Professional high-end features

The Niagara Pro II is the next generation in professional-grade video streaming appliances. This appliance offers powerful processors and largest memory capacity, taking professional streaming to the next level. With its two independent channels, the Niagara Pro II allows you to capture SDI video and encode multiple full-resolution (D1) streams.

The Niagara Pro series is the preferred choice for broadcasters, studios, enterprise IT departments, content delivery networks (CDNs) and network service providers because it's loaded with the high-end features that professionals demand.

A powerful package

The Niagara Pro II delivers powerful performance in a wide range of applications:

• Capturing and encoding live video for streaming to the Internet and to mobile devices
• Capturing live video for Video on Demand (VOD) applications
• Re-purposing video for Internet and Intranet distribution

With the included SimulStream® software, you can create additional streams from the same sources in different formats - encoded independently and simultaneously. This powerful tool enables you to stream in multiple resolutions, formats and bit rates – all at the same time.

Encoding Formats:

• Adobe® Flash® H.264
• Windows Media® (Silverlight® compatible)
• MPEG-4 Part 2, H.263 and H.264
• 3GPP/3GPP2 container for MPEG-4
• RealVideo®
• AVI capturee to file

Monitoring:

• Stereo audio headset (3.5 mm)
• Video presence indicator
• Audio level meter
• Front confidence monitor
• Composite video
• Unbalanced stereo audio

Inputs:

Video:
SDI (2 x BNC)
• S-Video (2 x mini-DIN)
• Composite (2 x BNC, RCA adapter included)

Audio:

• Embedded SDI audio (4 pair)
• AES/EBU (2 x XLR)
• Balanced stereo (4 x XLR)
• Unbalanced stereo (4 x BNC, RCA adapters included)

Video Formats:

• NTSC/PAL/SMPTE 259M

Connectivity:

USB Ports:

• 2 rear panel, 1 front panel
Ethernet:

• 2 x 1 Gbit ports

Software:

• Niagara SCX with Web interface
• SimulStream

Hardware:

• Dual Quad core processors
• 4 GB RAM
• 250 GB SATA HDD
• Osprey® 530 technology

Pre-Processing:

• Scaling, cropping, de-interlacing, inverse telecine, closed-caption rendering

Weight:

• 35 lbs (15.9 Kgs)

Dimensions:

• 2U rack mount appliance (2RU x 17” W x 23” D)
  (2RU x 43.18 cm W x 58.42 cm D)

Power:

• 400 W power supply

Package Contents:

• Adapters, BNC terminator, rack slide rails, rack handles and rubber feet

Hardware Warranty:

• 1 year limited hardware warranty