Beaumont Products MPEG - 4 - Manual (Page 5)

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1: VBrick EtherneTV Set Top Box
Introduction
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Brick’s EtherneTV Media Distribution System includes the EtherneTV Set Top
Box as part of a total Video on Demand System. Although the greatest benefit
comes when the EtherneTV Set Top Box is integrated with the EtherneTV Video
on Demand through the EtherneTV Media Control Server, the set top box might
also be deployed as a decoder when other functions of the VBrick appliance decoders are
unnecessary. The VBrick EtherneTV Set Top Box enables end users to view MPEG-1,
MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 pre-recorded and live streams, anywhere the network reaches.
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When the installation of set top boxes includes an EtherneTV-MCS, or Media Control
Server, the set top box is directed to the Media Control Server for user control; the graphics
and user interface reside on the EtherneTV MCS. In instances where the set top box is
deployed independent of the MCS, it comes equipped (in local mode) with a user interface
and internal graphics. The set top box internal graphics are accessed through the set top
box and displayed on a monitor. The set top box is configured through a web browser on a
PC, whether in Local or MCS mode. The main difference is that the set top box uses a
hardware chip to perform the MPEG decoding on a television monitor, while the PC uses
VBrick StreamPlayer components to perform a software-based decode.
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