MPEG-2 to H.264 Transcoder

H.264 Advanced Video Coding offers a significant reduction in bit-rate over earlier standards-based technologies such as MPEG-2 (65%) and MPEG-4 (40-50%). Coupled with its other features such as enhanced error resilience, ability to effectively handle editing effects, and streaming support, this emerging standard is poised to enable a wide range of applications.

Rtcodec's MPEG-2 MP@ML to H.264 MP@L3 Transcoder can be used to leverage the compression efficiency offered by H.264 with broadcast quality content produced in MPEG-2 format. This product also enables streaming a similar quality video over lower bandwidth channels (e.g. wireless home gateway, video-on-demand). Alternatively, it can be used to increase the duration of stored content for a given size of storage media in a PVR/DVR system.

Technical Specification

• Fully compliant with the Main Profile, Level 3 of the ITU-T H.264 recommendation (also known as ISO/IEC 14496-10 or Advanced Video Coding standard)
• Can transcode as well as trans-scale from D-1 to QCIF, CIF, 1/2 D-1, 2/3 D-1, and 3/4 D-1
• Efficient, modular software architecture
• CBR or VBR operation
• Input interface: MPEG-2 Video Elementary Stream
• Output interface: NAL (Network Adaptation Layer) unit level
• Optional output of MPEG-2 decoded output and transcoder reconstructed outputs in 4:2:0 YUV format
• Leverages information in MPEG-2 bitstream to reduce complexity of transcoding, while maintaining video quality
• Compression gain extension through trans-scaling
• Bit allocation and rate control for CBR/VBR

Interfaces

• Comprehensive, integrator-friendly Application Program Interface (API)

Applications

• Broadcast
• Video-on-demand network servers
• Edge Servers
• Personal Video Recorder
• Home gateway terminals

Platforms

• Currently supported on TI C64x™ (TMS320C64xx™) and DM64x™ (TMS320DM64x™)
• For other platforms contact products@rtcodec.com