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Feature-rich and Scalable End-to-End IPTV and Digital Signage Systems
PackeTV is the powerful management software at the core of Visionary IPTV and Digital Signage systems.
PackeTV is a browser-based Linux application enabling control and management of AV sources and endpoints while supporting live streaming, playback of recorded content, and archiving.
Administrators are provided with intuitive and simple-to-use tools to manage, monitor, deliver and record live broadcast TV, encoded and streamed content as well as pre-recorded and content uploaded on-demand.
Visionary’s decades of IP network video research and development underpin the design and deployment of sophisticated, reliable and scalable IPTV and Digital Signage systems. Contact us today to discuss your company’s requirements and learn all that Visionary IPTV and Digital Signage have to offer.
- System Management – manage encoders, TV tuners, set top boxes, content, recording, metadata and streams via an HTML5 browser portal.
- SAP Announcements – provide Session Announcement Protocol (SAP) announcements for live channels to enable users to watch via a media player such as VLC and integrate with 3rd party products such as gym equipment.
- Compatibility and Legacy – integrate with third party control systems, encoders, headends and existing content to maximize return on investment.
- Desktop Player – watch live TV, browse the on-demand content library or search for specific video content using a simple, uncomplicated browser-based GUI.
- Restream – take any live stream and restream it with support for multicasts, unicasts, RTSP, RTMP and HLS formats making it ideal for cloud services, YouTube, Facebook Live, etc.
- Open API – for integration into 3rd party control systems such as Crestron, QSC, etc. providing local system or room control. Additionally, the ability to link into emergency systems or trigger playback of content based upon external control inputs from fire alarm or weather warning systems.
- TV Channels – manage and distribute live DVB terrestrial/satellite/cable & ATSC/clear QAM TV channels.
- Encoding – HDMI and HD-SDI encoders to create SD, HD and 4K UHD video streams for recording and local “layout” as well as secondary low bitrate streams for webcasting.
- Centralized Library & Video on Demand – upload or record video content in all main video and audio formats and record multiple live streams simultaneously.
- Digital Signage – display simple digital signage using a number of standard templates with access to video, photos, graphics, slides and RSS feeds.
- DRM – integration with Samsung Lynk and LG Pro:Idiom to provide digital rights management for secure protection of encrypted content and premium TV channels.
- Scheduling – schedule recordings and/or playback of proprietary channels and digital signage.
- Streaming – supports multicast, unicast UDP, RTSP, RTP, HTTP and HLS streams as well as offering “pull and push” streaming and transcoding for delivery to any device.
- Active Directory – integrate PackeTV with your AD system to manage administration access for secure content delivery.
IPTV System Functionality
Management Portal
The PackeTV management interface is simple to use. Each function is labelled to direct you to the area of your choice (see screenshot above) including live channels, recording, content management, playlists, virtual matrix and set top boxes.
SAP Announcements
PackeTV automatically publishes Session Announcement Protocols (SAP) which identify the TV channel by name. As well as being able to watch the live channels in a web browser, users can use a media player such as VLC to see the list of live channels.
Content Library
From a PC web browser, users can see pre-recorded content stored in the central library. Each piece of content is stored with a thumbnail image and users can filter content by type, genre, metadata tags etc.
Broadcast Channels
PackeTV Live provides the capability to manage terrestrial, satellite and cable tuners simultaneously. Scan the tuners, choose the channels and set the multicast details and publish the channels. Alternatively, insert specific tuning and multicast details into the tuner.
Create HLS Streams
Click the button to repurpose any live H.264 stream into a Native or Transcoded HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) channel. A new channel will be added to the bottom of the live channels list viewed in PC browsers, mobile devices like iPhones, iPads, Android tablets and phones.
Manage Any Live Stream
PackeTV manages live streams from IP cameras or 3rd party encoders and can even include Internet streams as part of the live channels list. Add the multicast or unicast address and details into the Manage Live Channels page.
STB Access
The live channels and VoD content are simultaneously available to set top boxes when installed as a decoder for a display. Live channels can be TV channels, encoded sources or streams. The VoD content library is available via an easy-to-use interface providing metadata for each individual video. The STBs are managed either locally via an RCU or centrally via the management portal or room control system.
My Channels
My Channels has three functions, firstly it allows the administrator to create specific library folders for types of content such as genre, department, recordings, health and safety etc. Secondly, it allows the administrator to create an internal channel that can play and schedule content on a rolling program and thirdly it provides access to creating signage outputs.
Organizing the Library
‘My Channels’ enables configuration of categories in the database where the type/genre of content applicable to an organization is accessed, e.g. Recordings, Health & Safety, Corporate Communications, Training, etc. My Channels also provides access to the pre-recorded video content stored within the library. The My Channels are listed by those categories and each category can hold an unlimited number of pre-recorded videos relevant to that category.
Manage Content
Once the folders have been set up in My Channels, accessing the content is via the Manage Content function. Content can be recorded or uploaded into the library and be filtered by channel. PackeTV simultaneously supports all of the main video formats including MPEG2 TS, H.264, MP4, AVI, MOV, FLV and WMV as well as 1080P HD and 4K UHD streams and content. The video library may be searched using favorites, metadata tags, and thumbnails.
Recording
As well as uploading content into the library, live streams may be recorded directly into the content management system. PackeTV provides the capability to record a number of channels simultaneously which can either be scheduled or started with the click of a button. All of the functionality is available as commands within the PackeTV Control API so this functionality is also available via third party control systems to start and stop recording from a touch panel or tablet.