Envivio 4Caster M2 Real Time Multi-Standard Mobile TV Encoder Supporting Multiple Output Profiles

Targeting Mobile TV Applications
As millions of users watch video on their mobile devices, operators face the growing challenge of having to deploy as many video headends as there are networks and device types. In anticipation of a converged IP world made up of hybrid networks and hybrid devices, the Envivio 4Caster M2 is the first H.263/H.264 encoder able to support the widest range of devices on any mobile broadcast and any mobile 3G network.

To support network and device convergence, the 4Caster M2 offers a highly advanced feature set. The system can deliver video to any network, including 2.5G, 3G, and 3.5G networks, mobile broadcast networks such as DVB-H, as well as next generation networks such as Wi-Fi and WiMAX. The system can output and manage up to eight subscriber profiles simultaneously from a single input. The M2 offers extensive device support and is compatible with the most popular network standards, including 3GPP, 3GPP2 and DVB-H.

The M2 not only addresses network and device convergence, but offers mobile and broadcast operators advanced features such as live bit rate switching, statistical rate control and content security based on open standards. Whatever the network, whatever the video standard, whatever the device, the M2 is the ideal system to support the mobile TV services of today and tomorrow.

 

 

Product Highlights

• Market leading video quality
• IP-based statistical rate control, allowing up to 40% bandwidth reduction per channel on DVB-H networks
• Extensive device support, including all of the most popular video handsets currently deployed in mobile networks, as tested and verified by Envivio and its partners
• Management and output of up to eight subscriber profiles simultaneously, thereby significantly reducing total cost of ownership
• Video to any network, including 2.5G, 3G, and 3.5G networks, mobile broadcast networks such as DVB-H, as well as next generation wireless networks such as WiMAX
• Headend cost reduction with MPEG-2 TS over IP input
• Part of the Mobile Series of encoders from Envivio, which are deployed at over 100 Tier-1 and Tier-2 operators.