• Class leading picture quality
  
  
  
  • Offers 10% year-on-year gain in video quality giving subscribers and viewers a more immersive experience annually.
  
  
  
  


• Flexible deployment
  
  
  
  • Deployable as an appliance or software only, either on-premises or in the cloud ensuring any system implementation fits with all current architectures.
  
  
  
  


• Supporting an all IP workflow
  
  
  
  • Supports the latest IP standards, including SMPTE 2022 and SMPTE ST 2110 enabling a simplified and more cost efficient solution implementation.
  
  
  
  


• Converged broadcast & OTT solution
  
  
  
  • When combined with the Aquila Streaming solution, Aquila Broadcast provides a cost efficient broadcast and streaming platform.
  
  
  
  

• Push video quality higher by leveraging MediaKind’s Encoding Live award winning technology to deliver the highest video quality and guaranteed performance across multiple codecs (MPEG-2, H.264 & HEVC)


• Enable a better consumer experience with support for a wide variety of devices by leveraging MediaKind’s packaging technology with support for all major segment and manifest formats (HLS, SS, DASH, CMAF)


• Faster time to market by utilizing a single solution to address all networks and all infrastructures (Appliances, IT datacenter & private and public clouds)


• Reduce operational complexity using a single point of entry for all media services and servers’ operations.


• Optimize OPEX and CAPEX when migrating to full IP leveraging the latest IT & cloud technologies (containers & orchestration) to significantly reduce infrastructure costs.


• Highly Available with a variety of redundancy and recovery schemes thus ensuring maximum uptime and minimizing servicing costs leading to reduced consumer churn and maintaining important revenue streams


• Aquila Streaming can be combined with Aquila Broadcast enabling a fully converged Broadcast and OTT headend

• Faster time to market for media content


• Peace of mind from proven integration with ecosystem partners to offer a full turn-key solution


• Significant cost efficiencies from the reduction of locally deployed equipment procurement or management needed since the solution leverages public cloud infrastructure


• Reduced in-house operational requirements and lifecycle management cost implications as these are handled by MediaKind


• Applications supported for 24/7 live channels, occasional use/events, and additional use cases such as disaster recovery for on premises headends

• Configurable and dynamically adjustable codec


• Integrate with a wide portfolio of AMD and partner IP cores such as 12G-SDI, ST 2110, IPMX, NDI, Dante AV Ultra, HDMI, DisplayPort etc.


• Up to 4K60 4:2:2 10-bit H.264/H.265 simultaneous encode + decode


• Multichannel support up to 4K60 (e.g. 2x 1080p60 or 4x 1080p30...)


• Ultra-low-latency mode of <35ms glass-to-glass


• Total device power for a single pipeline as low as 8.5W

• Accelerate the entire video pipeline to optimize for cost-per-stream at transcode latencies as low as 8ms

• High compression efficiency and ABR scaling lowers bandwidth cost with optimal video quality

• Scale to more users and content creators by maximizing streams per server and controlling bandwidth and power expenses

• Small footprint – half-height, half-length


• Low power ~18-25W typical


• High density media processing: 112 x 1080p30 transcodes in real-time on a single appliance populated with 7 x Alveo U30 accelerators


• HEVC (H.265), H.264 (AVC) & Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) Scaling


• Supports video resolutions from 128x128 to 3840x2160


• Simultaneous decoding, scaling and encoding of up to 46 streams with max aggregated bandwidth of 2X4Kp60 per card


• Faster-than-Real-Time (FTRT) feature enables a 60 minute 1080p60 quality video to be transcoded in 20 minutes on a single U30 accelerator


• Xilinx Resource Manager (XRM) enables multiple video processing jobs to run across multiple Alveo U30 cards for seamless workload scaling Seamless FFmpeg, GStreamer and API integration

Today’s production workflows are heterogeneous deployments, i.e. running on local server farms, or in the cloud, or as hybrid solutions. No standard software fits all possible requirements for data transfer, platform integration, scalability, user interface or codec and streaming features. Thus creating an optimized broadcast workflow is a challenge. MainConcept 2GO products are the building blocks with the perfect balance between flexible usage and fast integration in your work environment or service. Bundled in an isolated container each 2GO product is unique, easy to deploy, scale and ready-to-use in any process. Whether you are looking for a live streaming feature, an archiving module, a distributed transcoder, or an on-demand packaging and distribution add-on. The usage scenarios for MainConcept 2GO are endless. And it’s as easy as download, install and use.

The MainConceptⓇ 2GO products are containerized applications that run in all environments supported by Docker. Known systems include Microsoft Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 & 2019, Linux and most cloud platforms from Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Support on Windows 7 and macOS is limited with Docker Toolbox and a 3rd party virtualization software.

Please note that on Windows you must configure Docker for Linux Containers, so you should use the CE (Community Edition) rather than EE (Enterprise Edition) version of Docker. Docker CE requires a full GUI to install, so for this reason, Windows Server 2016 users must have the full ‘desktop experience’ installed. The lighter-weight versions of Windows Server 2016 cannot be used because they do not have a full GUI. Other versions of Windows only have a full GUI. Due to some limitations in VirtualBox, MainConcept 2GO does not work if you are running the VM tool with Windows Server 2016.

Computers running MainConcept 2GO products need an outgoing internet connection via port 443 (https).

In real-time you can encode content into multi-bitrate and multi-resolution layers, for a complete OTT ready output that includes playlist generation. The powerful solution also offers a variety of prepared encoding presets for simplified parallel live encoding, upload to supported CDNs, and live archiving.MainConcept Live Encoder is available in both Windows and Linux, as a web-application or easily integrated using REST-API.

The introduction of the ARM-based Apple M1 chipset for the new MacBooks and Mac mini, as well as ARM processors already in production within the Windows PC ecosystem, brings us to an inflection point within the video production industry.

The average consumer may not know the difference between an ARM-based MacBook or PC and the x86 version. They will, however, know when software doesn’t work on their new hardware. At MainConcept, we are making the transition seamless by bringing our best-in-class video codecs to macOS and Windows on ARM processors.

The MainConcept Motion JPEG SDK eliminates the need of expensive hardware, because it is perfectly suited for a wide variety of industrial areas, such as surveillance, security and medicine technology as well as in video conferencing systems.

Our Motion JPEG codec pack is also perfect for manufacturers developing webcams, surveillance systems and other video devices. The codec offers a complete, software-only solution which eliminates the need for expensive compression chipsets.

Focused on OTT, AV1 is ideally suited for content delivery to web browsers and mobile devices. MainConcept seamlessly combines AV1 encoding with our proven MPEG-DASH multiplexing and formatting technology to greatly enhance streaming quality. It supports the common MainConcept API and adds useful features unavailable elsewhere.Working with Intel, the SVT framework is integrated into the MainConcept AV1 encoder, allowing it to run efficiently from edge to cloud on multi-core CPUs like Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Xeon D processors.

• AAC and HE-AAC offer a significantly better audio quality while using the same bit rate as other audio codecs, especially for bit rates below 192 kbps.


• AAC may only need a fraction of the bandwidth than MP3 for your field of application (e.g. broadcasting concerts), thus resulting file sizes will be smaller too.


• AAC offers a significantly higher coding as well as compression efficiency and allows you a higher flexibility in usage than MP3.

• Decoder Pack MPEG-2


• Decoder Pack AVC/H.264 Pro


• Decoder Pack AVC/H.264 Broadcast


• Decoder Pack DVCPRO HD

• Blu-ray Disc*


• Adobe Flash F4V streams


• AVC-Intra Class 50 and Class 100


• DVD*


• Sony XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, XDCAM DV and XDCAM IMX


• Panasonic P2 DVCPRO and AVC-Intra


• Sony PSP


• Apple iPod


• AVCHD*


• …many more

• HEVC/H.265 Video Encoder


• AVC/H.264 Video Encoder


• Fraunhofer AAC Encoder


• MPEG-2 Multiplexer


• MP4 Multiplexer


• MPD Generator


• HLS Generator


• File Sink

Now creators can render project timelines from DaVinci Resolve Studio 17 into professional camera formats from Sony, Panasonic and others.  With the MainConcept Codec Plugin for DaVinci Resolve Studio, the complete production chain—from filming, capturing, editing and playout—can remain in the same broadcast format so your workflow remains seamless and efficient.

MainConcept’s Codec Plugin allows native access to HEVC Main and Main 10 profiles, making use of our industry-leading HEVC/H.265 software video encoder. And, it’s fast—up to 20% faster than open source.*

With encoding in up to 8K resolution and 10-bit 4:2:2, our video encoder satisfies the needs of most broadcast and OTT use cases. It also supports AS-11 UK DPP project rendering directly from the DaVinci Resolve Studio timeline management tool.

KYRION DR5000 is a single-channel multi-codec IRD, with easy setup, fast signal lock, and industry-best input robustness.

A future-proof solution, KYRION DR5000 provides an HEVC software upgrade option and support for 12-bit 4:2:2, SD, HD, UHD (*), MPEG-2, and H.264.

Featuring ultimate baseband video quality, KYRION DR5000 offers high-quality downscaling and de-interlacing, based on the Ateme 5th generation Stream engine.

KYRION DR5000 receives feeds via 4x RF inputs, 2x ASI inputs, and 2x IP inputs, all user-selectable via front-panel and web-based interface.

Advanced IP output forwarding options on KYRION DR5000 include descrambling and filtering services for redistribution.

When used with Ateme’s KYRION CM5000e encoder, KYRION DR5000 enables an ultra-low latency MPEG/DVB compliant link.

• SD/HD/UHD HEVC, H.264, MPEG-2


• 12-bit 4:2:2


• BISS-CA decryption system support


• Ultra-low latency mode


• Confidence audio/video input monitoring


• DVB-Common Interface option


• Service filtering with remuxed output


• Contribution over Internet support


• UHDLOCKTM synchronization for 4K H.264 reception

• SD/HD/UHD HEVC, H264, MPEG2, J2K


• Decoding up to UHD 4:2:2 12-bit


• BISS-CA decryption system support


• Low latency mode


• Confidence Audio / Video input monitoring


• DVB-Common Interface option


• Decoder output up to 12G-SDI


• SMPTE 2110 & JPEG-XS Output


• HDR/LUT conversions


• Contribution over Internet support


• On-premises/off-premises solution

• Reduce Churn –Better video quality and increased resolutions at the same bitrates drive up Quality-of-Experience and customer satisfaction, increasing viewing times for improved ad-monetisation and significantly reducing subscriber churn


• Increase Reach – Enables stable video delivery at lower bitrates than ever before (as low as 100kbps) – meaning viewers can be reached over the most limited networks


• Reduce Delivery Costs – Storage and CDN delivery costs can be cut by up to 80%

For delivery of linear channels as well as non-linear content to required destinations Levira has developed a dedicated fibre-optic Media Delivery Network connecting all major locations in Europe and beyond. Additionally, we provide satellite-based delivery. Our competencies are used mainly for the transport of linear TV channels from the point of origin to the location of TV providers, who deliver services to end-users.

Media Delivery NetworkConnections: Riga (Latvia), Vilnius (Lithuania), Helsinki (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo (Norway), Copenhagen (Denmark), Bratislava (Slovakia), Sofia (Bulgaria), Budapest (Hungary), Bucharest (Romania), Frankfurt (Germany) and London (UK). Client specific hand-off points are set up at OSN in Dubai and D-Smart in Istanbul. We offer live content in all these destinations and extend the network consistently.

Point of origin of TV channelsThe primary point of origin of TV channels is Levira’s play-out centre, where we transmit the channels to various destinations, for instance cable television, satellite television, terrestrial broadcasting networks, data and internet service providers.

Optimal solutionsWe transmit signals in formats that allow operators to include the signals in their technical chains with minimum additional processing.

– Uncompressed signals: SDI; HD SDI– Single or multi-program MPEG transport streams through an Asynchronous Serial Interface (ASI) or similar transport streams through IP layer

Quality controlOur service includes real-time monitoring of the quality and status of signals, while storing the necessary parameters for further analysis. All connections are fully reserved to ensure the uninterrupted functioning of the service.

• 8K live


• 4:2:2 10-bit chroma for professional video


• Hybrid GPU acceleration


• HDR decoder with support for HLG/PQ and SDR conversion


• Canon XF HEVC 4:2:2 10-bit decoder support


• 30% encoding time savings with MainConcept’s patented Intelligent ABR (SABET™) technology

• 20% better bitrate encoding efficiency than Open Source


• 2.5x encoding performance increase with Hybrid GPU acceleration


• Fast integration


• Codec optimization with MainConcept Professional Services

The MainConcept MPEG-1/2 Encoder and Decoder Packages enable software solutions to read, write and edit MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams in high quality with exceptional speed. The SDK is ideal for consumer-level products and broadcast usage. The full-featured encoder provides access to all MPEG setting as encoder parameters.

The MPEG-1/2 Video Encoder meets the highest broadcast quality standards and includes professional features like transport streams, 4:2:2 10-bit support, 2-pass encoding, XDCAM Compatibility and more. The MPEG-1/2 Video Decoder processes all sorts of MPEG video streams. It offers a DXVA option to utilize GPU power for accelerated MPEG-2 playback on Windows with dedicated graphics boards. The decoder can process and deliver Closed Captions (CC) and other userdata.

Internet browser support is a must have feature for any web-based application looking to engage more viewers. HEVC/H.265 is a top codec of choice for high quality video viewing, but HTML5 doesn’t support it, which degrades the user experience.WebAssembly, aka WebASM or Wasm, is a simple option to securely view videos on any web browser, anywhere, using the latest and greatest codec technology, without needing 3rd party browser plug-ins. WebAssembly lets you develop secure JavaScript (JS) self-contained apps that run in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Apple Safari.MainConcept WebASM HEVC Decoder SDK is an ideal solution for browser-based workflows that require HEVC/H.265 preview, playback, editing or monitoring. With the MainConcept HEVC Decoder, you can build powerful applications with optimized performance for multi-threaded H.265 video decoding on any device with an Internet browser supporting WebAssembly. And, since WebAssembly is a binary format, the MainConcept WebASM HEVC Decoder does not require specialized hardware or software.Our WebASM HEVC decoder offers the same feature set as its powerful cross-platform counterpart, supporting 8-bit, 10-bit and 12-bit profiles up to 4:4:4. It comes with a simple tool for testing performance and conformance using different processing modes, and includes JavaScript samples for quick application integration.

Article: Secure Browser-based Video with WebAssembly

• High channel density at up to 32x 1080p60


• Ultra-low latency at 8ms for 4K encode


• 1 Watt per stream (1080p60) to help reduce power and cooling costs