APPEAR AS
Confidential
245/352
Sub-title
Burn-in
No
Yes. Maximum 4 per module
Logo
Insertion
No
Yes
Audio:
Maximum
Stereo
Pairs per
channel
MPEG-1:1
AAC-LC: 2
HE-AAC
v1/2:1
MPEG-1:2
AAC-LC: 2
HE-AAC v1/2:2
MPEG-1:4
AAC-LC / HE-AAC
v1/2:4
MPEG-1:4
AAC-LC / HE-AAC v1/2:4
Max total 12 per module
Additional
shared
Stereo
Pairs per
module
MPEG-1:8
AAC-LC:4
N/A
Dolby® E
Decode
No
Yes
No
No
In the Appear platform, the transcoder module is used to receive services from any of the input cards and change
the codec, bit-rate or resolution of the service which can then be routed to any of the output modules. When
configured, the input video is decoded, rescaled and then re-encoded.
All incoming PIDs that are not transcoded will be kept in sync with video after transcoding and are able to be
configured on the output service.
All Transcoder modules are show under the
Coders
menu in the Navigation pane. This can be expanded to show
the available modules, type and slot.
By clicking on these modules, you are presented an overview of the transcoder ports and status:
Clicking on the port letter (ie A, B, C, D) under the ‘Channel’ column will present the decoding and encoding
status for this port: