File-to-File Transcoding

Content owners and delivery providers are often faced with the need to convert legacy — or newly arriving — file inventory to a different or newer codec. This need can arise from a variety of drivers including:

Desire to enable video assets, e.g. broadcast video-on-demand content, to be consumable by newer media players or devices, such as desktop or mobile devices, that only support the latest codecs — particularly relevant where the fast-moving world of mobile devices, delivery containers, and audio/video codecs dictate constant updates Desire to pivot the content source to a newer, better compression format such as H.264 BP or MP Desire to convert content to a newer, higher compression codec only accepted by latest generation set-top boxes Desire to scale down HD content for consumption by lower resolution mobile devices Desire to reduce the bit rate of files for transmission over congested last mile infrastructure, e.g. mobile wireless networks

RGB's TransAct Transcoder provides a comprehensive file-to-file transcoding feature set that enables content owners or delivery providers to transition content to an encoded format that meets a new compatibility, quality or size objective.

This solution takes advantage of a straightforward, easy to manage watch folder approach where source content is placed in folders, each set up with a corresponding decode/encode workflow for a variety of file types. Workflow options enable the operator to optimize around speed of transcode or quality of transcode — as required by the application or content type. Transcoded files are subsequently placed into pre-defined output folders, which segregate on success/failure. Standard transcode logs are captured including job started, completed, failed, etc. providing detailed tracking of each and every transaction.

A broad range of containers, video codecs and audio codecs are supported including:

	Containers: 3GP, AMR, ASF, AVI, DIVX, F4V, FLV, MOV, MP3, MPEG-2 TS, MPEGV, MPG, MPG2, OGG, QCP, WAV, etc. Video Codecs: H.263, H.264 BP/HP/MP MPEG4, WMV1/2/3, MPEG1/2, Sorenson, Theora, etc. Audio Codecs: AAC-HE, AAC-HE V2, AAC-LC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCELP, WMA, MPEG1-L1/L2/L3, MPEG2-/L2/L3QCLP, Vorbis, etc.

The TransAct Transcoder file-to-file capability is available as a stand-alone, file-to-file software license only, coupled with a TransAct Transcoder on-demand software license, or as a turnkey appliance running on RGB's Application Media Server (AMS).