packager · origin · DVR
Noisypeak Packetizer
Packager, origin and DVR in one node. Any compressed stream comes in and leaves in every format, without re-encoding.
Noisypeak Packetizer sits between a broadcast head-end and the internet. A compressed stream arrives (DVB/IPTV multicast TS, SRT, RTMP, HLS, NDI or a TS file) and leaves as HLS (TS and fMP4), MPEG-DASH, Microsoft Smooth Streaming and SPTS/MPTS multicast, all at the same time, with the video untouched. With no transcoder in the path there is no quality loss and no GPU, and a channel costs a fraction as much.
The same node is the origin and the DVR: it serves the streams itself with time-shift, catch-up and start-over, validates JWT tokens and access lists on every request, and sustains 2,500 parallel streams and 20 Gb/s. SCTE-35 cues survive the trip for Prism X to monetise; DVB subtitles are burnt in or turned into WebVTT by OCR; CEA-708 / EIA-608 captions are carried. It runs on Noisypeak Cell hardware, as a software licence, or in the Noisypeak Cloud.
Video passes through bit-exact. The picture your head-end made is the picture the viewer gets.
Packager, origin and DVR buffer on one node. That means one licence, one thing to monitor and one place to look when a stream misbehaves.
HLS for Apple, DASH for Android and TVs, Smooth for legacy players and multicast for the STB fleet, all at the same time.
SCTE-35, DVB subtitles, closed captions and PIDs come through, so downstream ad insertion and accessibility keep working.
One input, every output, in parallel and without re-encoding
Packetizer is the origin mode of the UEN2 engine. From a single input it produces four streaming types at once: HLS with audio and video renditions as separate TS tracks, HLS3 with audio and video muxed in TS, HLS7 with separate fMP4 renditions, and MPEG-DASH with separate fMP4 renditions and a timelined manifest. It also emits Microsoft Smooth Streaming, SPTS/MPTS over UDP unicast or multicast, RTMP (Akamai support) and TS or MP4 files. HLS goes up to version 7 with multi-language support and a secondary destination point.
- HLS (TS, separate renditions) · HLS3 (muxed TS) · HLS7 (fMP4)
- MPEG-DASH Live and VOD, timelined manifest
- Microsoft Smooth Streaming
- UDP unicast/multicast SPTS and MPTS
- RTMP with Akamai support · TS and MP4 files
- Video passthrough
DVR: time-shift, catch-up, start-over
The origin keeps a recording buffer per channel, so the same node that packages the live stream also serves it time-shifted, as catch-up, or from the start of the current programme (start-over). Start-over, content protection and access lists are advanced configurations held in memory on the origin. When Packetizer is used behind Media2Flow, the DVR depth is set per live channel when the channel is created.
- Time-shift and catch-up from the origin buffer
- Start-over on live channels
- Thumbnail generator (NP-RPK-EMB)
SCTE-35 and captions
SCTE-35 CUE-IN/CUE-OUT messages are detected in the input and either passed through to the HLS/DASH manifests, where Prism X picks them up for ad insertion, or used to splice the stream. DVB subtitles are either burnt into the picture or converted by OCR into WebVTT tracks; closed captions are carried as CEA-708, EIA-608 or WebVTT. DVB PIDs can be passed through unchanged, and individual streams of an HLS or SPTS source can be skipped.
- SCTE-35 detection, pass-through and splicing
- DVB subtitles burn-in · DVB → WebVTT OCR
- Closed captions CEA-708 · EIA-608 · WebVTT
- DVB PID pass-through · HLS/SPTS stream selection
Origin performance and protection
In origin mode a node delivers up to 2,500 parallel streams over a 25 Gb/s interface and up to 20 Gb/s sustained traffic over 25 Gb/s or 2×10 Gb/s LACP interfaces. Links are tokenised with JWT (RFC 7519); access lists and content protection are applied in memory. The NP-RPK-EMB licence adds Widevine (CENC) and FairPlay encryption to the repacked HLS/DASH output; the full DRM set is covered by Noisypeak DRM.
- Up to 2,500 parallel streams over 25 Gb/s
- Up to 20 Gb/s sustained over 25 Gb/s or 2×10 Gb/s LACP
- JWT RFC 7519 link tokenization · access lists
- Widevine (CENC) and FairPlay with NP-RPK-EMB
Publishing and integration
Multiple formats are published simultaneously: direct to CDNs, to WebDAV (with authorization) or Windows shares (Samba), FTP, HTTP, RTMP, YouTube Live and Facebook Live. In Media2Flow, Packetizer channels show up as live channels (input UDP, RTMP, SRT, HTTP/HTTPS or HLS pull, bound to an encoder template, availability zone and DVR depth). They reach audiences through Distributions, which give one point of presence, one set of origin and live channels and one network whitelist. Externally encoded HLS feeds can be registered as third-party channels and served from the same edge.
- CDNs · WebDAV · Samba · FTP · HTTP · RTMP
- YouTube Live · Facebook Live
- Media2Flow Distributions: PoP, channel bundle, whitelist
- Third-party HLS feeds forwarded unchanged
Features
TS multicast, SRT, RTMP, HLS, NDI or TS files in; HLS (TS / fMP4), DASH, CMAF, Smooth Streaming and SPTS/MPTS out, in parallel, with the video passed through.
Time-shift, catch-up and start-over from the origin buffer, so you don't need a separate recorder or origin server.
Origin mode serves viewers directly over 25 Gb/s or 2×10 Gb/s LACP; JWT (RFC 7519) tokens and access lists checked on every request.
CUE-IN / CUE-OUT are detected and either passed into the HLS/DASH manifests or spliced. Prism X picks them up for per-viewer ad insertion.
DVB subtitles burnt in or converted to WebVTT by OCR; CEA-708, EIA-608 and WebVTT closed captions carried.
CDNs, WebDAV, Samba, FTP, HTTP, RTMP, YouTube Live and Facebook Live from the same channel.
Widevine (CENC) and FairPlay encryption with the NP-RPK-EMB licence; AES-128; thumbnail generation included.
Appears as a live channel in Media2Flow with DVR depth per channel; distributions per audience with PoP and whitelist; third-party HLS forwarded unchanged.
On Noisypeak Cell hardware, as a software licence on your servers, or in the Noisypeak Cloud.
Specifications
| Inputs | |
|---|---|
| Transport | RTP/UDP SPTS and MPTS multicast · SRT · RTMP · RTSP · HLS · HTTP progressive · HTTP TS |
| Baseband / IP video | NDI · SDI · HDMI (via Noisypeak Cell capture) |
| Files | TS files (file2live, file2vod) |
| Audio | AAC / AAC LATM · MP2 / MP3 · AC3 · EAC3 · Opus |
| Outputs | |
|---|---|
| HLS | Up to v7, multi-language · HLS (TS, separate renditions) · HLS3 (muxed TS) · HLS7 (fMP4) · secondary destination point |
| MPEG-DASH | Live and VOD · fMP4 · timelined manifest |
| CMAF | fMP4 (HLS7 and MPEG-DASH) |
| Smooth Streaming | Microsoft Smooth Streaming |
| Transport streams | UDP unicast/multicast SPTS · MPTS · DVB PID pass-through |
| Other | RTMP (Akamai support) · TS and MP4 files · SDI · NDI · video passthrough |
| Parallel | Multi-format simultaneous publishing · HLS/SPTS stream selection |
| DVR | |
|---|---|
| Functions | Time-shift · catch-up · start-over |
| Configuration | Advanced in-memory configuration: start-over, content protection, access lists |
| Media2Flow | DVR depth set per live channel |
| Captions and subtitles | |
|---|---|
| DVB | Burn-in subtitles · DVB to WebVTT OCR |
| Closed captions | CEA-708 · EIA-608 · WebVTT |
| SCTE-35 | |
|---|---|
| Handling | Detection · pass-through of CUE-IN/CUE-OUT · splicing |
| Origin performance | |
|---|---|
| Streams | Up to 2,500 parallel streams over a 25 Gb/s interface |
| Throughput | Up to 20 Gb/s sustained over 25 Gb/s or 2×10 Gb/s LACP interfaces |
| Tokens | JWT RFC 7519 link tokenization |
| Protection | Access lists · content protection · Widevine (CENC) and FairPlay (NP-RPK-EMB) |
| Publishing | |
|---|---|
| Targets | CDNs · WebDAV (with authorization) · Windows share (Samba) · FTP · HTTP · RTMP · YouTube · Facebook |
| Licences | |
|---|---|
| NP-RPK-EMB | Noisypeak Repack: MCAST/HLS in, HLS/DASH out, TS and MP4 media, DVB to WebVTT OCR, Widevine (CENC) and FairPlay, thumbnail generator, start-over |
| NPXS-SW | Noisypeak Cell software licence incl. HLS/DASH packetizing, WebDAV, DRM, SCTE-35 |
Models and licences
Noisypeak Repack · multi-protocol repacketizer for integrated solutions · MCAST/HLS in, HLS/DASH out · DVB→WebVTT OCR · Widevine (CENC), FairPlay · thumbnails · start-over
Noisypeak Cell software licence · MPEG2 / H.264 / HEVC / AV1 · HLS/DASH packetizing · WebDAV · DRM · SCTE-35 · one Intel integrated GPU
Where it is used
The existing multicast line-up repacked to HLS and DASH for apps and smart TVs. No transcoders are needed, quality stays as it was and SCTE-35 is preserved.
A DVB/IPTV multicast TS repacked to HLS and DASH for web, mobile and smart TV, SCTE-35 cues preserved.
Live channels served time-shifted or from programme start from the same origin node.
One channel pushed at once to CDNs, WebDAV/FTP targets, YouTube Live and Facebook Live.
DVB subtitles converted to WebVTT by OCR, CEA-708/EIA-608 captions carried into HLS and DASH.
Talk to us about Noisypeak Packetizer
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