Cisco Cisco AnyRes VOD Server Fascicule

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Efficient scaling

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Lower cost, with fewer servers, switches, adapters, and cables

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Lower power consumption

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Fewer points of management

Licensing

License requirements for Cisco AnyRes Video on Demand vary by node, as outlined in Table 1.

Table 1.

License Requirements

Node

License Requirements

Client

Unlicensed, but required initially for setup and to operate Cisco AnyRes VoD; can be bypassed by the Cisco
AnyRes VoD server API

Server

Required for all installations; one license per server or blade

Encoding

Transcoding and digital rights management (DRM)

Analysis

Pre-encoding analysis and “decision logic”

Post-encoding

Quality check, offline packaging, and delivery

Enhanced transport stream

Generates CableLabs

-compliant files

AC-3 Dolby

Encoding AC-3 files; pass-through does not require license

Common format indexing

Generates files compatible with Cisco Videoscape

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Distribution Suite Origin Server (VDS-OS) on-demand

packaging

IP mode

Puts Cisco AnyRes VoD into “online enhancement” mode for Cisco VDS Optimization Engine (VDS-OE) solution

Product Specifications

Table 2 lists product specifications for Cisco AnyRes Video on Demand Encode Node.

Table 2.

Product Specifications

Inputs

Video

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Resolutions up to 2048 x 1080

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MPEG-2 elementary, program, and transport streams

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QuickTime (all codecs supported by QT 7.2 and later, including Apple ProRes 422, DVCPRO HD, Avid

DNxHD*, and IMX MPEG-2*)

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H.264, all profiles

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MXF (OP1A and OP-atom)

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GXF (SMPTE-360M)

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AVI

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WMV

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AVISynth scripts

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Motion and Photo JPEG

* With installation of third-party decoders

Audio

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AVI, QT, MPEG-2 Program and Transport Streams, and AVISynth scripts with embedded audio tracks

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Multichannel AVI

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WAV

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Extensible WAV

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AC-3

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Advanced encryption standard (AES) (SMPTE-302M)

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Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF)

Preprocessing

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Deinterlacing

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Video scaling

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Cropping