Operation Manual

Appendix B: Terms and Acronyms
138 ViewCast
Term
Acronym
Definition
Niagara Encoders
 ViewCast Niagara® streaming media encoders deliver the
quality, features and ease-of-use convenience that
professional broadcasters demand.
 These pre-configured, plug-and-play solutions enable
users to quickly capture and broadcast premium quality
audio and video in multiple formats and at multiple bit
rates – all simultaneously.
Niagara SCX
 A streaming media management software that installs on
a user-encoding device connected with remote SCX
Explorer workstations.
 It too allows users to manage live video broadcasting over
the Internet and to mobile devices from their remote
workstations
 It coordinates the streaming processes to allow users to
set up and control Niagara® streaming systems positioned
throughout their enterprise or anywhere in the world - all
from their desktops.
 It functions as one part of the total encoding solution to
allow users ultimately to control and monitor each
individual stream.
Niagara SCX Explorer
 A streaming media management software that installs on
any user client device.
 It lets users manage live video broadcasting over the
Internet and to mobile devices.
 It lets users set up and control Niagara® streaming
systems positioned throughout their enterprise or
anywhere in the world - all from their desktops that
interface to the server.
 Users can instantly see:
— The status of all of their networked encoders
— Which encoders have active encode sessions
 Allows users to navigate through the application to control
and monitor each individual stream.
 It can interface with the SCX Explorer Manager to become
part of the total encoding operation.
Phase Alternation Line
PAL
 The standard television broadcast/reception protocol used
in Europe.
 PAL scans the video image 625 times horizontally.
Pixel
Digital images are composed of an array of individual dots
called picture elements, or pixels.