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

FE Version – File Edition
Personal / Professional / Enterprise Versions
COMPATIBLE PLAYERS

MPEG-4 ISMA

RTSP/RTP Streaming
RealNetworks® RealPlayer® 10 and above

AAC/HE-AAC/aacPlus
Apple Computer® QuickTime® Player 6.0 and above
Apple Computer® iTunes/iPod

AAC Audio Streams; Currently does not support HE-AAC/aacPlus
Will play AAC portion of HE-AAC/aacPlus streams
VLC

MPEG-2 ADTS

RealNetworks® RealPlayer® 10 and above
AAC/HE-AAC/aacPlus
HTTP/ICY Streaming
Nullsoft Winamp 5.05 and above
Foobar2000
VLC

3GPP Mobile
Several Mobile PDAs and Cellular Telephones
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 optional Windows sound device is required for audio capture. An Orban Optimod-PC 1100 audio processor / sound card is recommended for processing files for on-demand services.
Interface
Graphical User Interface (GUI), standard Microsoft Windows
Command Line Interface (CLI), supports batch file execution for easy launching and automation capability.
ENCODER
Codec Technology
MPEG-2 AAC ADTS
ISO/IEC 13818-7

MPEG-4 AAC
ISO/IEC 14496-3
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
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
1.
Speed:
1 Minute Stereo PCM file Encodes to 32kbps/44.1kHz:
1 Minute Stereo PCM file Encodes to 48kbps/44.1kHz:
1 Minute Stereo PCM file Encodes to 64kbps/44.1kHz:
INPUT AUDIO SOURCE
Microsoft Windows or Virtual Sound Device required for direct audio capture encoding
INPUT FILE FORMATS

Linear PCM [.wav]

Linear PCM Broadcast Wave Format [.bwf]

OUTPUT FILE FORMATS
MPEG-2
ISO/IEC 13818-7
ADTS [.aac]
ADTS - ID3v2 Tag [.aac]
MPEG-4
ISO/IEC 14496-1/3/12/14
MPEG-4 [.mp4]
MPEG-4 Hinted ISMA [RFC-3640] [.mp4]
MPEG-4 QT Tag [iPod/iTunes] [.m4a]
MPEG-4 QT Tag Hinted ISMA [RFC-3640] [iPod/iTunes] [.m4a]
3GPP
ISO/IEC 14496-1/3/12/14
Enterprise Version Only
3GPP [.3gp]
3GPP 3GP Tag [.3gp]
3GPP Hinted LATM [RFC-3016] [.3gp]
3GPP 3GP Tag Hinted LATM [RFC-3016] [.3gp]
Asset Tagging
Title and Copyright Information
ID3v2 Version 3
MPEG-4
3GPP
Accepts XML formatted Input
METERING/STATUS INDICATION
Graphical Interface
File Processing - Individual - Progress Bar
File Processing - Total - Progress Bar
Audio Capture Level, True Accurate Peak Indicating
Console Interface
File Processing Status
LOG FILE
Functions
Enable/Disable
ASCII Text
Log File Size Specifier
Content
Encoding and Error Reporting
COMPATIBLE SERVERS FOT STREAMING APPLICATIONS
Server Requirements –
RTSP/RTP Unicast
Free Darwin Streaming Server 5.0 or later.

http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/

Server Platform –
RTSP/RTP Unicast
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.

Server Requirements –
HTTP/ICY SHOUTcast
Free Nullsoft SHOUTcast DNAS 1.9.4 or later.

http://www.shoutcast.com/download/serve.phtml

Server Platform –
HTTP/ICY SHOUTcast
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 –
HTTP/ICY Icecast2
Free Icecast2 Server 2.2.0 or later.

http://www.icecast.org/download.php

Server Platform –
HTTP/ICY Icecast2
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.

Last updated: Dec 2008
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