Q8V Codec Software

The Q8V Codec System is a flexible, software-based audio processing platform designed for modern broadcast and streaming workflows. It can be deployed on dedicated Qbit hardware, standard servers, virtual machines, or Kubernetes environments. Highly scalable, a single installation can handle up to 250 programmes while supporting a wide range of broadcast and streaming formats.

Key Features

Scalable, flexible audio processing platform

Deploy across hardware, servers, or virtual environments, scaling to hundreds of programmes with wide broadcast and streaming format support.

Flexible deployment options

The Q8V Codec System is available in a variety of deployment options, available on Qbit hardware, for installation on COTS servers (bare-metal), for VM deployment or for Kubernetes (coming soon).

Highly scalable

A single installation may scale up to 250 programmes, if enough resources are available. Licenses may be upgraded in the field for maximum flexibility

Broad format support

Supporting Icecast, HLS, MPEG-DASH streaming, DVB- compliant MPEG-2 TS, and incoming EDI/ETI streams, the Q8V Codec System is really versatile and can adapt to many use cases

Product Specifications

IP Audio Interfaces

RAVENNA, Livewire+, AES67, ST2110-30/-31 compliant, up to 512 channels (depending on hardware configuration)

Input Protocols

Icecast2, HLS, MPEG-DASH
MPEG-2 Transport Stream (as per ISO 13818-1)
EDI
Elementary Stream
SRT
RIST
UECP over UDP

Output Protocols

Icecast2, HLS, MPEG-DASH
DVB-compliant MPEG-2 Transport Stream (as per ISO 13818-
1, ETSI EN 300 468)
Elementary Stream

Supported Codecs (Encoding/Decoding)

MPEG-1/2 Layer I, II, III
AAC (AAC-LC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, AAC-LD)
xHE-AAC
AC-3, E-AC-3
Opus
Linear PCM

Deployment Options

Qbit-supplied Hardware
COTS Hardware
Virtual Machine
Cloud (Public or Private)

System Configuration, Control, Monitoring

HTML5 Web UI, REST API, SNMPv2c, NMOS IS-04/IS-05, EmBER+ (future option)

The audio processing system.