Digital Video
Cardinal Peak has exceptionally deep expertise in digital video engineering and multimedia systems. Our founders have worked in the digital video industry for many years, introducing some of the industry's first real-time MPEG-2 encoders and multiplexers. One of our founders, Mike Perkins, was a member of the MPEG-2 committee at the time that standard was being drafted.
Our design expertise has been leveraged to help companies in the broadcast entertainment, Internet video, security, law enforcement, and enterprise video industries bring products to market that differentiate them from their competitors. We are very experienced in utilizing the appropriate mix of video compression algorithms and communications protocols to achieve maximum performance under constrained hardware or networking conditions and we can advise you as to an optimal solution for your particular requirements.
Our expertise encompasses:
- Codecs: H.264, H.263, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, JPEG, Windows Media, WMV, VC-1, Motion Imagery, 3D video
- System layers: HTTP Live Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, DVD, MPEG-2 Transport Streams, MPEG-2 Program Streams, MPEG-4 Systems, Windows Media ASP, MPEG-2 PSI, DVB SI, ATSC PSIP
- Security layers: Digital Rights Management (DRM), Conditional Access, DVB Simulcrypt
- Protocols: RTP, RTSP, RTCP, ISMA, RTMP / Flash, progressive download, adaptive bit rate (ABR) streaming, UPnP
- Software frameworks: Windows Media / DirectShow, QuickTime, Darwin Streaming Server, ffmpeg, CUDA
- Products: Head-end equipment, video management systems, home entertainment systems, PVR, DVR, NVR, digital video recorders, IP cameras, set-top boxes, Blu-Ray Players
Contact us to learn more about our digital video engineering consulting services.
You can also learn about our expertise in Embedded Product Development and Mobile and Embedded Application Development.
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Case Studies
See how Cardinal Peak engineering consulting services have helped companies in a variety of industries successfully bring new embedded devices to market.
"We found Cardinal Peak's team to be very knowledgeable about embedded video delivery systems. Their ability to deliver working solutions on time, combined with excellent project management skills, helped bring success not only to the product they worked on directly, but also to other projects that were outside of their scope."
Ralph Schmitt, Vice President Product Marketing & Engineering, Kustom Signals
