Niagara SCX®

Remote Management Software

Video streaming control and Ideal Solution for:

management > Broadcasters
This streaming media management software is a great way > Enterprise
to manage live video broadcasting over IP and mobile net- > Government
works. Niagara SCX® 6.1 includes advanced features such > Network service providers
as support for live encoding in H.264 via the Adobe® Flash®
> Content delivery networks
platform, profile grouping, Multiple Stream Redundancy
(MSR), and Automatic Stream Reconnect (ASR), providing
Applications

you with greater capabilities for streaming real-time, rich
media content, and enhanced encoder management agility. > Webcasting
> Live streaming
Niagara SCX 6.1 is available on Niagara 2120, Niagara Pro, > Podcasting
Niagara Pro II, Niagara GoStream SURF, and Niagara 7500
> Mobile TV
streaming media systems. It is also available as an upgrade
for your existing ViewCast streaming appliances in the list- > Video-on-demand
ed models.
Key Attributes
Versatile Niagara SCX line of software. Niagara SCX pro-
> Enables capturing, encoding, streaming and
vides a single, unified user experience for all of its included archiving of digital video and audio content
streaming codecs. One simple, intuitive interface makes
> Niagara SCX 6.1 includes MPEG-4,
the job a breeze with an unprecedented level of local or Adobe® Flash ® H.264 , Windows Media® and
remote control. Capture and stream in Adobe Flash H.264, RealVideo® streaming and file formats.
Windows Media®, Silverlight®, RealVideo®, 3GPP and other > Works seamlessly with Osprey drivers,
formats. (Please note that Niagara SCX 6.1 code availability enables customized streams with bitmap
varies between Niagara models.) overlays (e.g., logos, graphics) and
closed-caption pre-rendering
Want more control options? Check out ViewCast Niagara SCX > Enables set up, control and monitoring
SDK. This software development kit (SDK) empowers you to of multiple streaming systems across an
enterprise or over the Internet
create your own unique user experiences, or add the power and
convenience of Niagara SCX 6.1 to your existing application.
Sample Niagara SCX 6.1 User Interface
Like no other. Niagara SCX 6.1 gives you an unprecedented
level of local or remote control. View the captured video
on-the-fly, check and adjust key audio and video settings,
select A/V inputs and configure profiles that determine cap-
ture size, frame rate, data bit rate speeds and CPU loads.

The Niagara SCX 6.1 streaming management tool gives you

a high level of flexibility and convenience. When it comes
to streaming, you can never have too much control or too
many options.

Powering the Future of Digital Media

 Powering the Future of Digital Media

Niagara SCX® Features Comparison Chart

Remote Management Software
Niagara SCX 6.1 is available on select Niagara streaming applicances.
The number of available codecs are different for each appliance.

Niagara
Niagara GoStream Niagara Niagara Niagara
2100 2120 SURF 8224 Pro II 7500
Video CODEC AVI (file only) l l l

Adobe® Flash® H.264 l l l l

RealVideo® (v9, v10) l l l

*Windows Media® (v7, v8, v9) l l l l l

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MPEG-4, Part 2 l
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MPEG-4, Part 10 (H.264) l
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Audio CODEC AVI (file only) l l l

RealAudio® l l l
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AAC l l l l l
AMR narrowband and AMR wideband l l l
MP3 l l l l

Output Format Containers

3GPP/3GPP2 l l l
Current Niagara SCX Version 5.4 6.1 6.1 5.2 6.1 6.1
Monitoring & Video Preview l l l l l l
Reporting A/V Decode View l l l l l l
CODEC Statistics l l l l
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Visual Encoder Active View l l l l l l
System Health l l l l l l
Event Logging (Web I/O) l l l l l

Email Alert of Critical Events (Web I/O) l l l l l

Video Input NTSC (M/M-J) l l l l l
Settings PAL (B/D/G/H/I) l l l l l
SECAM (B/D/G/H/K/K1/L/L1) l l l l l
Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue l l l l l l
Proportions (CCIR601/Standard) l l l l l l
Standard/Custom Video Resolutions l l l l l l
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SMPTE 292M l

Video  Video Cropping l l l l l l

Preprocessing Video Scaling l l l l l l
Watermarking/Logo Overlay l l l l
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Gamma Correction l l l l l l
Deinterlacing l l l l l l
SimulStream Enable & Controls l l l l l l
Audio Input Sample Rate Conversion l l l l l l
Settings Right/Left Volume/Mute Control l l l l l l
  
VBI Caption Extraction & Embedded in Stream l l l
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Closed Caption to Text l l l l l SD Only

*Silverlight® compatible

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