Blonder Tongue's STEP is capable of performing high-quality HD/SD MPEG-2 or H.264 encoding, HD/SD MPEG-2 to H.264 and H.264 to MPEG-2 transcoding, HD to SD downscaling, as well as creating Adaptive Bit-Rate live profiles supporting HTTP streaming protocols HLS, HDS and IIS for any-screen video delivery.
The STEP is a 1RU, 2RU, or 3RU integrated system to perform video processing in a scalable manner to meet the latest video requirements and migrate to next generation video network architecture. The STEP can support multiple video quality encoding bit-rates, multiple audio formats, and text scrolling. STEP is compatible with any industry media server, digital rights managed software, and can be easily integrated into CDN providers to deliver a solution based on customer needs.