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Optimizing Video Quality and Turnaround Time with Ultraziq

June 16, 2023

Ultraziq: An overview

Ultraziq is an AI-based pre-processing proprietary software video encoding library targeted at optimizing video quality and turn-around time when encoding video for OTT and live streaming use cases. As building blocks, Ultraziq deploys the open-source encoders x264, x265 and SVT-AV1 to encode incoming uncompressed video in accordance with AVC (H.264), HEVC (H.265) and AV1 specifications. Ultraziq provides the encoder with supplemental info for faster and higher quality encoding, whilst also leveraging GPUs, machine learning, and image processing algorithms.

It is carefully crafted to serve the most demanding requirements of commercial video solution providers in the Media and Entertainment industry.

Key Features

  1. ABR Ladder [Multi Bitrate & Multi-Resolution]
  2. ML-based Context Aware Preset Selector
  3. Supports Platforms like Windows, Linux and macOS
  4. Segment Parallel Live Encoding
  5. Optimized Encoding for ABR Streaming
  6. And lots more
Ultraziq is an AI-based pre-processing proprietary software video encoding library targeted at Optimizing Video Quality

Why would you need Ultraziq in your encoding setup?

  1. Challenges with distributing high quality content to subscribers without frame drops
  2. Inability to sustain channels in the current encoding setup leading to extra infrastructure costs
  3. Higher bandwidth costs incurred due to delivering high quality content
  4. Encoding time is critical for the OTT companies as they have to quickly and efficiently deliver content to multiple devices (TV, Laptops, Mobiles)

Listed above are some of the many challenges every broadcaster, OTT streaming service faces on a daily basis. Being in the Media and Entertainment industry for the past 10+ years, we understand these challenges and the importance of delivering high-quality video content efficiently and effectively.

Ultraziq is developed with a team of researchers who are experts in video codecs, encoding technologies and compression techniques.

Frame Rate Control & Delivery

One of the most important features in the Ultraziq is the Performance Control System (PCS). Ultraziq’s content-adaptive live encoding with PCS enables the broadcaster to maintain a constant frame rate delivery throughout the stream/broadcast. A crucial feature that is essential for live use cases to broadcast content with very high quality whilst maintaining a persistent frame rate delivery.

Sustaining Channel Density & Reducing Bandwidth costs

In Ultraziq the overall compression efficiency can be improved using ML techniques and thereby fit more channels in their constrained bandwidth. This helps in reducing the number of servers needed to achieve the desired live channels, hence cost reduction in live transmission for the Telecommunication companies. Enabling Segment Parallel Live Encoding is estimated to save approximately 24% cost savings over 100’s thousand hours encoding

Sustaining Channel Density and Reducing Bandwidth costs

Reducing Encoding Time

Ultraziq enables high effective utilization of typical servers used for video encoding by ensuring maximum throughput with minimal duplication. Ultraziq’s Low latency 2-pass Capped VBR ensures that it encodes the interesting points alone in each frame to reduce latency in 2-pass encoding, whilst maintaining a high quality stream without compromising the performance. Ultraziq can also simultaneously generate multi-bitrate and multi-resolution AVC/HEVC encodes from a single input channel. As a result, encoding times are significantly reduced, enabling swift content delivery to numerous end devices.

Conclusion

Are you a Broadcaster, Telecommunication company, or an OTT Streaming Platform seeking to enhance your existing video encoding pipeline infrastructure? Choose Ultraziq as your solution and seamlessly integrate it into your pipeline to enjoy the advantages of saving extensive encoding time and costs. Moreover, you can evaluate Ultraziq at no expense.

Contact us at info@multicorewareinc.com to learn more.

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