First Virtual (VCA-3000)

The V-Caster server has all the essential ingredient for enabling enterprise-wide video broadcasting across today's broadband networks. A wide choice of models provides the scalability to meet different requirements, allowing up to 6 concurrent MPEG-1 channels or 3 concurrent MPEG-2 channels from a single server. Software selectable NTSC and PAL input feeds taken from satellite, television, analog cameras or VCRs can be broadcast live to thousands of ATM and IP attached clients over an ATM backbone. PC clients equipped with FVC.COM's MOS can view any channel originating from any V-Caster in the entire network.??V-Caster attaches directly to ATM via an integrated 155 Mbps or 25 Mbps ATM interface, and combines traffic shaping with ATM Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities to ensure the highest quality video streams end-to-end. By using native ATM multicasting, V-Caster can broadcast video streams with optimum efficiency across ATM backbones, with much lower overheads than IP over AT... Minimize