Adtec Digital designs and manufactures innovative MPEG, MPEG2 and MPEG4 technology for digital television delivery, IPTV, commercial ad insertion, and multimedia digital video applications.
  Adtec Digital designs and manufactures innovative MPEG, MPEG2 and MPEG4 technology for digital television delivery, IPTV, commercial ad insertion, and multimedia digital video applications.
     Regardless of your source, adCode provides high quality MPEG 2 SD encoding for the best on-air presentation.

     adCode is a media ingest station for MPEG 2 standard definition encode, review and approval of commercial and program material from FireWire (DV25), SDI, analog composite or YC sources. adCode includes control of professional VTRs over serial RS-422 or FireWire for accurate selection of acquisition material. Live feeds from satellite or newsroom sources can also be recorded on command by adCode. If you work in a non-linear editor like Final Cut, you can export directly to adCode without rolling tape in real time.
Benefits
  • Ingest with less work: adCode is designed to make the tedious task of media ingest more streamlined and accurate with configurable work profiles that set up parameters with just one click.

  • See what you encode: Real-time confidence decode of the ingested material lets you immediately see what you have captured with control to abort and re-encode right away.

  • Control with accuracy: adCode can control VTR sources from RS-422 and FireWire for accurate mark in/out of material to ensure that you get what you want.

  • Get the highest quality MPEG 2 SD: When it comes to the best on-air look, adCode delivers with CableLabs VOD compliant files or ramp up to full frame D1 quality MPEG 2 standard definition video encoded up to15Mbps with Dolby Digital 2/0 (AC-3) and mixed MPEG 1 Layer 2 Musicam audio.

  • Ingest what you need: adCode can connect to the adManage content management server to provide a prioritized list of commercials which are scheduled for ad insertion.

  • Crash record anytime: For live “crash recording” from satellite or newsroom sources, simply press encode or schedule a time and duration with adCode to automate the encode process.

  • Encode right from Final Cut Pro: If you spend most of your day in Final Cut, you will love the way adCode offloads your work using Print To Video for real time and near frame accurate media acquisition over FireWire.

  • Create DPI-ready files: Whether you currently splice local content into a digital transport stream or you are planning for DPI in the future, adCode can create files that work in both linear ad insertion and DPI ad servers.




    • Feature Highlights
    - Encode Features
  • SDI: SDI input video with embedded SMPTE 259M AES-EBU channel 1, 2, 3, 4 audio.
  • Analog: Composite or YC video
  • Dual Stereo analog audio input.
  • Dual Stereo Digital AES-EBU audio input.
  • Supports mixed, SDI embedded, Analog, AES-EBU, or Firewire audio inputs
  • Firewire (DV25): Video, audio and VTR control on one Firewire cable.
  • Non-Linear Editors (NLE): Final Cut Print To Video via Firewire or SDI, Composite or YC if third party card (Decklink Pro or equivalent) is available.
  • VOD Compliant to MD-Sp-VOD-CEP-101-040107 excluding HD.

    - VTR Control Features
  • Frame accurate Sony Protocol compatible RS-422 control.
  • FireWire protocol compatible. Note: Some FireWire decks are not frame accurate and may provide +/- 1 to 3 frame accuracy.
  • Source control with Play, Stop, FF, RW, Jog, Shuttle, Set In/Out, Goto In/Out and Duration.

    - Decode Features
  • Composite video and analog audio decode.
  • Real time confidence decode during encode with abort.
  • Decode playback of encoded file.
  • Monitor video from composite or S-Video (YC).
  • Select audio track 1 or 2 to quality control both audio tracks.


    Specs and Requirements

    Video Inputs
  • Composite (BNC)
  • S-Video (4 Pin Mini-Din YC) analog to digital conversion 9 bit with scaling Horizontal and Vertical 16 tap filters.
  • SDI input video with embedded SMPTE 259M AES-EBU audio on BNC.
  • Firewire: DV25 with PCM audio and control on Mini-Firewire connector.

    Video Outputs
  • Composite (BNC)
  • S-Video (4 Pin Mini-Din YC)

    VBI Support
  • Line 21-Closed Captioning DVS053 Rev 6
  • V-Chip DVS157
  • Teletext: NABTS-DVS053 Rev 6 and PAL
  • Neilson Source Identification (SID) DVS053
  • Automated Measurement of Lineups (AMOL) DVS053

    Video Encoding and Decoding
  • MPEG 2 SD 1 Profile: SIF ISO 11172-2
  • MPEG 2 SD 2 Profile: Adaptive Field Frame (AFF) ISO13818 MP@ML
  • MPEG 2 SD Profile: AFF ISO13818 422P@ML (encode only option)
  • Encoder Filters: Temporal; Spatial Vertically and Horizontally Temporal and Horizontal Spatial can be concurrent
  • Chroma filtering and full scaling
  • Video bit rates: MPEG 2 SD 300K-15 Mbs
  • Video bit rates: MPEG 1 SIF 300K-5 Mbs
  • Multiplexing Formats: Program and Transport
  • MPEG Program Specific Information (PSI) Table Compliance: PAT, PMT; All PIDs user definable
  • DVB Program Information (PI) Table Compliance: SDT, NIT; All PIDs user definable
  • SCTE 35 Splice Point injection

    Video Resolutions
  • Per Macro Block (16x16) Note: Non-standard Vertical resolutions may adversely effect STB decoders, PC decoders have more flexibility when scaling.
  • Horizontal NTSC examples: 720x480 (Full D1 NTSC), 544x480, 528x480, 512x480, 496x480, 480x480, 352x480 (Half D1 NTSC).
  • Vertical NTSC example: 720x 464
  • Horizontal and Vertical example: 528x464 etc.
  • PAL resolutions examples: 720x576 (FullD1 PAL), 720x560, 544x544 etc

    adCode Server
  • Embedded Linux real time operating system with 80GB internal storage.
  • Power: 70-240 VAC 50-60Hz and 65 Watts (20 Watts typical) of power.
  • Size: 1RU rack mount chassis. 19” width, 1.75” height, 16” depth (48.26cm X 4.45cm X 40.64cm)
  • Weight: 14 lbs (6.35kg)
  • Environmental: Active cooling (Fans), 0 to 90 Degrees Fahrenheit, Less than 70% RH, Non-Condensing

    		• Audio Specifications
    - Audio Inputs
  • Analog Audio 1 Stereo Balanced (5 Pin Removable Screw Terminal)
  • Analog Audio 2 Stereo (SAP) Balanced (5 Pin Removable Screw Terminal)
  • User level control on Analog inputs
  • AES-1 digital audio (PCM or uncompressed) for Dolby AC-3 channel 1,2 encoding (5 Pin RST - 110 Ohm).
  • AES-2 digital audio (PCM or uncompressed) for Dolby AC-3 channel 3,4 encoding (5 Pin RST - 110 Ohm).
  • SDI embedded with video per SMPTE 272M A, B, C, (BNC)
  • Digital PCM audio via Firewire
  • Audio inputs can be mixed, one Analog, one AES-EBU, or One AES-EBU and one SDI etc.

    - Audio Outputs
  • Primary Stereo unbalanced (1/8” phono) selectable between audio tracks 1 and 2 decode.
  • Fixed unity audio level output

    - Audio Encoding and Decoding
  • Dolby Digital 2/0 or 1/0 (AC-3) encoding from analog, SDI embedded audio or AES input.
  • MPEG 1 Layer 1 Profile: ISO11172-3
  • MPEG 1 Layer 2 Profile: ISO13818-3
  • Audio Delay: Adjustable PTS delay up to 700 milliseconds
  • 24 Bit A-D Conversion
  • Audio Sampling: 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 KHz
  • MPEG 2 Audio Bit Rate: 64-384 Kbs
  • Dolby Digital AC-3 Bit Rate: 64-640 Kbs

    Communications
  • Ethernet 10/100 (RJ-45) Half Duplex, Full Duplex, Auto Negotiate
  • Ethernet Protocols: Telnet, FTP, Adtec command API.
  • Serial Communications: 2-RS232 (38400-115,200K, 8, 1 N)
  • Automatically copy files from adCode server to client PC using FTP.

    Front Panel
  • Keypad: Mode, Select, Enter, Escape, Up, Down, Left, Right
  • Blue Translucent LCD (20 character by 2 row)
  • Host Status LEDs Power, Alarm, Link, Busy, Storage.
  • Encode Status LEDs: Encode Active, Video Present, LTC Active, Audio 1 & 2, Control, Alarm.
  • Decode Status LEDs: Decode Active, Video Present, LTC Active, Audio 1 & 2, Control, Alarm.

    adCode Application adCode configuration and control application requires one of the following:
  • Windows 2000 or XP or Linux computer: Intel or AMD 32 bit processor at 2 GHz; 512MB memory; 1024x768 32 Bit color capable graphics card; TCP/IP compatible computer network.
  • Macintosh OS-X (10.2 or greater) computer: G4 32 bit processor at 1 GHz, G5 64 bit processor (any); 512MB memory; 1024x768 32 Bit color capable graphics card; TCP/IP compatible computer network.