CLOUD-ONLY LIVE/LINEAR TRANSCODING:HERO natively ingests Live feeds on the Cloud, without packet-loss, preserving the Quality of Experience for all multiscreen delivery workflows.

CLOUD-ONLY FILE/VOD TRANSCODING: HERO utilizes object storage and elastic processing power allocation to dramatically accelerate turnaround time for media editing and publishing workflows.

HYBRID HEADEND/CLOUD LIVE/FILE TRANSCODING: HMS provides a unified management layer across fixed and cloud Live/ VoD transcoding infrastructure, enabling dynamic allocation of resources for capacity overflows or short-term needs.

ADVANTAGES•HEVC & UltraHD ready •Delivers unmatched video quality & service reliability•Software-only solution for rapid service deployment• Installs on virtualized architectures, x86 blades or

COTS/IT servers•Enables both Live/Linear and File/VoD workflows•Cooperates seamlessly with local & remote HERO

units•Scales with service demand and business growth•Sync across instances for frame-accurate adaptive

and highly-available workflows

Multiscreen live & filetranscoder for the Cloud

HERO Cloud powers Live and VoD workflows in a ground/virtual infrastructure, a commercial cloud service provider or both. HERO Cloud is not a managed service, instead it enables operators and content aggregators to set up encoding/transcoding workflows within their own private cloud or with a commercial cloud provider. Operators can set up diverse workflows to accommodate established, emerging and unpredicted demand in a strategic, yet agile, architecture.

Cloud

WORKFLOWS

_______- Certain features are available in specific models only- Specifications subject to change without notice

INPUTS PROCESSING OUTPUTS

• Up to UltraHD/4K, up to 60fps• Progressive/interlaced, 4:2:0/4:2:2• HEVC/H.265• AVC/H.264, AVC-Intra• MPEG-2 • AAC, AAC-HE• Dolby AC-3, E-AC-3• MPEG-1 Audio Layers I, II & III• PCM • TS UDP/RTP/HTTP, SPTS/MPTS, SSM• HLS early/late binding• RTMP/RTMPS (push & pull)• File & Virtual Playout: 3GP, AVI,

DNxHD, DVCPro, FLV/F4V, IMX, MXF, MJPEG, MOV, MP4, ProRes, TS, WMV, XDCAM, JPEG, PNG

• Native SMPTE 2022 FEC, Zixi, SRT• Primary/backup sources

• Transcoding, passthrough, audio-only/radio modes

• Adaptive and broadcast formats with frame-accurate alignment

• Source blocking/replacement (slate/clip/playlist)

• Content-adaptive de-interlacing• Graphic overlay (4 layers with alpha

color), per-output overlay• Dynamic scrolling text• Dynamic audio normalization, loudness

control• CEA 608/708, OP-47, DVB-Teletext• DVB-Subtitles conversion/OCR from

bitmap• Mosaic/confidence screen generation• WebVTT, TTML, DFXP, ISMT subtitles• MIPS KLV metadata sync/async• Nielsen ID3 tag conversion• SCTE-35/104 ad signal conversion• ID3 metadata injection• Periodic thumbnail generation• Block & object storage (CIFS, NFS,

Azure, AWS, etc)

• Adaptive up to UltraHD/4K• Up to 60 fps• H.265/HEVC Main and Main-10• H.264/AVC BL/MP/HP• MPEG-2• Progressive/interlaced, 4:2:0/4:2:2• SDR, HLG/HLG10, HDR10• AAC, AAC-HE, Dolby E-AC3/AC3+• MPEG-1 Audio Layers I & II• MPEG-2 TS Unicast/Multicast• HLS early/late binding, fmp4/ts• RTMP/RTMPS (push & pull)• Smooth with AVC, HEVC payload• MPEG-DASH• CMAF Ultra Low Latency (Akamai, AWS

Media Store, etc)• DRM/KMS integration• Multiple audio tracks/languages output• CDN authentication and publishing,

multiple publishing points for redundancy

• Archiving, DVR/Catchup, recording• Dynamic multiscreen/camera clipping

ECOSYSTEMMEDIA SERVERS• Azure Media Services• Unified Streaming (USP)• Wowza Streaming Server• Net Insight Sye

VIRTUAL/CLOUD• VMWare, KVM, HyperV• Docker, Kubernetes, AKS • Azure, AWS, Google, Alibaba,

IBM, Fujitsu, KT

DRM/CAS/KMS• Verimatrix, BuyDRM• Apple HLS Native AES-128• Microsoft PlayReady v.2 CENC• Google Widevine CENC• Vualto (Apple FairPlay etc)

AD SERVICES• CableLabs ESAM Compliant• mDialog, YoSpace, Nowtilus,

Ad Insertion Platform, AWS Media Store

• BlackArrow, FreeWheel, SpotX

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CloudTechnical Specifications

CDNS• Akamai• EdgeCast• Level3• Limelight Networks• Broadpeak• Fastly• Cloudflare• Verizon Digital Media Services

EDIT/PLAYOUT/OVP SYSTEMS• Avid, Adobe Premiere, Apple

Final Cut Pro, Omneon, Panasonic, Grass Valley, Sony

• Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Piksel, Comcast/ThePlatform, Ustream, SimpleStream, Dacast, Ooyala, LiveU, iStreamPlanet, Media Monkey, Kaltura, Brightcove