Cobalt 9992-4ENC-4K-HEVC Software-Defined Broadcast Encoder

• Support for arbitrary down-scaling input video, extending down to 320×240
• Support for up-scaling input video (future release availability)
• Interlaced to progressive conversion
• Progressive to interlaced conversion (future release availability)
• Frame rate conversion
• Basic noise-reduction filter and spatial filter
• Enhanced pre-processing filters (future release availability)
• High dynamic range (HDR) support

Encoding standards:

• MPEG-2
• MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
• HEVC (H.265)
• Support for up to four independent 1080p60 encode sessions (all encode sessions must use the same standard; mixed-standard encoding is not supported)
• Support for UHD encoding in AVC and HEVC modes (maximum resolution: 4096x2160p60)

Maximum bit rates:

• UHD (4K) encoding: 150 Mb/s
• HD encoding: 40 Mb/s (the first HD channel can be as high as 150 Mb/s)
• Support for 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 color spaces in all modes
• Support for 8-/10-bit encoding in all modes
• Full control of GOP size and structure
• Advanced compression controls available

• MPEG-1 Layer II
• AAC-LC
• HE-AAC (v1/v2)
• Dolby AC-3
• Dolby EAC-3
• LPCM (SMPTE-302M)
• Dolby AC-3/EAC-3 pass-through support (5.1-Surround encoding available for AAC-LC, HE-AAC, Dolby AC-3 and Dolby EAC-3; subject to licensing)

Maximum number of channels supported (subject to licensing):

• MPEG-1 Layer II: 16 stereo pairs (32 audio channels)
• Dolby AC-3: 16 stereo pairs (32 audio channels)
• Dolby EAC-3:  8 stereo pairs (16 audio channels)
• AAC-LC:  8 stereo pairs (16 audio channels)
• HE-AAC (v1/v2):  8 stereo pairs (16 audio channels)
• Optional support for 5.1 surround sound encoding in AAC and Dolby modes
• Optional audio module increases the capacity to 32 stereo pairs (64 audio channels), allowing full 16-channel support for the four HD inputs, in all compression modes (future release availability)

• Closed-Captioning: SMPTE-334M (EIA-608 and EIA-708 supported), Line 21 (SD sources)
• OP-47/SMPTE RDD-08 teletext subtitles (future release availability)
• AFD: SMPTE-2016, Line 20/22 WSS (SD sources)
• SCTE-104 to SCTE-35 conversion
• SMPTE-2038 generic ancillary data transport (timecode, KLV, etc.)

• +MP1L2-AAC: additional MPEG-1 Layer II, AAC-LC, and HE-AAC audio encoding per pair. Three AAC licenses can be combined to allow one 5.1 surround encode
• +ENCD-2.0: Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus stereo audio encoding license
• +ENCD-5.1: Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround sound audio encoding license
• +RIST/ARQ-ENC: RIST RTP/ARQ support (transport stream-based option; only one license needed)
• +SRT-ENC: SRT support (per unit)
• +RIST/ENCRP-ENC: RIST Encryption/authentication support (per unit; requires the +RIST/ARQ-ENC license to also be present on the encoder)
• +SMPTE2022: SMPTE-2022 support provides one FEC insertion per device ethernet port (transport stream-based option; only one license needed per unit)
• +422: Adds 4:2:2 encoding support (transport stream-based option; only one license needed per unit)
• +ULL: Adds support for HEVC ultra-low latency support (per unit). Encoder latency is 10ms for the common frame rates (in this mode, the maximum encoder capacity is one 4K or two HD streams)