Streambox has announced that its ACT-L3 video transport system is being utilised to transport Pan American Games Equestrian Venues live. This will be done over two standard copper telephone lines from Palmarejo equestrian centre to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

An official release informs that the ACT-L3 system was selected for its real-time high-quality video compression of interlaced signal at over three times lower data rate than MPEG-2 and the system’s ability to utilise low-cost T1 circuits versus fibre network.

ACT-L3 Video Transport Systems with Serial Digital Interface (SDI, SMPTE-259M and SMPTE 272M) video input/output were purchased for real-time broadcast quality video and audio encoding, delivery and decoding at 3 Mbps bandwidth over two T1 circuits.

The ACT-L3 E700 encoder uses Intel’s fastest CPU, Intel P4 3.2 GHz with hyper-threading technology to encode Full D1 720x480 resolution 60 fields at 30 fps. The system provides built-in multiplexing and demultiplexing of data streams over multiple T1 lines. No additional routing is required.

All systems are built on Microsoft Windows XP Pro and are field proven: broadcasters have been transporting network video feeds 24/7 reliably for many months states the release.

The Streambox ACT-L3 codec includes numerous advanced video compression technologies including global motion search, proprietary entropy coding and post filtering, packetising for error correction and packet rate shaping to control video flow. The company claims that all combined provide superior quality of service and high-quality delivered video.

Streambox is a technology company that provides video compression and digital video solutions for broadcasting, film, broadband and wireless networks.