
Introduction
Product Overview
Makito X User’s Guide, v2.0, Issue 01
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Product Overview
The Makito X Encoder Family delivers up to 12 HD channels of High Profile 1080p60
video with extremely low encoding latency, all within a single rack unit. The Makito X is
available as an ultra compact SDI or DVI H.264 encoding appliance with optional HEVC
encoding support, internal or removable storage, or within a high density 1RU (6 blades)
or 4RU (21 blades) chassis.
The Makito X DVI supports HD up to 1080p60 (Component Analog or Digital) or
computer resolutions up to 1920x1200 at 60 Hz (RGB or DVI-D) input via its DVI-I
connector. The Makito X SDI supports SDI, HD-SDI, 3G-SDI and Composite on its BNC
interface(s).
Supporting AES stream encryption and forward error correction (FEC), the Makito X is
ideal for headend applications within enterprise, education, broadcast monitoring, medical,
and military applications. Combined with Haivision’s Furnace IP video system, the Makito
X offers administrators fine-grained control over video stream access and distribution. The
Makito X may be paired with the Makito decoder to achieve low end-to-end latency, as well
as combined with Haivision’s InStream multi-view performance player technology.
With four internal H.264 encoding engines, the Makito X can encode video at up to four
different bitrates and profiles for Multi-bitrate (MBR) streaming to optimize video distri-
bution. In addition, each engine can be then directed at multiple network destinations
(unicast, multicast, TS and RTMP) concurrently, to serve desktops, laptops, mobile
devices, set-top boxes, signage players, recorders, and streaming servers. In the current
release, the Makito X HEVC provides one HEVC encoding engine.
The Makito X with Storage dual-height model allows the compressed content to be
recorded and stored locally on either a removable SSD (solid-state drive, SKUs ending
-RS) or an internally installed fixed SSD (SKUs ending -FS). Recorded sessions may be
exported to an FTP/SFTP server for use within Haivision media systems including Calypso
and the Haivision Video Cloud (HVC), or stored locally on an SD card or USB storage
device, or transferred to a network attached storage configuration drive (if installed).
Figure 1-1
Front View (Makito X Appliance with Storage, Dual Height Chassis)