IDEAL FOR: Small businesses | K-12 | Non-profits | Organizations supporting RealMedia content

• Free encoding
• Live and on-demand media
• Convert audio & video
• Support

IDEAL FOR: Broadcasters | Mobile carriers | Enterprises | Video editors | Content providers

• MPEG2-TS and RTSP ingest
• 3GPP file format support
• Transcode to H.264 / AAC and H.263 / AMR
• Multiple instance and multiple outputs per instance
• Live archiving
• Broadcast to multiple servers
• Helix Forum and 8x5 Essential Support

RealProducer:

• Free encoding
• Live and on-demand media
• Convert audio and video into RealVideo and RealAudio content
• Easy-to-use wizards
• Simple interface
• Customizable settings
• Ability to create clips for higher bandwidths
• Variety of filters for video content
• Ability to add description, keywords and rating information
• Statistics monitoring during recording

Helix Producer Professional includes all features from RealProducer PLUS:

• HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) support
  Support segmented content for HLS streaming to iOS and Android devices.
• Intel® Quick Sync
  Leverage Intel Quick Sync technology for better performance of encoding and transcoding video-on-demand (VOD) files.
• IP ingest
  Receive streams from RTSP and MPEG2-TS and transcode for multiple sizes and formats.
• High-definition
  Create full HD 1920x1080 resolution H.264 content or live broadcast.
• Automated high quality
  Get real-time alerts on standards compliance and quality issues for current settings with guidance for optimizing encoding.
• Live multi-rate adaptation and file creation
  Combined with Helix Universal Server, improve the end user experience by delivering the highest bitrate possible from the network at any given time for both live and on-demand content.
• Full automation and productivity toolset
  Fully automate the encoding process with a powerful and complete command-line interface and maximize productivity with XML job file templates — tailored recipes for standard profiles and mobile devices.
• Streamlined integration
  Easily integrate with custom applications and within an existing infrastructure.
• Quality monitoring
  Ensure outstanding quality with proactive monitoring of audio and video input signals. The system detects issues such as no signal, static and no audio then immediately sends an alert.