Video over the LAN

Video and Interface Servers for LANs

The AvediaServer appliance can be configured with different software modules and disk capacities to provide everything you need to build a robust video storage and delivery solution, with up to 7 terabytes of storage per appliance.

• AvediaServer Play modules deliver on-demand and scheduled video channel delivery
• The AvediaServer Portal module lets you give users access to all IPTV assets on your network through a consistent interface.
• The AvediaServer EPG module presents a unified program guide for both scheduled playback channels and live TV
• The AvediaServer Record module enables continuous-loop recording to store TV channels and clips for later viewing

As part of an Exterity Building IPTV solution, the AvediaServer family delivers numerous benefits:

• Easily build and maintain a library of video content for training, education, or entertainment
• Deliver on-demand and scheduled channels to users, integrated with any other video or network content
• Easily customise the user interface for organisational branding
• Centralise video recording to spare network bandwidth and desktop disk space: recordings take place on the AvediaServer appliance rather than as multiple streams to user desktops
• Increase the ROI of your network bandwidth investments by leveraging them for video delivery to TVs, AV displays, and user desktops

Exterity offers three Avediaserver Play modules:

• The Play 60 module provides 60Mbps of bandwidth for up to 15 simultaneous streams, including and up to 2 simultaneous scheduled-play channels. Includes Portal and EPG modules
• The Play 200 module provides 200Mbps of bandwidth for up to 50 simultaneous streams, including  up to 10 simultaneous scheduled play channels. Includes Portal and EPG modules
• The Play 500 module provides 500Mbps of bandwidth for up to 125 simultaneous streams, including up to 10 scheduled play channels.
• The processing demands of the Play 500 means a separate AvediaServer module to support the Portal and EPG modules may be required.
  

Video-On-Demand

• User control of video content playback
• Asset list shows files currently available
• Video files easily loaded via FTP server
• Import metadata to make videos fully searchable
• Accessible via AvediaCentre and AvediaPlayer PC clients
• Supports SD and HD playback
• Easily manage content through administrative web interface, add/delete content

Scheduled Play

• Play back specific content at scheduled date and time
• Repeatable at regular intervals
• Supports SD and HD playback
• Easily manage content and schedule through administrative web interface
• Define playlists on schedules
  

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AvediaServer User Interface

The AvediaServer Portal and EPG modules enable you to present users with a branded interface that gives them consistent access to every TV and video asset available on your LAN using an Exterity IPTV Receiver’s remote control. These include TV channels, on-demand/scheduled video channels, the output from DVD/Blu-ray players or video cameras, third-party MPEG streams, and RSS feeds (e.g., news, weather).

Electronic Program Guide

• Creates a unified program guide for both scheduled playback channels and TV channels from AvediaStream TVgateways
• Import XML feeds for TV listings
• Simple, customisable web interface 

Portal Module

• Combine all IPTV assets on your LAN into consistent user interface
• UTF-8 encoding supports customisation in any language
• Exercise better control over video content access
• Interface with other applications including hotel PMS (e.g., OPERA)
• Customise the look and feel via XSL/XML template files
• Build organisation-specific classifications for TV, radio, and VoD channels
• Populate web-based pages with RSS feeds to provide users with the latest news or social media content

More information can be obtained from the AvediaServer brochure.

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AvediaServer Record

The AvediaServer Record module centralises your video recording capabilities, preserving local desktop disk space and offer better management of video resources. It provides simultaneous continuous-loop recording of both HD and SD channels, to a limit of 200Mbps. For maximum versatility, channels may be video, audio, or a mixture of both.

A simple web interface uses the Exterity Channel Listener to populate a list of recordable streams. Administrators may select any of these channels for recording. Recordings are made on a continual "sliding window" basis. The hours available in the recording window are dependent on the storage capacity of the Record module, the number of channels selected for recording, and whether they are HD or SD.

Depending on the AvediaServer disk size and the size of the MPEG channel, you may record over 100 days of SD video or over 30 days of HD video.

Once recorded, an administrator may export the content in full or extract clips for storage either on user PCs, AvediaStream Play module or exported to 3rd party applications for re-purposing.

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The AvediaServer Director module is a multi-user building IPTV management system. It allows administrators anywhere on the network to cooperate for efficient control of your building IPTV system through an extensive web interface offering an array of tools for device discovery, configuration, control, and firmware upgrades.

With AvediaServer Director you can control:

• AvediaStream TVgateways for Freeview, satellite, and premium TV.
• AvediaStream Encoders for video from DVD/Blu-ray players and video cameras.
• AvediaServer for on-demand, scheduled video channels and centralised recording.
• All channels delivered by these devices.
• idaptor and isocket receivers to make these channels available on standard TVs and AV displays.
• Mass configuration of multiple IPTV devices e.g. upgrades and mass channel change.
• Task scheduling; any command that can be sent to a device can be scheduled to run at a later date.

With AvediaServer Director you can monitor:

• Bandwidth and disk space.
• Channel status for all channels including stream integrity verification.

Management View Options

AvediaServer Director offers four views of key information:

• A matrix of all the  Exterity devices on the network with ability to filter on:

• Device type
• Location
• Group

• New device view listing all Exterity devices that have been recently discovered over a configurable time interval.
• Channels view showing the status of each channel.
• Scheduled task view showing all scheduled commands.