OPTICODEC-PC 1010

Because engineering improvements are ongoing, specifications are subject to change without notice.

PE Version – Professional Edition

Compatible Players

RTMP Flash

Adobe Flash Browser Plugin
MP3/AAC/HE-AACv1/HE-AACv2

Tuner2 HiFi iPhone/iPod Touch
MP3/AAC/HE-AACv1/HE-AACv2

Orban/Coding Technologies AAC/HE-AAC Windows Media Player Plugin
MP3/AAC/HE-AACv1/HE-AACv2

RTSP/RTP

RealNetworks^® RealPlayer^® 10 and above
MP3/AAC/HE-AACv1 / aacPlus v1 Audio Streams

Apple Computer^® QuickTime^® Player 6.0 and above
AAC Audio Streams; Currently does not support HE-AAC/aacPlus
Will currently play AAC portion of HE-AAC/aacPlus streams

Orban/Coding Technologies AAC/HE-AAC Windows Media Player Plugin
MP3/AAC/HE-AACv1/HE-AACv2

HTTP/ICY

Nullsoft Winamp 5.05 and above
MP3/AAC/HE-AACv1/HE-AACv2

Orban/Coding Technologies AAC/HE-AAC Windows Media Player Plugin
MP3/AAC/HE-AACv1/HE-AACv2

Computer

Minimum System Requirements

Microsoft Windows^® XP
Intel Pentium II 400 MHz, RAM 128 MB, 256 MB recommended

Microsoft Windows^® Server 2003
Intel Pentium III 500 MHz, RAM 128 MB, 256 MB recommended

This specification denotes the minimum CPU power necessary to control one OPTIMOD-PC card with external audio sources and one instance of the OPTICODEC-PC encoder. Additional cards, audio player, and/or encoder software will require additional CPU power.

Processor and Chipset

This software has been tested and qualified with Intel CPU and chipsets.

Sound Device

An Orban OPTIMOD-PC 1100/1101 audio processor / sound card must be installed in the host computer in order to run the OPTICODEC-PC PE application.

Interface

Graphical User Interface (GUI), standard Microsoft Windows
May be executed from command-line using configuration file for each stream.

Encoder

Codec Technology

MPEG-2 AAC ADTS
ISO/IEC 13818-7

MPEG-4 AAC
ISO/IEC 14496-3
http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/ amm/techinf/aac/index.html

MPEG-4 HE-AAC / aacPlus v1 / aacPlus v2
ISO/IEC 14496-3 : Amd-1 : Amd-2
http://www.codingtechnologies. com

Sample Rates (kHz)

24, 32, 44.1, 48.

Bit Rates (kbps)

8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320.

Number of Channels

1-Mono
2-Stereo.

Coding Options

Optimize for Voice.

Encoder Instances per Computer – Multicast

Encoder Instances per Computer – Unicast

Limited only by available CPU power.

Streaming

Transport Protocols

RTSP/RTP : RFC 2326/3550

HTTP/ICY SHOUTcast : RFC 2616

HTTP/ICY Icecast2 : RFC 2616

RTMP Flash : Adobe Protocol

Methods:

Multicast RTP/UDP (Internal Server)

Transmission: Multicast
TTL: 1-255.

Unicast RTSP/RTP/UDP (Internal Server)

Transmission: Unicast.

Unicast RTP/TCP (External Server)

Transmission: Manual Unicast.

Unicast RTSP/RTP/TCP (External Server)

Transmission: Automatic Unicast - Announce
Session Description Protocol (.sdp) file per stream generated and sent to server : RFC 2327.

RTP Payload Format

ISMA (audio/mpeg4-generic) : RFC 3640
3GPP/3GPP2 (audio/MP4A-LATM) : RFC 3016.

Unicast HTTP/ICY/TCP

Content Type: audio/aac.
Content Type: audio/aacp.

Packet Size

1450 Bytes plus IP Header Bytes = Total < 1500 Byte MTU.

Packet Optimization
(PE Only)

Multiple audio frames per packet without fragmentation
Packet size not to exceed specified MTU.

Connection Fallback - Unicast

Automatic Reconnection to External Server upon Connection Failure.

Stream Information

Stream Name and Description;
Artist and Title;
URL; all server-supported metadata.

Metadata Input

Text File;
Serial;
Ethernet TCP/UDP;
Manual Entry:
Several Audio Playout Systems Supported Directly.

Server Requirements/Platform - RTSP/RTP Unicast

Free Darwin Streaming Server 5.0 or later
http://developer.apple.com/ darwin/projects/streaming/
Available for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/Server, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later Server and Proxy, Red Hat Linux 9, FreeBSD, Sun Solaris 9
Helix Server 10.0 or later
http://www.realnetworks.com/ products/media_delivery.html
Available for Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Linux (RHEL 4.0), Sun Solaris 8 (Native) and 9

Helix Mobile Server
http://www.realnetworks.com/ industries/serviceproviders/ mobile/products/server/index. html
Available for Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Linux (RHEL 4.0), Sun Solaris 8 (Native) and 9

Server Requirements/Platform - HTTP/ICY SHOUTcast

Free Nullsoft SHOUTcast DNAS 1.9.4 or later
http://www.shoutcast.com/ download/serve.phtml
Available for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/Server, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Red Hat Linux 9, FreeBSD, Sun Solaris 9

Server Requirements/Platform - HTTP/ICY Icecast2

Free Icecast2 Server 2.2.0 or later
http://www.icecast.org/ download.php
Available for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/Server, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Red Hat Linux 9, FreeBSD, Sun Solaris 9

Server Requirements/Platform - RTMP

Adobe Flash Media Server
http://www.adobe.com/products/ flashmediaserver/
Available for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2003/2008 Server, Linux

Server Requirements/Platform - RTMP

Wowza Media Server Pro
http://www.wowzamedia.com
Available for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2003/2008 Server, Linux, Mac OS

Metering / Status Indication

Graphical Interface

Audio Level, True Accurate Peak Indicating;
Connected to Remote Server;
Disconnected from Remote Server;
Bitrate of Connection to Remote Server;
Connection Elapsed Time - DDD:HH:MM:SS;
Metadata Scroll.

Log File

Functions

Enable/Disable;
ASCII Text;
Log File Size Specifier.

Content

Connect Date/Time;
Connect Remote Server;
Connect Bitrate;
Disconnect Time.

These specifications are subject to design improvements and changes without notice.

Last updated: Aug. 2011