Stealth Imaging : PCI-Express Quad H.264 Encoder

08.07.06
Stealth Imaging Unveils H.264 Super-fast Laptop Video Processing Card at Apple Developer Conference.
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Stealth Imaging's new PCI-Express Quad H.264 Encoder Card is the first 30fps standard definition (SD) four-channel real time video encoder specifically designed for police surveillance, government applications and the general production community. It incorporates powerful H.264 video technology, which compresses nearly three times as much video in the same space as MPEG-2. When it comes to market in October (2006), the Stealth card will be available at costs significantly less than competing units.

Available for both PC and Mac computer systems, the H.264 card supports the simultaneous encoding of four SD (720x480, 30fps) video feeds on a single PCIe card—a capability unique to the Stealth Quad Encoder.

"We designed the Quad card specifically to answer the needs of a wide variety of users, ranging from Homeland Security and police surveillance to casino operations," said Mark Wells, president of Stealth Imaging LLC. "These agencies and organizations need the photo-realistic imagery of high quality video and the technology to support it, but find the high cost of devices originally designed for the broadcast television industry to be unreasonable. Our cards will deliver all the processing power needed for this wide variety of applications, and at a price point that contributes to an operation's ROI. Our technology also promises to lower post-production costs for television and independent film production."

The card, based on Stealth's proprietary software and a custom-built H.264 ASIC chip, incorporates refinements not found on any other product including a digital asset management (DAM) interface, enabling the encoder to interface directly with any DAM systems supporting the MPEG-7 metadata format.

Power consumption is also low. The highly efficient Stealth encoder operates at less than 3W per channel: far lower than any competing unit.





	08.07.06 Stealth Imaging Unveils H.264 Super-fast Laptop Video Processing Card at Apple Developer Conference. Read More...		Home > Our Products > PCI-Express Quad H.264 Encoder Stealth Imaging's new PCI-Express Quad H.264 Encoder Card is the first 30fps standard definition (SD) four-channel real time video encoder specifically designed for police surveillance, government applications and the general production community. It incorporates powerful H.264 video technology, which compresses nearly three times as much video in the same space as MPEG-2. When it comes to market in October (2006), the Stealth card will be available at costs significantly less than competing units. Available for both PC and Mac computer systems, the H.264 card supports the simultaneous encoding of four SD (720x480, 30fps) video feeds on a single PCIe card—a capability unique to the Stealth Quad Encoder. "We designed the Quad card specifically to answer the needs of a wide variety of users, ranging from Homeland Security and police surveillance to casino operations," said Mark Wells, president of Stealth Imaging LLC. "These agencies and organizations need the photo-realistic imagery of high quality video and the technology to support it, but find the high cost of devices originally designed for the broadcast television industry to be unreasonable. Our cards will deliver all the processing power needed for this wide variety of applications, and at a price point that contributes to an operation's ROI. Our technology also promises to lower post-production costs for television and independent film production." The card, based on Stealth's proprietary software and a custom-built H.264 ASIC chip, incorporates refinements not found on any other product including a digital asset management (DAM) interface, enabling the encoder to interface directly with any DAM systems supporting the MPEG-7 metadata format. Power consumption is also low. The highly efficient Stealth encoder operates at less than 3W per channel: far lower than any competing unit.

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