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Formats and protocols

• SRT stream encryption is added.
• Support for receiving a stream via RTMP protocol.
• Support for receiving and broadcasting a stream via the RIST protocol.
• Real-time processor based transcoding to HEVC.

New web interface

Now CodecWorks implements a faster and more user-friendly web interface. The alpha version has been released, so functionality is limited, but soon the interface will have the full range of cool features.

Other characteristics

• Hardware transcoding to an NVIDIA graphics card is available now.
• Internal interaction for software components is accelerated.
• Now that the schema version history is saved, you can safely edit the schema and then easily restore the original version.
• The possibility of manual generation of service information tables NIT, SDT, TDT is added.
• In the Manager, the new Input URL column is added. The column value can be copied for later use.
• You can now search for a scheme by URL.
• The list of SNMP events that can be notified by CodecWorks is extended.
• The journaling system is redesigned: a rotation of the journals by size or by time of creation is added. Rotation events are recorded in the log.

This time we focused on the Windows version. Elecard CodecWorks 4.8 for Linux also supports SRT, RTMP and RIST and includes other enhancements. Support for NVIDIA graphics and other important features will be added soon, stay tuned for more news!

If you want to learn more about encoding on NVIDIA graphics cards, take a look at our article “Intel vs. NVIDIA: A Comparison of Video Encoding Using GPUs”. This article discusses the main advantages and disadvantages of these solutions, using QuickSync from Intel and NVENC from NVIDIA as examples.

About Élécard

Elecard (elecard.com) develops and supplies video compression solutions, compressed video bitstream and multimedia stream analyzers, as well as QoS and QoE probes for real-time video surveillance. Elecard MPEG-2, H.264 / AVC, HEVC live encoders and MPEG-DASH / HLS conditioners are in production with Tier 1/2/3 broadcasters, IPTV and OTT operators. VVC, HEVC, AV1, VP9, ​​MPEG-2 and H.264 / AVC video analyzers, monitoring probes, encoders and playback software enable system architects, SoC designers and QA to shorten development cycles and improve time to market. Elecard also creates bespoke software and hardware solutions to help your business thrive.