RGB TransAct Transcoder

At the heart of the TransAct family of products is RGB's TransAct Transcoder. Specifically designed for the next generation of video delivery, the TransAct Transcoder is offered as a software license or a dedicated, 1 RU appliance with the flexibility to support three transcoding modes of operation in a unified platform: stream-to-stream (S2S), file-to-file (F2F), and RGB's unique on-demand transcoding (ODT), a powerful and useful combination of F2S and F2F for long-tail content. Addressing transcoding needs for IPTV, web and mobile applications, the TransAct Transcoder accommodates on-demand and live video delivery needs with market leading price performance, flexibility, scalability, and interoperability.

Modern transcoding requires the flexibility to decode a wide variety of current and emerging codec formats including VP8, H.264, MPEG-2, Windows Media, Flash, Sorenson, and more. At the same time, encoding needs are expanding, given the swift evolution of video consumption across multiple screens—TVs, PCs, tablets and mobile devices. The TransAct Transcoder gives content owners, hosters, and delivery providers this flexibility, while also meeting demanding real-time, quality and concurrency needs.

RGB offers the TransAct Transcoder as either a software license or as an appliance. The software license-only solution ships on a DVD and allows customers to deploy on their choice of server-based hardware platform. Running on an RGB-supported appliance – the Application Media Server (AMS) – TransAct Transcoder provides a minimum MTBF of 100,000 hours, as the AMS is an extremely durable hardware appliance requiring minimal ongoing maintenance.