Encoders / Decoders / Codecs / IPTV

Getting Signals Buzzing

Broadcast-grade encoding, decoding & IPTV platforms, available as hardware, software and under your own brand.

Ten Platforms, One Signal Chain

From SDI, HDMI and ST 2110 ingest, through portable and compact codecs and adaptive-bitrate transcoding, to multi-viewer playout. Every box is a transform: the pair beside each product tells you what goes in and what comes out.

Encoding

Baseband in, compressed IP out. 1U rack, up to 16 channels.

Multi-channel SDI to MPEG-TS encoder rack unit

SDIIP

SDI Encoder

  • Up to 16 SDI in
  • SD / HD / 3G-SDI
  • H.264 / HEVC

High-density ingest: up to 16 SDI inputs encoded in real time to H.264 or H.265 MPEG-TS for IP distribution, with 16-channel embedded audio and per-channel thumbnails.

Data Sheet
ST 2110 encoder appliance

ST 2110IP

ST 2110 Encoder

  • Up to 16 streams
  • 4 × 25 GbE
  • ST 2022-7

Receives uncompressed video and audio over SMPTE ST 2110-20/30 across 4×25 GbE with seamless ST 2022-7 hitless redundancy, and encodes to H.264 or H.265 MPEG-TS.

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HDMI to MPEG-TS encoder unit

HDMIIP

HDMI Encoder

  • Up to 8 HDMI in
  • 4K60 capable
  • 100+ EDID presets

Captures up to 8 HDMI inputs at up to 4K60 and encodes them to H.264 or H.265 MPEG-TS, with per-input EDID selection for stubborn sources.

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Decoding

Compressed IP in, baseband out. The path back to SDI and 2110.

Multi-channel MPEG-TS to SDI decoder rack unit

IPSDI

SDI Decoder

  • Up to 16 SDI out
  • UDP / RTP / SRT / RIST
  • H.264 / HEVC

Receives H.264 or H.265 MPEG-TS over UDP, RTP, SRT or RIST and plays it out as SD/HD/3G-SDI, the bridge from IP-distributed content back to legacy SDI infrastructure.

Data Sheet
ST 2110 decoder appliance

IPST 2110

ST 2110 Decoder

  • 4 × 25 GbE
  • ST 2110-20 / -30 out
  • ST 2022-7

Receives H.264 or H.265 MPEG-TS and outputs uncompressed SMPTE ST 2110-20 video plus ST 2110-30 audio over 4×25 GbE, with seamless ST 2022-7 hitless redundancy.

Data Sheet

Codecs

Encode and decode in one box, running at the same time. Field and small sites.

1xx2 portable SDI codec rear panel

SDIIP

1xx2 Portable Codec

  • 1 encoder + 1 decoder
  • UDP / RTP / SRT / RIST
  • Under 1 s glass-to-glass

A single portable box that encodes one 3G-SDI feed to IP and decodes an incoming IP stream back to 3G-SDI at the same time. Dials home over WireGuard, so a unit behind NAT on a cellular link stays fully configurable from the central dashboard.

Data Sheet
Compact SDI codec rear panel with SDI, SFP+ and LAN connectors

SDIIP

Compact SDI Codec

  • 4 or 8 SDI channels
  • Any encode / decode mix
  • H.264 / HEVC

Four or eight SDI channels in a desktop chassis, each channel independently an encoder or a decoder. For sites where six or eight channels do not justify a full 1U rack server.

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Transcoding

One contribution feed in, a full adaptive-bitrate ladder out.

ABR HLS transcoder 1U rack server

MPEG-TSHLS

ABR HLS Transcoder

  • Up to 72 channels / 1U
  • H.264 / HEVC / AV1
  • Hardware ABR ladders

Ingests live MPEG-TS and produces adaptive-bitrate HLS ladders entirely in hardware. Decode, scaling and multi-rendition encode all run on dedicated accelerator cards, leaving the host CPU free.

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IPTV

The control plane, and the screens at the end of it.

IPTV stream distribution server

MPEG-TSUDP · HLS

IPTV Server

  • Channel catalogue
  • UDP / HLS / DASH
  • Web management UI

The control plane of the IPTV stack: it receives MPEG-TS feeds from the encoders, manages the channel line-up and distributes streams to set-top boxes and clients across the facility.

Data Sheet
IPTV set-top box with dual HDMI output

IPHDMI

IPTV Set-Top Box

  • 2 independent HDMI out
  • Up to 4K per output
  • Quad-split, 8 streams

Renders IPTV streams across two independent HDMI outputs at up to 4K, full-screen or in 2×2 quad-split for eight streams on two screens.

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Hardware

Turn-key 1U / 2U appliances, factory-tuned for broadcast SLAs.

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Software

Run the same stack on your own servers, bare-metal or virtualised.

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White-label

Ship the platform under your own brand with custom UI and badging.

Support & Service

When the show goes live, you don’t go alone.

Buying a Hornets-Tech platform isn’t a transaction. It’s access to a broadcast engineering team that stays on the line long after the truck rolls out.

24 / 7 / 365 Phone Support

Round-the-clock telephone access to a real engineer, every day of the year, including holidays and the night of the big match.

Direct Line to Engineering

Skip the call-centre script. Tickets are handled by the people who designed and built the platform. The same names on the commit log and the support call.

On-Site Engineering on Request

When a deployment, complex integration, or major live production calls for hands-on presence, our engineering team can come to your facility, scoped together to fit the project.

Always-Current Firmware

New codecs, new formats, security patches: every active customer receives every release, whether on a perpetual licence or annual subscription. The platform keeps pace with broadcast standards as they evolve.

Custom Development

The same engineers who answer your support calls also write the firmware. UI tailoring, REST API extensions, integrations with your NOC or scheduling systems, deep low-level features. The platform adapts to your operation, not the other way around.

One Team, Whole Signal Chain

From SDI and HDMI ingest, through IP distribution, to set-top box rendering, every link in the chain is built and supported by the same engineering team. No vendor finger-pointing when something breaks, and no integration tax between mismatched products.

Deployment Example

How it fits together

A typical multi-site deployment: live SDI and ST 2110 sources at the primary facility, encoded into IP, distributed locally to set-top boxes, and shipped over the public internet via SRT to a remote facility, where the signal is decoded back to SDI or ST 2110 baseband.

Multi-site deployment example: Facility A primary site with SDI and ST 2110 sources, encoders, IPTV server, set-top boxes and monitors; Facility B remote site with decoder fed over the public internet via SRT.

Need a tailored quote?

Tell us about your channel count, formats and deployment target, and we will spec a system around it.

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