Sentivision Video Server (SVS)

Sentivision Video Server software allows to build a Video On Demand Streaming and Distribution System that enables operators and service providers to deliver video content over an IP network. Both High Definition and Standard Definition are supported with video content replication performed over the network backbone.

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Benefits:

  • Reliable VOD and IPTV content delivery over IP networks (TCP redirections)
  • Network bandwidth savings enabled by Automated Content Replication
  • Support for SDTV and HDTV
  • Accelerated (<300msec) IPTV Channel Zapping

Features

  • Unicast VOD streaming: ISMA 2.0, RTP (over UDP and TCP), RTSP and RTCP
  • Multicast IPTV delivery: H.264 over RTP with RTSP streaming session control
  • Video output: Standard Definition (480i, 576i) and HDTV (720p, 1080i)
  • Input file format: MP4, MPG, AVI
  • Video Codecs Supported: H.264/AVC, SMPTE VC1 (WMV), MPEG-2
  • Audio Codecs Supported: MP2, MP3, MPEG-2 AAC, MPEG-4 AAC, WMA.
  • CBR and VBR streaming
  • MPEG-TS input for IPTV broadcast distribution
  • SVS server bridging
  • Fault tolerance: TCP retransmissions
  • Clock Recovery propagation service
  • External DRM and FEC support
  • Monitoring and Management System interfaces: XML-RPC, SNMP

Guaranteed Fault Tolerance and Error Resiliency

Sentivision Video Servers make use of software features for error resilient video payload delivery to STB devices throughout the network. Fault tolerance is guaranteed through the use of efficient redirect algorithms for RTSP session redirection, and TCP retransmissions for minimizing impact of server-side packet-loss on video content quality.

Efficient Content Distribution for Bandwidth Savings

Servers are deployed as either Master or Slave nodes. Master Node acts as a centralized load balancer for video streaming and/or download traffic, while Slave Nodes distributed throughout a network handle the actual content delivery to customer devices in the field. Video Content replication between Master and Slave nodes helps maintain storage efficiency and content availability by automatically distributing content when needed throughout the Slave nodes.

Video Content Security

Sentivision Video Servers take advantage of 3rd party DRM/CAS and video data encryption solutions to securely store and distribute video content. Pre-integrated plugin modules may be utilised to ensure proper storage, aggregation and delivery of Movies over a network backbone.

Server Monitoring

SVS can report session status, data streaming and replication statistics and a number of alarm (hardware and software) and error conditions through the use of XML-RPC or SNMP.

Technical Specifications

Hardware requirements:CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 2MB L2 Cache, Dual core, 3.0GHz
RAM: 2GB DDR2 400MHz Dual Ranked DIMM
OS: Ubuntu Linux Server Edition
Network: Intel PRO/1000 P Dual Port PCI Express
Performance:SDTV (Standard Definition PAL or NTSC): Up to 460 concurrent H.264 / AVC @ D1 video streaming sessions (700Mbps sustained throughput at 1.5Mbps per STB)
HDTV (High Definition 720p or 1080i): Up to 180 concurrent H.264 / AVC @ D1 video streaming sessions (810Mbps sustained throughput at 4.5Mbps per STB)
Storage:Up to 1.8TB per server:
SDTV: 900 movies (2h each)
HDTV: 440 movies (2h each)