| Streaming media player supports MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and H.264 on Windows CE |
Apr. 16, 2004
Media Excel unveiled a new MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and H.264 real-time software decoder and streaming package for x86-based, video-centric, IP-enabled consumer electronic appliances at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference in Las Vegas today. The company says its SoftStream Player supports Microsoft's Windows CE embedded operating system, and also Linux, and is suitable for use in set-top boxes (IP-STBs), Internet Protocol TVs (IP-TVs), Digital Media Receivers (DMRs), and Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB).
Media Excel says its software decoders support full-D1 resolution of MPEG-2 MP@ML, MPEG-4 Simple Profile, and MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile up to Level 5, as well as CIF resolution of H.264 and Windows Media Technologies (WMT). Additionally, the software supports real-time decoding of MPEG-2 streams up to 10 Mbps, MPEG-4 streams up to 5 Mbps, and H.264 from 256 Kbps to 1 Mbps, the company says. Supported streaming protocols include TCP, RTP, UDP, RTCP, RTSP, ISMA, H323, HTTP.
The real-time audio-video synchronized decoding client application, which includes multicasting and Video On-Demand (VoD) network operations, consumes less than 55 percent CPU utilization on an Intel Celeron 733 MHz with the 815 chipset, according to Media Exel.
According to Media Excel, eliminating video decoding hardware can save device manufacturers $20 to $30 dollars per unit.
"Our software decoder has been tested extensively under extremely difficult conditions, such as broadcasting, packet loss, multicasting, and channel switching. SoftStream Player remains interoperable with middleware content delivery solutions in VoD environments," noted Media Excel CEO Jongil Kim. "Major consumer electronics companies and MPEG application device vendors have successfully shipped products in volume based on our market-proven code base."
Media Excel offers an SDK for its SoftStream Player, as well as OEM licensing.
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