Introduction - Cisco 3005 - VPN Concentrator - Gateway Operation Manual

Cisco Media Processor is a comprehensive advanced encoding solution that enables
service providers to reach new audiences through new media networks. This
professional-grade solution delivers best-in-class output quality for live media delivery
applications such as IPTV, broadband TV, Web streaming, government, education or
enterprise video.
Cisco Media Processor is a highly reliable, robust family of encoding solutions that
optimizes bandwidth and delivers unique capabilities to transform an IP network into a
true broadcast experience. It produces output in multiple resolutions for delivery to both
TV and PC-based devices through IPTV set top boxes and Internet gateways, providing
a broad reach of digital media to new subscribers.
Cisco Media Processor provides highly efficient device management capability through
its Web interface. Cisco Media Processor encoders are highly flexible and scalable,
supporting resolutions from Web to SD to HD. Cisco Media Processor provides core
encoding that is fully supported both today and in the future for enhancements and long-
term support of service providers. Cisco Media Processor is available in three
configurations series to meet the price/performance needs of new media distribution.
There exist multiple products within a model series, such as the S3200 which is a dual
channel version of the S3000.
Media
Input Resolution
Processor
S3000
Series
S5000
Series
S7000
HD (720p and 1080i)
Series
This manual contains information on getting started and operating the Cisco S3000 and
S5000 Series Media Processors. In addition to having more processing power, the
S5000 series is a superset of the S3000 series and contains additional features. Refer
to Appendix D: Specifications for further details on model features.
C I SCO S3 0 00 / S 50 0 0 S ER I E S M E D I A PRO C E S SO R S
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Government, education and enterprise
SD
SD IPTV, backhaul, SD IP media delivery
IPTV, backhaul, HD IP media delivery
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I n t r o d u c t i o n
I n t r o d u c t i o n
Applications
video, Web streaming
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