Spider Encoder
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Spider Multichannel Encoder Appliance
General Description
The Discover Video Spider is a 4-channel live video encoder and production switcher
that provides live streaming and recording from a HDMI video input. It is an
economical appliance that is ideal for lecture capture, IPTV, executive broadcasts,
morning announcements, and for enterprise and web streaming.
The Spider appliance is compact and is used stand-alone on a desktop or other
surface, and ideal for both fixed and portable use.
Features and Functions
Spider supports four audio/video inputs and two local video outputs (see functional
block diagram).
Each video input may be configured as an independent encoder with both primary
and secondary streams.
You may select any of the four video inputs and send it to the Program encoder. The
Program encoder also has both primary and secondary streams. The input to the
Program encoder supports:
•Selected input full screen
•Quad view of all four inputs
•Picture-in-Picture (PIP) view of two selected inputs
•Quad view of all four inputs with selected input as large view
•5-second full screen cycle through each of the four inputs
The Computer Graphic Overlay (CG) function allows you to insert text or images into
any input or Program.
Spider can record any input and/or Program stream in standard .mp4 file format, or in
.avi, .ts, or .mov file format.
