Advanced Dedicated IP Streaming Decoding Technology
Professional AV solutions require video to be recieved from a great many different sources and locations. The ability to recieve and display video directly from online resources such as CCTV networks and remote desktop applications and combining them with local inputs has become an everyday part of fully functional video wall display. Datapath’s ActiveSQX PCIe plug in card is a powerful addition to systems that require a scalable hardware based decoding solution.
The ActiveSQX includes a dedicated processor capable of decoding several IP streams simultaneously via the on-board ethernet ports. Fully PCIe compatible, multiple ActiveSQX cards can be used in a single system to provide project scalability giving users more processing and more simultaneous decodes.
Datapath SQX Technologies
Datapath’s SQX technology is compatible with industry standards for video compression and streaming. The ActiveSQX allows users to decide large numbers of high definition 1080p 60 fps streams and multiple ActiveSQX cards reside in a single system to provide even more decoding capabilities. In addition, the ActiveSQX can be placed in systems alongside graphics cards and video capture cards, such as the Datapath Vision range, to provide a powerful addition to any control room environment. Combine the ActiveSQX with the VisionHD2-SQX to provide full decode and encode capabilities in a single video wall system.
Specification of the ActiveSQX Capture Card:
Board Format PCIe x4 Gen.2 plug-in card half length, full height
Connectors 2 x RJ45 Ethernet ports, 1 x DisplayPort output connector (reserved for future use)
Ethernet Dual 1000 Base-T Ethernet ports DHCP or Static IP support IPv4 & IPv6
Streaming Methods Multicast & Unicast support
Streaming Codecs H.264 (Mpeg4 Part 10 AVC), VC-1, MPEG2 Part 2, MJPEG
Streaming Containers MPEG4 part 1, MPEG2-TS, WMV, MOV
Streaming Protocols HTTP, RTSP, RTP, UDP
Decode Density Up to 3x4096x2160p @ 30fps or 6x1920x1080p @ 60fps / 12 x 1080p @ 30 fps or 10 x 1080i @ 30fps / 50+ D1 @ 30 fps
De-interlacing Supported
Stream Authentication Basic & Digest Stream Authentication
Video Capture Memory 4 GB
H.264 Profiles Constrained Baseline Profile (CBP) / Main Profile (MP)/ High Profile (HiP)
H.264 Levels
Level 3/ 3.1/ 4/ 4.1/ 4.2/ 5/ 5.1/ 5.2
Colour Format NV12 4:2:0
DMA Engine Direct DMA to physical or virtual memory buffers with full scatter-gather support DMA bandwidth: up to 1.3 GB/s
Scaling Hardware downscaling prior to DMA transfer. One to One (1:1) transfer for upscale after DMA
Carousel IP Window carousel supported including the hardware based pre-buffering of IP decodes for smoother playback
OS Support Windows 7 64 bit/ Server 2012
Power Requirements
Max current at +3.3 – 0.6A (TBC)
Max current at +12V – 0.80A (TBC)
Max power ≈ 12W (TBC)
Operating Temperature 0 to 40 °C/ 32 to 104 °F
Storage Temperature -20 to 70 °C/ -4 to 158 °F
Relative Humidity 5% to 90% non-condensing
Warranty 3 years
