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Mechanical Packaging
The SRA2100 series is available as a low-profile 1RU high model for rack mount and
desktop installations. The SRA2100 series comes with easy to read front panel indicators
and a full suite of industry standard rear panel interfaces, for ease of implementing standard
and custom-defined network configurations.
SFX2100 IP/DVB Satellite Multimedia Appliance -
Product Overview
The SFX2100 family is functionally equivalent to the SRA2100 family. The addition of a
minimum 40 Gbyte integrated hard drive and Datacast XD software makes it ideal for those
multimedia applications where a reliable satellite receiver and computer are required in an
integrated self-contained package. Many of the optional interfaces on the SRA are
standard on the SFX.
Multimedia Applications
The SFX2100 series of satellite multimedia server appliances comes complete with
Datacast XD, IDC’s leading multimedia content distribution software ([see separate product
information). With Datacast XD, the SFX2100 is a powerful server with advanced routing
capabilities that can be used as-is for a wide range of file transfer, streaming media and
multimedia content distribution applications.
The SFX2100 can also be configured for specific customer applications and IDC’s technical
resources are available to assist with this – including specialized and proprietary
configurations for Original equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s).
In addition, IDC intends to develop a family of application-specific software packages to help
enable specific business models. An example of an application that is currently available is
described in the following paragraphs.
Multimedia Player Application
The Multimedia Player Application is intended to create and present multimedia displays for
kiosks. Functional elements of this application are summarized as follows:
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Ability to play video files, optionally from a carousel playlist.
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Ability to play audio files, optionally from a carousel playlist.
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Ability to display graphics files.
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Built-in Apache web server.
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Streaming MPEG2 and MPEG4 video/audio with MPEG Accelerator PCI card
option.
