Friday July 4 2008
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Portable A/V Streaming Encoder

Asus Pundit The ITCom portable A/V streaming encoder is the perfect solution for departments wanting to utilize live webcasting without the hassles and high costs of maintaining their own encoder cart.

Our portable encoder is a compact, stand alone system, and can be deployed with a monitor, keyboard and mouse or using your laptop. If you want to be more hands-on, you can administer the machine directly with an ethernet cable via dameware over the network.

Everything needed to broadcast live events is pre-installed and pre-configured; turn on the machine, and a stream will automatically be sent to our server to be broadcast on the internet. Webcast from anywhere you have a network connection!

For more information on renting or purchasing a unit, please contact streaming@umich.edu.

Portability

    The sleek, silver Asus Pundit system measures in at 3.6 in x 14.1 in x 10.8 in, about a third of the size of conventional desktop PCs. It is simple to transport to any event.

Simplicity

  • Connect the encoder to a powersupply and network connections.
  • Attach the audio/video source.
  • Turn the computer on and administer with keyboard, mouse and monitor or your laptop

    You are now streaming to the internet!

Scalability

    Depending on the bandwidth of your audience, you can select from a variety of stream rates -- from 56k to 2.5Mb streams. Just let us know, and we'll customize the box before handing it over to you.

    We recommend viewing streams with the latest Windows Media 11 Player.

System Specifications

    Dimensions:width: 3.6 in
    depth: 14.1 in
    height: 10.8 in
    Operating System:Windows XP
    Encoder Type:Windows Media 9
    Power:200W, PFC
    LAN:Integrated 10/100 Mbps
    Rear I/O MIC-In/Line-In/Line-Out
    1 x S-Video
    1 x TV-out
    2 x USB 2.0
    1 x RJ45(LAN)
    1 x DVI-Out
    1 x VGA
    1 x Parallel
    1 x Serial
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