Streambox^® Portable Video Transport, Rugged

Available for Windows^®

Live and File-based Newsgathering via Broadband

The fully rugged version of Streambox’s award-winning ACT-L3™ Portable Video Transport solution facilitates greater flexibility in gathering news from challenging locations and extreme environments. The software-based encoding solution is integrated into one super-compact device which utilizes the Streambox® ACT-L3™ codec and advanced compression technologies widely used by news organizations, government agencies, and enterprises worldwide.

Typically used for mobile newsgathering, Streambox’s live and file-based video transport systems are ideal when portability, flexibility, and a low power requirement are needed. The Streambox® Portable Video Transport, Rugged version, enables users to transmit high quality video reports from the scenes of disasters or war zones as events unfold. System performance and reliability over low data rate networks along with ease-of-use are key Streambox differentiators. Those features help customers gather news faster, more efficiently, and at a lower cost.

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Solution Overview
The rugged version of the Streambox® Portable Video Transport system is compatible with all ACT-L3™ decoders and video management systems. It features advanced networking capabilities, including forward error correction, burst error protection, packet rate shaping, and much more.

During power outages, Streambox portable systems will seamlessly switch to battey power and continue to deliver video without interruption. The rugged system enhances users' ability to gather, edit, and transmit high quality live and file-based video, even from the most challenging locations. This is crucial when reporting and delivering breaking news.

• Powerful portable encoder
• Unrivaled video quality at low data rates
• Sets up and transmits broadcast video within minutes
• Real-time capture and delivery of interlaced NTSC or PAL signal
• Supports data rates from 64 Kbps to 8 Mbps

Streambox^® ACT-L3™ Codec
The ACT-L3™ codec features an advanced proprietary video compression technology optimized for interlaced video. It is developed specifically for broadcast video and provides more efficient compression than MPEG and H.264. ACT-L3™ is highly adaptable to differing data rate requirements.

The robust family of ACT-L3™ Video Transport solutions features innovative error correction and bandwidth shaping technologies which enable users to manage, control, and mitigate packet loss and correct irregularities common to video delivery over packet-based networks.

Solution Features
• Powerful software encoder with all the advanced features of the Streambox® ACT-L3™ rackmount encoders
• Advanced networking capabilities help mitigate packet loss and overcome jitter and network buffering
• Meets or exceeds MIL-STD 810F
• 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 color profiles
• User-selectable forward error correction and burst error protection
• Sophisticated video post filtering including de-blocking, de-mosquito, and anti-aliasing
• Adaptable to differing data rate requirements
• Upgradeable software
• User-configurable presets for quick and flexible field setup

Technical Specifications