I’m involved in a project that will involve encoding H.264 video from several sources for live, real-time transmission over the ‘net, and it’d be nice to avoid having to dedicate an entire CPU-heavy server for every 1 or 2 sources.
Some searching for hardware H.264 encoders turned up cheap USB gadgets with their own custom software targeted at home use. Undoubtedly useful devices, but unfortunately this is a commercial application that needs reliability and the ability to “play well with others” (e.g. be integrated into an existing software stack without too many changes to said stack).
So… What kind hardware options are there for real-time H.264 encoding in a professional environment?
Answer
Depending on your requirements you might look into using Adtec encoders. I’ve used them and had no problems, but I haven’t tried any other so I don’t know how they compare.
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Source : Link , Question Author : Nicholas Knight , Answer Author : Amok
