Abstract:

This document describes the MUSE II prototype into a distributed video workflow, highlighting the new managed services and MPEG processing capacities.

The system is built using a decentralized approach. GigE is now widely available and MPEG processing is becoming more and more complex with capabilities to deliver functions like scrambling, ISO/DVB/ATSC signaling, transrate processing, splicing. The number of services per interface is rising tremendously. The MUSE II prototype offers more complex MPEG processing distributed on higher bandwidth networks, and manages more services.

The core of the prototype is a MPEG-TS switch engine with peripheral blocks for the adaptation between the MPEG and the Ethernet packet format. The available media adaptors are ASI, ATM and Ethernet 10/100/1000 adaptors.

The innovative approach in MUSE II is to propose a unique convergence prototype combining top-notch TS-level & telecom processing and a configurable prototype matching different content provider needs. MUSE II offers more complex MPEG processing distributed on higher bandwidth networks dedicated to both live events (gigabit per second real time processing at application layer) and differed events.