus) MP3 RealAudio MP3 MP4 M4A RealAudio/ RealVideo Video Codecs

Resolution

Audio Codecs

File Format

Industry Standards
Helix Producer is built on a solid and proven technology, which continues to adhere to industrys requirements. Such dedication to standards compliance is what customers have become accustomed to expect from the Helix Media Delivery Platform. The following ISOs /IECs, and RFCs have shaped the development of this new product: Industry standards for File formats: ISO/IEC 14496-1 ISO/IEC 14496-2 ISO/IEC 14496-3 ISO/IEC 14496-12 ISO/IEC 14496-14 Industry standards for Packetizers:

RFC 2429 RFC 3984 (specific to H.264) RFC 3016 RFC 3267 RFC 3267

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System Requirements
OS CPU Memory Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 Pentium 4 or Core2Duo (recommended) 512 MB of RAM (minimum) 2 GB (recommended) A video card and display supporting 1024x768 or greater Direct X9.1 or later (to read .avi, .wav, and Windows Media files) (minimum) QuickTime 7 (to input .mov, .MP4, .3GP, and other filetypes) (recommended) DirectShow MPEG-2 Decoder (to input MPEG-2 files) (recommended)

Video Card Software

About The Helix Media Delivery Platform

Create, organize, manage and deliver all audio and video content to reach your entire audience on the broadest set of media players and devices with the Helix Media Delivery Platform.

The One Solution for Universal Media Delivery

Live or On-Demand

ANY FORMAT

SINGLE PLATFORM

ANY PLAYBACK ENVIRONMENT

Any Media Player

MP4 FLV F4V WM QT RM MP3 3GP

...and mor e

Any Device
Choice of OS

RHEL, Windows, Solari s

Universal Media Delivery The Helix Platform enables reliable, high-quality, scalable delivery of all media formats, including Flash, Windows Media, Sliverlight, QuickTime and Real Media as well as formats for delivery to mobile devices, including the Apple iPhone. An End-to-End Solution Helix Media Delivery Platform includes tools for media encoding, streaming and download delivery, user authentication, content management and security, and media playback. Helix also provides industry-leading interoperability with third-party content creation technologies.

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Single Input, Live or On-Demand Whether for live events or on-demand content, Helix is the only end-to-end platform where you can encode once and dynamically deliver your content simultaneously to multiple players on multiple devices. Broadest Audience Reach Helix provides a single platform to meet your organizations growing demands for digital media applications for all of your employees, customers and partners with the broadest reach to any device including, PCs, mobile phones, smartphones, iPhones, netbooks, MIDs, Internet-enabled TVs and other emerging devices. Simplicity and Cost Savings Helix Media Delivery Platform sets the industry standard for reliability, performance, scale, operating simplicity and best total cost of ownership for multi-format and multi-player media delivery. Standards-based and Operating System Independent The Helix Media Delivery Platform offers proven handset interoperability and is fully compliant with standards such as 3GPP, H.264 and MP4. The Helix Platform runs on Windows, Linux and Solaris operating systems. Superior Content Management Pre-recorded audio and video content in multiple formats is easily organized, managed and delivered on-demand by Helix without conversion, providing the best playback experience for each viewer on their choice of player and device.

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