Broadcasting xIntercast

Introduction

xIntercast offers live video streaming services (sports, campus events, Live Music concerts), hosts Video on demand (VOD) for Content and broadcasting. The video comes with full complement of audio services.

xIntercast streaming protocol xHS is unique and do not require to compress or re-encode the input source. Tyso developed a unique streaming architecture to enable streaming lossless Audio, Video and Pictures.

xIntercast delivers the content smoothly without changing the input source format – first true “WYUIWYG” (What You Upload Is What You Get) in this space. xIntercast supports up to 24 streams (Mix of Video, Audio and Subtitle) and configurable audio language and subtitle tracks. xIntercast supports broadcasting the copyrighted media files like TV channels with cinematic surround sound.

Quik Overview

  • Deliver at 5x greater quality (Blu-ray like) than HD Set-Top-Box at lower cost
  • White label – Publish the software in your own brand, UI design and features powered by our technology
  • Bring all your channels from different regions in single container
  • No need of heavy infrastructure to start a TrueHD or UltraHD channel
  • No separate investment for each new channel
  • Set up your own license model for your viewers
  • Monetize your content easily in few clicks
  • Secure your content with our shell protection and avoid losing your viewers
  • Ad-insertion for different regions
  • Satisfy your commercial providers with our rich quality platform and demand more
  • No more “Today’s show tomorrow” for US and Europe regions
  • Save your money and time investing on hardware platforms to increase your channel quality
  • Shoot once, add up to 24 different language audio tracks and broadcast
  • Stop paying additional charges for web TV, re-encoding royalties, etc.
  • Keep your customers happy even during bad weather (Dense clouds or Rainy)
  • No channel SLA required (Supported only for Pre-Programmed Live Playlist)
  • Take your content to any device (Connected devices – TV, Blu-ray players, Consoles, PC / Mac, Mobile and Tablets) at lower cost than only through satellite 

Customer Speak

  • …I have seen video now in “true” HD (1080) it provides a wide range of adaptations. I can see using this as a better quality stream for business meetings (instead of Skype), or for live family/friend “Broadcasting”.

    Maybe even a secondary broadcast channel for cost-efficient news operations to operate, without the expense of high bandwidth.

    Tyso does not utilize any sort of memory from the user’s computer, except the cache and it streams fluent and quickly such a seemingly large, live bandwidth file with no hesitation in the stream.

    This was always already a problem for YouTube with HD-1080 videos that constantly pause, even when users have a high download broadband speed.

    Tyso product has solved this issue now and this may lead to even broader live video applications.

    I have recently worked with a couple of North American-based companies (TVU, LiveU) which provide live TV broadcast signals from remote locations, using multiple mobile-cards as an alternative to single live, costly microwave or satellite signals.

    • Greg Neubacher (Executive Producer for International Mobile-Web-TV news coverage
      Former executive producer CNBC Europe, NBC Universal)

Delivery Process

Technical Specification

Supported Video Codecs

HEVC/H.265, H.264/AVC, VC-1, MPEG-2

Supported Audio Codecs

AAC, HE-AAC, MPEG Audio- II/III, AC-3, E-AC3, D-E, D-EX, TRUEHD, E-AC3 ATMOS, TRUEHD ATMOS, DTS, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES, DTS-Express, DTS-HD High Resolution, DTS-HD MA, LPCM

Support File Formats

h264, avc, mp4, mpeg, mpg, vob, evo, h265, hvc, hevc, ts, m2ts, mts, mpls, mpl, mkv, mk3d, mks, mka, 264, m4a, ssif, mov, aac, mp3

Supported Subtitles

SRT, PGS

Delivery Model

xHS™ (xTream Hyper Streaming)

Streaming Format

MPTS (Transport Stream)

Video Bitrate Range

256 Kbps – Unlimited Mbps

Audio Bitrate Range

32 Kbps – 28.7 Mbps

Audio Sample Rate

44 KHz – 192KHz

Frame Rate

1 – 120 FPS

Color Modes

PAL, NTSC, NTSC-SECAM

Scan Type

Progressive / Interlaced

Supported Resolution

QVGA to 4K

Maximum No. Of Tracks

24 (Audio + Subtitle)

3D Formats

Anaglyph (All Colors), Side-By-Side, Top and Bottom, Interlaced

2D to 3D Conversion

YES

Real 3D

YES

Pass-through HD Audio

YES (S/PDIF and HDMI)

Content Encryption

Industry standard AES-256 bit encryption

Content Protection

Shell Protection

Supported Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, OEM’s, Connected Devices, API Users

Supported Player

xSPF™ Player Framework

Minimum Bandwidth Speed

1 Mbps

Popular Features

Content Live & VOD/AOD Live Broadcasting

  • xIntercast supports all major hardware devices for live broadcasting.
  • It supports any DirectShow or WDM compliant device including capture cards (PCI), Webcams, Handy cams, Professional cameras, TV tuners, Microphone and Line In.
  • It also supports broadcast in Multi-channel lossless HD Audio.
  • xIntercast supports any number of simultaneous broadcasting and delivers the content smoothly.
  • xIntercast broadcast the content in MPTS format which brings a stunning quality of video and audio.

Multi Audio & Subtitle Layers

  • Change the language tracks for your video on the fly
  • This feature is available for both Live streaming and Video on Demand (VOD) service.
  • Audio tracks can be in HD Audio, AAC, HE-AAC, MPEG-Audio & Linear Uncompressed PCM.
  • Subtitles are recommended to be in PGS format which gives the best visibility.

TrueHD 2D & 3D

  • xIntercast supports the SBS (Side by Side) view and TB (Top and Bottom) view which are recognized by major 3D HDTV’s. 
  • It supports 1080p for each eye (L and R).
  • xIntercast can convert 3D SBS to Anaglyph (All colors) for 2D monitors and TV’s, 3D SBS to 3D Top and Bottom, 3D Top and Bottom to Anaglyph, 3D Top and Bottom to 3D SBS.

MPTS Streaming

  • MPTS streaming is based on the standard MPEG-2 TS (Transport Stream). 
  • MPEG-2 TS commonly used to store video, audio, and other streams. 
  • This allows multiple video programs to be stored in the same file so they can be played back simultaneously.
  • MPTS streaming supports lossless multi-dimensional HD Audio up to 128 channels for the immersive entertainment experience.
  • xIntercast streams in uncompressed format which gives the stunning experience of audio and video quality.

Lossless HD Audio

  • Turn on your home theater to experience the most realistic and immersive multi-dimensional audio ever.
  • xIntercast supports streaming and playback of VOD contents with lossless multi-dimensional HD Audio up to 128 channel and more.
  • It also supports bitstreaming of raw audio to external receiver to experience the real HD surround sound like never before.

4K Ready

  • Go beyond TrueHD!
  • xIntercast supports Ultra HD 4K for both live streaming and on-demand videos.
  • Ultra HD is designed for big screens to experience beyond TrueHD which is proposed by NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories.

Built-in xIntercast Codecs

  • With the high-quality audio and video decoders designed for the latest generation processor with graphics card hardware acceleration (GPU) like Nvidia CUDA Technology, DXVA and Intel Quick Sync., experience the stunning TrueHD audio and video with our built-in decoders.
  • xIntercast codecs is highly optimized for low power consumption and save mobile PC batteries for a longer time.
  • You don’t need any additional codecs or software for our live streaming and VOD contents.

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)

  • No leaks or damages on your live streaming and VOD.
  • xIntercast streams your data with High grade strong encryption and delivers the content securely.

Unlimited Streaming Slots

  • Stream any size of files to any number of users simultaneously.
  • xIntercast can stream a media to millions of users and we optimize the streaming as you need.

Sync Server

  • xIntercast ingest the content once from the origin and mirrors to the Sync Server.
  • Every time you access the same content, xIntercastwill not buffer it again and uses the cache from Sync Servers.
  • It reduces your bandwidth cost despite repeated playbacks or views of the content any number of times.