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Matrox presenting Endea multichannel encode/decode platform at IBC15

The OEM reference platform is designed to facilitate the development of purpose-built encoders, decoders, transcoders and video switchers and reduce R-and-D investment for designers of H.264 encoding and decoding applications, Matrox said.

September 8, 2015

Matrox Graphics Inc. has announced that its latest multichannel encode/decode platform for developers will be presented at IBC2015, Sept. 11-15 in Amsterdam. The Matrox Endea (Encoder and Decoder Appliance) OEM reference platform is designed to facilitate the development of purpose-built encoders, decoders, transcoders and video switchers and reduce R-and-D investment for designers of H.264 encoding and decoding applications, the company said.

"The Endea platform makes it easier for our OEM partners to develop a vast array of products built on Matrox core technology for a wide variety of markets," said David Chiappini, vice president of research and development, Matrox Graphics, in the announcement. "Our rich libraries provide deep control over product customization and come complete with sample code and dedicated OEM development support. We envision product engineers being able to produce highly specialized applications which can include custom I/O configurations mixed with the unique characteristics of our world-class codec and video processing engines using this highly evolved platform for development."

Endea functionality includes capture, encoding, streaming, recording, switching, video processing, special effects creation, decoding, transcoding and display. OEMs can use Endea for applications such as video wall controllers, video extension products, video and matrix switchers, multiviewers, encoding appliances for streaming and/or recording, decoding appliances, and communications and collaboration appliances, the company said.

The Endea OEM reference platform offers advanced features including:

Encode/decode

• Simultaneous multi-stream encoding/decoding up to 4Kp60;
• 4:2:0, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 8- and 10-bit sub-sampling;
• Panasonic AVC-Ultra and Sony XAVC support;
• CBR and VBR support;
• Fully-programmable codec engine including GOP structure and frame management;
• SDK with a full low level API to control every detail of the encoding process;
• Low-latency encode and decode modes; and
• H.264 profiles from Baseline to High 10 Intra Profile up to Level 5.2.

Video processing

• Content-adaptive de-interlacing with anti-aliasing; and
• Multilayer compositing, keying and blending.

IP protocols

• RTSP/RTP/RTCP, RTP, RTMP and MPEG-TS support; and
• Multicast, unicast and multi-unicast modes of operation.

Input/output

• Design guidelines for HDMI, DisplayPort and HD/3G/6G/12G SDI.

Matrox provides basic input/output options to ingest and/or display video, but also gives OEMs reference designs, engineering schematics, FPGA source code, low-level hardware and software development libraries, best practices implementations for building encoders and decoders, reference materials for designing zero-latency pass-through, and individualized support as needed.

Matrox said the Endea is available now for qualified OEMs.