PIXFIX Lite

PIXFIX Lite

Overview

For All-in-one Social Media live streaming

PIXFIX™ Lite, All-in-one Enterprise grade Software defined video processor that can efficiently Encode, Transcode, Store and Stream to multiple Social Media publish points with absolute ease of use configurability. The highly Versatile and ultra-flexible product fits any work flow environment that requires Social Media Live delivery. Embedded with RiverSilica’s PIXABIT™, PIXMAX™ technologies based on state of the art video algorithms, the product delivers broadcast level features for those customers who want professional grade Social Media Live delivery.

Capable of taking SDI/HDMI or IP inputs and an option for looped playlist, PIXFIX™ Lite delivers the desired performance of live stream publishing to Social Media Platforms.

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Applications

PIXFIX™ Lite provides an “All-in-one” infrastructure for all Professional and Prosumer broadcasters to Encode or Transcode incoming video streams for Social Media Live stream publishing and as an alternate, create a play list of files that can be looped to deliver as a live social media stream.

Capable of express configuration as a “single screen” approach, gives the customer the best in class ease of use advantage

PIXFIX™ Lite is a straight fit in to any professional or Prosumer market that needs a non-stop social media live delivery approach – with built in features specific to Broadcast entertainment, News Channel, Education, Enterprise or faith video segments, PIXFIX™ Lite is a readymade solution for hassle free video delivery

PIXFIX™ Lite works on RiverSilica’s robust appliance platform infrastructure for non-stop media live stream publishing. With flexibility of multiple types of interfaces to aid the customers’ incoming video, along with features that are broadcast market worthy, the customers get the benefit of enterprise class features with consumer class quick user configuration interface.

Currently available on PIXFIX™ Professional grade EL series and Prosumer grade SB series, the customers have the flexibility to choose between their price/performance needs.

Features and Benefits

  • Highly versatile, Ultra flexible and configurable All-in-one functionality through state of the art software defined video processing and acceleration using RAFT™, SAND™ and HELM™
  • Unified work flow pipeline from RAW video input to streaming format RTMP output for multiple social media platforms
  • Would be patented “Single job multi publish point” work flow approach
  • Flexibility for Broadcast inputs across SDI, HDMI or IP
  • Intermixing of input video and audio possibilities
  • MPEG2, H264, HEVC support along with support for multiple streaming formats for both LIVE and Looped file needs
  • Support for multiple social media publish points
  • Express configurability approach
  • Dynamic bitrate management through PIXABIT™
  • Custom configurable of storage
  • PIXFIX Versa is available on RiverSilica’s PIXFIX™ SB, EL, HE series chassis based on COTS Intel™ platform.

Technical Specifications

INPUT INTERFACES

  • Gigabit IP interface
  • Live Input*: SDI with raw video and compressed (Dolby™) audio, HDMI with Embedded Audio

INPUT STREAM

  • RTMP
  • NDI
  • Looped playlist (MP4 files)
  • Signal generator

INPUT VIDEO CODECS

  • H.264 – BP/MP/HP – 4:2:2 10-Bit 4:2:0 8-bit
  • MPEG4 – SP/ASP
  • MPEG2 – ML/HL
  • Apple Prores
  • HEVC

INPUT AUDIO CODECS

  • MPEG1 Layer2 & Layer3
  • Dolby™-AC3
  • AAC-MPEG2
  • AAC-MPEG4 (LC, HEAAC, HEAACv2)

Metadata

  • Optional SCTE 35/104 Cue-points

INPUT HANDLING

  • Auto sensing of incoming media, media info
  • Media playlist creation and playlist management
  • Input stream view on the web console
  • Input playlist loop

OUTPUT PROFILE SUPPORT

  • Full HD – 1080i / 1080p & audio 128 kbps
  • HD – 720p & audio 128 kbps
  • HD portrait – (360x720p) & audio 128 kbps
  • SD – 480p & audio 128 kbps
  • SD portrait – (288x576p) & audio 64 kbps
  • Min – 360p & audio 96 kbps
  • Custom resolution support (Up to 4K)

OUTPUT

  • RTMP support for multiple social media publish points
  • File Stream archiving

OUTPUT VIDEO CODECS

  • H.264 – BP/MP/HP
  • HEVC*

OUTPUT AUDIO CODECS

  • AAC-MPEG2
  • AAC-MPEG4 (LC, HEAAC, HEAACv2)
  • Dolby™-AC3 (Pass-through)

OUTPUT HANDLING

  • Simultaneously up to 10 Publish points
  • Combination of file archiving & RTMP output
  • MP4 archiving with slicing based on time, size and clock.

ACCESS, CONTROL & MONITORING

  • Thumbnails preview on the web console
  • Web-based UI
  • Sophisticated Event management list page
  • Express Event Snapshot view
  • Express Event Settings
  • Import & Export of the event created
  • User friendly notifications, logs with Key filter & download option
  • Disk Mounting Supported (NFS, CIFS, NAS, USB, S3)
  • Date & Time setting with NTP Sync facility & supports various time zone
  • Event scheduling
  • Dynamic parameter changing while the job is running
  • Dynamic Stream Preview

STATISTICS PAGE

  • Quick stat page & detailed stat page
  • Event’s Status
  • Average bitrate, thumbnails, event’s uptime from the Source Input
  • Video & Audio conversion process
  • Average bitrate, no of data sent, reconnect counts, ingest publish point link information etc.
  • Event’s Notifications like job start, completed, Stream loss etc
  • Detailed Logs.