Introduction
In a fast changing, highly competitive market, media organizations need encoding
solutions that deliver high quality, high reliability and operational flexibility. The
number of channels continues to increase. HD is growing fast, offering a better
quality viewing experience. Consumers are buying larger and larger TV sets and
now plans are being laid for Ultra High Definition TV. All that means media
organizations need to make the most efficient use of bandwidth and ensure
consumers get a quality viewing experience.
The AVP is a flexible platform consisting of a base unit or chassis into which various
option cards can be plugged. The base unit provides an Ethernet control interface,
Ethernet data interfaces, and basic Transport Stream processing functionality. Other
functionalities such as video encoding, audio encoding, and additional input or
output interfaces are provided by the addition of option cards.
The AVP is designed for flexibility, modularity, multi-codec capabilities, and multiple
independent outputs. Please ensure that you are familiar with the operation of the
unit by reading this guide carefully.
This Reference Guide should be kept in a safe place for reference for the life of the
equipment. It is not intended that this Reference Guide will be amended by the issue
of individual pages. Any revision will be by a complete reissue. Further copies of this
Reference Guide can be ordered from the address listed in Customer Services. If
passing the equipment to a third party, also pass the relevant documentation.
Revision History
Issues of this Reference Guide are listed below:
Issue Date
Software
Version
Comments
A May 2013 9.4.x Initial release of the AVP Family (AVP 4000)
Reference Guide Sv 9.4.x
B August 2013 9.5.x Updated to software version 9.5.x
New supported features added
C October 2013 9.6.x Updates for software version 9.6.x
New supported features added.
D January 2014 9.7.x Updates for software version 9.7.x
New supported features added.
E April 2014 9.8.x Updates for software version 9.8.x
New supported features added.
F August 2014 9.10.x Updates for software version 9.10.x
New supported features added.
G December 2014 9.11.x Updates for software version 9.11.x
New supported features added.