The dicas 2015 is a professional broadcast-quality advanced 1-RU solution for Standard Definition video decoding.

This robust, error resilient high-performance decoder delivers unmatched results in any broadcast contribution and distribution environment supporting MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 (Baseline, Main and High Profile) and MPEG-4 (Advanced Simple Profile and Simple Profile) on the video side as well as MPEG-4 AAC on the audio side.

It is easily installed and can be configured either remotely using an intuitive web interface or through keys on the front panel.

The dicas 2015 supports MPEG-2 TS and RTP as input, and delivers analogue or digital video/audio on the output. It is the perfect counterpart to the dicas 2010/ 2011 and 2012 video/audio MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 encoder.

Technical Characteristics

Network Interface

• 2× Ethernet (10/ 100/ 1000 BaseT)
• Half/full duplex auto detect

Transport Protocols

• MPEG-2 Transport Stream over UDP or RTP
• Direct Media over RTP
• Two-dimensional forward error correction (FEC Pro-MPEG CoP3r2)
• Multicast and Unicast IP
• IPv4 supported

Configuration and Control

• Remote control via web interface or front panel
• Customizable configuration settings
• Alarm on detection of loss of input source

MPEG-4

• MPEG-4 Simple Profile (SP) levels 0 (SVPL0), 0b, 1-3 and Advanced Simple Profile (ASP) levels 1- 5
• I/P/B-VOP
• AC/DC Prediction
• 4-motion vectors
• ¼ pixel compensation, GMC
• error resilience tools (data partitioning, video packets)
• interlaced decoding

MPEG-4 (AVC/H.264) Video

• Baseline, Main and High Profile, Levels 1, 1b, 2, 3
• I-, P- and B-slices
• Intra Prediction all modes, inter prediction all block sizes
• Progressive interlaced coding (PAFF, MBAFF)
• De-Interlacing pre-filter
• de-blocking filter
• CABAC/CAVLC
• 4x4 and 8x8 transformation

Decoding Parameters

• Bit rate 48 kBps - 8 Mbps
• Adjustable frame rate 5 fps - 30 fps
• Horizontal resolutions: 720, 704, 544, 528, 480, 352
• Resolution conversions: QCIF (176×144), QVGA (320×240), CIF (352×288), SD (720×576)
• Frame accurate time stamps

Audio Codecs

• AAC-LC
• Stereo and mono
• bit rate 16 kBps - 384 kBps
• sample rate 8 kHz - 48 kHz

Video Output

• Analogue: Component and Composite for PAL and NTSC
• SD-SDI 4:2:2 sampling (SMPTE 259M) for PAL and NTSC

Audio Output

• Analogue: Balanced XLR
• SDI: Embedded

Supported Standards

• ISO/ IEC 14496-2
• ISO/ IEC 14496-3
• ISO/ IEC 14496-10
• ISO/ IEC 14496-12/ 14/ 15
• ISMA 1.0
• ISMA 2.0

Physical and Power

• Dimensions: 436 mm × 541 mm × 45 mm (W × D × H)
• 19’’, 1 RU
• Weight: 9 kg
• Power supply: 110-240 V, max. 160 W

Please click here to download the data sheet for the dicas 2015.

If you require further information or for purchasing enquiries, please get in touch with us at contact@dicas.de