TouchStream®

Portable Live

Encoding and

Streaming

Appliance

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Bringing live video to wider audiences has never been easier

TouchStream

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• Digital Rapids’ renowned live streaming quality in a fully self-contained, portable appliance

• Intuitive touch-screen interface with integrated video monitoring for unparalleled ease-of-use

• Ideal for:- Live event coverage (sports,

concerts, news, etc.)- Worship services- Courtroom proceedings- PEG (public, education and

government) applications- Corporate communications- and more

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TouchStream Benefits• Exceptional ease of use

• Superior quality

• Self-contained portability

• Format flexibility

• Live and file-based output

• Flexible professional features

• Comprehensive input choices

• Quiet operation

• Easy upgradability

• Remarkably affordable

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Unprecedented Ease of Use• Intuitive touch-screen interface has even novice users streaming quickly

• All operations – from basic ‘start’ and ‘stop’ to project selection and output configuration – controllable through the touch screen

• Password-protected interface customization limits functions available to basic operators to as little as desired – even just start and stop

• Simple on-site deployment- Connect power, network and video source- If changing settings from previous usage: select new project file

(encoding parameters), input source and/or output destination- Start encoding

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Superior Quality• Same exceptional output quality that has made our rack-mount encoders

the preferred choice of leading studios, networks and facilities worldwide

• Advanced video pre-processing technology delivers superior visual quality while making most efficient use of bandwidth in resulting output- Motion adaptive de-interlacing analyzes each pixel and varies the algorithm

applied to each area to maximize quality and avoid visual artifacts such as trails and motion blur

- Video noise reductionminimizes impact of noise-creating issues such as lowlighting that can greatlyaffect compression quality

- Top-quality scaling, filteringand more

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No De-interlacing “Basic” De-interlacing Digital Rapids motion-adaptive

(pixel-level)

de-interlacing

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Self-Contained Portability• Touch-screen interface and integrated video/audio monitoring eliminate

the need for laptops, keyboards, mice or monitors

• No laptop/computer needed even for switching project (parameter) files

• On-screen video display provides confidence monitoring directly on appliance and enables interactive adjustments to video

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Format Flexibility• Available in a range of application-tailored models supporting all popular

viewing platforms- Web- Mobile phones- IPTV set-top boxes

• TouchStream Web modelssupport both H.264 (for AdobeFlash or QuickTime) and WindowsMedia/VC-1 (Silverlight) in the same unit

• Encoding to multiple compression formats, resolutions and bit rates simultaneously lets you optimally reach broadest possible audience

• All models can be expanded with additional formats through field-upgradable optional modules

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Format Flexibility

• Format options:- On2 VP6 for Adobe Flash- MPEG-2 / MPEG-1 (archiving for on-demand use, DVD etc.)

TouchStream Model Included Formats

LE models Microsoft Silverlight / Windows Media / VC-1

Web models Microsoft Silverlight / Windows Media / VC-1Adobe Flash (H.264/AVC over RTMP)H.264/AVC over RTP/RTSP (e.g. to Darwin Server for QuickTime)AAC, MP3 audio

Mobile models 3GPP (H.263, H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2; AAC and AMR audio)

TS models H.264/AVC in Transport StreamMPEG-2 in Transport Stream AAC audio

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Live and File-Based Output• Output live streams, archive to files (on external or optional internal

storage), or do both simultaneously

• Concurrent live streams and files can be different frame sizes/bit rates

- Can also be differentcompression formats onmulti-format models (e.g.H.264 live stream for Flashwith MPEG-2 archive for DVD)

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Flexible Features

• Customizable graphic overlay withconfigurable fade in/out

• Video and audio adjustments

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• Scheduling

• GPI triggers

• “No-click” automatic streaming on power-up (if desired)

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Comprehensive Input Choices• TouchStream models are available with analog, SDI or HD-SDI inputs

• HDi models support 1080i, 1080p, 720p and SD video inputs- for HD sources, on-board down-conversion to smaller frame sizes or lower frame rates may be required (dependent on chosen codec format)

Model Inputs

Analog models Composite (RCA) and Y/C (S-video) videoBalanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) audio

SDI models Standard: SDI video with embedded SDI audio

With optional breakout cable or breakout box:Composite (BNC), Y/C (S-video) and component analog videoBalanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) analog audioAES/EBU (XLR) digital audio

HDi models Standard: HD/SD SDI video with embedded SDI audioWith optional breakout box: AES/EBU (XLR) digital audio

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Comprehensive Input Choices

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Analog Models

HDi Models

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Extremely Quiet Operation• Allows unobtrusive use in noise-sensitive environments

Field Upgradable• Additional format options

• New or enhanced functionality

Affordable• Despite its unmatched capabilities, TouchStream is surprisingly

affordable and very competitively priced

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Options• 500GB internal hard drive storage for archive files

• Professional carry case

• Rack-mountable video/audio breakout boxes

• Additional codec (format) modules

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Accolades• TouchStream has earned accolades from experts around the globe

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“Best of Show”

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