Elemental releases new software version

Multiscreen content delivery specialist Elemental has released version 2.0 of its video processing software.

The latest version offers unified support for multiple codecs, delivery standards and content protection technologies, according to the company.

“With our most recent release, Elemental offers a flexible software architecture appropriate for pay TV
operators, content programmers, studio and post-production houses, sports rights-holders and more,”
said Keith Wymbs, vice-president, marketing at Elemental. “Paired with the performance and throughput capabilities of our live and file-based video processing solutions, customers reap the rewards of our software-based approach to large-scale video deployments.”

Elemental has also announced support for the latest generation of GPU and CPU architectures. The company has launched Nvidia Tesla GPU accelerator and Intel Sandy Bridge-based versions of its Elemental Live
and Elemental Server products to double the performance of its previous generation solutions, it said.