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Telestream Unveils the VLS-300

The Next Generation of Vantage

Lightspeed Servers

Nevada City, California, September 3, 2024 – The demand for high-quality, on-demand content is soaring, and media and broadcast companies are facing increasing pressure to stay ahead. With the need for rapid content delivery, companies must handle large volumes of content with exceptional speed and accuracy. The diverse media formats, varying resolutions, and stringent compliance standards add to the complexity. What’s needed is a solution that offers power, flexibility, and reliability to address the challenges of the modern media landscape.

At IBC2024, Telestream, the global leader in workflow automation, media processing, and distribution solutions, is excited to unveil the VLS-300, the newest member of the Vantage Lightspeed server family. This advanced model is engineered to boost Vantage workflows with unparalleled speed and efficiency in high-volume transcoding and media processing.

Meet the VLS-300: Unmatched Performance

As the first model of the next-gen Lightspeed servers, the VLS-300 delivers a staggering 30% performance boost over its predecessor, thanks to its dual GPU configuration and state-of-the-art hardware components.

“The new VLS-300 model is the next evolution of Telestream innovation in hardware that is purpose-built for the demands of high volume transcoding and media processing”, says Rich Andes, VP of Product Marketing for Vantage. “Built on years of expertise with designing high-grade servers to empower the Vantage platform, the 300 provides users unparalleled performance for critical operations that need the fastest end-to-end processing possible.”

Broadcast Transcoding

Multiscreen Transcoding

Key Benefits

The VLS-300 revolutionizes media workflows with:

  • Speed Like Never Before: Dramatically accelerate your workflows with the VLS-300, slashing content preparation and delivery times to keep pace with the fastest moving trends in media.
  • Scalable & Adaptable: As your needs evolve, so does the VLS-300. Its robust design and advanced connectivity options make scaling and adapting your operations seamless and straightforward.
  • Quality You Can Trust: With dual GPUs and superior processing capabilities, the VLS-300 ensures every piece of content not only meets but exceeds the highest quality and compliance standards.
  • Efficiency Without Compromise: The VLS-300’s innovative design optimizes every aspect of your operations, reducing costs while maintaining exceptional performance and reliability.

Feature

Accelerated Video Processing

Lightspeed Server accelerates compute-intensive image processing within Vantage workflows, including scaling, deinterlacing, frame rate conversion, motion vector calculation, and other tasks that require computation and analysis to modify or create new video frames. Faster video preprocessing acceleration benefits the output quality of all video output formats, for both transcoding and automated content assembly.

Deinterlacing

Deinterlacing is required when converting interlaced broadcast content for web and mobile distribution and is also the first step in high-quality frame rate conversion. High-quality deinterlacing produces far sharper and clearer image quality than is possible with simple field blending techniques.

Video Image Scaling

The automation of routine tasks provides cost-effective scaling of your production environment. Post Producer runs on one or more servers, working 24/7 to generate as many versions of each asset as necessary to meet your distribution needs. Post Producer is a workhorse that will allow you to scale up your distribution capacity without requiring additional manpower or edit bays.

16-bit YUV Video Processing

Vantage employs Lightspeed technology to efficiently process 16-bit, 4:4:4:4, YUV video, achieving sparkling video quality and color fidelity for any Vantage output format. Lightspeed accelerates sophisticated image processing algorithms that have previously required purpose-built hardware to produce pristine video.

Frame Rate Conversion

Frame rate conversion is increasingly important for internationalization and inverse telecine workflows. Lightspeed accelerates both standards conversion and the conversion of broadcast content to 23.976 film rates, with reliable, high-quality results.

Accelerated x264 Encoding

Lightspeed Server also speeds x264 video encoding. x264 is renowned for producing the best video image quality across the spectrum of bitrates needed for screens of any size. Lightspeed accelerates x264 to produce the best possible H.264 images, at any bitrate, in the shortest possible time.

Accelerated HEVC Encoding

The G6 Lightspeed supports NVENC (NVIDIA’s HEVC Encoder) for certain Vantage transcoders, enabling encoding performance that is faster than x264 (but in bmost cases of lower quality).

Why the VLS-300 Stands Out:

Unmatched Processing Power: With two NVIDIA A4000 GPUs at its core, the VLS-300 redefines speed and efficiency, setting a new benchmark in the Lightspeed series.

Engineered for Excellence: Built with robust cooling systems, dual power supplies, and all solid-state storage, the VLS-300 ensures consistent top-tier performance and unparalleled reliability.

Manage Demanding Workflows with Ease: Featuring NVMe 800GB OS drives and dual 1.92TB media storage RAID drive bays, this server is ready to handle the most demanding media workflows with ease.

Future-Proof: The VLS-300 offers versatile Ethernet options, including 2-Port 1G/10G RJ45, and is ready for additional 25G and 100G network configurations, ensuring your operations are always ahead of the curve.