Teradek Cube HD Video Encoder

[Jess Haas SOC]

VLC is already available for jailbroken iphones and ipads. I have no clue how well it works but it is available. Have you tested it?

 

~Jess

[Rod Clark]

Jess,

 

Can you jailbreak an iPad? I'm totally going to try it.

 

rC

[Jess Haas SOC]

Yes you can. If you haven't upgraded to 4.0.2(which only exists to fix the hole the jailbreak uses) then just go to jailbreakme.com It doesn't even require a computer. For a while people were going in to apple stores and jailbreaking all the demos with it just to f with apple :-)

 

~Jess

[Rod Clark]

Ha ha! I love it. I talked to my boss today, he knew about jail-breaking his iPad. I'll see if I can twist his arm into trying it.

 

Or maybe I'll just go hang out in the Apple store with a Cube. hehehe

 

rC

[richard bellon]

i like the idea of streaming to ipod/ipad/mac or whatever

i think its great for commercials wherby the agency all sit in video village and dont watch the monitors

so now they can all stay in the office and not interfere. especially two setups later when they decide they werent paying attention and were too busy watching youtube and facebook and now want to reshoot :P

 

 

regards

[William Demeritt]

Out of curiosity, what kind of stress testing have you performed so far? Maximum number of clients you've attempted watching the feed over RTP and HTTP live streaming?

 

RTP to laptop over VLC means just one client is engaged with the Cube, which seems optimal to me. However, with the HTTP live streaming, how does the Cube handle multiple clients? Does it affect the Cube's video stream?

 

Also, am I accurate in saying that with this system, your choices for monitoring are either an iOS device or a computer? So far, no "receiver" for video village to connect to an HD field monitor? Village now requires a computer, be it a laptop or desktop, to show off the received signal?

[Rod Clark]

Sorry of the delay in response. Cube is shipping today, so it's been absolutely bananas trying to get everything coordinated.

 

To answer your questions:

The rate limiter on Cube is the ability to stream over WiFi and we reach that limit around 6Mbps. That means you can stream to three or four clients simultaneously if you have low bit rates. In my experience, it's better to stream to one client with a higher bitrate (3 or 4Mbps) and use some sort of network infrastructure to distribute the signal. This video answers the questions:

 

Regarding your second question: Do we make a Cube decoder? Yes. The encoder is the hot item, but we've had a ton of requests for a decoder that the VTR guy can use in their system. I think we're about 4-6 weeks away from delivering the Cube-to-Cube solution.

 

rC

[Mark East]

VLC is already available for jailbroken iphones and ipads. I have no clue how well it works but it is available. Have you tested it?

 

~Jess

 

I believe the VLC app for iOS only works with locally stored files, not live streams.

[RonBaldwin]

On set today where the dit is using a teradek. I walked all over the stage with my laptop and the signal was rock solid. Very impressive. But about a second delay.

 

Ron

[Robert Starling SOC]

Is Teradek a paying sponsor supporting our forum and exempt from using real names?

 

If so, great! If not, why not?

 

I'm not trying to piss on the parade here and look forward to learning more about their offerings but if they want us to support them, how about supporting us.

 

Robert