G&L’s Audio Video Processing Unit (AVPU) is a cutting-edge, high-density, low-energy, 19” rack server designed to meet high-quality live video processing workflow needs across various environments, making it ideal for broadcasters seeking scalable streaming solutions.
The AVPU provides flexible input, storage, and hardware acceleration options, maximizing the number of live streams processed per rack unit while minimizing energy consumption. It supports SRT, MPEG-TS, RTMP, and SDI input options, with planned support for DVB-S, SMPTE 2110, and NDI.
Its flexible software options can seamlessly integrate into a broader enterprise environment, offering features like Single-Sign-On (SSO) with multifactor authentication (MFT) and advanced authorization capabilities with users, groups, and profiles.
All-in-one solution for a variety of different video processing workflows, with flexible input, storage, and hardware acceleration.
Connects hundreds of IP inputs and up to 64 3G-SDI or 16 12G-SDI inputs.
Transcodes up to 20 x 8Kp30, 80 4Kp30, or 320 x 1080p30.
Scalable, Energy and Cost-efficient:
High channel density per rack unit for low-energy consumption, making it ideal for high-volume, 24x7 operations.
Assurance of Continuous Operations:
Can run in cluster mode with external Kubernetes management for continuous operations.
Flexible Deployment:
Hardware and Software are de-coupled. Software licenses that run on the AVPU can be migrated to future versions or to cloud workflows if appropriate.
Flexible software options: graphical overlay, VOD to live, mixed live/VOD playlists, live to VOD, trimming & editing, AI audio transcription and translation
Ideal for On-Premises Hardware Needs:
Designed for organizations seeking flexible, manageable, and compatible on-premises hardware solutions.
Provides physical control, cost-effectiveness, and hands-on video processing.
Offers decoupled software licensing with flexible CapEx and OpEx business models.
Quality and Storage Optimization:
Includes options for balancing performance, stream size, and visual quality, based on VMAF score measurements.
Broad Industry Application:
Caters to broadcasters, IPTV & OTT networks, cable operators, ISPs, media regulators, authorities, and screening companies.
Addresses the rising demand for efficient video processing in various industries.
G&L Expert 24-hour Support:
Problems can be solved quickly with our fast-responding, multilingual team, before they become an issue.
Yes, you can run FFmpeg or GStreamer on CPU and Netint cards, and they allow you to drastically improve your existing workflows with these open source tools.
Support for many advanced capabilities of the AVPU, including but not limited to SDI capturing, Enterprise Single-Sign-On, our graphical overlay engine, watermarking, the flexible input & output formats and our Enterprise support only comes with our own software.
No, the AVPU also offers robust On-Demand capabilities. It’s ten U.2 slots can be used either with Netint Quadra cards for accelerated transcoding, or with NVMe SSD drives for storage. It can also be used for other CPU-heavy processes like De-Interlacing, audio encoding or C2PA signing.
The high densitiy and large number of concurrent live channels is a unique feature of the AVPU. If you have fewer than 8 live channels or, for on-demand transcoding, only few files to transcode, the AVPU may be more than you require. While its energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness are best utilized when fully equipped, we recommend using it for at least 8 live linear or 8 parallel VoD processing workflows to maximize its benefits.
