PikoTV Decoder & Media Gateway
Professional Decoder & Media Gateway for DVB, IPTV, OTT & Smart Home Integration
The PikoTV Decoder & Media Gateway is a powerful, turnkey solution designed to decode, package, and deliver live and on-demand video streams across a wide range of devices — from traditional STBs and set-top boxes to Smart TVs, connected-TV platforms, smart speakers, and IoT endpoints. Built with carrier-grade stability and modular architecture, it provides high-performance media processing, content unpacking and repackaging, DRM support, and seamless smart-home and cross-device integration.
Whether you're delivering DVB broadcast content, IPTV multicast/unicast streams, OTT via HLS, DASH or CMAF, or hybrid satellite + internet services, PikoTV Decoder & Media Gateway offers a unified, scalable system that ensures reliable playback, bandwidth efficiency, and flexibility. With advanced conditional-access / DRM modules, adaptive streaming support, multi-audio / multi-language, and smart-home device orchestration, it enables service providers to deliver premium user experiences across living rooms, smartphones, tablets, and IoT platforms — all managed from an integrated control interface.
As part of the PikoTV ecosystem, the Decoder & Media Gateway integrates flawlessly with headend encoders, transcoders, multiplexers, CDN infrastructure, and client applications — delivering end-to-end control from signal ingestion to viewer playback.
PikoTV Decoder & Media Gateway — professional-grade performance for next-generation media delivery.
Technical Specifications
Input Ports
- File
- ASI
- ASI values:
- 75 ohm BNC
- Bitrate 0-215 Mbps
- Resolution < 1bit/s
- RF
- RF values:
- Frequency range: 950~2150 MHz
- Signal Level: -69~-23dBm
- Symbol rate: 1~45Msps
- Demodulation:
- DVB-S: QPSK,
- DVB-S2: QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, 32APSK
- DVB-S2X: QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, 32APSK
- 64APSK
- FEC:
- DVB-S2/S2X
- QPSK: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10
- 8PSK: 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10
- 16APSK: 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10
- 32APSK: 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10
- 64APSK: 11/15, 7/9,4/5, 5/6 (32/45)
- DVB-S
- QPSK: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8
- DiSEqC support: 1.0, 1.2, 2.x
- 4x or 8x LNB In with/without CI
- SPTS / MPTS IP in UDP / RTP
- RTMP / RTSP / HLS / DASH / CMAF
- CDN Links
- NDI
- SRT / RIST
Video Decoding Formats
- CPU based HEVC Main8/10 YUV 4:2:0/4-2:2
- CPU based AVC Main 8/10 YUV 4:2:0/4:2:2
- GPU based HEVC/AVC Main 8/10 YUV 4:2:0 & Lossless YUV 4:4:4
- MPEG 2/4
- AV1
- EVC / VVC *
- UHD (4K-8K), HD, SD
- Video FPS
- 60, 59, 50, 30, 25, 24 Hz
- Any custom resolution can be given
- Aspect Ratio
- 4:3, 16:9, 21:9, 5:4,
- 3:2, 8:5, 5:3, 17:9
- Any custom aspect ratio can be given
- Frame-rate conversion is possible
- Progressive / Interlace Output
- NDI to SDI / SDI to NDI support
Audio Decoding formats
- MPEG-2 Audio
- MP3
- AAC-LC/HE-AAC 2.0: 32 to 128 kbps
- AAC-LC/HE-AAC 5.1: 96 to 448 kbps
- Dolby Digital 2.0:96 to 448 kbps
- Dolby Digital 5.1: 384 to 640 kbps
- Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus pass
- thorough with error masking
- Dolby Digital Plus 5.1: 192 to 448 kbps
- Dolby AC-4 5.1: 96 to 226 kbps
- Automatic Loudness Control
Audio Mode
- Line Out: Mono / Stereo
- Embedded HDMI SDI:
- Mono / Stereo / Multi Point
- Sampling rate
- 48000 Mhz
- 44100 Mhz
- 24000 Mhz
Video Processing
- Frame rate convertion
- Up & Down Scaling
- High quality deinterlacing
- Audio & Video Blackout
Descrambling
- BISS-1
- BISS-E
- With hardened method
Output Ports
- SDI (Up to 16 Outputs)
- HD-SDI (Up to 16 Outputs)
- HDMI (Up to 8 Outputs)
- DVI
- Analog AV
- Quad-SDI (3x4G)
- 12G (Up to 4x12G)
- IP (Original or Decrypted)
- ASI (Original or Decrypted)
Demultiplexer
- MPTS to SPTS conversion
- Stream each SPTS signal on different network ports
Media Gateway
- UDP—RTP conversions with FEC
- RTMP — UDP, UDP — RTMP
- UDP — HLS, HLS/DASH — UDP
- UDP — HTTP
CBR to VBR / VBR to CBR
IP Redundancy
- Source switch based on CC, Scramble, PID and Stream Loss
Control and Monitoring
- Web Interface with LDAP
- Front Panel
- SNMP
- Syslog
- Email Alerts
Addon Features
- Logo Insertion
- Watermarking
- Caption on Source Lost
- Raw Recording
- Test Signal Generation
- Content Share over Windows Networks
- Time Schedules
- Stream Analyzer (TR 101 290)
- TS Record & Playback
- Playout to SDI
Redundancy
- Dual Power Supply
- Multiport IP and ASI Input
- Multiport SDI/HDI output for recovery
- 1+1 Redundancy over Network Switch
Physical Characteristics
- 1U x 19" or 2U x 19"
- Power Consumption:
- Max.270W
- 100-240V AC
- Single or Dual PSU
Environmental Conditions
- Working Temp: -5 C to 45 C
- Storage Temp: -10 C to 70 C
- Maximum Humidity: 90% RH
Compliance
- CE marked in accordance with the 93/68/EEC (22/07/93) directive
- Safety: IEC 60950 and EN 60950
- UL 60950
- EMC: EN 55022, EN 55024
- EN 61000-3-2
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