New Carbon Coder Software Release Boosts Transcoding Speed; Provides Impressive
Quality and Workflow Advances
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today unveiled the latest enhancements to its Rhozet
Carbon Coder universal media transcoding solution. New capabilities include a
dramatic performance increase in H.264 transcoding, improved output quality,
improved support for Avid-based workflows and support for Microsoft Smooth
Streaming. At NAB 2009 booth #SL9728, Rhozet will demonstrate these enhancements
and also preview an automated quality control solution which fits into the
Carbon Server workflow and minimizes the manual review of input and output
files.
The new Carbon Coder release boosts H.264 transcoding speed by up to 50 percent
and supports H.264 video in a variety of containers, including MP4, MPEG-2
transport stream, and F4V (Adobe Flash). Additionally, higher quality output can
now be achieved with the introduction of two new types of content pre-processing
- video deblocking and motion-compensated temporal filtering. These two new
video filters can significantly improve the quality of transcoded video by
removing noise artifacts that have been introduced into the source video during
previous compression. This allows for either improved quality at a given
bit-rate or a reduction in bit-rate for a given quality.
"This new release increases performance, enhances quality, and improves
workflow," said David Trescot, Vice President of the Rhozet Business Unit at
Harmonic Inc. "We are pleased to be delivering on our promise of continued
leadership in the transcoding market."
The new release of Carbon Coder also improves integration with existing
Avid-based workflows. This improved support includes the ability to export video
into the MXF-wrapped DNxHD format used in many Avid editing environments. New
enhancements to Carbon Coder also include support for Microsoft`s new Smooth
Streaming format, which enables adaptive streaming of media to Silverlight
clients over HTTP.
At NAB 2009, Rhozet will also preview new quality control software for Carbon
Server that promises to minimize the amount of manual review required to
guarantee quality output. This quality control application is integrated into
the transcoding process, allowing users to automatically check a wide variety of
quality criteria compared to the original source.
Rhozet Carbon Coder facilitates the transfer of media between a variety of
platforms, including acquisition, editing, playout, archive, the Internet and
mobile devices. Carbon Coder can run as a stand-alone application or as part of
a multi-node, fully-automated rendering farm. Carbon Coder provides
high-performance, scalable and cost-effective transcoding for a broad range of
business environments, from specialized studios to enterprise-scale
installations.
The new Carbon Coder enhancements, as well as the new quality control
application will debut at NAB 2009 in Las Vegas, April 20-23, in the Rhozet
booth #SL9728 and at the main Harmonic booth #SU7209. The new version of Carbon
Coder will be available in May 2009. The new quality control application is
expected to ship in the second half of 2009. For more information on Carbon
Coder visit www.rhozet.com.
About Harmonic Inc.
Harmonic Inc. is a leading provider of versatile and high performance video
solutions that enable service providers to efficiently deliver the next
generation of broadcast and on-demand services including high definition,
video-on-demand, network personal video recording and time-shifted TV. Cable,
satellite, broadcast and telecom service providers can increase revenues and
lower operational expenditures by using Harmonic`s digital video, broadband
optical access and software solutions to offer consumers the compelling and
personalized viewing experience that is driving the business models of the
future.
Rhozet, a business unit of Harmonic Inc., is dedicated to providing accelerated
high-quality media transcoding solutions. The Rhozet solutions are offered in
both off-the-shelf and customized software configurations for the production and
content delivery markets. For more information about Rhozet technology please
visit www.rhozet.com.
Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with R&D, sales
and system integration centers worldwide. The Company`s customers, including
many of the world`s largest communications providers, deliver services in
virtually every country. Visit www.harmonicinc.comfor more information.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27(A) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21(E) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to: previewing new quality
control software for Carbon Server, Carbon Coder enhancements which will debut
at NAB 2009, availability of a new version of Carbon Coder in May 2009, and
shipment of the new quality control application in the second half of 2009.
Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters and the benefits expected
from the Carbon Coder universal media transcoding solution may not materialize,
and actual results could differ materially from those projected. The
forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to
other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in
Harmonic`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its
recent Reports filed on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Harmonic does not undertake to
update any forward-looking statements.
EDITOR`S NOTE - Product and company names used herein are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Harmonic Inc.
Sarah Lum, +1-408-543-2392 (Media Relations)
sarah.lum@harmonicinc.com
or
StreetConnect for Harmonic Inc.
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or
Rhozet
Sarah Kavanagh, +1-650-726-3482 (Media Relations)
sarah@kavanaghpr.com
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