Cobalt continues to add capabilities to its award-winning software-defined family of 9992-ENC/DEC encoders/decoders that meet the evolving needs of today’s broadcast facilities. The 9992 series offers traditional broadcast features combined with advanced network options to provide a perfect solution for sports, news gathering, video contribution and affiliate distribution.
The series is getting a boost of agility and reliability with the addition of RIST Source Adaptation (VSF TR-06-4 Part 1). This recently approved specification defines a protocol for the stream receiver to provide feedback information to the source to trigger an appropriate action.
RIST Source Adaptation allows the 9992-ENC encoder to adapt its output data rate to match network conditions instantaneously based on feedback from the decoder. If network traffic conditions deteriorate beyond the correction capabilities of the ARQ (Automatic Repeat reQuest) error control and packet recovery method, the encoder reduces the bit rate without any interruption in operation.
Once the network improves, the encoder automatically adjusts to the restored capacity. When combined with the Null Packet Deletion feature found in RIST Main Profile (VSF TR-06-2), the series can produce a Constant Bitrate (CBR) stream for legacy professional Integrated Receiver Decoders (IRDs).
To find out more, click here to schedule a meeting with Cobalt at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Digital Broadcasting Symposium (DBS) 2023, which is taking place from March 6-9at the Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Cobalt will be on the Ideal Systems stand 44 & 45. Cobalt will also be at the 2023 NAB Show (booth C2419), which is taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Centre from April 16-19.