STEP is capable of performing high-quality HD/SD MPEG-2 or H.264 encoding, HD/SD MPEG-2 to H.264 and H.264 to MPEG-2 transcoding, HD to SD downscaling, as well as creating Adaptive Bit-Rate live profiles supporting HTTP streaming protocols HLS, HDS and IIS for any-screen video delivery.

The STEP-2 is a 2RU integrated system to perform video processing in a scalable manner to meet the latest video requirements and migrate to next generation video network architecture. The STEP can support multiple video quality encoding bit-rates, multiple audio formats, and text scrolling. STEP is compatible with any industry media server, digital rights managed software, and can be easily integrated into CDN providers to deliver a solution based on customer needs.

Key Features

• SD/HD MPEG-2/MPEG-4 (H.264) to SD/HD MPEG-2/MPEG-4 (H.264) transcoding

• Adaptive stream (HLS/HDS/IIS) encoding and segmentation

• Motion compensated high-quality format conversion

• HD to SD conversion

• Multi-channel audio support

• Text scrolling support

• CALM/ALC support

• DVB subtitling support