Overview
SL NEO Compressed Video Playout, Recording & Local Insertions is a software-defined platform for operating precompressed MPEG-TS and IP channels without decoding and re-encoding the video stream. It supports scheduled playout, live and file-based content, recording, local program replacement, and advertising insertion within a unified broadcast workflow.
The platform works directly with compressed transport streams, helping preserve original video quality while reducing processing requirements and latency. It supports MPEG-TS over IP and ASI workflows, multiple services and programs, SCTE signaling, and automated switching between scheduled content, live sources, and local insertions.
Operators can build and manage playlists, record incoming transport streams, perform regional or local content replacement, and trigger advertising or program insertions based on schedules, SCTE markers, or external control commands.
As part of the SL NEO Media Platform, Compressed Video Playout, Recording & Local Insertions integrates with automation, monitoring, transport-stream processing, redundancy, and distribution workflows for broadcast, cable, IPTV, OTT, and regional channel operations.
Highlights
Compressed Video Playout
Key Features
- Direct Stream Capture & Recording
- ▸ Capture compressed streams from: IPTS (UDP, RTP, SRT, RIST, Zixi), ASI, RTMP, HLS, Online sources: YouTube, Facebook, Twitch
- ▸ Record captured streams into MP4, MOV, MPG, TS, AVI
- ▸ Backup URLs for capture sources with automatic source switching
- Precompressed File Playout
- ▸ Playlist-driven playout of MP4, MOV, MPG, TS, AVI files
- ▸ Fast clip trimming without re-encoding
- ▸ Manual or API-based playlist control
- ▸ Jump to any playlist item within 2 seconds
- Multi-Bitrate & Multi-Profile Support
- ▸ Playout of ABR-style content from multi-bitrate file sets
- ▸ Up to: 48 single-bitrate channels per server, 16 multi-bitrate channels per server
- SCTE-35 Integration
- ▸ SCTE-35 cue-tone generation
- ▸ Cue-triggered insertion of compressed file content into live streams
- ANSI/SCTE 223 Integration
- ▸ Defines safe splice points in compressed streams, enabling accurate ad insertion and seamless publishing to external packagers — including multi-bitrate delivery from pre-encoded asset sets — with integration for Origin packagers such as Unified Streaming.
- Built-In Publishing & Monitoring
- ▸ Native RTMP and HLS publishing
- ▸ HTML5 web preview for inputs, outputs, and playlists
- ▸ LAN-based stream monitoring
Workflow
End-to-end channel processing in compressed domain — enabling low latency, high efficiency, and cost-effective operation for telecom and broadcast workflows.
The system ingests compressed video streams from multiple sources:
▶ IP: UDP, RTP, SRT, RIST, Zixi
▶ OTT: HLS, MPEG-DASH
▶ DVB / ASI and file-based MPEG-TS
All signals are accepted without decoding or transcoding.
Processing is performed directly in the transport stream:
▶ SCTE-35 / SCTE-104 cue handling
▶ PID filtering and remapping
▶ PSI/SI processing
▶ PCR correction and timing alignment
Ensures low latency and full signal integrity.
Flexible playout control for linear channels:
▶ File and live stream playback
▶ Scheduled and event-driven switching
▶ SCTE-based automation
▶ Unified control via Air Manager
Precise content replacement in compressed streams:
▶ Local ad insertion and regionalization
▶ Blackout and content substitution
▶ Frame-accurate TS splicing
Simultaneous recording of streams:
▶ Native MPEG-TS recording
▶ Time-shift and catch-up TV
▶ Multi-channel recording
Delivery to broadcast and OTT environments:
▶ IP outputs: UDP, RTP, SRT, RIST, Zixi
▶ OTT: HLS, MPEG-DASH
▶ ASI output and CDN delivery
Integrated Ecosystem
SL NEO Compressed Video Playout, Recording & Local Insertions is fully integrated into the SL NEO Media Platform — a modular, software-defined environment where transport-stream playout, recording, monitoring, automation, and distribution modules work together in real time.
Additional modules — including Easy Muxer, Transport Stream Failover, Changeover, and the SL NEO Base Module — can be combined to build complete MPEG-TS playout, local insertion, redundancy, and distribution workflows.
Use Cases
Technical Specifications
SYSTEM
| Chassis | 2U — 4U, dual hot-swap power supplies |
| CPU | 1 or 2 x Intel Xeon or AMD Epyc Series |
| Memory | 48 / 96 GB DDR4 |
| System Drive | SSD for OS |
| Network | 2 x onboard 1GbE |
| Storage | Built-in RAID-10, 4 or 8 x SAS 3.5″ RE drives (4 or 8 TB), useful capacity |
| OS | Windows Server |
Channels
| Mode | Single-bitrate | Multi-bitrate |
| Channels | 1 — 48 | 1 — 16 |
Video Formats & Color Spaces
| Formats | 625i/525i, 720p, 1080i/1080p, 2K 2048×1080p, 2160p |
| Frame Rates | 25 / 29.97 / 50 / 59.94 / 60 fps |
| Color Spaces | BT.601 / BT.709 / BT.2020, HDR: SMPTE ST 2084, ARIB STD-B67 |
I/O Streams: Interfaces, Protocols, Codecs
| Input Sources | IPTS (UDP, RTP, SRT, RIST, Zixi), ASI, RTMP, HLS, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch |
| Record format | MP4, MOV, MPG, TS, AVI |
| Output Formats | IPTS (UDP, RTP, SRT, RIST, Zixi), RTMP, HLS, Custom Web-pages (HTML5 Video) |
| Video Codecs | MPEG-2, H.264, HEVC |
Environments
| Re-Encoding Modes | None, GOP-boundary, Full |
| Playlist modes | Mix live pass-through with files, seamlessly |
| Control Interfaces | Desktop client, Web UI, API |
| Publishing Support | Native RTMP & HLS server EBP (SCTE 223) |
| SCTE 35 Integration | Cue detection Compressed insertion |
Input Ancillary & MPEG-TS Data
| Teletext / CC | OP-42 / OP-47 WST Teletext, Closed Captions |
| Closed Captions | CEA-608 / CEA-708 |
| Subtitles / EPG | DVB / ATSC Subtitles |
| Markers | SCTE-35 |
Protocols & Device Support
| Monitoring | SNMP (SL NEO Software) |
| Automation | REST API, Schedule, SCTE-35/223 (EBP) |
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