DekTec DTC-300 StreamXpress - Manual (Page 4)

DTC-300-SP – StreamXpress
USER MANUAL
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1. Introduction
1.1 General description
The DTC-300-SP StreamXpress is an easy-to-use Windows TM software package designed to provide
real-time playback of MPEG-2 compliant transport streams and SDI recorded files. StreamXpress is
intended to be loaded by the end-user on any qualifying PC or laptop and work in conjunction with
most DekTec output devices. StreamXpress is design to read a proper formatted transport stream or
SDI file from the local PC hard drive and connect it to a DekTec output device for realtime
streaming. StreamXpress supports a large range of streaming interfaces including ASI, ToSIP, RF
modulated outputs and SDI. StreamXpress provides basic transport stream information including:
transport stream contents, PID, and file information. It provides start, stop, pause, seamless looping
and much more capabilities. These features, when coupled with the variety of available DekTec
output devices, give the user a powerful and portable high value playback solution. The DTC-300-
SP is a licensed software product from DekTec B.V.
The DTC-300-SP StreamXpress software can be controlled remotely by the DTC-302-RC
StreamXpress remote control option. See the DTC-302-RC API document for further details.
1.2 Software architecture
The DTC-300-SP StreamXpress is standalone software that can be freely downloaded from the
DekTec website. It can be installed on any suitable laptop or computer running a supported version
of Microsoft Windows TM . StreamXpress is compatible with Microsoft Windows TM
XP/2K3/Vista/2K8/7/8. StreamXpress needs to detect a suitable licensed DekTec device to be able
to operate. The DekTec device can be a USB attached device like the DTU-215 or a PCI/PCIe card
like the DTA-2144. For a complete list of devices refer to the DekTec hardware compatibility section.
In order to operate StreamXpress needs to be properly licensed. The license key is held in the
hardware device. (See installing a StreamXpress license section). Only one StreamXpress license is
required per DekTec hardware device. When multiple output ports are available on a single
hardware device, multiple independent versions of StreamXpress can be running at the same time.
The number of StreamXpress instances is only limited by the DekTec hardware bandwidth limitation
and PC resources (CPU, RAM, Disk Drive speed, etc…).
1.3 PC Hardware requirements
Depending on the application and DekTec hardware, the requirements for running StreamXpress
vary.
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows TM XP/2K3/Vista/2K8/7/8
Processor and RAM:
PIII* 300 MHz with 256MB for ASI playout
Core 2* with 2GB of RAM for DVB-T2 playout
*Or equivalent AMD processor
Disk Drive:
Combined Rates > 50Mb/s use drive separate from Operating System