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HCE1604 System
System Solutions


Video Processing Solution


Component Solutions

Compression and image processing solutions

Ambrado™ has developed a broad range of highly flexible, high-quality studio-level HD/SD processing platforms with superior performance solutions for a broad range of professional video applications and markets.

Ambrado's video processing solutions include:

  • System Solutions for video compression and decoding
  • Video Processing Solution for coverting poor-quality, low-resolution video content to high-quality super resolution output
  • Component Solutions which provide high performance hardware CODEC engines allowing developers to design and implement thier own custom solutions for various markets.

System Solutions

Ambrado continues to expand on our CODEC engine capabilities and recently added system products which span a wide range of HD and SD applications.


HC SERIES ENCODERS


HC SERIES DECODERS
SD420e
MPEG SD 4:2:0 Distribution Encoder
Our optimized low data rate standard definition encoder designed as an economical distribution solution with full upgrade path to our top-of-the-line system solution.
SD420d
MPEG SD 4:2:0 Distribution Decoder
Our standard definition decoder supporting a broad range of data rates yet an economical distribution solution which also provides a full upgrade path to our high-end product line.
HD420e
MPEG SD/HD 4:2:0 Distribution Encoder
Our next level high-quality distribution encoder that adds support for high definition video encoding. Also software upgradable to contribution quality allowing your solution to grow with your needs.
HD420d
MPEG SD/HD 4:2:0 Distribution Decoder
Our next level high-quality distribution decoder adding high definition video decode support. Software upgrade options allow future support for contribution quality decoding of 4:2:2

SD422e
MPEG SD 4:2:2 Contribution Encoder
Our entry-level high-end contribution encoder that adds support for 4:2:2 encoding of high quality content.

SD422d
MPEG SD 4:2:2 Contribution Decoder
Our entry-level high-end contribution decoder which adds support for 4:2:2 decoding and a broader range of data rate support.
HD422e
MPEG SD/HD 4:2:2 Contribution Encoder
The top-of-the-line premier quality contribution encoder which adds features like 4:2:2 and I-frame only data rates up to 160Mbps.
HD422d
MPEG SD/HD 4:2:2 Contribution Decoder
The top-of-the-line premier quality contribution decoder which adds features like 4:2:2 and I-frame only decoding at data rates up to 160Mbps.

Click here to view an Encoder feature comparison matrix.

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Video Processing Solution

Ambrado has developed a video content super resolution upscaling processing system called SuperRES™. SuperRES uses advanced processing algorthms to power its high-quality super resolution conversion technology. This unique platform supports conversion of Mobile video to SD quality and SD video to HD quality.

Ambrado SuperRES™ Processing System Key Features:

  • High quality image and video reconstruction
  • Significant quality improvements
  • Frame resolution improvements preserving details
  • Noise filtering and advanced artifact removal
  • Up to 4x image resizing

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The SuperRES algorithm combines a sequence of low resolution frames of the same objects in order to significantly improve spatial resolution. Ambrado delivers highly advanced video enhancement with super-resolution technology combined with up-conversion and scaling delivering the world’s only platform that can generate true HD from SD content.

Click here for more details on the Ambrado SuperRES video processing system.

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Component Solutions

Starting at the highest level of quality demands, Ambrado’s first offering was developed and optimized for the tapeless studio systems market. The resulting CODEC engine is used in high-quality HD broadcast cameras and tapeless studio recording systems by leading Japanese manufacturers of professional broadcasting products.


HC1602 CONTRIBUTION/DISTRIBUTION CODECS

HC1602 POST-PRODUCTION CODECS
MPEG-2 CODEC Card
Ambrado's premier-quality HD/SD MPEG-2 CODEC supporting 4:2:2, I-frame & L-GOP modes, low latency, with very low power consumption and a broad range of data rates from 4 to 160 Mbps.
DVCPro CODEC Card
A powerful post-production compression card supporting DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, and DVCPRO100 CODEC's for encoding and decoding.
H.264 AVC CODEC Card
Our next level high-quality distribution H.264 CODEC supporting supporting 4:2:0, I-frame & L-GOP modes is Ambrado's first entry into the optimized compression for distribution applications.
DV CODEC Card
This post-production compression card is ideal for editing applications requiring support for DV25 and DV50 encoding and decoding using the same hardware platform as our other CODEC solutions.
CODEC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

CODEC SDK
Ambrado's Software Development Kit which provides all of the tools including the API to quickly and easily get your development team up to speed and operational. Supports all CODEC cards.

Evaluation Video Module (EVM)
The EVM is a hardware platform to which the CODEC card connect allowing you to feed video sources or extract decoded video from the card using the CODEC Card API.

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