The HOME Stream Transcoder is used to convert from one stream transport to another. It allows users to convert incoming video streams of a given format to a supported output format. For example, from ST 2110-20/30/40 to SRT.

A HOME Stream Transcoder is the perfect tool for a variety of applications:

  • Transcoding content to the required delivery or transport format; 
  • Stream preparation for dedicated hardware processors that do not support the source’s video format; 
  • Signal compression (or decompression) before (or after) long-haul WAN stream transport.

This app is part of the current release of HOME Apps, and benefits from the usual advantages of a HOME Apps environment: deployment on standard network servers; instant availability; flexible resource allocation through Lawo Flex licensing; integration with external broadcast control systems, such as Lawo's VSM.

Key Features & Specification

I/O

  • 1x input receiver (RX 1): supports Video (only); Video and Audio; Video and Meta; or Video, Audio and Meta.
  • 1x output sender (TX 1): supports Video (only); Video and Audio; Video and Meta; or Video, Audio and Meta.

Video

  • Video input and output formats: SMPTE ST 2110-20, SMPTE ST 2110-22 (JPEG XS), NDI, SRT
  • Resolution*: SD, HD, 3G, UHD (3840x2160)

(*) JPEG-XS only supports the HD, 3G and UHD formats.

Audio

  • Audio processing: 16 bits, 24 bits at 48kHz
  • Audio inputs and outputs: up to 8 x audio streams (send and receive); maximum of 64 channels in total
  • Fully flexible audio channel shuffling (via I/O Routing)

Delay

  • Delay is applied, automatically, to the Audio and Meta streams, to compensate for the processing delay (through the app) of the Video path. This ensures that Video, Audio and Meta streams remain in sync with each other.

Control

  • Data sources:
    • HOME API (NATS)
    • NMOS (via HOME's NMOS Exporter)
  • Configured and managed by HOME
  • All parameters available via HOME API; allows integration with external broadcast control systems.