RipCode Video Transcoding Appliance

The RipCode appliance handles two emerging video applications in a single, data-center friendly design. RipCode supports an innovative On-Demand Transcoding technology and the most powerful live broadcast, Stream-to-Stream transcoding solution in a single, 1 RU appliance for optimal flexibility in Internet, mobile and IPTV content applications. RipCode also supports the most popular codecs and standards demanded by the digital video industry and has future-proofed its appliance to support newly available codecs through user-controlled software updates.

RipCode has engineered a patent-pending, real-time video transcoding appliance to address the growing need for a scalable, customizable and upgradeable transcoding solution for today’s Web 2.0 community. Unlike many of the encoding solutions available in the market today that are powered by general purpose processors (GPPs), the RipCode transcoding appliance is built around arrays of best-in-class DSP-based processors. It is designed to process multiple, concurrent transcode paths, which significantly accelerates the entire transcode process. This consolidated, high concurrency processing enables RipCode to replace between 10 - 20 existing general process servers and represents a significant opportunity for broadcasters, syndicators or user generated video sites to reduce their overall hardware, storage and energy use. These operational efficiencies deliver a remarkably low total cost of ownership and accelerated ROI compared to GPP-based transcoding solutions.

• High concurrency transcoding - ability to rapidly process multiple video files simultaneously
• Video ubiquity - ability to transcode files to multiple viewing formats and any size screen
• Flexibility - supports On-Demand and real-time Stream-to-Stream transcoding in a single appliance
• Eco friendly - low energy use, storage and rack space requirements
• Ease of use - multiple appliances can be managed through a single XML management interface
• Reliability - solid-state architecture requires no HDDs, eliminating a primary single point of failure
• Scalability - built on a robust, scalable and configurable multi-DSP platform using open architecture standards to support integration into mobile networks
• Simultaneous, multi-channel support - for streaming and file transcoding

• Replaces 10 - 20 general process servers with a single 1 RU chassis
• Capable of ingesting multiple live channels and producing concurrent transcodes of multiple output profiles
• 3GPP compatibility for mobile video delivery
• Support for UDP, RTP, RTSP and HTTP protocols in unicast and multicast modes
• Full redundancy and auto-failover capabilities
• Open XML-RPC and web-based GUI allows integration with other network systems
• Intelligent parsing and error detection preserves processing cycles for transcoding purposes
• Fully automated transcoded workflows can be configured and customized to optimize resource utilization