OSPREY VIDEO RELEASES TALON G2 ENCODER
25 July 2017
Osprey Video has launched an extension of its Talon hardware encoder line with the Talon G2. Like other Talon encoders, the Talon G2 offers all the performance and function of its Talon G1 predecessor but with new features that boost its utility and make it even easier to operate without intervention after it is configured.
Designed for AV and broadcast customers looking for end-to-end video-streaming tools for professional workflows, the Talon G2 ingests video from multiple formats, encodes it to H.264, and delivers it over IP. The new front-facing LCD touch screen offers one-touch streaming control. Once the streaming profiles are set up on the back end, which can be done remotely if needed, any user can start or stop encoding operations at the touch of a button. The screen also displays continuous feedback on the status of all encoders, so users always know which ones are active versus idle.
Talon G2 also has API-level integrations with both Facebook Live and the Wowza Streaming Cloud streaming service. Osprey Video worked with Facebook on an exclusive interface that makes it possible to configure the Talon G2 for Facebook streaming only once instead of daily. Once configured, users simply press a button. Built-in security features allow authorised users to start streaming to anyone’s Facebook page (such as a company’s or an executive’s) without needing login credentials, saving even more time while alleviating security concerns over password-sharing.
The small, affordable Talon G2 encoder ingests video from 3G HD-SDI, HDMI, and composite sources and streams it via RTMP, RTP, or UDP to multiple destinations over IP. Importantly, the Talon G2 can encode and stream to three destinations simultaneously and save to a .TS file, with frame alignment across all streams for multiple-bit-rate streaming.
Osprey: www.ospreyvideo.com
Australian Distributor: www.corsairsolutions.com.au
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